Kyle Cooke put the blame on wife Amanda Batula after she claimed on the latest episode of Summer House that his drinking was the crux of their relationship issues.
“I know I tried last night. I know it came out as some type of justification and excuse. But, I really do think we need to work on our communication,” Kyle, 43, told Amanda, 34, during the Tuesday, February 17, episode of the Bravo series, which was filmed in summer 2025 prior to the couple announcing their split in January.
Kyle said he wanted to “feel like we are on the same page,” and Amanda was in complete agreement as the pair sat on the “apology dune” during a group trip to the beach.
Despite wanting to make peace, Amanda confessed she was “not going to do things” for Kyle when he wasn’t doing the same for her.
Amanda pointed to Kyle’s alleged excessive drinking as her biggest issue amid their marriage woes, telling him, “I need you to get your drinking under control.”
Kyle argued that he “only” drinks “when I’m social,” which didn’t sit well with his spouse.
“But that’s a problem for me. I don’t want to babysit you. I don’t want people to feel like they need to keep an eye on you,” Amanda explained. “I need to know that my husband is responsible enough to go out on his own and come back.”
Kyle alleged that he was “in a horrible place” the weekend prior, which is why he drank too much and aired their dirty laundry to the group. (Kyle accused Amanda of smoking weed every night and claimed they never had sex because of it.)
“I told you going into the summer if we can’t literally, physically get our s*** together I’m going to have a mental breakdown. What did I do? Had a mental breakdown,” he quipped.
Amanda called that explanation an “excuse,” claiming that Kyle “shut[s] down every time that I tell you my issue is with you drinking and you put a wall up. That’s where my anger stems from.”
Kyle alleged that “the second” they got engaged in 2018, she “started saying ‘no’ to everything,” implying her staying home was part of the problem.
“Me not going out with you shouldn’t change your faithfulness to me and how intoxicated you get when you go out,” Amanda fired back.
Kyle then got visibly upset, telling Amanda that he thinks their real issues stem from not having “compatibility, chemistry, intimacy [and] common interests.”
“Oh, it’s about my drinking? What about the days, weeks, months you don’t ask me a single question?” Kyle asked. “I don’t know who I married anymore.”
He started to storm off before adding, “It’s about my drinking? If that’s what you think you’re coming here to talk about, you’re driving me to the drink.”
Kyle walked away from Amanda before getting in one more jab, telling her to “maybe get some curiosity, drive, intention, personality.”
Amanda claimed “this is how it always ends” between the pair as they’ve weathered many storms following their September 2021 nuptials.
A few minutes later, Kyle came back to Amanda who was getting choked up talking to producers about their latest fight.
“I’m sorry. We’ve gotten this far. I’m not trying to throw it down the drain here. I love you,” Kyle told his partner, confessing, “All of this makes me insanely sad and depressed.”
Amanda was equally upset. “I hurt every f***ing day. I just don’t get why after all of these years I keep asking the same thing and you keep not doing what I’m asking you for and then being like, ‘I don’t know what you need from me, Amanda!’” she explained. “I feel like I’m going crazy.”
After Kyle argued that Amanda knew he was a “social person” when they met, she confessed, “I didn’t think ‘social person’ meant cheating.”
“Every time you go out I get DMs telling me that you were up to something suspicious,” Amanda said. “I don’t even bring them up to you anymore. … It’s just constant.”
When a producer asked whether Amanda thinks Kyle has cheated on her since his 2018 infidelity, she was unclear.
“I don’t know. I’d like to think not. But he has in the past. There have been plenty of rumors about it. Who knows? Only Kyle,” she confessed.
Kyle, meanwhile, apologized for his outburst on the beach, saying, “I’m sorry I haven’t been able to give you the trust you need to be present in this relationship. I’m trying my best. I love you.”
Amanda replied, “I love you too. But, like, something’s gotta change, Kyle.”
After the cameras wrapped filming in summer 2025, Amanda and Kyle sparked split speculation over the fall months. It wasn’t until January that the pair confirmed they had separated after four years of marriage.
Summer House airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
