Jennifer Fessler is revealing who has been on a recent apology tour after Summer House’s Ciara Miller claimed The Real Housewives of New Jersey star had sex with West Wilson.
“West did reach out and apologize profusely and called and apologized to my husband and kids,” Fessler, 55, exclusively told Us Weekly on Friday, June 5, while attending Nancy Davis’ Race to Erase MS Gala sponsored by L’Agence at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, referring to her husband, Jeff Fessler, and their two kids, son Zachary and daughter Rachel.
“But no, I haven’t gotten an apology [from Ciara],” she added. “But who cares at this point? It’s so stupid and not true.”
On May 8, Ciara claimed Jennifer slept with West after the Housewives star defended him amid the fallout surrounding his controversial relationship with fellow Summer House cast member — and her former BFF — Amanda Batula.
“[West] is the cutest, sweetest golden retriever puppy dog,” Jennifer said while attending Vulture’s The Masterminds of Reality TV event.
“Lol, because they slept together too,” Ciara posted via Threads, responding to Jennifer’s comments.
West denied Ciara’s claims via his Instagram Stories, writing “news to me” over a popular meme indicating confusion and tagging Jennifer.
A source close to West also denied the accusation, exclusively telling Us that the claim was “absolutely not true” while describing Ciara’s comment as nothing more than a “silly allegation.”
Jennifer also addressed the viral claim — and issued her own unexpected apology of sorts — via her own Instagram Stories.
“In all seriousness, and while I can’t help but be a little flattered, it is not nice nor is it OK to post something categorically untrue and defamatory on social media,” she wrote. “Regardless of whatever rumors or apparent ‘evidence’ led you to that conclusion, that is the definition of libel.”
She concluded at the time, “If it were true, I would have no recourse. Because it’s a lie, this can get more complicated. Having said that, I hope we can rectify this. It’s enough now.”
On Friday, Jennifer revealed to Us that her relationship with members of the Summer House cast is effectively “over.”
“I think that my relationship with those kids is probably, let’s call that over,” she told Us. “i’ve had enough. I’m not interested in mingling with the Summer House group. No, no, thank you.”
She added of her current relationship with her husband, “Everything was always well. He laughed at it. He laughed too much, I started to get a little pissed, like, ‘It’s not that funny, Jeff.’ But it really was so stupid. And I don’t know, maybe one day we’ll get an apology. We’ll see.”
