‘Summer House’ Recap: Kyle Calls Lindsay a ‘Master Manipulator’ After She Comes for Wife Amanda, Warns Carl to ‘Be Careful’

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‘Summer House’ Recap: Kyle Calls Lindsay a ‘Master Manipulator’ After She Comes for Wife Amanda, Warns Carl to ‘Be Careful’

The tangled web they weave! Kyle Cooke warned pal Carl Radke about Lindsay Hubbard’s “manipulative” ways after she came for his wife, Amanda Batula, on Summer House. During the Monday, March 6, episode of the Bravo series, Kyle, 40, experienced a whirlwind of emotions pegged to his ongoing drama with Carl, 38. At the start of the show, the former coworkers discussed their work tension and appeared to be on better terms. (The Pittsburgh native confirmed in February that he was no longer working for Loverboy.) “Were we dancing around a couple hot topics? Absolutely. If we said what we truly felt, it would’ve been abrasive to say the least,” Kyle told the cameras after giving Carl another chance to stay at Loverboy. “I’m kind of recognizing friendship first. I’m going to do my darndest to help him as a CEO.” Once the businessman arrived in the Hamptons, however, he once again expressed concerns with how Carl had seemingly changed professionally and personally since he began seeing Lindsay, 36. (The duo got engaged in August 2022.) “I’ve just been puzzled by Carl’s behavior. He’s caught up in this f—king relationship. Which is great, I love that,” Kyle told Danielle Olivera after a night out. “There are definitely times where I’m trying to understand the dynamics with him and Lindsay if I’m going to be honest.” Danielle, 34, appeared to understand where Kyle was coming from, telling him, “It took me months to be normal about it. I completely distanced myself. I didn’t know how to handle it.” [sendtonews type="float" key="Avpj0RlSZu-2828347-14453"] Elsewhere in the episode, however, Danielle once again took Lindsay’s side during a game of “stir the pot” and inadvertently threw Kyle’s wife, 31, under the bus. “I think in the curveball [that] I can’t see what’s coming [next], I’m going to go with Amanda,” Danielle said when asked which housemate she “trusts the least.” Amanda was taken aback by the comment and said, “That hurt my heart.” Lindsay, meanwhile, was quick to jump on the bandwagon and told the group that she understood why Amanda wasn’t the most trustworthy person amid their own issues. “She doesn’t try anything. I put in so much f—king effort,” the Florida native said, referring to Amanda’s past comments about Lindsay being a negative influence on Carl. “Instead, what she did was say, ‘You tainted him, and he works for me.’ No one’s ever come to me and asked, ‘Hey Linds how do you feel about this?’ I date him and I’m the wrong one. He speaks up at work and it’s because of me. Everything that I do, according to Amanda is my fault.” While Amanda chose to leave the room amid the attack, her husband decided to stand up and fight. Kyle claimed that his wife did try and fix things with Lindsay before the weekend and she “never responded” to her attempts. “I love you man, but be careful what you’re dealing with here,” Kyle told Carl who was watching everything transpire. The Loverboy CEO then turned his attention to Lindsay, saying, “You’re a master manipulator. My wife deserves better. She’s tried so many times with you. I don’t give a f—k anymore.” Lindsay quipped, “I’m the bad person” as Kyle stormed off. Summer House airs on Bravo Mondays at 9 p.m. ET. Scroll down to relive the biggest moments from season 7, episode 4:

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‘Summer House’ Recap: Kyle Calls Lindsay a ‘Master Manipulator’ After She Comes for Wife Amanda, Warns Carl to ‘Be Careful’

The tangled web they weave! Kyle Cooke warned pal Carl Radke about Lindsay Hubbard’s “manipulative” ways after she came for his wife, Amanda Batula, on Summer House. During the Monday, March 6, episode of the Bravo series, Kyle, 40, experienced a whirlwind of emotions pegged to his ongoing drama with Carl, 38. At the start of the show, the former coworkers discussed their work tension and appeared to be on better terms. (The Pittsburgh native confirmed in February that he was no longer working for Loverboy.) “Were we dancing around a couple hot topics? Absolutely. If we said what we truly felt, it would’ve been abrasive to say the least,” Kyle told the cameras after giving Carl another chance to stay at Loverboy. “I’m kind of recognizing friendship first. I’m going to do my darndest to help him as a CEO.” Once the businessman arrived in the Hamptons, however, he once again expressed concerns with how Carl had seemingly changed professionally and personally since he began seeing Lindsay, 36. (The duo got engaged in August 2022.) “I’ve just been puzzled by Carl’s behavior. He’s caught up in this f—king relationship. Which is great, I love that,” Kyle told Danielle Olivera after a night out. “There are definitely times where I’m trying to understand the dynamics with him and Lindsay if I’m going to be honest.” Danielle, 34, appeared to understand where Kyle was coming from, telling him, “It took me months to be normal about it. I completely distanced myself. I didn’t know how to handle it.” [sendtonews type="float" key="Avpj0RlSZu-2828347-14453"] Elsewhere in the episode, however, Danielle once again took Lindsay’s side during a game of “stir the pot” and inadvertently threw Kyle’s wife, 31, under the bus. “I think in the curveball [that] I can’t see what’s coming [next], I’m going to go with Amanda,” Danielle said when asked which housemate she “trusts the least.” Amanda was taken aback by the comment and said, “That hurt my heart.” Lindsay, meanwhile, was quick to jump on the bandwagon and told the group that she understood why Amanda wasn’t the most trustworthy person amid their own issues. “She doesn’t try anything. I put in so much f—king effort,” the Florida native said, referring to Amanda’s past comments about Lindsay being a negative influence on Carl. “Instead, what she did was say, ‘You tainted him, and he works for me.’ No one’s ever come to me and asked, ‘Hey Linds how do you feel about this?’ I date him and I’m the wrong one. He speaks up at work and it’s because of me. Everything that I do, according to Amanda is my fault.” While Amanda chose to leave the room amid the attack, her husband decided to stand up and fight. Kyle claimed that his wife did try and fix things with Lindsay before the weekend and she “never responded” to her attempts. “I love you man, but be careful what you’re dealing with here,” Kyle told Carl who was watching everything transpire. The Loverboy CEO then turned his attention to Lindsay, saying, “You’re a master manipulator. My wife deserves better. She’s tried so many times with you. I don’t give a f—k anymore.” Lindsay quipped, “I’m the bad person” as Kyle stormed off. Summer House airs on Bravo Mondays at 9 p.m. ET. Scroll down to relive the biggest moments from season 7, episode 4:

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Kyle and Carl Broach the Loverboy Subject

Before heading back to the Hamptons for the weekend, Kyle and Carl have a discussion at the Loverboy headquarters in New York City. “There’s a lot to talk about obviously,” Carl said before Kyle took the lead. “First and foremost is our friendship. I feel bad about last weekend,” the Loverboy founder explained. “This has been a slow build. I think it was coming out in the form of a venting situation.”

Carl understood where he was coming from, but noted, “It was hard to kind of hear from Danielle what was said.” The former Loverboy VP of sales then switched to his grievances about the job. “I’ve been basically wearing the VP of sales hat and then I have to go be the face of the brand. I’ve been wearing all these different hats,” Carl said. “I’m not even getting compensated separately for some of these things.”

Kyle, for his part, questioned how much his longtime friend was actually spending on his career amid complaints from other employees. “When you talk about 90 hours … I was struggling these past couple months to figure out if you’re working 40,” the Maryland native confessed. “I’m not hearing from you. A lot of people aren’t hearing from you.”

Carl agreed, replying, “I feel inadequate. I do get distracted. … I hate not having a firm answer for you of exactly what I want to do.” Kyle concluded by making a plan to have them move forward. “I want to help you reevaluate how you’re spending your time,” Kyle told his pal. “We’ll probably just rethink your title, candidly. And make sure you feel appreciated and you’re doing what you like to do. Friend to friend, let’s just never let this happen again.”

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Lindsay Holds a Grudge Against Amanda

“I think Amanda affected our friendship … way before this happened,” Lindsay told Danielle and Gabby Prescod when asked about her dynamic with Amanda amid their respective partner’s Carl and Kyle’s feud.

The Hubb House PR founder claimed that Amanda “winds up saying that ‘Carl is our employee. He works for us.’ As if Carl works for her,” which rubbed her the wrong way. “I’m out there supporting Loverboy more than her. I’m sober to support my boyfriend and she’s saying I’m manipulating my boyfriend,” Lindsay alleged.

Amanda, meanwhile, told some of the other housemates that she and Lindsay had worked things out after she previously said Lindsay had “tainted” Carl amid their romance. “We texted. I apologized like five times over,” Amanda insisted during the episode. “She didn’t respond. We’ve been good.”

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Mya Talks With Sam About Being ‘Too Much’

After driving to the Hamptons with Sam Feher, some of the girls joked that she never stops talking. Mya Allen, meanwhile, decided to tell Sam, 25, about her flaw in hopes of helping her reign it in. “I want to say this to you in the nicest way possible … I think you speak too much,” Mya, 31, told Sam in a one-on-one chat. “I’m not telling you to be quiet. I’m not coming for you. I believe you have the best heart.”

The Feher Agency founder brushed it off, saying, “Nah, it’s like a me thing. It’s always a me thing. Because I can’t shut the f—k up.” While Mya told Sam not to “get in your head about it,” the season 7 newbie had a break down. “I’ve always said to my friends I wish I could let you talk without interrupting you, but I can’t. I’m annoying and no one wants more of me,” Sam confessed. “Nobody’s ever asked for more from me because I give so much.”

Mya tried to reassure her housemate that her chattiness is “an aspect” of her personality and there is “so much more” to her than that. Sam, however, was still a little upset by the discussion and vented to her mom the following morning.

“When I was in college, I dated a guy who was a couple years older than me. Throughout this entire relationship, this guy kind of beat it into me that I was too much,” Sam recalled during a confessional, before telling her mom she thought she’d “grown out of a place where I was insecure about that.” Her mom, meanwhile, reminded her that the family doesn’t think she’s “too much.”

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Danielle ‘Stirs the Pot’ and Comes for Amanda

While playing a late-night game of “stir the pot,” Danielle revealed that Amanda is the housemate she “trusts the least,” noting she throws a “curveball” into every situation. Although the game was supposed to be fun, the Loverboy creative director took it personally and left the room crying.

“What? I’m a curveball?” Amanda asked, to which Danielle said, “Let’s unpack it.” The New Jersey native, however, got emotional and refused to talk to the group. “Corner me as an individual and unpack it,” Amanda said. “That felt personal.”

Danielle, for her part, explained her answer to the rest of the room: “The curveball to me is that I feel like Amanda is a friend to Lindsay and a friend to me.” Ciara Miller tried to figure out exactly what the tech guru meant but didn’t really get to the bottom of it.

“I get told that I’m manipulating. The things that she has said is so f—ked up,” Lindsay chimed in, to which Danielle said, “So many undertones.”

Ciara, 27, later told the cameras: “Come on Danielle, you’re supposed to be minding your business. Now Lindsay is piggybacking. You get yourself caught up in their s--t time and time again.”

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Kyle Blows Up Over Lindsay’s Mean Girl Tactics

During the group’s sleepover game night, Kyle came to his wife’s defense after Danielle and Lindsay took jabs at her and her alleged trustworthy actions. “Lindsay is making my life so f—king complicated,” Kyle said while searching for his spouse. “Danielle is literally a mouthpiece.”

Amanda, meanwhile, told her husband that she is “done” with the situation and remained in their room. Kyle, however, was furious about Lindsay and Danielle talking smack about his partner so he blew up at the publicist. “F—k Lindsay. Danielle is living in the shadow of Lindsay just like Carl is now,” he said while waling back and forth in the house. “I’m f—king sick of this s—t.”

When Kyle rejoined the group, he clapped back at Lindsay for stirring the pot even more and claiming that Amanda never tried to squash their beef outside the house. “People don’t know the real side of Lindsay. She’s a f—king evil, conniving bitch,” Kyle said. “Good luck to my best friend — ‘cause you’re a f—king psycho.”

Carl, who was dating Lindsay at the time, seemed unphased by Kyle’s outburst, which led Danielle to yell at him. “This is when you stand up and say f—king something to him,” she said, to which Carl replied, “Let him just bury himself.”

Kyle, for his part, continued to argue Amanda’s innocence as he exited the room. “My wife honestly is the nicest person ever. And when people who are actual assholes and actual bitches get their way, it honestly makes me sick,” he quipped.

Danielle grew even more upset by Kyle’s comments and once again told Carl, “F—king stand up and say something to him. He’s being a f—king asshole.” Carl stayed seated as Kyle went outside, yelling, “F—k everybody. F—k giving Lindsay so much f—king power.”