Amanda Batula dropped a financial bombshell about her and estranged husband Kyle Cooke during the In the City premiere — surprising fans and her castmates.
During the Tuesday, May 19, episode of the Summer House spinoff, Amanda, 34, confided in Lindsay Hubbard about her and Kyle’s money drama as the pair continued to work through their marriage issues.
“He has a spreadsheet of all this money that I owed him,” Amanda claimed. “So now it’s paying him in all these lump sums.”
As Amanda vented to Lindsay, 39, a price tag popped up in the corner of the screen, claiming that Amanda owed Kyle $117,000 in “back rent.”
“I already paid it. No sweat off my back,” Amanda nonchalantly told Lindsay as the pair shopped together. “We’re good.”
Lindsay pointed out that if Amanda paid it “last week” then she understood where her “resentment is coming from,” hinting that Amanda and Kyle’s problems were only escalating.
Amanda smiled at the time, seemingly making light of the situation.
Lindsay, however, was stunned by the revelation and told their group of girl friends all about the then-couple’s strange arrangement.
“I feel so bad for Amanda and Kyle. It’s not good,” Lindsay told her pals during a girls’ night out, confirming that the pair “have very separate lives.”
Lindsay then revealed to the group, “Amanda didn’t pay rent for the last three years,” noting that Kyle, 43, has since called to collect.
“So then he tallied it all up and charged her last week. I s*** you not,” Lindsay said as the other women were left speechless. “Charged her last week so then she had to pay him.”
Lindsay has been friends with Kyle since the beginning of Summer House, which filmed in 2016 before airing the following year. She also grew close to Amanda after Amanda and Kyle started dating season 1 of the Bravo series.
During Tuesday’s season 10 finale of Summer House, Amanda told Kyle she needed “space” and went to a hotel for a few days instead of leaving the Hamptons with him like they did every summer.
The events of the In the City premiere transpired in September 2025 just a few weeks after Summer House wrapped filming. At the time, Amanda and Kyle were back to living under the same roof and going to couples therapy.
Amanda and Kyle celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary during the In the City premiere — but before they finished their drinks at the bar, Amanda dropped another bombshell.
“I’m going to move out. I know it’s our anniversary. I’m not bringing it up, like, ‘I’m out, I’m leaving.’ This is like a month,” Amanda told Kyle. “This is not to end the relationship. I want to date again. I want to get together and spend time like this. I’m not doing this to run away. I’m doing this because I want it to work out.”
Kyle said he was “trying to be open minded,” but later told the cameras, “It feels extreme. I’m not sold on this being the solution.”
Four months after they shot that scene, Amanda and Kyle announced in January that they were getting divorce. Amanda has since started dating Summer House costar West Wilson, who previously dated Ciara Miller, which has caused a big rift among the cast.
In the City airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
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