Lindsay Hubbard’s “Hot Hubbs Summer” is officially heating up after Summer House received a 2026 Emmy Awards nomination.
“I screamed, I didn’t cry but I got chills, and I ran a lap around my apartment,” Lindsay, 39, exclusively tells Us Weekly after the hit Bravo show earned its first-ever Emmy nomination for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program after 10 seasons on Wednesday, July 8. “Then I started pacing around on the phone calling everyone.”
Lindsay, who has been part of the Hamptons-based series since its 2017 premiere, confesses she couldn’t “contain my excitement for an entire two hours.” (The Emmy nominations were announced on Wednesday morning, with Summer House competing against America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Love on the Spectrum, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked and Welcome to Wrexham.)
The TV personality — who has created multiple catchphrases on the show, including “Hot Hubbs Summer” and “Don’t Activate Me” — tells Us that when she calmed down, she had to contact fellow OG stars Kyle Cooke and Carl Radke to celebrate the milestone.
“I texted Kyle and Carl on a group text first,” Lindsay recalls. “And then I texted our editors and our executives from Truly Original.”
Lindsay reveals that her messages were “filled with a lot of caps, exclamation marks and extra letters to express my excitement.”
“I am so beyond proud and excited for our entire team top to bottom,” Lindsay gushes. “From our producers, editors, executives at Truly Original, to [the] cast and our entire crew that has been with us for the majority of these past 10 years, I am just so happy for our show! Very well deserved nomination!”
During season 10, which aired earlier this year, the cast got even more attention than usual following Kyle and Amanda Batula’s divorce announcement in January. (Amanda, 34, has been part of the show since season 1 when she was Kyle’s new girlfriend and not yet a full-time cast member.)
After four years of marriage, the pair announced their divorce. The following month, Amanda sparked romance rumors with season 8 addition West Wilson, but they both denied there was any truth to the fan speculation.
On March 31, Amanda and West, 31, changed their tune and confirmed that their platonic friendship had turned romantic.
The revelation shocked the Bravoverse, especially since West and his ex-girlfriend — costar Ciara Miller — had seemingly gotten close again during filming in summer 2025. West and Ciara, 30, previously dated in 2023 and Amanda was privy to all of her ups and downs with West as one of her former BFFs.
During the explosive three-part reunion special, West confessed to having “sleepovers” with Ciara during the fall of 2025, but claimed that he didn’t start seeing Amanda until February. (He also confessed that he was dating Meija Moreno before Amanda, but said she was never his girlfriend.)
Some of the cast, including Lindsay, Amanda, Kyle, West and Ciara also filmed Summer House: The Aftermath to give fans even more clarity on Amanda and West’s relationship timeline.
While Us has since confirmed that both West and Amanda are not returning to the franchise amid the drama and subsequent fallout, their hookup seemingly gave Summer House the fuel it needed to get its first Emmy nod.
“This season was jam-packed with drama, fun, and vulnerability from the cast,” Lindsay tells Us about why she thinks the show was nominated. “It was a 16-episode season, with three-part reunion, and one additional aftermath episode: 20 episodes of premium content to feed the viewers was huge for fans.”
Lindsay, who is also one of the stars of the show’s spinoff In the City, says that the way their editors were able to “seamlessly and flawlessly incorporate a present scandal into two shows” should be applauded.
She explains that the production teams were able to not confuse viewers while “also delivering all the new content in a way that still told these updated stories,” calling it “beyond impressive.”
“They were working around the clock editing these shows and they did such a phenomenal job,” Lindsay adds.
While Lindsay has always been one to prepare for anything life can throw at her, she admits to Us that she’s not ready to write an acceptance speech just yet.
“I don’t want to jinx anything so I’m going to just keep my fingers crossed for now and see what happens next!” she teases.
The 2026 Emmy Awards air on NBC Monday, September 14, at 8 p.m. ET.
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