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Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula separation became official in January 2026. The Summer House couple, who had been together roughly a decade and married for four years, posted a joint statement that felt more like a quiet exhale than an explosion.
“After much reflection, we have mutually and amicably decided to part ways as a couple,” they wrote on Instagram Stories. “We share this with a heavy heart and kindly ask for your grace and support while we focus on our personal growth and healing.”
No screaming matches leaked. No messy cheating scandal dropped as the final blow. Instead, the split revealed something messier and more common: two people who loved each other but had grown into versions of themselves that no longer fit.
Caption: Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula appeared together at the In The City premiere in May 2026, months after announcing their separation.
A Quick Timeline of Their Relationship
They met during the early days of Summer House. Got engaged on a yacht during Season 3. Planned a big wedding that COVID pushed back. Finally married on September 25, 2021, in Amanda’s parents’ backyard in New Jersey — intimate, emotional, full of hope.
For years their relationship played out on camera: the fights about partying, the makeups, the constant push-pull between Kyle’s ambition and Amanda’s desire for something steadier. By late 2025 the private version had already started to fracture.
When the Separation Actually Began
Amanda moved out of their New York City apartment in November 2025 — right before BravoCon. She later explained the move was meant to create breathing room so they could “date each other” and work on things. Instead, the distance made everything clearer.
“The space made us realize, well, maybe we want more space; that the separation should be permanent,” she told Marie Claire.
They didn’t announce anything right away. They still showed up together at events and tried to keep things civil while cameras rolled for Season 10. The decision to go public came days before their January 19, 2026 statement. They even posted the news on FaceTime together.
What Actually Went Wrong
The issues weren’t new. They had been simmering for years and got louder once Kyle leaned harder into DJing.
Kyle’s late-night gigs and travel schedule clashed hard with what Amanda wanted. She had been vocal on the show about not signing up to be “the wife of a DJ” who comes home at 6:30 a.m. or sleeps at a fan’s place after a set. Every time he went out, her phone filled with DMs accusing him of things. Some of those rumors traced back to a real mistake he made before their 2018 engagement — and that old wound never fully healed.
Kyle later admitted on Watch What Happens Live that he wishes he had “made a better effort” to address those trust issues earlier. He said he didn’t fully understand back then how much the 2018 cheating would keep haunting them.
On the flip side, Kyle felt Amanda didn’t fully support the business side of his life. Loverboy was struggling. DJ money helped pay employees and keep things afloat. He saw the gigs as necessary. She saw them as the same old partying that had always caused problems.
They tried couples therapy. It helped for a while, then progress slipped. Amanda described the move-out as a “drastic” step born out of frustration that things weren’t changing fast enough. Kyle was skeptical at first — he didn’t love the uncertainty — but both eventually accepted the space had shown them something real.
Amanda put it plainly in her Marie Claire interview: she could finally see what viewers had been saying for years. She had been carrying a lot of responsibility for his feelings and his lifestyle. Once she stepped back, she realized she didn’t want to carry it anymore.
Kyle described them as “very different people” who still cared deeply for each other. There was frustration on both sides, he said, but no single smoking gun.
Their Own Words
Amanda on the timeline and relief: “I moved out in November. We were separated but agreed not to see other people. The plan was to date each other, work on our relationship, and take some space. But that space made us realize… the separation should be permanent.”
Kyle on missing her and what he wishes he’d done differently: “She was my best friend. We were very different people, but splitting was not something we took lightly. I wish I made a better effort… I don’t think I understood that those trust issues from, my gosh, like 2018, would have such a big impact.”
Kyle on infidelity rumors during the marriage: “I can tell you I was not like, physically or emotionally unfaithful.”
Amanda on fans who rooted for the breakup for years: “It used to make me angry.”
Where They Stand Now (June 2026)
They are separated but have not filed for divorce. Both have described the split as heading toward a clean break, even without a prenup. They co-parent their dogs, Reese and Ryder, and still speak regularly.
They’ve appeared together at events since the announcement and seem committed to staying on decent terms for the sake of the show and their shared history. Amanda has spoken about feeling lighter and ready to enjoy life without carrying someone else’s chaos. Kyle has said he’s focused on personal growth and that there’s “no playbook” for this kind of public split.
The Summer House Season 10 reunion and the spin-off In The City have already started unpacking the raw emotions on both sides. That’s reality TV — the end of the marriage is now part of the story they’re still filming.
The Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula separation didn’t explode because of one betrayal or one fight. It ended because years of small mismatches finally became too loud to ignore once they gave each other space. Two people who once built a life together on camera are now figuring out how to exist beside each other without being responsible for each other.
That kind of ending doesn’t make for the messiest headlines. It just feels honest.
