{"id":670279,"date":"2026-10-30T22:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670279\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T22:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:20:13","slug":"inside-amanda-batulas-decision-to-exit-in-the-city-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670279\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Amanda Batula’s Decision to Exit In the City Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer House<\/a> alum Amanda Batula<\/a> and boyfriend West Wilson<\/a> appear to be a packaged deal following their romance scandal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe In the City<\/a> cast refused to film with West, so Amanda decided not to come back for next season,\u201d a source exclusively tells Us, revealing that Amanda, 35, \u201cwas asked back\u201d before ultimately choosing not to return for season 2 of the spinoff series.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmanda truly wanted a break, and wanted a break from the world having insight into her life and dissecting her relationship,\u201d the source tells Us of her choice to press pause on reality TV. \u201cWest has been an emotional crutch for her and she was not going to film without him.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Amanda\u2019s departure comes an opening in the cast, which the source tells Us will be filled by Natasha Parker.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tAmanda Batula is seemingly walking away from In the City ahead of its sophomore season. \u201cKyle [Cooke] realized that when Amanda declined to film the upcoming season of #inthecity that he could no longer control or manipulate her anymore and melted down in West [Wilson]\u2019s IG comments,\u201d one fan wrote via X on Thursday, October [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

Natasha, who previously starred on The Bachelor, \u201chas been friends with Lindsay [Hubbard]<\/a> and Carl [Radke]<\/a> for a long time,\u201d the insider notes, referring to the Summer House OGs. (Lindsay, 40, was on season 1 of the spinoff, while Carl, 41, is reportedly part of the season 2 cast.)<\/p>\n

Amanda, for her part, starred on season 1 of In the City alongside then-husband, Kyle Cooke<\/a>. The spinoff documented the final months of her and Kyle\u2019s marriage<\/a>, including Amanda\u2019s decision to move out of their joint apartment<\/a> in fall 2025.<\/p>\n

Amanda and Kyle, 44, announced in January that they had separated after four years of marriage \u2014 all of which were seen on Summer House. Amanda and West, meanwhile, sparked dating rumors in February.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tAmanda Batula won\u2019t return to Summer House for season 11 amid her controversial romance with West Wilson, according to multiple sources. \u201cAmanda was not invited back to season 11,\u201d one source exclusively tells Us Weekly, noting that execs thought it wouldn\u2019t \u201cbe a fun summer\u201d without having \u201corganic relationships with the rest of the cast.\u201d [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

While the pair initially denied they were anything other than friends, they confirmed their romantic relationship<\/a> in late March, sending shockwaves through the Bravoverse.<\/p>\n

Despite receiving backlash for her romance with West \u2014 who previously dated Amanda\u2019s close friend and Summer House costar Ciara Miller<\/a> \u2014 the pair are \u201cstill going strong,\u201d the insider adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have had their ups and downs but basically live together now and are still very serious,\u201d the source shares.<\/p>\n

Us has reached out to Bravo and Amanda\u2019s rep for comment.<\/p>\n

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Us previously revealed that Amanda and West would not be returning<\/a> for season 11 of Summer House, which filmed in the Hamptons this past summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the time, Amanda\u2019s future on In the City had yet to be decided, but a source told Us in August that her connection to West could be problematic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is still some tension surrounding West,\u201d the insider said at the time. \u201cIf Amanda returns for a second season of the show, the cast would not be particularly welcoming toward him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The source explained, \u201cThey aren\u2019t friends with him in real life. They don\u2019t like him because of what happened with [him and] Ciara. They are friends with Ciara and Kyle and have loyalty to them<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amanda\u2019s In the City costars \u201chave no interest in befriending him, even for [her],\u201d the insider added.<\/p>\n

Amanda seemingly hinted at her departure<\/a> from In the City on Thursday, October 29.<\/p>\n

\u201cKyle realized that when Amanda declined to film the upcoming season of #inthecity that he could no longer control or manipulate her anymore and melted down in West\u2019s IG comments,\u201d one fan wrote via X on Thursday, referring to Amanda\u2019s estranged husband, Kyle, calling her boyfriend a \u201ccoke-head\u201d who \u201cblew\u201d up Amanda\u2019s life in a since-deleted Instagram comment.<\/p>\n

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Amanda appeared to endorse the fan theory, reposting the message to her own page with a target emoji.<\/p>\n

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Kyle, for his part, addressed his post about West<\/a> allegedly ruining Amanda\u2019s life, via his Instagram Story that same evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s already enough negativity online, and the last thing I want to do is add to it. So I want to be clear, and then I\u2019m leaving this alone,\u201d Kyle wrote. \u201cDespite our differences, I will always care about Amanda, and when it comes to people I care about, I fight hard. Sometimes too hard. It\u2019s been an emotional and frustrating situation, and I have let those feelings get the better of me at times. But that doesn\u2019t mean my concerns aren\u2019t valid.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Loverboy founder added, \u201cUltimately, I wanted us both to have the opportunity to share our perspectives on the show. But at the end of the day, Amanda has her own life and makes her own decisions, just as I make mine. I\u2019ll leave it there. Thanks everyone \u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summer House alum Amanda Batula and boyfriend West Wilson appear to be a packaged deal following their romance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[922,93,5033,1302,61,60,10796,282],"class_list":["post-670279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-news","tag-exclusive","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-reality-tv","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}