{"id":479501,"date":"2026-06-16T04:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/479501\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T04:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:28:12","slug":"jesse-solomon-on-summer-house-reunion-tears-warning-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/479501\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Solomon on \u2018Summer House\u2019 Reunion Tears, Warning West"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Of all the Summer House<\/a> cast members to grace Andy Cohen\u2019s stage during the three-part reunion, Jesse Solomon isn\u2019t the obvious main character. Sure, he\u2019s brought ample drama since his arrival three seasons ago, from a tumultuous season-nine relationship with newcomer Lexi Wood to his flirtatious close friendship with Ciara Miller. But the season-ten reunion needed to explore the fallout of the scandal that shook the fandom earlier this year, when Amanda Batula (longtime cast member and wife of Kyle Cooke) and West Wilson (Ciara\u2019s ex and Jesse\u2019s close friend) announced their romantic relationship.<\/p>\n

Solomon wasn\u2019t one of the reunion\u2019s loudest voices, but fans were moved by his emotional reactions to the conversation, especially when speaking about the friend-group schism and West\u2019s betrayal in part three<\/a>. An extended version of the episode revealed more context for his tears: Recently, Solomon learned that a good friend hooked up with one of his exes, a situation with eerie parallels to his castmates\u2019 drama. Both that experience and his tangential involvement in the Amanda-West drama has affected his priorities going into the upcoming season, both in his love life and his friendships. \u201cI\u2019ve always gone into it thinking, This is a show about partying in the Hamptons with your friends, and that\u2019s what we do every weekend,\u201d Solomon says. \u201cBut the most rewarding parts of the show have been the Sunrise Day Camp<\/a>, and Ciara leading a conversation about race<\/a>, and things that are actually more important in the world than partying in the Hamptons.\u201d<\/p>\n

How have you been taking in the response to the Summer House reunion and to your emotional reactions specifically?
It\u2019s interesting that people are seeing me so devastated; I\u2019m in such a better place than I was on that day. I just finished a 15-city tour, and it was some of the most fun I\u2019ve ever had. I\u2019m releasing my favorite song that I\u2019ve ever made. It\u2019s a stark contrast to what I\u2019m expressing on television right now. As a man, you\u2019re taught your whole life to keep your emotions in. I wasn\u2019t trying to cry. I was really so hurt that I just couldn\u2019t hold it in. I\u2019m glad it\u2019s behind me and we can hopefully start a fresh chapter.<\/p>\n

In the extended cut, we got the context that you were going through a similar situation with a friend and an ex. Where is your relationship with that friend now?
It has actually happened multiple times. Once was my best childhood friend, and I talked about that on an earlier season of the show in a confessional. But then it happened again more recently. I haven\u2019t been talking to the friend, but I haven\u2019t completely severed ties either. I\u2019m just trying to figure it out.<\/p>\n

Based on the reactions of Carl and others at the reunion, it seems like you confided in them about the situation.
Yeah, I told them it had happened. It\u2019s just crazy that this is all happening on the show and also happened to me separately. A lot of my friends from the show are friends with my other friends from before the show, so it\u2019s all diabolical stuff.<\/p>\n

Is there anything crucial we missed during the reunion, from your perspective?
It was such a long day. I didn\u2019t say a lot, but when you see the reunion back, I think everything I did say was included, so it looked like I was saying a decent amount. There was some newbie beef that I think was cut out, but I\u2019ll leave it there.<\/p>\n

A couple days ago, you posted a West-and-Amanda timeline<\/a> from your perspective. What did you want to make clear by posting that?
That was just my view of how things went down. I brought the timeline in case of emergency if somebody was trying to lie about me being in on it, but nobody at the reunion was accusing me of having known, and there was bigger fish to fry.<\/p>\n

People have been begging me for the timeline, and then Andy was like, \u201cJesse\u2019s going to post the timeline tomorrow!\u201d I was like, \u201cAll right, guess I\u2019m posting the timeline tomorrow!\u201d It was so long that I had to cut it down into a digestible format.<\/p>\n

Is there any silver lining to this drama, at least in bringing you closer with anyone?
[Long pause.] Like \u2026 no? I guess the show\u2019s doing well right now, but it\u2019s bad for the show long term. It\u2019s bad for the friend group long term. No part of me is happy that this happened. I would even say to West, when I was suspicious, \u201cDude, please, if any bit of this is true, stop and lock it up and figure your shit out.\u201d He sure didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

What would you need from West to rebuild a friendship?
I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m a really slow decision-maker, one of my Achilles heels. In this case, I think it\u2019s fair to need some time. West needs to learn how to treat people, in particular women, because he treats other people in his life \u2014 friends and family \u2014 really well. I think a change there is necessary. And then just apologizing for the things that actually hurt people. I know he\u2019s full of regret with how this all went down, so I\u2019m hoping he can learn and grow from it and be a better person and friend.<\/p>\n

I assume casting conversations are in full swing. Is that something you frequently discuss with other cast members?
Yeah, I mean, we\u2019re fucking gossiping, but I\u2019m not bringing it up all the time, because the people who are on the fringe of coming back \u2014 I don\u2019t really want to ask. I want people to tell me. I\u2019m just focused on music right now. I\u2019m going to L.A. for a couple weeks and have a bunch of good stuff to do there. When I arrive in the Hamptons, I will be ready to have some fun with whoever is there, and I hope all my friends are there, but it will work out exactly the way it\u2019s supposed to.<\/p>\n

It must be a weird experience to see the show becoming a phenomenon and reach new heights in terms of ratings, yet feel insecure about where it\u2019s going in the future.
Yeah, I find myself wondering, What\u2019s going to happen this summer? Will the show still be entertaining? It\u2019s like, that\u2019s not my job. My job is to show up and be myself, and hopefully that translates to an entertaining show. I\u2019m not really worried about the ratings and popularity. I\u2019m glad more people get to see the show, because people seem to like it. The show was getting way more popular before the drama happened, it got even more popular after, and now this reunion has become must-see TV. New viewers came in for just the reunion.<\/p>\n

What have you learned about your friendships and relationships in this past year?
I continue to grow up. As much as I thought I was mature two summers ago, you don\u2019t know what you don\u2019t know. I thought I had it figured out at the time, but looking back, God, I was such a twerp. Right now, I\u2019m in such a good place, and I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll do something stupid this summer by accident. I\u2019ll learn a lesson from it. I\u2019m not excited about it, but that\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

During the reunion, you mentioned wanting to find something real in your next romantic relationship. What are you looking for when it comes to your love life and your friendships?
Loyal friends, people who want to talk and hang out, not just at the Summer House but during the week. Once cameras go down in the fall and winter, people get really busy, but some people make more of an effort than others, and those are the people I ended up being close with. I\u2019m with Kyle every weekend right now.<\/p>\n

Romantically, I\u2019m looking for someone smart and ambitious and funny and thoughtful and kind and a badass that has her own thing going on. If she happens to be in the Summer House, definitely will take it slow. But I\u2019m not counting on that.<\/p>\n

\ufeffYour song \u201cWildfire\u201d came out on Friday. I know singing has been a longtime passion of yours and that you trained at Frost School of Music. What has your journey been like, pivoting away and back to music?
I\u2019ve sung my whole life. I went to music school, and then I decided to work in the music business. I worked at WME for a few years and then left to start my own company and ended up working in finance. I got further and further away from music but kept singing in the shower the whole time. Then through Summer House, I was able to get back toward the entertainment world. I started writing and recording music again. At first, it was just a thing I enjoyed doing to make me happy, and now it\u2019s the most important thing.<\/p>\n

Do you still use a lot of the lessons from music school?
Definitely. I\u2019ve sung in a cappella groups my whole life \u2014 not a cappella all the time, but multiple voices, and a lot of harmonies. I\u2019m able to rip all the harmonies on my songs really quickly, and I can do them really well. But all the techniques I\u2019ve learned in voice lessons throughout my whole life \u2014 I was in a voice lesson just now. I\u2019m always trying to improve.<\/p>\n

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