Jesse Solomon is making his role in the ongoing drama between hisSummer Housecostars very clear.
When fans began questioning how much Solomon knew before Amanda Batula and West Wilsonconfirmed their rumored romanceon social media Tuesday, he stepped into the conversation to say he knew as much as anyone else.
Commenting on an Instagram post that asked if Solomon was theTom Schwartz to Wilson's Tom Sandoval, he said "I heard the rumors but they were denied to me multiple times. The post referenced Schwartz's part in "Scandoval," the frenzy that erupted after his business partner andVanderpump Rulescostar Sandovalcheated on his then-girlfriend of nine years,Ariana Madix, with their friendRachel "Raquel" Leviss.
Wilson and Batula confirmed their relationship in a joint statement on Tuesday, weeks aftergossip blog DeuxMoi reportedthat they were allegedly hooking up. The statement came a little over two months after Batulaannounced her splitfrom husband andSummer Housecostar Kyle Cooke.
While severalSummer Housecast members have weighed in on the situation on social media, Solomon has refrained from picking a side. But as another another Bravo star tells it, he'd been dropping hints that a big reveal was coming.
Stopping bySiriusXM'sSmiths Sisters Liveon Tuesday,The Valley's Zack Wickham said he heard Solomon's version of the story through the grapevine.
"I will say that one of our friends' cousins was on a vacation and met Jesse Solomon, and he just told her everything and then she told me," Wickham said. "So, I'm like, if what he told her is real, then brace yourselves, America."
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Wickham then apologized for stirring the pot, adding, "Sorry Jesse, I didn't mean to throw you under the bus. I'm not saying anything publicly, but oh my God."
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Cookerecently broke his silence about his ex's new relationship, saying that he was "more concerned" about his ex than his own feelings. The star claimed that Batula has been getting "cyber-bullied" by the show's viewers amid the drama of her and Wilson releasing their joint statement.
"I'm obviously frustrated, I mean we have a new show coming out and there's so much that gets unpacked there," Cooke told "street journalist" Adam Glyn. "I'm obviously disappointed in her... but just hearing her and hearing how unwell she is, and [her] dark thoughts, I just ask people to just, maybe, pull off the gas a little on the cyberbullying and hate."
Cooke said that he found out about the relationship "over the weekend" and got a heads-up before Batula and Wilson posted their statement. Cooke also shared that he's spoken to costar Ciara Miller — Wilson's ex — and that Wilson himself reached out with a "half-assed text message." He added that he doesn't "understand the timeline just yet" of when the pair got together.
Miller has not spoken out since Batula and Wilson confirmed their relationship, butshe no longer follows either costar on Instagram.
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