In what can only be described as casting pure Bravo mischief, Carl Radke (Summer House), Tom Schwartz (Vanderpump Rules), Shep Rose (Southern Charm), and Jesse Lally (The Valley) have all signed on for the second season of Love Hotel — the experimental relationship series that drops fame-fatigued Bravolebs into a luxury villa filled with temptation, emotional check-ins, and brutally honest love therapy.
But this isn’t just a getaway. According to insiders, Season 2 will push deeper into unresolved wounds, headline-making breakups, and the emotional avoidance tactics that have made all four men polarizing fan favorites — or villains, depending on who you ask.
Carl arrives fresh off his explosive called-off engagement with Lindsay Hubbard — and fans are already speculating whether he’s ready to truly reflect or just charm his way through group therapy. Schwartz, still entangled in the aftermath of the Scandoval hurricane, brings his signature “I didn’t mean to” energy and a long trail of avoidant behavior that even Love Hotel’s therapists might struggle to unpack.
Shep, who famously rejected monogamy and burned bridges with Taylor Ann Green on Southern Charm, is expected to bring his commitment issues front and center. A source close to production says Shep “isn’t here to fix himself — he’s here to prove he doesn’t need fixing,” which already has producers salivating.
Then there’s Jesse Lally — the newest to the Bravo universe but no less dramatic. His crumbling marriage to Michelle on The Valley and off-screen rumors of emotional distance make him the perfect wild card for a series that thrives on uncomfortable truths and confessional confrontations.
Production insiders tease that the group dynamic will be explosive from day one. “They all think they’re the ‘reasonable one,’” one source said. “But by the end of the first week, we’re going to see tears, tantrums, and more late-night wine-fueled truth bombs than last season ever dreamed of.”
Filming is set to begin between late July and early August at a new undisclosed location — rumored to be a private estate in Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit — and will once again blend structured couples therapy with unstructured Bravo-style drama.
Will Carl finally own his accountability? Can Schwartz form a sentence that doesn’t end in a question mark? Will Shep admit he’s not Peter Pan? And will Jesse stop using real estate open houses as therapy avoidance?
The answers are coming — and the baggage claim is about to overflow.
