A battle of the brands.
Kyle Cooke and Paige DeSorbo get into a tense confrontation while discussing her then-boyfriend Craig Conover’s investment in a competing alcohol brand in Wednesday’s episode of “Summer House.”
Cooke brings up the controversial topic over dinner with DeSorbo and the rest of their co-stars in a new sneak peek obtained by E! News.
Kyle Cooke confronts Paige DeSorbo over Craig Conover’s investment in a competing alcohol company in Wednesday’s episode of “Summer House.”Instagram/@drinkloverboy
Cooke admits he was “hurt” by Conover’s actions.Getty Images
“Listen, the way Craig went about it is what hurt me, OK?” he begins. “There are multiple lies, if I can be honest.”
DeSorbo, 32, quickly interjects to defend Conover, 37, and claims the “Southern Charm” star “went about it in the right way.”
“He told you he was doing it, and he did it,” she says, referring to Conover giving Cooke, 42, a heads-up that he was investing in the Loverboy founder’s competitor, Spritz Society.
DeSorbo steps in to defend her then-boyfriend’s approach to not investing in Cooke’s company, Loverboy.GC Images
Cooke’s wife, Amanda Batula, also shares her side of the story.imkylecooke/Instagram
However, Cooke’s wife and DeSorbo’s close friend, Amanda Batula, chimes in and alleges that Conover “didn’t say” he was officially working with Spritz.
“He said that they had approached him, and Kyle thought he had an opportunity to talk to him about it,” Batula, 33, recalls. “He thought he was in between and was like, ‘Hey, this is what I’ve been presented with. I don’t know what I’m doing yet.'”
Cooke agrees with his wife and adds, “It was claimed that he gave me the chance to counter. He asked if he could invest in Loverboy. I said, ‘Just give me a second to come up with a proposal about investing.'”
DeSorbo calls out Cooke for “berating” her over text.Getty Images for MTV
The “Southern Charm” star made headlines last year when he invested in Spritz Society.Blake Shorter/Spritz Society
The budding DJ then says he would have given Conover the opportunity to invest for a starting bid of $25,000.
“Listen, if he presented it the way he described, that would’ve been one thing,” he says. “But, he’s a f–king liar, OK? And I’ve been taking f–king shots one after another. I’m happy to talk to Craig about it — like, quite frankly, it’s a moot point.”
Cooke insinuates the situation was more personally challenging for him than professionally by telling DeSorbo, “I thought we were closer than this.”
Cooke went off against Conover’s competing investment last year.paige_desorbo/Instagram
Conover and Cooke will discuss the feud later in the season.paige_desorbo/Instagram
“And I thought we were closer than you texting me, just berating my boyfriend and my best friend,” she quips before standing up and leaving the table.
DeSorbo was referring to several texts Cooke had recently sent her expressing how “f–king apes–t” he was over both Conover’s investment and her best friend Hannah Berner’s claim that her own gig with a different alcohol brand led to her departure from “Summer House” in 2021.
“Summer House” airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo and streams the next day on Peacock.
