“Summer House” star Paige DeSorbo shocked the Bravosphere when she introduced her exit from the long-running actuality collection in early June 2025.
Nonetheless, her on-and-off-screen bestie, Amanda Batula, not too long ago hinted that the “Giggly Squad” podcast host may return to the collection ahead of anticipated.
In a brand new interview, Batula additionally weighed in on Lexi Wooden’s stunning “Summer time Home” departure, which adopted a season largely outlined by her contentious relationship with ex-boyfriend Jesse Solomon.
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‘Summer time Home’ Star Hints That She Noticed DeSorbo’s Exit Coming Whereas Filming The Most Current Season
The day after the “Summer time Home” season 9 reunion concluded, DeSorbo shared a prolonged Instagram submit asserting her departure from the Bravo present.
“I’ve just a little life replace for you: I’ve made the choice to not return to Summer time Home,” she wrote in her Instagram Tales. “Being a part of this present has been some of the rewarding chapters of my life — the friendships, the drama, the giggles, all unforgettable,” she continued.
“You’ve got seen me develop up over these final 7 summers. I will at all times be past grateful for the reminiscences, the group, and the alternatives this wild experience has introduced me. However like all good issues (and a few unhealthy choices), it is time for this chapter to shut,” the style influencer added.
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“To my castmates, the followers, and my NBCU household: thanks,” she continued. “I by no means may’ve imagined what this journey would flip into — and what number of of you’d be alongside for the experience. And you have not seen the final of me, I promise. A lot extra to do collectively, however for now you understand you possibly can at all times discover me and Daphne in my mattress.”
Though many followers have been surprised by her resolution, Batula informed The Post that she noticed her exit coming from a mile away.
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Batula Was ‘Anticipating’ DeSorbo’s ‘Summer time Home’ Exit After Her Season Earlier than

“She FaceTimed me and Ciara [Miller] and informed us, and it was actually robust to listen to,” Batula, 33, informed the publication.
“I feel I used to be type of anticipating it simply because she had such a tough time final summer season, and you may actually inform that her nervousness was taking her over. She stayed again a couple of Fridays, would keep again a weekend. She was actually struggling, and I feel that it’s the very best resolution for her,” she added.
Nonetheless, the veteran actuality star, who not too long ago launched her “Amanda Batula” swim line, mentioned she has a sense DeSorbo will return to the collection—or TV generally—someday quickly.
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Might DeSorbo Make Her Method Again To The Hamptons For A Future Season Of ‘Summer time Home’?

“I’m calling it taking a summer season off,” Batula informed The Submit. “I’d prefer to assume that she’s not accomplished. I do know that she is just not accomplished with TV.”
She added, “That lady was born for TV. So I do know we’ll be seeing loads of her. However I imply, it’s exhausting to exit to the Hamptons each single weekend, driving forwards and backwards, sitting within the site visitors, all of the partying, the consuming. It’s loads. And I feel she went by means of it final summer season, and he or she simply wants a break. And I respect that.”
Batula defined that though DeSorbo’s exit made her and her co-star, Ciara Miller, “unhappy,” she’s glad to nonetheless have an ally on the present. “[Ciara and I] simply form of checked out one another and have been like, ‘It’s simply the 2 of us.’”
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Wooden Is Additionally Accomplished With The Hamptons

And DeSorbo is not the one one leaving “Summer time Home” and the Hamptons behind.
Wood, who spent a lot of the season arguing along with her ex-boyfriend, Solomon, additionally introduced her departure in June 2025.
“Effectively… that wasn’t the summer season I signed up for nevertheless it undoubtedly taught me loads,” she wrote on-line. “I stood up for girls and for what’s proper, even when it wasn’t simple and I’d try this once more in a heartbeat.”
Wood continued, “I’m leaving Summer time Home with no regrets (Effectively… possibly one),” earlier than saying she was “pleased with the best way I dealt with myself” and “pleased with what I walked away from.”
What Does Batula Have To Say About Her Exit?

Throughout her chat with The Submit, Batula opened up about Wooden’s announcement, calling the choice a “bummer.”
She added that she believed Wooden, 27, “had a lot potential” and known as her tumultuous relationship with Solomon “unlucky.”
“Lexi and I knew one another earlier than,” she continued. “I feel it will have been nice to have a woman summer season, however I can’t management what folks resolve to do.”