Bravo Picks Cameras Back Up for ‘In the City’ Amid Amanda Batula and West Wilson Romance Scandal

Bravo picked up cameras for Summer House spinoff In the City amid all the drama over Amanda Batula and West Wilson’s scandalous romance.

“In the City, which launches in a couple weeks, you’ll see in the first episode we have a new scene that we shot with a couple of the cast members,” Bravo chairman Frances Berwick confirmed to The Ankler on Wednesday, April 29. “So, we did pick up [cameras] there but we just didn’t feel like that was the right thing to do on Summer House.”

Berwick further explained, “It does come back to the emotional well-being of the cast members, and we didn’t think that was right. We did take a beat before we covered that. And that was obviously in the reunion last week; as everyone now knows, we taped the reunion last week.”

Us Weekly reached out to Bravo for additional comment.

In the City — which premieres Tuesday, May 19 — features Amanda, 34, her estranged husband, Kyle Cooke, Lindsay Hubbard and more Summer House favorites living their day-to-day lives in New York City outside of the familiar trappings of the Hamptons.

Fans already expected to see the fallout of Amanda and Kyle’s split on the show, filmed in January, with her newfound romance with West, 31, only increasing interest in In the City. (Season 1 was filmed prior to West and Amanda going public with their relationship.)

Amanda and West stunned fans on March 31 when they confirmed their romance after months of denying there were dating.

“We’ve seen the growing online speculation, so while this is still very new, we wanted to provide some clarity,” they said in a joint Instagram statement. “It was never our intention to purposely hide anything. Given the complicated relationship dynamics involved and the scrutiny that comes with being on a reality show, we needed a little space to process things privately before speaking on it.”

They went on, “We’ve shown up for each other as friends over the years, through all the highs and lows, and what’s developed recently was the last thing either of us expected. Our connection grew out of a genuine, longstanding friendship, which made it especially important for us to approach this with care.”

“As our feelings evolved, we wanted to take time to understand exactly what we were feeling,” they added. “We also recognize that this has had an impact beyond just us and never wanted our actions to cause any hurt or be perceived as careless. We truly appreciate the understanding and respect as we navigate this.”