“The ‘Vanderpump Rules’ comparison… It’s flattering. I mean, those guys are legends. I don’t think we’re there yet,' said cast member Kyle Cooke.
—and maybe the most niche content Bravo has yet to offer. The series features the cast of, sans Carl Radke , Danielle Olivera, and a few others. Rounding out the crew in their absence are some members of’s inaugural season last year, we watched this hodgepodge of conventionally hot and equally annoying people shack up in a fancy lodge in Stowe, Vermont, where they spent two weeks shotgunning beer, making out in jacuzzis, and frolicking in cheap costumes from Amazon.
“[Season 1] was enabled by the pandemic,” Cooke, 40, says over a Zoom call. “I’m sure Bravo was sitting down thinking, ‘What can we actually film that doesn’t have to stray so far off course because of lockdown?’ Season 1 ofwas literally filmed pre-vaccine. We had insane testing protocols every single day. It was real. We shot it self-contained. And that was part of the beauty of it.”cast member and Cooke’s spouse, Amanda Batula, 31, chimes in. “It’s a fun show to film.
’s brand as the cast and overall premise of the show has evolved. The couple’s bumpy relationship has been a steady throughline over the series’ six seasons, the last of which ended with their long-awaited nuptials. They’ve also been able to extend the show’s reach by way of their popular sparkling hard-tea brand Loverboy, of which Cooke is the founder and Batula is the creative director.
“It just was like the pressure cooker was on high,” he says. “It was so expensive. It was so stressful. And when you film, it’s very easy, when it all plays out, for little speed bumps and flare-ups to become such a bigger deal. And so I think about the“We were just happy we didn’t have to plan anything,” Batula laughs.Based on tonight’s premiere episode alone, it looks as though Batula and Cooke may get a break from being in the hot seat this time around.
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