Bravo fans everywhere know that there’s truly nothing quite like witnessing a relationship blossom on a reality show (except maaaaybe the fallout of and the explosive we still can’t get over ). Enter: Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke, who met waaaaay back in 2015 and eventually took their relationship public (like..
.reality TV public) throughout all eight seasons of . Here’s everything you need to know about Amanda and Kyle’s romance, from their first encounter to their cheating scandal, pregnancy journey, and the many, vacations (we’re not jealous) in between.
Summer 2015 The Bravolebrities begin dating for the first time! However, they ultimately decide to cool things off after a while. But in true star-crossed lovers fashion, they end up finding their way back to each other (read: hooking up) by the time premieres in March 2017. Like, their entire ~journey~ is legit captured by cameras, which is a true win for stans of the couple everywhere.
March 2017 The duo becomes official during the season 1 finale of ! In the final episode, Kyle recaps the summer and muses that it was “all about figuring out if I was ready for a relationship. I spent the first half hooking up with my ex-girlfriend, which was confusing, and I spent the second half hooking up with other girls, which actually kind of helped because I think I finally figured it out.” Before you ask, yes, Kyle end up coming clean to Amanda about the entire sitch.
And though she’s understandably furious (same 😬), she ultimately decides to give him another shot. “I don’t know what the future holds,” she says in a confessional during the finale. “I love him.
” We’re not crying, you are! September-October 2017 The couple heads to Greece for, like, a literal month (no, seriously lol) to cap off the summer season and posts some seriously cute pics. Ahem: February 2018 Amanda uploads a sweet Insta tribute to Kyle in honor of Valentine’s Day alongside the caption, “So, I could caption this with how much I love you and all the reasons why, but I tell you those things all year round. So today, I want to thank you for coming into my life because my world would not be the same without you in it.
Happy Valentine’s Day Sir Kyle Cooke ♥️ I love you.” Kyle, meanwhile, returns the favor with an equally adorabs post that reads, “❤️ HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY ❤️ I’m no romantic, but @amandabatula deserves a Romeo on a day like today. She is the definition of the world’s best girlfriend: loving, thoughtful, supportive, patient, and beautiful inside and out.
Yes, I know I’m extremely lucky and fortunate to call her mine, but I don’t publicly say it enough. Anyone willing to put up with me deserves a gold medal 🥇 and so far, she’s never given up. For that I am thankful.
🙏🏼 I love you Amanda! xoxo 😘.” April 2018 Amanda on her and Kyle’s ‘ship via a convo with and reveals, “We’re still living in our own apartments. I still only have a key.
I still don’t have a toothbrush. There’s no drawer. But we’re really strong.
” “There’s more conversations about marriage and moving in. And I think the relationship is getting a little bit more serious, and I’ve made it very clear that [Kyle’s] getting old. If I’m not the one, you should probably break up with me because you’re wasting your time.
But we’re headed in a really good direction. And like I said, our relationship is stronger than it’s been,” the reality star adds. September 2018 Amanda and Kyle get engaged! And obvi, the two share the exciting news via iconic Insta posts.
Oh, and FYI, following the engagement, Amanda tells that it felt “surreal” to take the big step. “Aside from how funny and sexy he is, Kyle’s my best friend. He’s the person I go to for everything.
And he forces me to be a better person in different ways by pushing me outside of my comfort zone,” she gushes before adding, “Life with him is exciting. And to think he wants to spend the rest our his life with me and I feel the same way, it’s just a real happy feeling.” Kyle, for his part, gushes, “Amanda’s the most authentic, genuine person I’ve ever met.
I really look up to her. She’s incredibly selfless, thoughtful, generous and accommodating. She puts family and friends as the top priority, and bends over backwards for the people that are important to her.
That’s what you look for in someone you want to spend the rest of your life with. She’s a hell of a partner.” March 2019 The season 3 premiere of starts off with a major (!!!) bombshell that Kyle had been unfaithful to Amanda in the past.
“A year ago, I was on a guys’s trip, I blacked out, and I woke up with a girl in my bed. I’ve never felt worse in my entire life,” he recalls during the episode. However, Amanda sticks by the entrepreneur, and the two mend fences.
April 2019 He may have posted this in honor of Throwback Thursday, but it also could have been uploaded for Woman Crush Wednesday, just saying! ̄_(ツ)_/ ̄ May 2019 Truly obsessed with this Bravoverse crossover: June 2019 Once his proposal officially airs on , Kyle takes to Instagram to reflect on the moment: June 2020 Our fave Loverboy ambassadors >>> September 2020 Our fave Loverboy ambassadors pt. deux. February 2021 The couple celebrates Valentine’s Day like we all do in the COVID days of yore: at home.
July 2021 In honor of Amanda’s 30th bday, Kyle hops on social media and pens a touching tribute. “My baby turns 3️⃣0️⃣!!! Happy birthday 🥳 to my better half - crazy to think you had just turned 24 when we met almost 6 years ago. Welcome to the best decade of our lives! I love you and can’t wait to marry you this September ❤️,” reads the caption.
September 2021 The stars officially tie the knot in Amanda’s parents’s backyard in her hometown of Hillsborough, New Jersey. The update is an exciting one, as the couple had to postpone their wedding multiple times due to COVID. In May 2022, the episode capturing their nuptials airs, and the Loverboy founder hops on Instagram to reflect on the ceremony, calling it “the happiest day” of his life.
“Nothing compares to the feeling of marrying your best friend and letting your other best friend make it official 💍. I know we aren’t the role model couple - we have our flaws and we put them all out there for everyone to judge - but we both know what true love is and what’s worth fighting for. I realize that our family, friends and fans don’t get to see everything (especially the happy parts that make for boring TV) - so I want to thank everyone for their love and support through our ups and downs,” he shares, in part.
November 2021 The celebs introduce their fans to their new foster pups! January 2022 Amanda and Kyle celebrate their minimoon with an incredible trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands, and, yes, we’re still not over/extremely jealous of it: February 2022 Kyle uploads a series of throwback pics from Amanda’s 30th bday and we’re emo: June-July 2022 Vacation truly looks good on these two, who are continuing their tradition of traveling for weeks at a time (cue: me sobbing) with a trip to Italy: August 2022 During an interview with , Amanda opens up about her marriage to Kyle.
“I don't want to say perfect, but it’s been close to perfect,” she shares, adding, “We have our two dogs right now and we are so happy with the little family that we have. It’s perfect. I would love more dogs.
That’s in my future—more dogs!” September 2022 The Bravolebrities celebrate their one-year anniversary and Kyle truly delivers with one of his sweet Insta posts. “Our 1 year anniversary 💍. Reliving the best day of my life with the love of my life @amandabatula.
Thank you to everyone for the love and support — we are so grateful ❤️,” writes the entrepreneur. October 2022 During an appearance at BravoCon, the couple discusses their first year of marriage with fans. “[I had] the post-wedding blues is what they call it.
I definitely sunk into a deep hole of depression and it just was sad. But once I got out of that, I think it was a lot of fun [to be married],” says Amanda in a candid confession (via ), while Kyle muses how fast year one has “flown by.” March 2023 Amanda and Kyle shut down the DeuxMoi blind item that he cheated on her again.
“I laughed at it and I thought the timing was very convenient it, like, came out given what was going on at the time on the show,” Amanda dishes on . Kyle, for his part, notes that there “wasn’t a night” he was “not accounted for” during the summer, adding, “It’s like you sleep on that tea for eight months and then you send it into DeuxMoi? Come on.” September 2023 Two-year anniversary posts, incoming! Fans get an insight into the couple’s baby journey, along with an update on a pregnancy test Amanda takes on season 3 that ended up being negative.
During a panel at BravoCon, Amanda confesses she “hoped it would be negative because we were drinking so much.” “We weren’t ever ready for kids and we’re still not. We’re practicing, we’re not trying for babies just yet.
Our schedules are so busy,” she adds. April 2024 Throughout season 8, the couple is captured having a buncha issues that stem from Amanda wanting to branch out from her role at Loverboy and potentially embarking on a solo career endeavor. In an update to , she dishes that she took a “slight step back” from the company “for the sake of our relationship.
” “I think that we were at a place where I would be frustrated about something happening on my end, and he would take it very personally. Or he’d complain about something that I approved, and I made a decision on, and I would take it personally. So it wasn’t great for our relationship,” she confesses.
How-ev-er!!! The creative is “still very much involved” in Loverboy to this day: “I think we needed a little bit of that separation for now...
This seems to be working for us right now.” And TBH, fans love the work-life balance update, which is topped by the truly (!!!!) news that..
. August 2024 Amanda is likely launching her own bathing suit company in a move she’s been talking about for the past season! Truly couldn’t be more excited for her if we tried. Aaaaaand that’s pretty much all we know about the longtime couple, but fear not! We’ll be updating this relationship timeline with all the latest on Amanda and Kyle.
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