Kyle Cooke dating rumors are heating up: a year after his split from Amanda Batula, the Summer House star is reportedly seeing UK influencer Saffron Barker — and fans are already calling it an upgrade.
By The Recapper — CelebnMusic247
Is Kyle Cooke officially off the post-divorce market? Per Reality Blurb, the Summer House star is reportedly dating UK influencer Saffron Barker, nearly a year after confirming his split from Amanda Batula.
The sourcing, to be clear about it, is fan-account level — which is why this is a report, not a confirmation. Bravo and Cocktails told its followers on October 19 that the pair “met at an event a couple weeks ago and rumor has it have been hot and heavy since,” naming Barker as Kyle’s “mystery girl” and describing her as a UK model and fashion designer who has been spotted out with him. Another Bravo fan page, Charleston Bravoholic, floated on Threads that Barker might travel to Charleston, South Carolina, for Bravo Fan Fest — “Maybe we will meet her in Charleston next weekend??” — alongside a photo of Barker at a meal with a champagne glass in hand.
Fan reaction, at least, has not been shy. Reality Blurb collected the applause: “1000% upgrade,” one follower wrote; “Total glow up,” said another; “Huge upgrade!!!!” proclaimed a third. One fan noted Barker “kinda looks like Paige DeSorbo,” while another declared Kyle — previously linked to Southern Charm’s Salley Carson — “needed a woman.”
Context matters here. Amanda, 35, moved on quickly with their co-star and friend West Wilson, 31, a pairing that has shadowed Kyle’s entire post-split storyline. Kyle told Bravo Insider back in August that he had deliberately not rushed into dating: “I haven’t really gone headfirst into dating… I kind of needed to give it some time and focus on my business.” If this Kyle Cooke dating report is real, that quiet period is over — and notably, it ends with someone entirely outside the Bravo bubble, a UK influencer with her own audience rather than another face from the Hamptons share house.
Summer House Season 11 is expected to premiere later this year or early next, per Reality Blurb, and Kyle’s love life has never stayed off camera for long. Neither Kyle nor Barker has confirmed anything, and until one of them does, this stays exactly what it is: a well-sourced rumor with a lot of smoke.
The 247 Take — After a year of watching his ex build a new storyline with his friend, Kyle dating outside the Bravo ecosystem entirely is the healthiest plot twist he could pick — if Charleston Fan Fest puts her on a panel-adjacent couch, we will know it is real.
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Sources: Reality Blurb (Oct. 20, 2026); Bravo (Kyle Cooke divorce and dating update, Oct. 2026)
