Summer House stars West Wilson and Ciara Miller gave the inside scoop on their current relationship status in Part I of the Summer House reunion. In the June 6 episode, Ciara revealed she and West were no longer an item, telling host Andy Cohen she “got played” by her co-star. The news disappointed fans who had been rooting for the two all season long.
The reunion revealed quite a bit about why these two weren’t able to see it through. Let’s get into it together.
Here is everything we know:
West struggles with commitment
In Season 8, we saw West talk about his struggles with commitment. He first spoke about his relationship fears during a conversation with his mom.
“What freaks me out is it’s like once that happens, then it’s like you either get married, or you have a sad breakup,” he told her. In a confessional, he revealed his last relationship was 8 years ago.
He also opened up about his concerns with Ciara during a horseback riding date in New York. He admitted he was “afraid of giving up being single.” Ciara, on the other hand, was not looking for a fun, summer fling. The model said she dates “intentionally” because she wants to be married with kids one day.
It was clear early on that these two may have not seen eye-to-eye on their dating intentions. We wanted to believe they could get on the same page but in retrospect, we may have given West too much credit.
He was talking to other girls
Ciara appeared to be solely focused on West this summer but the feeling was not mutual. The Sports Writer told Paige DeSorbo he was still talking to other girls while pursuing her friend. At the time, he told her he was not sleeping with other women but at the reunion, he owned up to being physical with other people.
They dated after filming wrapped
Despite their communication issues in Season 8, they continued to date after the show finished filming. In April, Ciara revealed that she visited West’s family farm in the fall during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live.
“His parents are amazing,” she said. “His mom is so frickin smart and beautiful and his dad [is] hilarious.”
In Part I of the reunion, she said that a family visit wasn’t the only big step they took that fall. In addition to attending a wedding together, they also started sleeping together. Ciara was honest about her reservations about jumping into bed with her housemate on the show. She spoke candidly about being guarded and careful about taking that next step.
West knew how Ciara felt about becoming intimate together, so he shouldn’t have been surprised she viewed them as an item after taking that step.
They had a final dinner in December
Ciara and West’s relationship came to a close in December. According to Ciara, the two had dinner and West said he couldn’t commit.
“He was ready to go to the next bar and I went home crying,” she said at the reunion. “[You told me] you can’t commit because, basically, for show-related reasons.”
West disagreed that he separated from Ciara to pursue other opportunities but he did admit he struggled with how to navigate newfound fame in a relationship.
“How I was going to navigate this certainly would be much harder taking someone else’s feelings into consideration,” he told Andy. “I’ve done a couple watch parties where f*cking people show up and do whatever…The Bravo fanbase is all women.”
West didn’t want to live in Ciara’s shadow
Commitment issues seemed to be the biggest obstacle for the two. However, West revealed another reason for the separation at the reunion. He said he was concerned about being unable to establish an identity apart from Ciara within the fanbase.
“Am I just gonna be some f*cking dude who came onto the show and is just Ciara’s puppet the whole time?” he said.
In the end, they just couldn’t get on the same page. Ciara deserves someone who isn’t just willing to commit, but excited to be with her. She’s such a catch! I had high hopes for these two, but after watching the reunion, I think separating was the right call.
TELL US – HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WEST AND CIARA CALLING IT QUITS? DO YOU THINK THEY MADE THE RIGHT CALL?
