Both Ariana Madix and Ciara Miller’s tumultuous love lives have played out in front of the Bravo cameras, but have they bonded?
Ariana, 40, stopped by the Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen clubhouse on Tuesday, April 12, and shared her thoughts on the latest love triangle engulfing Bravo between Summer House’s Ciara, Amanda Batula and West Wilson.
Of course, the Love Island USA host knows a thing or two about her love life making headlines. In 2023, Ariana discovered ex Tom Sandoval’s affair with their Vanderpump Rules castmate Rachel Leviss in what became widely known as “Scandoval.”
“I think there’s some similarities. I think there’s a lot of differences as well, obviously,” Ariana told host Andy Cohen.
Andy, 57, then asked Ariana whether she has shared any advice with Ciara, 30, as the nurse navigates her own rocky situation involving her ex, West, 31, and one-time best friend Amanda, 34.
“Honestly, I feel like she doesn’t need my advice,” Ariana said.
West and Amanda went public with their burgeoning romance in late March, blindsiding their Summer House castmates and Bravo fans. West previously dated Ciara, while Amanda announced her separation from husband Kyle Cooke in January.
West and Amanda announced that they were dating in a joint Instagram post at the time.
They wrote, in part, “We’ve seen the growing online speculation, so while this is still very new, we wanted to provide some clarity. 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.”
“It’s one thing to experience hurt behind closed doors,” Ciara, 30, said in an interview with Glamour in April. “To experience it so publicly is like another layer, and then to have to see what you thought was your life still play out in season 10. It’s a major mindf***.”
As well as receiving sympathy from viewers and her costars, Ciara has segued the Summer House scandal into a blossoming career outside of Bravo, just like Ariana before her. In fact, the pair recently teamed up for a humorous Sonic ad.
In April, Ciara was announced as one of the contestants on the upcoming 35th season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars alongside Maura Higgins. On Monday, May 11, Peacock announced that Ciara will cohost the latest season of the Love Island USA companion series Aftersun. (Ariana hosts the main show.)
“I definitely wanted, especially early on, to kind of check in and just be like, ‘I love you, and you’re amazing,’” Ariana previously praised Ciara in an April interview with People. “I think she’s so poised to take over the world. I think she’s at such a good point in her career, and she’s such a beautiful and amazing woman.”
