Oh s**t! The Summer House drama keeps on getting messier!
As you know, Amanda Batula betrayed her best friend, Ciara Miller, by secretly dating the model’s ex-boyfriend, West Wilson, behind her back. All while he was allegedly trying to get back together with Ciara — despite also being in an exclusive relationship with another woman!
Although many are fully Team Ciara amid Scamanda, there are a few West Wilson defenders out there, including Real Housewives of New Jersey alum Jennifer Fessler. However, defending him has backfired. Now, she is getting dragged into the Summer House scandal because she got exposed for allegedly sleeping with West! OMG!
Related: West Wilson Reacts To Nudes Leaking Before Summer House Reunion!
The latest chapter in the drama started at Vulture’s The Masterminds of Reality TV event on Thursday, when she stood up for West in an interview with Page Six. Jenn said:
“I love Ciara. Everybody loves Ciara. She’s impossible not to love, but I also love West Wilson. I think he is the cutest, sweetest, golden retriever puppy dog. Love him.”
Some may say he is definitely a dog… Watch the interview (below):
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The quote quickly started making the rounds on social media. Ciara saw the comment on Threads, apparently didn’t like it, and dropped a bombshell:
“Lol, because they slept together too.”
WHAT!?!?
The allegation is not only shocking but a huge issue! Why? Jenn is A MARRIED WOMAN! She and her husband, Jeff Fessler, have been together since 1999. They celebrated 27 years together on April 10, days after the news of West and Amanda’s relationship broke. She posted about their wedding anniversary that day with a cheeky reference to the drama, saying:
“Happy 27. You could sleep with West or Amanda and I’d still stay!”
Girl! This aged like milk! See the post (below):
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A fan pointed out the fact that Jenn is married in the comments of Ciara’s post on Threads, saying:
“Ma’am! I beg your pardon?!?! Ain’t that old lady married? Oh he got a type!
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”Yeah, his type is apparently a married woman from New Jersey! IYKYK! To which Ciara replied alongside a cartwheel emoji:
“That’s what I thought….”
Ciara hasn’t dropped any receipts about the alleged affair between West and Jennifer. But interestingly, he previously admitted on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen that he had “been with an older gal,” explaining he had a one-night stand with a woman in the “high five” age range. He didn’t name names. Jen is 57 years old, though…
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However, West has since shut down the allegation. He kept it simple, writing “news to me” while tagging Jenn with a confused meme on Instagram Stories on Friday. A source close to the Complex reporter also insisted to Us Weekly that the claim is “absolutely not true,” adding that it is “such a silly allegation.”
For her part, Jennifer denied the accusations, too. She told Page Six on Friday:
“It’s flattering that anyone would think someone who slept with Ciara Miller would be interested in sleeping with me.”
Jenn isn’t messing around with this situation, too! The Bravo personality then fired back harder on Instagram Stories the following day, threatening to take legal action against Ciara! She wrote:
“In all seriousness…and while I can’t help but be a little flattered, it is not nice, nor is it ok, to post something categorically untrue and defamatory on social media (regardless of whatever rumors or apparent ‘evidence’ led you to that conclusion.). That is the definition of libel. If it were true I would have no recourse. Because it’s a lie, this can get more complicated. Having said that, I hope that we can rectify this. It’s enough now.”
Whoa!
Jenn doubled down on her denial during an appearance on Two T’s in a Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge on Monday, insisting she has “never slept with West Wilson” and that he was never her “hall pass.” For those who don’t know, that refers to an appearance on What What Happens Live with Andy Cohen back in 2024, in which her RHONJ co-star Jackie Goldschneider suggested Jennifer’s hall pass would be West! Watch HERE. But the entrepreneur insists he isn’t! The reality star added:
“You guys know my nickname is Messy Fessy because I’m messy and sloppy. That is not the same as sleeping with that child. That’s not my thing. I’ve never ever had an intimate moment of any kind with West Wilson.”
Jennifer noted her husband never believed the affair rumor, and they mostly found the whole thing absurd and funny until it wasn’t! Once the claim began to affect their children, they stopped laughing and threatened a lawsuit! As for whether she actually plans to sue Ciara? Jenn insisted she doesn’t want to add to the pain the nurse is feeling right now by taking legal action:
“I am not trying to hurt Ciara in any way, but she wrote something — she put something on social media — in print that wasn’t true, and that hurt my family. I have a husband who is an attorney, and he has a business, and he has a reputation to protect. I don’t want to sue Ciara. I feel like Ciara is still reeling from what was done to her. I’m not interested in being a pile-on for that. But you can’t just lie.”
And ultimately, she just wants Ciara to apologize. Whether she will, however, seems unlikely! More on that in a second! Jennifer did receive an apology from West over the weekend:
“He spoke to all of us. He was on the phone with my family, and he was just very sorry and apologetic. ‘I am so sorry that you got pulled into this mess.’ He’s always been very nice to me guys, very sweet.”
In fact, to prove her innocence, she said she had a producer look through their texts. According to her, their messages are very boring and are of her giving him “motherly” advice. She even went as far as to describe him “like a little kid.” Other than that, there is nothing more to their relationship! So she says! And despite how “sweet” he is to her, Jennifer now regrets defending him so much! She explained:
“I was too enthusiastic with my backing up of West. He has hurt her. Amanda has hurt her and it was like, ‘Oh, you know, he’s like a puppy dog. He doesn’t mean it.’ He did really, really hurt her. So I apologize for being so supportive. I do apologize for that. But I don’t apologize for something that I didn’t do. And I don’t think it was nice, even though I understand where it was coming from. I don’t think it was nice that she would put a lie about me on social media.”
Because of the controversy, she doesn’t “want to be friendly anymore” with West. Whelp, that means no more motherly advice from Jennifer! Just when he probably needs it the most!
Ciara seemingly reacted to the podcast that same day on Threads, saying:
“Me watching people back down”
And:
“Don’t f**k with me.”
Damn…
So about that apology? Yeah, Ciara seemingly has no plans to do so anytime time soon!
What are your reactions to the shocking cheating accusation, Perezcious readers? Drop ’em in the comments!
