Jennifer Lopez is newly single and loving it! While the singer-actress is interested in finding love again, she’s not rushing anything just this second. In a new interview, the “Let’s Get Loud” performer also revealed whether she’d star in a future season of ABC’s hit dating series, “The Bachelorette.”

Speaking with Jimmy Kimmel on his program, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” the comedian told the A-lister, “You’re single right now,” to which Lopez responded with a lighthearted joke.

“I am. I should have done it sooner! I’ve been doing it all wrong. Trust me,” she said.

Lopez was recently married to Ben Affleck; however, they settled their divorce from each other in January 2025. For those who may be unfamiliar, they were engaged in the early 2000s; however, they called off their wedding before the September 2003 event and later split in January 2004.

Jennifer Lopez Admitted To Taking Time For Herself To ‘Figure Myself Out’ After Second Split From Affleck

The news of Lopez and Affleck’s second split sparked a lot of chatter on social media. In March 2026, the “Office Romance” actress appeared on “Good Morning America” to discuss how she took care of herself after their breakup.

“I took a year off,” she said. “I canceled tours. I decided to just be home and sit in what had happened without running away from it through work, through another person through anything. Just sit.”

Lopez explained that she had reached a point where she needed to do a lot of reflection on herself. “I couldn’t blame anybody else because I don’t think that’s where the lesson is. And so, I really needed to figure myself out,” she said.

Jennifer Lopez Reportedly Avoided ‘Rebound’ Relationship With Her New Co-Star

According to a previous report from The Blast, a source said that Lopez has been keeping to her word and staying focused on herself over the last several months.

The source also said that the musician has avoided entering into a “rebound” relationship with her co-star, Brett Goldstein, who appeared alongside her in their latest Netflix film.

“She had fun with him, there’s no denying that, and she still thinks he’s a genuinely lovely guy, but it was never going to turn into anything serious for her,” the insider claimed. “She is someone who has a very clear vision for her life, she knows what it takes for a man to hold her interest long term and she doesn’t want to set anyone up for failure.”

Additionally, the source claimed that Lopez and Goldstein would never work together because their stars are on two different levels.

“She has brand J.Lo to think of and after being dumped so publicly by a huge A-list movie star like Ben, her next boyfriend needs to match him on every level, from star quality to bank balance,” they said.

Lopez And Afleck Are Good Despite What People May Think About Their Relationship

Affleck has spoken briefly about the demise of his relationship with Lopez, defending the mother of two, against the media in March 2025, saying they ended things out of respect for each other.

“There’s a tendency to look at breakups and want to identify root causes or something,” Affleck said. “There’s no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue. The truth is, when you talk to somebody, ‘Hey, what happened?’ Well, there is no, ‘This is what happened.’ It’s just a story about people trying to figure out their lives and relationships in ways that we all sort of normally do.”

Would Jennifer Lopez Consider Filming ‘The Bachelorette’ To Find Love?

Newly single, does Lopez see herself finding love on a national TV show like “The Bachelorette”?

“No. Are you crazy?” Lopez told Kimmel on May 28. “I’m not doing anything to ruin how I feel right now. It’s fantastic. I love it.”

She added, “I can’t. I could never. I can’t do it. I’m good right now. I’m happy.”

When Kimmel shot back, insisting that it seemed like it was “hard” for Lopez to connect with people, the “Enough” performer said she was confident she would get her happy ending.

“I’ll meet somebody somewhere one day, if they’re good enough,” she said.

The Viscountess Bridgerton is having a bit of a moment right now. Since her breakout turn as Kate Sharma opposite Jonathan Bailey in Bridgerton back in 2022, Simone Ashley‘s star has risen quickly. Coming off a year in which she paired with Young Sherlock star Hero Fiennes Tiffin for the rom-com Picture This and appeared in one of the cinematic events of the summer, F1, she’s off to a hot start again in 2026, already appearing in the much-anticipated legacy sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2 and reprising her standout role in Season 4 of the Netflix megahit regency romance. Next month will finally see her next leading performance arrive in theaters in This Tempting Madness, and ahead of that, we’re thrilled to welcome the film back to Collider’s Exclusive Preview event for another look.

While our last image paired Ashley with NCIS: Origins star Austin Stowell in a mysterious look at an underground facility that the two are navigating, this new shot focuses solely on the Bridgerton star and the vulnerable state she’s been left in. Wrapped in only a bath towel, she’s sporting a nasty scrape near her shoulder and a bruise near her neck, teasing that things just aren’t right. Her glance off to the side further betrays her own unease about the situation she’s in. This Tempting Madness casts her as Mia, who, after nearly dying from a fall, wakes up from a coma, grievously injured and still trying to piece together her fragmented memory. Every little moment, like the one pictured, becomes a blur as she struggles to figure out what’s real and how things went down the night she went over the railing.

The film follows Mia’s search for the truth as pieces of her past slowly begin clicking back into place. In the aftermath of her injury, there are a lot of questions to unpack, including where her husband Jake (Stowell) is after being the only other person with her that fateful evening. The man she remembers would never do something so horrible, but in her current state, with family and police questioning, the reality of his actions may not be what she’s remembering. Clouded by feelings of love, guilt, fear, doubt, and desire, Mia begins to question not just her past, but herself and her judgment.

‘This Tempting Madness’ Is Inspired By a True Story

At the helm of This Tempting Madness in her directorial debut is Jennifer E. Montgomery, reuniting with writer Andrew M. Davis after their previous work together on the short film The Shadows. They co-wrote the psychological thriller script based on the real experiences of Montgomery’s friend, who similarly struggled with short-term memory loss. In a prior interview with Screen Daily, she described how they used a journal to try to recall details they had forgotten after an accident, a feeling the director wanted to recapture with her film. The Life of Pi star Suraj Sharma plays Mia’s brother, whom she has to lean on despite losing most of her recollection of him, alongside Zenobia Shroff as her mother, Mojean Aria as Tony, and Amol Shah as Raj.

This Tempting Madness will hit select theaters and video-on-demand on June 12. Check out the new image above and stay tuned here at Collider for more sneak peeks at the most anticipated upcoming movies from our exclusive summer preview event.

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November 27, 2025

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Former first lady Jill Biden admitted that she worried her husband Joe Biden was “having a stroke” during his ill-fated 2024 presidential debate with Donald Trump.

“I was frightened,” Jill, 74, told CBS News’ Rita Braver in a preview clip of a CBS Sunday Morning interview airing on Sunday, May 31. “I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since.”

Joe’s notoriously sluggish debate performance on June 27, 2024, essentially signaled the end of his re-election bid against Trump, 79. In the wake of his poor debate performance, George Clooney, the late Rob Reiner and author Stephen King were among those to call for Joe, 83, to end his re-election campaign.

Looking back on the debate, Jill recalled that her primary concern was whether her husband was suffering a medical emergency in front of the world.

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“I don’t know what happened,” she conceded. “As I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh my god, he’s having a stroke.’ It scared me to death.”

Pressure mounted on Joe to call off his candidacy for several weeks after the June 2024 debate. More than 30 Congressional Democrats publicly called for Joe to step aside, though he initially refused to acquiesce to the backlash.

“I know I’m not a young man. I don’t walk as easily as I used to. I don’t talk as smoothly as I used to,” Joe told supporters at a North Carolina rally in June 2024. “I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this job, I know how to get things done. And I know what millions of Americans know: When you get knocked down, you get back up.”

However, Joe eventually withdrew from the race on July 21, 2024, and officially endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris to take on Trump in the November election.

“My Fellow Americans, over the past three-and-a-half years, we have made great progress as a nation,” he announced via X. “Today, America has the strongest economy in the world. We’ve made historic investments in rebuilding our nation, in lowering prescription drug costs for seniors, and in expanding affordable health care to a record number of Americans.”

Joe insisted that “America has never been better positioned to lead than we are today,” crediting his administration with overcoming “a once in a century pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.”

“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” he concluded. “And while it has been my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.”

Harris, 61, ultimately lost the presidential election to Trump in November 2024. A spokesperson for Joe announced he’d been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer with “metastasis to the bone” in May 2025.

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“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,” a statement to CNN read. “On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone. While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, which allows for effective management.”

The former president broke his silence on May 19, 2025, to thank his supporters for their well-wishes.

“Cancer touches us all,” he captioned an Instagram post on Monday, May 19. “Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.”

While House of the Dragon might well be arriving on our screens next month, one of the most exciting stories in the history of the continent of Westeros will be making its bow just one month later, following confirmation of the premiere date of one of the defining tales concocted by George R.R. Martin.

It has been confirmed that Game of Thrones: The Mad King will officially begin performances at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon on July 20, 2026, with its opening night set for August 8, and productions running through until September 15. The story takes place in Westeros in the few years before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire take place, which means we’ll see the younger versions of legendary characters like Ned Stark, Robert Baratheon, and Jaime Lannister.

The production’s official promotional blurb reads, “Wars aren’t won by those with most cause, but whose story’s best told,” which sounds a lot like Tyrion and a cask of wine telling tall tales. RSC co-artistic directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey teased just how big and wild the project would be in a statement, saying:

“We are thrilled to share the full creative team and announce performance dates for Game of Thrones: The Mad King. This production brings together some of theatre’s most visionary talents to reimagine George R.R. Martin’s world for the stage. In a bold new configuration of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, audiences will find themselves at the very heart of the action — immersed in the intrigue and theatrical spectacle that promises to make this production truly epic. It’s an ambitious and exhilarating collaboration, and we can’t wait to welcome audiences into this extraordinary experience.”

Who’s Involved in “Game of Thrones: The Mad King’?

The creative team includes Duncan Macmillan as the play’s adapter, with Dominic Cooke directing. The cast for Game of Thrones: The Mad King has not yet been announced, but the play will feature younger versions of Ned Stark, Robert Baratheon, Jaime Lannister, and Lyanna Stark. The original HBO series starred Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) as Ned Stark, Mark Addy (The Full Monty) as Robert Baratheon, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Shot Caller) as Jaime Lannister, and Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale) as Lyanna Stark.

Game of Thrones: The Mad King will officially open on August 8.

Selena Gomez once appeared inseparable from Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham, with the trio joking publicly about being a “throuple” and constantly appearing together at glamorous events. 

However, after months of speculation, insiders are now shedding light on what allegedly caused the friendship to unravel. 

From claims of “stealing friends” to major life changes after Gomez married Benny Blanco, the once highly visible bond between the singer-actress and the celebrity couple appears to have quietly faded behind the scenes.

Selena Gomez and Nicola Peltz reportedly formed their friendship during an awkward Hollywood moment involving the singer’s famous ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey Bieber.

According to an insider, Gomez found herself unexpectedly seeing the married couple at a star-studded event when Peltz stepped in to help ease the situation.

“Nicola and Selena actually met at an event when she saw Justin and Hailey and needed a wingwoman and Nicola swooped in and invited her to sit with her,” the insider told the Daily Mail.

At the time, Gomez and Justin had already gone through years of ups and downs. The former couple split in 2018, just months before Justin married Hailey in a courthouse ceremony.

Shortly after his wedding, Gomez reportedly suffered a breakdown related to her lupus and later sought treatment for her mental health.

Four years later, Gomez met Peltz and Beckham at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles, where the trio quickly developed a close bond.

That same event also produced a viral moment after the 33-year-old posed for a photo cuddled up next to Hailey, signaling what appeared to be a peaceful relationship between the women.

Gomez Allegedly Pulled Away After Feeling ‘Bothered’

While Selena Gomez and Nicola Peltz once appeared inseparable, insiders now claim tension quietly developed within the friendship.

According to one source, Gomez eventually became uncomfortable with how close the actress had become to her inner circle.

“But eventually, Selena felt Nicola was stealing her friends as she started hanging out with her friends without her present and that bothered Selena, so Selena separated herself,” the insider alleged.

The source further claimed the pair are “no longer friends due to Selena’s insecurity.” The friendship fallout rumors intensified last year after Peltz and Beckham failed to attend Gomez’s wedding to music producer Benny Blanco.

Then, in January, Peltz added more fuel to the speculation after deleting Instagram photos featuring Gomez before posting the cryptic message, “Some friendships come with expiration dates.”

Despite the rumored estrangement, there are still lingering social media connections between the former friends. Peltz and Beckham continue following Gomez on Instagram, while Gomez still follows Peltz as well.

Selena Gomez And Nicola Peltz Once Called Themselves A ‘Throuple’

At the height of their friendship, Gomez, Peltz, and Beckham constantly praised one another publicly. The “Lola” actress previously opened up about the bond while speaking to Cosmopolitan UK in 2023.

She recalled how quickly the friendship formed after meeting Gomez at the Academy Museum Gala. 

“I feel like she’s my soul sister. I love her so much. She’s truly one of the most amazing people I’ve ever met in my whole life,” Peltz said.

“The kindest person ever. Truly, her heart is gold. I feel like I’ve known her forever,” she added.

Gomez also leaned heavily into the friendship online, once posting a photo with Peltz and Beckham alongside the caption, “Fine call us a throuple #foreverplusone.”

At the time, the trio frequently attended events together and often shared affectionate social media posts documenting vacations, parties, and outings. Their close friendship quickly became a favorite among fans online.

Gomez’s Marriage To Blanco Changed Her Lifestyle

Another insider claimed Selena Gomez’s evolving lifestyle after marrying Blanco also contributed to the distance between her and Peltz.

“Selena’s life changed – in her eyes, for the better – once she fell in love with and married Benny,” the source told the Daily Mail.

“These days, her world is much more low-key. She spends most of her time working, writing and recording music, and simply enjoying life with him,” they added.

The insider explained that the “Who Says” singer and her husband have largely stepped away from Hollywood’s nonstop social scene.

“She still sees friends at award shows or the occasional house gathering that she and Benny host, but for the most part, they’ve embraced a quieter lifestyle and stepped away from the constant celebrity scene of going out, partying, and always being seen,” the source continued.

Gomez began dating the 38-year-old producer during the summer before eventually marrying him last year in Santa Barbara. 

The wedding attracted major celebrities including Steve Martin, Martin Short, Taylor Swift, and Ed Sheeran. However, fans quickly noticed that Peltz and Beckham were absent from the ceremony.

Selena Gomez’s Friendship Shift Happened As Everyone Moved In Different Directions

According to insiders, Gomez’s friendship with Peltz may have faded more because of changing lifestyles than dramatic public conflict.

“Because of that shift, friendships with people like Nicola and Brooklyn have naturally taken more of a backseat,” the source explained. 

The insider compared the situation to reconnecting with old friends later in life.

“It’s similar to what happens after high school – you can reconnect years later and have an amazing time catching up, but you no longer spend every day together. Not because there’s any bad blood, but because life has taken everyone in very different directions,” they explained.

The source added that Gomez still looks back fondly on the friendship despite the current distance. 

However, the insider admitted that that chapter of the former Nickelodeon’s life has passed and she’s more focused on her immediate family and her future life.

A great miniseries knows exactly when to stop. In fact, that is what makes the format so addictive in the first place. When writers don’t have the luxury of dragging the plot over several seasons, they have to be disciplined with their storytelling. This means that every episode and every scene has a clear purpose. The tension builds faster, and the pacing is relentless, which leads to the emotional payoff landing much harder.

Now, in many ways, miniseries with six episodes or fewer have mastered this structure and have become the perfect sweet spot for all kinds of stories. They give the narrative enough time to immerse the audience and offer them closure before the story starts losing momentum. Here are six such perfect miniseries with six episodes or fewer that are practically meant to be binge-watched in one night

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‘The Girlfriend’ (2025)

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The Girlfriend is a gripping psychological thriller that thrives on restraint. The show constantly makes the viewers question just about everything they see, and that uncertainty takes the narrative into increasingly strange directions. The six-episode miniseries follows Laura (Robin Wright), a wealthy London art gallery owner whose relationship with her son Daniel becomes strained after he introduces her to his mysterious new girlfriend, Cherry (Olivia Cooke). The premise is fairly simple, but what makes The Girlfriend so bingeable is its perspective-driven storytelling.

The series repeatedly revisits the same situations through Laura and Cherry’s conflicting points of view, so the audience never fully knows whose version of reality they are supposed to trust. Every episode is more unpredictable than the last, and the series builds a constant sense of discomfort through Laura and Cherry’s subtle yet brutal power struggle. Wright and Cooke’s phenomenal performances are central to The Girlfriend’s messy, complicated narrative, and all of their scenes together practically feel like psychological warfare. By the final episode, the series becomes impossible to stop watching because of how effectively it traps viewers inside its paranoia.

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‘Chernobyl’ (2019)

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Chernobyl, a five-episode miniseries, is easily one of the most terrifying thrillers HBO has ever made. The show, created by Craig Mazin, dramatizes the 1986 explosion at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the horrifying cleanup effort that followed. The miniseries begins right in the immediate aftermath of the reactor explosion, as Soviet officials try to downplay the scale of the catastrophe while scientists Valery Legasov (Jared Harris) and Ulana Khomyuk (Emily Watson) fight to uncover the truth. The story also features Stellan Skarsgård as government official Boris Shcherbina, who slowly realizes just how catastrophic the situation really is.

The great thing about Chernobyl is how it still manages to be suspenseful even when the audience already knows what will happen. The tension comes from watching these characters as they put the pieces together, while the institutions around them keep denying it. The series is devastating because it never loses sight of the ordinary people caught inside the disaster, including firefighters, plant workers, miners, nurses, and cleanup crews. Chernobyl isn’t an easy watch, but it’s a truly brilliant reflection of the cost of bureaucratic failure. Despite only being five episodes long, it feels like a complete story that stays with the audience long after the credits roll.

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‘State of Play’ (2003)

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State of Play proves that six episodes are sometimes more than enough to deliver a compelling story. The BBC political thriller is genuinely one of the greatest TV dramas ever made. The story begins with the shooting of a young teenager in London and an apparent accident involving Sonia Baker (Maria Thayer), a political researcher working for rising MP Stephen Collins (David Morrissey). However, when journalist Cal McCaffrey (John Simm), an old friend of Collins, starts investigating, the two cases begin to connect in ways that expose a much larger conspiracy.

State of Play is extremely addictive because of how naturally this story keeps expanding without ever feeling overwhelming. Cal’s personal history with Collins makes the situation even messier and gives State of Play a human element that many political thrillers lack. The newsroom scenes, in particular, are some of the most memorable moments of the show because of how realistically chaotic they feel. The plot of the show is definitely dense, but every twist is rooted in some of the most well-rounded character arcs TV has ever seen. State of Play is smart, tense, and believable, which makes it the perfect fit for an all-night binge.

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‘Black Bird’ (2022)

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Black Bird is one of the most intense true-crime thrillers on Apple TV+. The six-episode miniseries follows drug dealer and former football star Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton), who receives a 10-year prison sentence with no parole. However, just when he thinks that his future is wrecked, the FBI offers him a dangerous deal. Jimmy has to transfer to a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane, befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), and get him to confess to the murders before his appeal can set him free. A premise like this could have easily leaned into shock value and sensationalization, but Black Bird unfolds much more carefully than that.

The show’s central tension comes from the conversations between the two central characters as Jimmy does everything he can to gain Larry’s trust and pull the truth out of him. Hauser is the star of the show with his chilling and unsettling portrayal of Larry, which makes every episode feel like a brutal psychological game of chess. Black Bird is sharp, tightly paced, and relentless in its exploration of pure evil. Viewers definitely need some guts to get into it, but once the story picks up, it’s impossible to stop watching until the very end.

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‘Sirens’ (2025)

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Sirens is a dark comedy thriller that follows Devon (Meghann Fahy), who becomes increasingly concerned about her younger sister Simone’s (Milly Alcock) strange professional relationship with billionaire socialite Michaela Kell (Julianne Moore). After traveling to Michaela’s lavish coastal estate to check on Simone, Devon quickly realizes that the situation is far more unsettling than she initially assumed. From there, the series drops viewers into an isolated world of extravagant beach houses, fancy dinners, and designer clothing, but the catch is that all of it feels artificial. Sirens also keep shifting the audience’s perception of their characters.

Michaela initially comes off as the perfect mentor figure, but the show gradually reveals how controlling her influence over Simone really is. At the same time, Devon’s paranoia is presented in a way that makes viewers question whether she is genuinely trying to protect her sister or simply projecting her own failures and insecurities onto her. That ambiguity gives the series a tense, unpredictable energy because nobody feels completely trustworthy. Instead of relying on major twists every episode, Sirens builds suspense through atmosphere and social dynamics. Some might say that the show moves at a slow pace, but all of this contributes to the story’s deliberate sense of tension. By the final episodes, Sirens becomes a sharp exploration of class, loneliness, and the seductive nature of belonging to a world that looks perfect from the outside but is completely hollow beneath the surface.

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‘Adolescence’ (2025)

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Adolescence is one of the most emotionally exhausting shows released in years, but that’s exactly why it feels impossible to stop watching. The Netflix drama begins with 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) being arrested for the murder of his classmate. What makes the series so unsettling, though, is that it never approaches the story like a traditional whodunit. The audience is not being asked to solve the crime. Instead, the show becomes a devastating attempt to understand how something this terrible could happen in the first place. The series follows Jamie’s family, detectives, and therapists as they try to piece together the emotional and psychological factors surrounding the case.

Every episode slowly reveals another layer of Jamie’s state of mind. However, instead of turning him into a horrific monster or a completely innocent victim, the series sits in an uncomfortable space where he can be both. Adolescence feels much more intimate than most other crime dramas because of its focus on Jamie’s relationships with the people around him, not to mention that every episode of the series is filmed in one continuous, uninterrupted take to make the audience realize that there is no way out in situations like these. The series also deserves credit for refusing to oversimplify its themes of masculinity and internet culture. This four-episode miniseries was always meant to be uncomfortable, which is why it continues to resonate with the audience even a year after its release.

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Part 1 of the “Summer House” reunion aired on Bravo last night, and it was anything but peaceful. Ciara Miller came out of the gate swinging, slamming Amanda Batula for entering into a romantic relationship with her ex-boyfriend, West Wilson. At one point in the reunion, Miller discussed whether Wilson and Batula would last, and what she said didn’t sit well with one of her co-stars.