Kyle Cooke Slams Hannah Berner’s Claim He Was Involved in ‘Summer House’ Firing

Kyle Cooke slammed erstwhile costar Hannah Berner‘s claims that he was down getting her fired from Summer House successful 2021.

“I person thing to do pinch casting,” Kyle, 41, told Page Six on Thursday, July 18. He said it was “upsetting” that “this is nan communicative being shared because there’s nary truth to it.”

“I’m flattered anyone thinks I could person that benignant of pull,” he added, “But clearly, I don’t person immoderate power complete what Bravo does.”

Hannah, 32, made nan allegation during a July 11 quality connected Dave Portnoy‘s “BFFs” podcast.

The Brooklyn, New York, autochthonal claimed it came down to her doing an advertisement for Truly Hard Seltzer during play 5 of nan show. Kyle’s storyline that twelvemonth revolved astir him launching his Loverboy beverage company, which was successful title pinch Truly.

Dave, 47, asked Hannah if it was “true” that she was fired from nan Bravo reality show “for sponsoring a rival seltzer drink.”

“Oh, wow, Dave is connected his s–t!” she responded. “The truth is beef started because I did an advertisement for Truly [Hard] Seltzer, and I didn’t cognize that I, like, wasn’t allowed to.”

Hannah said Bravo “didn’t fire” her, but that “some group connected nan formed sewage irritated astatine [her], and past it benignant of snowballed.”

When nan Barstool Sports laminitis asked straight if it was because of Kyle’s Loverboy brand, Hannah replied, “Yeah, that was a large storyline connected nan show. I didn’t cognize that I wasn’t allowed to portion different drinks.”

The “Berner Phone” podcast big went connected to connote it was Kyle who was down her being fto go.

“I deliberation immoderate of these shows go a batch of egos, and it’s like, ‘It’s my show. It’s my drink. You can’t do that.’ And there’s nary rules, and it conscionable becomes fighting complete egos and surface time, and it’s not that nosy aft doing it for excessively galore seasons,” she continued.

Kyle told Page Six that nan timeline of Hannah’s claims against him didn’t make sense, saying, “I judge her collaboration pinch Truly was a twelvemonth aft we filmed nan play 5 reunion, truthful nan timing doesn’t adhd up.”

Hannah appeared successful an advertisement for Truly successful April 2022, a twelvemonth aft nan Summer House play 5 reunion. However, she began her collaboration pinch nan beverage institution successful 2019, which she shared successful an Instagram post.

The podcaster was seen getting retired of a excavation successful an orangish bikini while pouring a tin of nan portion complete her head. In nan caption she joked, “This summertime I sewage really into @truly because I filled my full excavation pinch it,” adding, “But for real, it’s nan astir refreshing portion of nan summertime pinch only 100 calories, 1 gram of sugar, and 5% ABV.”

Kyle said he ne'er had immoderate conversations pinch Hannah astir her moving pinch Truly while he was starting Loverboy.

“We ne'er said astir it, but erstwhile I saw it, I thought that it made a batch of consciousness for them to pat into nan Bravo fanbase,” he told nan outlet. As acold arsenic her 2022 ad, Kyle stated, “At that constituent successful time, Loverboy was legitimately taking off, and I was excessively focused location to springiness it immoderate much thought than that.”

When Hannah announced she wouldn’t beryllium backmost for Summer House aft 3 seasons successful May 2021, she claimed it was because she wanted to attraction connected her drama career.

“This past twelvemonth has been 1 of nan astir important successful my life for self-reflection, love, and learning a batch of s–t. I’ve welcomed caller profession ventures, challenges and obstacles, and opportunities for growth. As we climb retired of nan affectional trenches of 2020, I look guardant to an breathtaking summer, but pinch mixed emotions I’m announcing I won’t beryllium spending it surviving successful nan summertime house,” she explained successful an Instagram post.

Hannah continued, “These past 3 summers person genuinely been a whirlwind and nan show has, without a doubt, changed my life and I will everlastingly beryllium thankful for nan level it has provided me. Making group laughter is what brings maine joyousness and I americium truthful excited to denote that I will spending this summertime touring my standup and telling fart jokes astatine drama clubs and theaters adjacent you.”