During the first two seasons of "Summer House," Carl Radke and Lauren Wirkus were engaged in a flirtation, which saw the pair going on dates, hooking up, getting into arguments, and ultimately deciding to be friends. Some of the onscreen drama developed because Radke wouldn't exclusively commit to Wirkus, who was seen getting upset when it was revealed that Radke had taken another woman as his date to a wedding. However, in his interview on "Reality Life with Kate Casey" (via Reality Tea), former cast mate Stephen McGee claimed it was no secret that Radke was seeing other women.
"Lauren knew about this girl before the wedding photo happened," McGee claimed to Reality Tea. "She just didn't know that she was going to the wedding with him. That's what was so perplexing to me." He continued, "Lauren is like all about Carl, but she knows Carl is talking to other girls and seeing other girls." If true, at least some of the onscreen drama caused by Radke's flirtations and hook-ups with women seems to have been fabricated for the cameras.
Radke addressed his tumultuous romance with Wirkus while speaking to Bravo's The Daily Dish in March 2019. "How I handled myself in dating her and not dating her, I definitely regret a little bit of how I behaved," he admitted. "I chalk that up to a lot of just immaturity on my end." Basically, they just weren't meant to be.
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