Is Another Scandoval Headed to Bravo? Our Explainer.

Are 'Summer House' stars having a secret fling that would betray their closest friend? We get into what in the world that series of words mean, and why you might actually care.

Jesse Solomon, Amanda Batula, Kyle Cooke, Lindsay Hubbard, West Wilson, Ciara Miller, and Carl Radke (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

Another Scandoval might be making impact.

Scientists (conspiracy-minded Bravo fans) are still calculating the size of the crater it might leave in the culture.

I have a very carefully curated social media algorithm, so that the posts I see are almost exclusively Real Housewives memes, celebrity thirst traps, and funny posters from the No Kings rally. The Bravo aspect of that formula meant that, over the last several days, my timelines were flooded with gossip about the stars of Summer House.

The rumors are meteoric if you happen to be a fan of the show, in which a group of attractive millennials travels to the Hamptons every weekend to bond, hook up, and generally make me jealous. If you haven’t watched, the goal here is to make you understand what is happening, just in case this maybe-bombshell blows up to Scandoval proportions. Because I know what it’s like to be left out.

I wasn’t watching Vanderpump Rules when the Scandoval took over the nation’s consciousness like some kind of hivemind virus.

I barely understood who the players were. I certainly didn’t grasp the gravity of why everyone cared. Yet every conversation when I’d meet up with friends and family would begin with someone demanding a breathless download on the latest headlines. Every group text chain I was in was messaging about it at a rate I didn’t think was biologically feasible for human thumbs to achieve.

It was so lonely. I felt like a little boy holding a sad balloon standing outside the party that he wasn’t invited to.

But luckily, I am up to date on Summer House. I have been force-fed all the drama and gossip, like X, Instagram, and Threads were Italian aunties who thought I was looking too thin. I can’t confirm if any of the rumors are true. I can, however, help explain them.