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Carl Radke's Investment Disappointment: Kyle Cooke Didn't Fund His Bar
4 Mar
Summary
- Carl Radke invested $15,000 in Kyle Cooke's Loverboy brand.
- Kyle Cooke stated he was not in a financial position to invest.
- The two reality stars had a physical altercation during filming.
Reality television stars Carl Radke and Kyle Cooke, friends since filming the first season of Summer House in 2016, experienced a strain in their relationship. Radke revealed on the March 3 episode of the Bravo series that Cooke did not invest in Radke's non-alcoholic bar, Soft Bar, which opened in summer 2025. Radke invested $15,000 in Cooke's alcohol brand, Loverboy, in 2019, believing in its potential.
During a confessional, Radke expressed surprise and disappointment that Cooke, when approached for investment in Soft Bar, stated he was not in a position to contribute. This followed a period where their friendship and professional dynamics evolved, particularly after Radke's engagement and subsequent departure from Loverboy in summer 2022. Radke had returned to Loverboy in November 2023 to help launch its non-alcoholic line.
Despite an apparent rekindling of their friendship after the season 7 reunion in June 2023 and Cooke being a support system for Radke after his engagement with Lindsay Hubbard ended, new tensions surfaced. A teaser for the current season showed a physical altercation between Radke and Cooke, described by Radke as a "roller-coaster" build-up of the entire summer, and by Cooke as an "unpredictable outburst" fueled by feeling "misunderstood."
