Does Amanda Batula Assume Craig, Paige’s Romance Is ‘Wholesome’?

Skinny ice! Winter Home’s Amanda Batula revealed whether or not she thinks Craig Conover and Paige DeSorbo are the brand new It-couple on the Bravo collection after the Southern Attraction star made a daring premiere declare.

“Paige and I’ve been relationship for a bit over 5 months now. We’re extra romantic than ever,” Craig, 33, mentioned throughout the Winter Home season 2 premiere, which airs on Thursday, October 13. “I’m not making an attempt to brag, however I believe our pals may all use an instance of a wholesome relationship in the home.”

Amanda, nonetheless, solely informed Us Weekly on Tuesday, October 11, that she doesn’t precisely agree with Craig’s claims that he and Paige, 29, are essentially the most practical duo on the present.

“I believe it’s comical,” the New Jersey native, 31, mentioned in response to the Stitching Down South founder’s feedback, noting that she thinks her husband, Kyle Cooke, “would say one thing comparable.”

The Summer season Home star — who married the 40-year-old entrepreneur in September 2021 — revealed that the Loverboy founder and Craig are “rather a lot alike in some methods” and that’s why it’s as much as her and Paige to “type of carry them again all the way down to earth.”

Amanda continued: “I don’t know if [Paige] essentially agrees with that [healthy label], however they’re a beautiful couple and they’re in an incredible place. Hear, if that’s the mentality he has that’s nice. Stick with it, Craig.”

Each Amanda and Kyle solely informed Us whether or not they assume that Craig and Paige have modified since they began relationship final yr. The Delaware native and the “Giggly Squad” podcast cohost turned Instagram official in late 2021 and filmed season 2 of Winter Home collectively in early 2022.

“I don’t assume that they’ve modified. I believe anybody that, you understand, [who] goes from being single to in a critical relationship, has to vary indirectly,” Amanda informed Us on Tuesday. “I don’t assume that their personalities have [shifted], however I believe Paige, you understand, is a bit more — she’s relaxed and has quite a lot of enjoyable as a result of she has her individual along with her.”

The College of Connecticut alum added that Craig is “very protecting and he loves Paige very a lot,” noting that the longer the 2 have been collectively the extra they’ve develop into a “unit.”

Kyle echoed his spouse’s sentiments, telling Us he was “excited” when Craig and Paige began seeing one another as a result of they perceive one another’s worlds.

“Paige was in a previous relationship [where] her boyfriend didn’t need to be on the present [and] didn’t need to movie. It’s similar to, ‘Geez, that’s, like, such a giant a part of anybody’s life.’ And it was, like, off limits,” the New Hampshire native mentioned, noting that her romance with Craig is completely different. “The best way all of it occurred was simply so, like, natural and it was simply enjoyable to observe.”

Kyle identified that the duo will “naturally change” as a result of they’re spending extra time underneath one roof — a minimum of in the case of Winter Home — however that’s regular. “There’s gonna be modifications, but it surely’s gonna be — it’s not factor or dangerous factor,” he concluded. “It’s inevitable.”

Winter Home season 2 premieres with a supersized episode on Bravo Thursday, October 13, at 9 p.m. ET.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi