Summer House star Carl Radke is ready to share his reality TV wisdom with Vanderpump Rules newcomer Jason Cohen.
“Let me tell you something that Jax Taylor told me in season one,” Carl, 41, told Jason, 30, while sitting down for Luxury Handbag Shopping’s new series, Just Between Us. “We did Watch What Happens Live and it’s the first time I ever did that show, Kyle Cooke and myself were on with Jax [Taylor]. Jax was giving us kind of his veteran perspective and coaching and at that time, it was like, Jax, he’s this mega Vanderpump Rules reality star and he said, ‘The same person that will tell you they hate you on social media or make fun of you on social media, is the same person that will walk up to you in real life and say, love the show.’”
Carl is currently in his 10th season of Summer House, while Jason joined a new group of SURvers at Sur restaurant on the 12th season of Vanderpump Rules, where his OnlyFans account has been a hot topic conversation.
“Before I started Vanderpump, I was doing OnlyFans, and I was kind of apprehensive on canceling it or not, but then essentially it was brought up and out of my hands. Sometimes things in life happen without your control,” Jason said. “I was like, ‘Wow, this is crazy stuff,’ but I just leaned back and shunned it, I was like ‘I’m gonna lean into it and I showed that confidence and the sense of saying, ‘Whatever happens, happens’ and at the end of the day you just have to step confidently in what you do.”
He added, “It’s been an incredible experience. I kind of went in there with no plan. I never watched Vanderpump before, so I was a little bit excited that I didn’t watch it before, because I was letting it take me.”
As for Carl, he has experienced highs and lows since joining the show in 2017. Since the inception of Summer House, Carl has celebrated five years of sobriety, got engaged and broke up with costar Lindsay Hubbard and opened Soft Bar, a non-alcoholic café and “mindful consumption” venue.
“I’m a glutton for punishment,” Carl said when asked why he keeps returning to Bravo. “The reason I keep coming back is I have great friendships, these are my real best friends. Kyle Cooke is my best friend. I love Amanda [Batula], she’s one of my very close friends, Ciara [Miller] and I’ve gotten really close. I love West [Wilson] and Jesse [Soloman], even Lindsay and I have been friendly again.”
As for the moment he would love to relive Carl admits, “I would make out with Ciara again. It’s nice to have friends that you’re not just very platonic, friendly and supportive, people you can text or call after an episode.”
Watch the video above for Carl and Jason’s full conversation.
