Summer House's Lindsay Hubbard says her and Carl Radke's breakup is suddenly "all making sense" now.
Though Summer House’s Lindsay Hubbard has long since moved on from her relationship with Carl Radke, there's still one thing she can't seem to let go of: Her suspicion that he was cheating before ending their engagement in September 2023.
On Season 9, Episode 8, Gabby Prescod laid out the alleged timeline of when Carl started talking to his new love interest, Lil, last summer — and the math wasn’t mathing for Lindsay. "So, stop, because I've been putting this together, right?" the new mom said, recalling one particular morning a week before their breakup.
"I went into his room, gave him a hug, and on his phone, he had a DM open where somebody was sending their phone number," Lindsay shared. "He swiped out of the DM immediately so that I wouldn't see. So, now it's, like, all making sense to me."
What seemed to particularly bother her is that, as she put it, Carl had been playing "the victim" and painting her as "the villain," since their split.
"Meanwhile, bitch, you've been talking to a girl since before you broke up with me," Lindsay fumed to Gabby. "So you are, once again, gaslighting everyone, manipulating everyone. You're a f–king fraud, you're a phony, you're a liar, and now I'm adding cheater to your f–king resume."
In a separate confessional, Lindsay pointed out how Carl previously claimed that he didn't know for sure he was going to break off the engagement walking into their pivotal, relationship-ending conversation. "Motherf–ker, you knew," she claimed. "You were already talking to someone."
Why Lindsay didn't confront Carl with cheating accusations
Also at the Hamptons crew's NYC kickball game, Lindsay told Gabby that "f–k yeah" she was going to confront Carl. "Are you kidding me? I've got nothing to lose," she added. "I don't need to protect his ass anymore."
When her ex-fiancé arrived at the field, however, she simply refused his high five and left it at that.
"I'm holding off on saying anything to Carl because it's just not the time," Lindsay explained later. "I just need to make sure no one else says anything to him, so that he can get his, like, whole story that he wants to lie about together. I'm just like, what a f–kin' coward."
Carl Radke's reaction to Lindsay's accusations that he cheated
Previews for Episode 9 reveal that the showdown between Lindsay and Carl will be here soon, though. In the scene, which takes place during a group dinner — and was already teased in the Summer House midseason trailer — an activated Lindsay brings up that Carl and Lil "have been messaging since last summer."
"This is crazy right now. This literally is nine months later," Carl responds, leading Lindsay to shout back, "You [are] a terrible judge of f--king character."
When did Carl Radke meet Lil?
Back on Summer House Episode 6, Amanda Batula revealed that Carl ended up sitting next to Lil's parents at an New York City pro soccer game he attended solo in summer 2023, prior to them "connecting in the fall." As Carl told the story, "Lil slid into my DMs. We started messaging in October, and fast-forward, it's now summer."
Lil then confirmed the timeline details to Gabby and Imrul Hassan at Carl's Soft Bar friends and family event in Episode 8, telling them that they'd known each other for over a year.
"He met like my whole family because my dad always goes to NYCFC games, and then they became, like, buddies," Lil shared. "And then I slid into his DMs."
In a confessional, Gabby added, "Last summer — when Lindsay and Carl were still very much engaged — he met your parents and then ya slid into his DMs. That's suspicious."
As you wait for the drama to play out, don't miss the stunning confession Carl made to a producer about Lindsay.
