By
Carol Lee,
a beauty writer at The Cut
who wrote for Elle, Food Network Magazine, and The Pioneer Woman Magazine.
Throughout her reality-TV career, Amanda Batula has made quite a few choices that have baffled her audience — if you’re a Summer House devotee (or simply adjacent to one), you already know what I’m talking about. But to some, her biggest sin of all is her committed relationship with a ponytail-bun hybrid that has the chronically online scratching their heads. She’s worn it on ordinary episodes of Summer House, during the latest juicy reunion, and allegedly at an Italian wedding where she filled the ostensibly coveted role of being West Wilson’s plus one.
