Carl Radke's Soft Bar Opens-and Kyle Cooke Reveals His Biggest Regret
Despite facing marital and business challenges last summer, Kyle Cooke now admits he regrets not investing in Carl Radke's Soft Bar. Amid the many Summer Housestorylines, one lingering issue is Carl's disappointment that Kyle didn't back the venture, even after Carl learned Kyle was close to losing his company, Loverboy.
Carl expressed disbelief that Kyle didn't invest, especially when Carl financially supported Loverboy in the early days. Even though his marriage to Amanda Batula was in shambles and his business was bottoming out, Kyle now says he truly regrets not showing some sort of financial support.
Soft Bar's grand opening was featured on the latest Summer House episode, and Kyle shared a carousel of photos on Instagram along with a caption, expressing how proud he is of Carl. He wrote, "Putting yourself out there and taking a ton of risk doing something that isn't widely accepted or adopted is the very premise of entrepreneurship."
He added, "I wish I could have shown my belief in Carl in the form of an investment, and in retrospect wish I just wrote a small check as a vote of confidence, but hindsight is 20/20. Most people don't have cameras following them so they can learn from their mistakes months later." Kyle concluded his post, writing that he loves Carl like a brother and this moment in particular "gave me a ton of pride."
During the Summer House episode, Kyle expressed a lot of anxiety surrounding his inability to invest after Carl shouted out those who supported his business endeavor with their "wallets."
"To be honest, I'm a little shook," Kyle shared in a confessional. "You know, this conversation about investing took place literally seven months ago, and again this summer. I've tried to be open and honest with where I'm at with my business, marriage, our sex life. He knows more than everybody."
Previews show Carl and Kyle come to blows during a combustible event at the house, possibly over this frustration.
Summer House is on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.
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This story was originally published April 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM.