Lindsay Hubbard Reacts to Summer House's Emmy Nod, Reveals Costars She Texted
Lindsay Hubbard's "Hot Hubbs Summer" is officially heating up after Summer House received a 2026 Emmy Awards nomination.
"I screamed, I didn't cry (lol) but I got chills, and I ran a lap around my apartment," Lindsay, 39, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, July 8, after the Bravo show earned its first-ever Emmy nomination for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program. "Then I started pacing around on the phone calling everyone."
Lindsay, who has been part of the Hamptons-based series since its 2017 premiere, confessed she couldn't "contain my excitement for an entire two hours." (The Emmy nominations were announced on Wednesday morning, with Summer House competing against America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Love on the Spectrum, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked and Welcome to Wrexham.)
The TV personality - who has created multiple catchphrases on the show, including "Hot Hubbs Summer" and "Don't Activate Me" - told Us that when she calmed down, she had to contact fellow OG stars Kyle Cooke and Carl Radke to celebrate the news.
"I texted Kyle and Carl on a group text first," Lindsay recalled. "And then I texted our editors and our executives from Truly Original."
Lindsay revealed that her messages were "filled with a lot of caps, exclamation marks and extra letters to express my excitement."
During the explosive three-part reunion special, West confessed to having "sleepovers" with Ciara during the fall of 2025, but claimed that he didn't start seeing Amanda until February. (He also confessed that he was dating Meija Moreno before Amanda, but said she was never his girlfriend.)
Some of the cast, including Lindsay, Amanda, Kyle, West and Ciara also filmed Summer House: The Aftermath to give fans even more clarity on Amanda and West's relationship timeline.
While Us has since confirmed that both West and Amanda are not returning to the franchise amid the drama and subsequent fallout, their hookup seemingly gave Summer House the fuel it needed to get its first Emmy nod.
"This season was jam-packed with drama, fun, and vulnerability from the cast," Lindsay told Us about why she thinks the show was nominated. "It was a 16-episode season, with three-part reunion, and one additional aftermath episode: 20 episodes of premium content to feed the viewers was huge for fans."
Lindsay, who is also one of the stars of the show's spinoff In the City, said that the way their editors were able to "seamlessly and flawlessly incorporate a present scandal into two shows" should be applauded.
She explained that the production teams were able to not confuse viewers while "also delivering all the new content in a way that still told these updated stories," calling it "beyond impressive."
"They were working around the clock editing these shows and they did such a phenomenal job," Lindsay added.
While Lindsay has always been one to prepare for anything life can throw at her, she admitted to Us that she's not ready to write an acceptance speech just yet.
"I don't want to jinx anything so I'm going to just keep my fingers crossed for now and see what happens next!" she teased.
The 2026 Emmy Awards air on NBC Monday, September 14, at 8 p.m. ET.
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This story was originally published July 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM.