Mia Calabrese has been keeping track of Summer House costar KJ Dillard following his split from Dara Levitan.
“KJ is great. He was just at my house, like, per week ago,” Mia, 34, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting her partnership with Walgreens to unveil her “Ultimate Summer Must-Haves” available on the retailer.
Mia recalled having each KJ — her newfound brother after bonding during season 10 of the Bravo series — and her real-life brother over to assist her move her couch and latest rug.
“He was like, ‘All right, I’m gonna leave.’ And my brother’s like, ‘Ah, KJ, we’ve got work to do.’ So I actually have a hilarious video of him, like, taking my whole front room apart and moving my rug and my couch,” Mia shared. “But KJ is great.”
The influencer noted that from her “understanding” KJ and Dara, 33, “did break up” recently, so she has been looking in on them each.
“I checked on Dara, I sent her a text, and just let her know I’m pondering of her, because breakups are difficult, irrespective of what,” Mia told Us. “But they’re obviously even tougher when you’ve got the general public eye watching your breakup. So I checked on Dara, KJ is doing well, and he’s navigating the breakup as well.”
KJ, 28, and Dara, each of whom made their reality TV debut during season 10 of Summer House, became a pair while filming the show in summer 2025.
Through the three-part season 10 reunion, filmed in April, Dara and KJ hinted that that they had briefly parted ways sooner or later in 2025 as KJ was battling his mental health.
KJ Dillard and Dara Levitan. Courtesy of Dara Levitan/Instagram
KJ revealed on the show that he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in fall 2025 and was hospitalized for self-harm before getting the assistance he needed. (KJ confirmed in early June on the “More Life With Carl Radke” podcast that Dara broke up with him during that timeframe because “she needed to” while he was in recovery.)
When Dara joined KJ during part 2 of the reunion, she told host Andy Cohen that they were happily together, holding his hand and smiling.
Nonetheless, rumors of one other breakup circulated in May when KJ untagged Dara of their couple pictures.
Andy, 58, asked Jesse Solomon earlier this month why KJ and Dara allegedly unfollowed one another on social media, to which he responded, “They broke up, yeah.”
Jesse, 32, explained on the June 9 episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen that “last I heard they were broken up. Sorry if that’s not public.”
A couple of weeks later, Dara confirmed her relationship status, revealing on the Thursday, June 18, episode of the “Five More Minutes” podcast that she is single.
“That’s all we’re going to say about it because I can’t do tears this morning, and there’s no way I’m talking about it without crying,” she said, referring to her heartbreak over not dating KJ.
As KJ and Dara navigate their split, Mia told Us she hopes they “do what will make them pleased.”
Carl Radke, Jesse Solomon, KJ Dillard, Kyle Cooke and Mia Calabrese. Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Gonna Need Milk
“If what’s going to make them pleased is being together, life is brief, that’s what you need to do,” she added. “And if what’s going to make them pleased is being separate, that it’s what it’s.”
Mia, meanwhile, revealed that she doesn’t “know what my summer plans are” but her motto for the season is “live and rejoice and see what happens.”
A part of her feel-good plan includes teaming up with Walgreens to share her beauty routine for the summer and her “Ultimate Summer Must-Haves,” which incorporates lightweight serums and La Roche-Posay Anthelios Sunscreen.
“I actually have been going to Walgreens since I used to be a bit girl, and that was like a spot we went every other day, me and my family, because you usually needed something,” Mia told Us of her easy decision to work with Walgreens. “I’m so grateful that there’s so many Walgreens all around the country, because I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, there wasn’t, like, you understand, a store on every corner. But I used to be all the time in a position to rely on Walgreens.”
She added, “I’m so thankful to be partnering with them, since it is such a full circle moment in my life.”