{"id":331935,"date":"2026-05-09T18:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=331935"},"modified":"2026-05-09T18:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:50:26","slug":"jennifer-fessler-reacts-to-ciara-millers-west-wilson-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/jennifer-fessler-reacts-to-ciara-millers-west-wilson-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Fessler Reacts to Ciara Miller\u2019s West Wilson Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Jennifer Fessler<\/strong> is hitting back after <strong>Ciara Miller<\/strong> accused her ex <strong>West Wilson<\/strong> of hooking up with the <em>Real Housewives of Latest Jersey<\/em> alum.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/08\/celebrity-news\/summer-house-star-ciara-miller-accuses-west-wilson-of-sleeping-with-rhonj-alum-jennifer-fessler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to <em>Page Six<\/em> <\/a>on Friday, May 8, the F Major cofounder, 57, brushed off Ciara\u2019s claim that she had been intimate with West, 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s flattering that anyone would think someone who slept with Ciara Miller can be involved in sleeping with me,\u201d Jennifer, who has been married to <strong>Jeff Fessler<\/strong> since 1999, told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer\u2019s comments about West at <em>Vulture\u2019s The Masterminds of Reality TV<\/em> event on Thursday prompted Ciara, 30, to make the unsubstantiated claim.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>RHONJ<\/em> alum defended West as he continues to face public backlash for embarking a romance along with his <em>Summer House<\/em> costar <strong>Amanda Batula<\/strong> \u2014 who can be a former friend of Ciara\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[West] is the cutest, sweetest golden retriever puppy dog. He doesn&#8217;t mean any harm. He didn\u2019t mean it,\u201d Jennifer said on the event. \u201cHe\u2019s just attempting to have a very good time. He doesn\u2019t wanna hurt anyone. Give him a break.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Jennifer\u2019s comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYGQJMfkYi8\/?igsh=NXQ3azk4bzdncnF4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emerged via Threads<\/a>, Ciara responded via the platform, \u201cLol, because they slept together too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West took to his Instagram Stories on Friday to dampen the speculation. The <em>Summer House<\/em> alum sarcastically wrote, \u201cnews to me.\u201d He tagged Jennifer in his post.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4331006\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Ciara Miller.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">(Photo by Roy Rochlin\/GA\/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After briefly dating, West and Ciara confirmed they\u2019d split for good on the <em>Summer House<\/em> season 8 reunion, which was filmed in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>For her part, Amanda, 34, and husband <strong>Kyle Cooke,<\/strong> 43, confirmed their separation in January after 4 years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>When rumors then began to accentuate that Amanda and West\u2019s relationship had grow to be greater than platonic, the duo confirmed the speculation in March via a joint Instagram statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen the growing online speculation, so while this remains to be very latest, we wanted to offer some clarity,\u201d they wrote in March. \u201cIt was never our intention to purposely hide anything. Given the complicated relationship dynamics involved and the scrutiny that comes with being on a reality show, we wanted just a little space to process things privately before speaking on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ve got successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jennifer has spoken candidly prior to now concerning the ups and downs in her own marriage to husband Jeff, including infidelity that occurred seven years after tying the knot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy marriage was definitely not my priority at the moment, and it wasn\u2019t for Jeff either,\u201d Jennifer explained on the \u201cI Do Part 2\u201d podcast in February 2025. \u201cWe were just not connecting. We weren&#8217;t connecting on an emotional level, and we weren&#8217;t connecting on a physical level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the couple eventually patched things up and continued to work hard on their union, Jennifer admitted on the podcast that she \u201ccompletely lost my mind\u201d after discovering Jeff was having an affair.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Fessler is hitting back after Ciara Miller accused her ex West Wilson of hooking up with the Real Housewives of Latest Jersey alum. Speaking to Page Six on Friday, May 8, the F Major cofounder, 57, brushed off Ciara\u2019s claim that she had been intimate with West, 31. \u201cIt\u2019s flattering that anyone would think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[2896,6146,13308,2629,10982,1185,1883,2549],"class_list":["post-331935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ciara","tag-claim","tag-fessler","tag-jennifer","tag-millers","tag-reacts","tag-west","tag-wilson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331935"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331938,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331935\/revisions\/331938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}