Scheana Shay and Kyle Cooke pose with Carl Radke’s mom, Sharon and her husband, Lou, in Mexico.Photo:Scheana/Instagram
Scheana/Instagram
AfterLindsay HubbardandCarl Radkecalled off their November wedding in Mexico, some of theirSummer Housecostars still opted totake the trip.
Kyle Cooke,who was one of them, tells PEOPLE enough of the former couple’s friends wanted to enjoy a getaway that it just made sense to still go.
“Carl worked with the venue and gave everybody the opportunity to get their money back, but there was enough people that had taken time off of work, set those dates aside and were looking forward to it,” Cooke explains.
“When the critical mass started to approach like 30 friends, I mean we’re just like, ‘This is going to be a great time. It’s an adult-only resort. All inclusive. Why not??’” he adds.
Cooke says it was around September when he and other Bravo stars from the canceled wedding’s guest list began texting one another asking, “Should we still go?”
Kyle Cooke tagged his travel group during the Mexican getaway.Kyle Cooke/Instagram
Kyle Cooke/Instagram
Plus, he adds, this isn’t the first time it’s been done.
“I know of friends where their weddings have [been] called off and people did just that,” he says. “They still went. If it was a destination wedding and people are already taking time off from work or bought plane tickets, hopefully it’s not looked at as disrespectful. It turned a wedding vacation into a vacation.”
Cooke shared footage of himself at a club with Shay, Davies and Prescod. Prescod, who joinedSummer Housefor season 7 earlier this year, could also be seen enjoying cocktails at the beach.
Shay previously shared that she’d still be taking the trip during a conversation withSummer Housealum Hannah Berner and current cast member Paige DeSorbo onthe Oct. 6 episodeof her podcast,Scheananigans.
“I’m still going,” she said. “We didn’t take a honeymoon, and when we got the email saying, ‘If you all still want to go, go,’ I texted Kyle and Amanda [Batula, Cooke’s wife], and they’re like, ‘We’re still going.'”
Carl and Hubbard officially canceled their wedding in September, after gettingengagedin August 2022.
“Words cannot possibly express how difficult the last two weeks have been for Lindsay and I,” he wrote. “We are so incredibly sorry to all of our guests for the confusion and lack of communication. We were left trying to figure out how this all exactly happened before we could even have the opportunity to determine the path forward amongst ourselves.”
“There have been a lot of false narratives and misunderstandings that have made this all the more painful but sadly at this time we are not moving forward with the wedding,” he continued.
“The fact of the matter is Lindsay is devastated and I’m crushed with how all this transpired. I graciously ask for some patience and grace to heal and recover while we navigate this extremely difficult time.”
Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard.Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Earlier this week, Radketold PEOPLEhe’s stayed single since his engagement ended.
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For her part, Hubbard says she’s focused on moving forward.
“I am highly focused right now, and I am really busy at the moment,” Hubbardtold PEOPLE.“I think after everything was said and done, after last year, I thought my future in life was going to go one very different direction for this year. Then, when it didn’t, I decided to focus on my own individual successes and what I deem as a personal success in my life. That was OK.”
One of those personal successes comes in the form of hernew Nashville vacation rental property, Hubb House,which she unveiled exclusively to PEOPLE on Thursday.
source: people.com
