Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Jun 3
Amanda’s 5-Year Location Sharing Exposes Lies About West on Season 10 of Summer House
Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Jun 3

Amanda’s 5-Year Location Sharing Exposes Lies About West on Season 10 of Summer House

3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 3

Summary

  • Amanda’s denials about dating castmate West unraveled after friends tracking her phone saw she was at his apartment and then noticed she began switching off location sharing.
  • Ciara — Amanda’s close friend and West’s former on-and-off partner — used the shared location earlier this year when Amanda stopped responding, turning a private romance into reunion-show evidence.
  • The fallout lands amid wider relationship turmoil on Season 10: Amanda and Kyle announced their split in January after years of strain, while castmates had already suspected Amanda and West were together.
  • The opinion piece uses the Bravo drama to argue that routine location sharing — Amanda had shared with friends, management and her ex for 5 years — can become a form of personal surveillance.

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