Summer House Star Ciara Miller Gives the Bachelorette a Hard Pass

If you were hoping Summer House favorite Ciara Miller would pop up as the next Bachelorette, you can let that dream go. She shut it down fast, doubled down on being single, and then addressed the very messy West/Amanda situation that kicked up earlier this year. She also got real about why dating, especially as a Black woman, can be its own minefield.

She is not doing The Bachelorette

In a new interview with Glamour published Friday, April 17, Ciara, 30, said she is genuinely happy solo right now — like, cannot-imagine-another-human-in-her- apartment happy. The idea of leading ABC's dating franchise? Absolutely not.

'F*** no. I'm way too private.'

Her point was simple: being single is not a bad thing, and she is not looking to turn her love life into a full-time TV job.

The West/Amanda mess, quick timeline

• Ciara dated her Summer House costar West Wilson, 31, in 2023.
• Her best friend Amanda Batula, 34, announced her split from husband Kyle Cooke in January.
• Rumors started swirling earlier this year that West and Amanda were hooking up.
• Amanda and West confirmed they are together in March.
• Ciara says her last conversation with Amanda was minimal, and that the behavior blindsided her.

Ciara basically says she felt something was off and chose to let time do the work.

'Just know when something's weird in your gut, there's a reason. What's done in the dark always comes to light.'

She added that sometimes you do not have to lift a finger — the universe will handle it. As for responsibility, she was blunt about men being men and not putting anything past them, but the real shock to her was that it came from Amanda — someone she considered in her circle and in her corner for a long time. That, she said, is the craziest part.

On getting judged for her taste in men

Ciara knows the internet has opinions about who she dates. She is not into it. By her count, she has only publicly dated two people, so sweeping takes about her 'type' feel lazy and, yeah, annoying. She is figuring it out like everyone else. If she were a dating expert, she joked, she would probably be married already. Also, she points out a truth a lot of people do not want to admit: some men present one version of themselves for the first few months and then turn into someone else entirely. Hard to grade anyone's taste on that curve.

The extra layer of dating while Black

Ciara also spelled out why interracial dating can be, in her words, a total mindf***. It is not just about chemistry — it is about values. Beyond the basics (yes, including who someone voted for), she wants to know if a partner likes people who look like her, not just her as an exception. Advocacy matters; she does not want to be the outlier to someone's rule. It is a lot to navigate, and she is clear-eyed about that, too.