Production on season 10 of Summer House is currently underway. However, one cast member who won’t be on the show when it returns is Lexi Wood. Now, she’s opening up about her experience on the show, how she feels about Jesse Solomon in retrospect, and more in a new interview.
Lexi, 27, joined Summer House for its 9th season alongside Imrul Hassan. Despite fans loving her on the show, Lexi announced in June that she would not be returning. Imrul later announced the same and hinted at disdain toward the producers of the show.
Gia Giudice recently had Lexi as a guest on her Casual Chaos podcast. The two discussed a variety of topics, including whether the model would ever consider doing reality TV again. Lexi revealed, ” I would do reality again. I think that it was a space that I really felt good in because I love being myself.”
The ladies also bonded over filming reality television and being at the mercy of editing, as well as how they often react to things on the show that weren’t shown to viewers. Lexi said, “Yeah, and I also think that it’s funny because the process, like Love Island, I think does it really great because it airs pretty much right away.”
She went on, “And then I think what’s difficult about some other shows [is] you heal from all the drama, and then all of a sudden it starts to air, and then you hear things that were said behind your back, and things were playing out differently. And then you are sitting there being like, okay, one, I know for my situation, like I was like, I’m embarrassed.”
Lexi then said, “I obviously am learning so much about myself, but also about other people. And you almost like don’t know how to even take on those feelings, because I’m like, okay, I’m over it. Like, I fully was like moved on. Like I was fully moved on from the situation in more ways than one, but then you start seeing it, and you’re like, wait, am I angry again? Because I feel angry again.”
She added, “But then you don’t know what’s going on, because then you’re like, okay, the edit, okay, well, that completely is taken out. They’ll take it like weeks. So it looks like it went from like zero to 100. And that’s like, whoa, like I don’t even know what’s going on anymore. And then I’m like, but it wasn’t.”
Later, Gia asked Lexi if she felt welcomed by her cast members on Summer House or if they made her feel like an outcast. She responded, “I think my situation was so unique. Like everyone that’s new coming into the house in the future, I think will have a different experience from me. And I really hope that they do.”
She continued, “My experience was very unique because I went in with someone, then she left. And then I was kind of just like a new person by myself. And like, what is great is like they all have known each other for so long, whether they’re close or not, they’ve just known each other for so long.”
Regarding who she felt the most comfortable around in the house, Lexi said her answer had changed by the end of the season. She said, “Um, I think in the moment, like obviously, like when you’re dating somebody in the house, that’s like your most comfortable person. And he definitely like made himself my most comfortable person. Um, that’s why I think like watching everything back, I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, if I knew this stuff, he definitely would not have been my most comfortable person.”
From there, Gia mentioned the rumors that Lexi and Drake dated. In discussing this, Lexi started, “Look, I think that being even put out there by anyone but me and him was insane. It definitely was not that person’s place to say anything.”
The Summer House alum then said, “But I will say, he’s amazing, and I’m really lucky to know him. And I think, yeah, he’s so talented, so sweet, comes from such a great family, has great friends. He’s, yeah, he’s so talented.”
Regarding how the rumors came to be, Lexi revealed, “So basically, Jesse went on Chicks in the Office. It’s that I’m getting sent it like a billion, trillion times. He said, ‘You can’t play it chill with somebody that’s dated Drake.’ And like I was just sent it a billion times. And I was like, first of all, why would you say that?”
She went on to say that Jesse has a history of being dishonest. According to her, “Like, he said I introduced him to a certain other rapper, never introduced him. He like, he just like says things that I’m like, that literally just didn’t happen.” Gia asked if Jesse was a “clout chaser,” and Lexi responded, “Yes. So which like the math is mathing.”
Gia also inquired about Lexi’s “upset” over the situation between Jesse and Ciara Miller after watching everything back. According to her, “Well, it wasn’t even just that. I think I was really upset at- not everyone, obviously. I don’t want them texting me after hearing this and being like, ‘why are you mad at me?'”
She continued, “I’m not mad at everyone. And I’m definitely like, I’ve moved on from that entire summer and that entire situation. I feel like I’ve said what I needed to say when the show was airing. Yeah, like it was just kind of like, okay, this is the time to talk about what’s going on and how it made me feel and whatever. But honestly, I’m so moved on from it. And like I’ve dated other people.”Lexi added, “And it was two months of my life. Like, realistically, like also let’s make that clear.”
As for who else she was comfortable with while on the show, Lexi stated, “I will say Gabby and Lindsey. They were like always so amazing with me, like, and because I didn’t know them going into the house, like I really wasn’t expecting them to be so like open arms.”
In one of the final questions, Gia asked Lexi what advice she would give to Jesse’s next girlfriend. She thought for a moment and said, “Honestly, just like, I have no idea. I think go with your gut, if you feel like something sketchy, it probably is. But I think I would tell that advice to any girl.”
She went on, “Yeah, and I just really hope that he grows and everything, but I honestly, I don’t really have advice. I think that, again, women know what their boundaries are, and my boundaries will be different than hers, and that’s lovely. I’m rooting for her.”
