A new preview for Part 1 of the highly-anticipated Summer House Season 8 reunion teases a bit of what's to come, but the people being name-dropped in one conversation might come as a surprise.
While greeting the cast in a preview for the Thursday, June 6 episode, host Andy Cohen congratulates Ciara Miller on her new billboard in Times Square. Funnily enough, the advertisement — which was shot for clothing brand Express — also includes Madison LeCroy.
"Hey, Ciara. You look incredible. I hear you and Madison from Southern Charm are on a billboard in Times Square," he says.
"Your two favorite exes," Ciara jokingly replies in a nod to her and Madison's shared ex-boyfriend, Austen Kroll.
"We'll have to take Austen down to take a look," Andy adds.
In true reunion fashion, the model also takes the opportunity to give a little nod to another potential ex. "I mean, hey, maybe some other people," she says, causing Jesse Solomon to give an "oooo" as the camera flashes to West Wilson.
Austen Kroll Was Previously Brought Up on Summer House Season 8
The reunion won't be the first time Austen's a topic of conversation during Summer House Season 8, though. As fans may recall, Ciara mentioned him while discussing how she didn't want her romance with West to end the same way.
"I think I'm scared of, like, it all blowing up in my face again," Ciara said on Summer House Season 8, Episode 6. "It makes it harder to put yourself out there because it's like, I was already embarrassed one time, you know?"
Therefore, during the Summer House After Show, West declared that he's not the biggest fan of the Charleston native.
"I'm so f-cking tired of hearing that f-cking guy's name, it's unreal. Everyone brings him up all the time. [He] has nothing to do with me. [I] don't care. I know he f-cked [Ciara] up, f-cked her over, whatever, but why do I have to talk about it all the f-cking time?" he said.
Later, they made up via Instagram DMs.
Where do Austen Kroll and Ciara Miller stand today?
Ciara revealed it's been "several years" since she's spoken to Austen during Summer House Season 8. She also added that even though she's way over everything that happened, TV makes it hard to forget.
"The guy that you date sticks with you for literally f-cking ever," she said. "People still come up to me, they call you an idiot, they call you dumb. All this sh-t you were already kind of thinking about yourself."
Her friendship with Madison, on the other hand, is stellar.
