When “Summer House” premiered back in 2017, the OG cast featured twins Lauren and Ashley Wirkus. But, by season 3, both had left the Bravo series — and neither one has appeared on reality TV since. So, where are the Wirkus twins today?
The Wirkus Twins Appeared on ‘Summer House’ in Seasons 1 and 2
During the first season of “Summer House,” both Lauren and Ashley Wirkus were part of the main cast along with Kyle Cooke, Cristina Gibson, Lindsay Hubbard, Stephen McGee, Carl Radke, Jaclyn Shuman, and Everett Weston.
Lauren was back in the Hamptons as part of the main cast the following season, but Ashley appeared as just a “friend” in season 2. She had left her job in real estate and moved to California with her husband Brad McAtee.
Once there, Ashley opened a resale store in Carlsbad called Uptown Cheapskate. She and McAtee also started a family and are now the parents of two boys, Dean, 6, and Cole, 3.
They are currently planning another move, and this time they are heading to Nashville. But the family has plans to go “back and forth” between California and Tennessee. The former “Summer House” star will keep her business open because it has been a “labor of love.”
“The first few years were obviously very rough starting a new business, and then COVID hit, but I powered through and stuck it out, and I’ve had my business eight years and counting. It’s doing better every year, which is amazing,” Ashley told Us Weekly.
Lauren Wirkus Found Love in California
During her first two seasons on “Summer House,” Lauren worked at a private equity firm and lived in New York. But, she says that at the time, part of her was “being drawn back to California.”
“I just had a come to Jesus moment where I could stay here … I could keep doing this, and I could keep dating terrible people in New York City, or I could move back home,” Lauren said.
She chose to move home, and then she immediately found love on the Fourth of July in 2019 when she met her future husband. Lauren married NFL coach David Raih in June 2020, and now they have two kids: Goldie, 4, and Rockford, 2.
“I’ve been on a journey with him and his football career. We’ve actually lived in four different states [Arizona, Tennessee, Florida and Virginia] since we’ve been together,” Lauren revealed.
Will the Wirkus Twins Ever Return to Reality TV?
When the Wirkus twins left “Summer House” in 2018, it came as a surprise to many fans. According to sources at Bravo and Cocktails, their abrupt exit came after a video surfaced that featured the twins and Stephen McGee using racial slurs. Apparently, the video was buried. But, it was enough of an issue for all three to exit “Summer House.”
At the time, the twins made it clear that “the Wirkus Circus is not done” and promised fans future projects. But, now that they are both living flourishing lives as wives and moms, would either one ever return to reality TV?
“We say never say never,” Lauren said. “I would have to have my family. The best part about Summer House was filming with my sister.”
Ashley added, “We would have to do it together.”
All seasons of “Summer House” are available to stream on Peacock.
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Summer House: Where Are the Wirkus Twins Today?