Carl Radke, Lindsay Hubbard’s engagement ends on explosive Summer House finale
Thursday night’s explosive Summer House season eight finale unveiled how Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radke’s engagement came to an end last year. The two reality stars — Lindsay, 37, and Carl, 39 — intended to tie the knot in November 2023 before Radke called off the wedding in late August. Fans were able to watch it all unfold during the former couple’s breakup conversation on the latest episode of the series.
Lindsay started the exchange by stating, ‘I do not want to fight with you. It’s not productive, it’s not helping either of us. Today I was like, “Oh, maybe Carl sees me asking questions as me belittling you or thinking you’re not capable.” And then I was like, “But where did this come from?”‘
But following a summer ripe with friction, Carl confessed his wish to nix their wedding plans. He cited Lindsay’s ongoing discouragement as she shot down his various career goals, like acting and opening a sober bar. ‘I have asked for you to be a little more comforting and excited and positive, versus the questioning,’ he explained.
The television personality also called out their disconnect. ‘I literally live in two different worlds with you,’ he emphasized. ‘There’s the reality and then there’s what you spin the reality to be. You’re really gifted at playing victim,’ he told his then-fiancée.
Additionally, Carl also named the hurtful things Lindsay had said leading up to their final conversation. ‘Time and time again you’re over-questioning, you bulldoze me, you called me a loser,’ he listed. ‘You called me a little b***h, you called me a little baby, little mama’s boy — “run home to your parents.”‘
He then turned the discourse to his sobriety journey, admitting that he believed Hubbard was rooting for his downfall. ‘I don’t think you trust me,’ Carl went on to say. ‘I think you think I’m gonna relapse. I think you want me to relapse. I think you want me to fall back so you can control me even more,’ he unleashed.
The social media star added: ‘We continue to trigger each other and I don’t want to live like that. We are supposed to be married in two and a half months and I’m not ready to do that. I don’t feel comfortable. I’m hurt, I’m really unhappy and I don’t think our communication is going to improve.’
Lindsay fired back, ‘You want me to fight right now for this relationship? I’m not gonna beg you to be with me. There’s no more point to this conversation, you’ve made the decision clear.’
While she called her father to vent in another room of their NYC apartment, Carl chatted with producers. On the episode, Radke mentioned his sobriety journey, admitting that he believed Hubbard was rooting for his downfall. ‘I can hear her conversation,’ he told someone off camera. ‘It’s like “all of a sudden.”‘
Carl and Lindsay will face each other again next week, Thursday, June 6, at 9 pm on the Summer House reunion.