Amanda Batula is officially leaving the Hamptons behind … ’cause TMZ has learned the longtime “Summer House” star will not be returning for Season 11.
Sources connected to the series tell TMZ … Amanda is not expected to be part of the cast when production gets underway on the July 4 holiday weekend.
Like any reality show, there’s still a chance Amanda could drop in at some point during the season in a group setting … but as of now, she won’t be returning as a full-time cast member.
The move marks a major shift for the Bravo franchise, as Amanda has been one of the show’s most recognizable faces since the beginning … and a fixture in the house through multiple cast shakeups, relationships, and feuds.
Amanda’s final season was filled with headline-making moments, particularly her romance with fellow cast member West Wilson. As TMZ previously reported … dating rumors involving the pair began circulating in early March before they confirmed their relationship in a joint statement later that month.
The romance quickly became one of the season’s biggest storylines, especially given Amanda’s close friendship with Ciara Miller, who previously dated West before their tumultuous split.
Questions about the relationship continued to dominate conversations throughout the season and reunion, where West addressed scrutiny over the timeline of their romance.
We broke the story … West also won’t be returning for Season 11.

On Sunday night, Doechii, Tyla, and Jaafar Jackson were just a few of the stars who gathered at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles to celebrate Black excellence in film, music, sports, and more for the 26th annual BET Awards.
Of course, red carpet queen Teyana Taylor was there in a burgundy Stéphane Rolland gown embellished with rubies and a coordinating headpiece. The actor, musician, director, and all-around fashion icon took home a whopping four trophies for icon of the year, best actress, video director of the year, and the inaugural fashion vanguard award—with a winning beauty look to match.
Dramatic eyes were a trending beauty look throughout the night, with everyone from Chlöe Bailey to Lauryn Hill and Cardi B participating, each experimenting with varying shades of fun, brightly colored eyeshadows.
Both minimalist and maximalist manicures walked the red carpet—a true dealer’s choice when it comes to inspiration for your next set. Just look at Coco Jones’ soft chrome nails for brides-to-be (she’s engaged to NBA star Donovan Mitchell) and Love Island alum Olandria going for a full gem-encrusted design.
Here, we break down all this and more of the best beauty details you may’ve missed from last night.

Since releasing her fifth album in early June, the pop star Lizzo has been on something of a tear.
After reaching eye-watering success with hits like “Truth Hurts” and “About Damn Time,” the four-time Grammy winner’s latest effort has dropped with a thud, reportedly streaming under a million times on Spotify within the first 24 hours of its release, selling fewer than 3,000 copies in its first week according to Rolling Stone and failing to crack the Billboard 200 in the first two weeks.
Once ubiquitous in the culture — as much for her full-on embrace of self-love and body positivity as for her infectious anthems — Lizzo is now relegated to “what happened to her?” status.
On social media, the 38-year-old pop star has offered her own theories as to why her album, the provocatively titled “Bitch,” is failing to break through, while also appearing to push back on haters. “The algorithm-based way that social media functions now is destroying the music industry,” she said in a TikTok posted on May 12, addressing why some may not have even been aware she was dropping a new album just weeks later. “If your algorithm is super serving you things out of order of when they’re happening, then the general public has no idea when music is actually coming out.”
But a lot of other people have thoughts, too.
“It was never our intention to take down a woman of color,” said Noelle Rodriguez, one of three dancers who filed suit against Lizzo in 2023, a moment that severely challenged the singer’s public image. “It was never an intention to take down a plus size woman of color specifically.”
Rodriguez and her co-claimants — Arianna Davis and Crystal Williams — levied accusations of sexual harassment, body shaming and a hostile workplace against Lizzo, as well as her production company Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc. (BGBT) and a person described as “dance cast captain.”
The three women have not spoken about their suit against Lizzo beyond interviews when it was initially filed in August 2023 and came together recently to talk exclusively with CNN.
They are watching this moment with mixed emotions. On one hand, they feel disappointed and traumatized following what they allege happened after they were hired for a job they felt was important, particularly as women with bigger bodies. On the other, they say they are determined to see the case through.
Their intention, they insist, was not to hurt their former boss, but rather to hold her accountable for the values she has publicly portrayed herself as holding.
“I don’t really think it’s our place to discuss or even have an opinion on how her career is going at this point, when that wasn’t even our reason for filing in the first place,” Rodriguez said. “It was never a smear campaign. It was never to take somebody down. I think if anything, in retrospect, I’ve actually had some sadness in the fact that it has impacted her career.”
Lizzo’s attorney Melissa Glass said in a statement that the claims made in the suit “have no basis in reality.”
“Not a single witness has come forward to support their allegations,” the statement read. “In fact, their claims were refuted by 18 witnesses, including most of the other dancers on ‘The Special Tour.’” Glass added, “we are confident that Lizzo will prevail in the case.”
Lizzo has other defenders.
Chawnta’ Van, who first danced with Lizzo in 2019 and worked with the three women who filed the lawsuit, said she felt “blindsided” and “heartbroken” by the allegations as she thought everyone on the tour “were all in this together, but apparently not.”
After the suit was filed, Van said plans for all future performances with Lizzo ground to a halt.
“As a dancer, we’re the lowest paid. We work gig by gig, literally,” said Van, who was connected to CNN through Lizzo’s attorneys. “So when all this stuff came out and everything got canceled, it was really hard.”
A new moment
When Lizzo burst on the scene in 2019, it seemed to herald, or at least symbolize, a new moment. Here was this force of musical prowess and personal charisma, living unapologetically as herself — and being celebrated for it. As a plus-sized Black woman, she inspired millions — and also saw her body unfairly used to litigate the issues of the day. She faced enormous scrutiny — and fought back in kind, like when she didn’t take criticism about her backside-bearing outfit causing a stir at a Laker game in 2019.
“It doesn’t really matter what goes on on the internet, nothing really breaks my joy,” she said at the time. “I’m a really solid, grounded person, and I know that I’m shocking because you’ve never seen — in a long time — a body like mine doing whatever it wants to do and dressing the way that it dresses and moving the way that it moves.”
The claims in the lawsuit — which included allegations that the dancers felt pressured in going to nude shows and interacting with performers— stand at odds with Lizzo’s public image and message. “I feel like her whole brand, aside from body positivity, was positivity in general — uplifting women, especially uplifting women of color and just, you know, being kind to one another, being kind to yourself,” Williams said in an interview. “Her entire message and platform and her brand was the entire opposite whenever doors were closed, whenever we were in private meetings.”
Lizzo has denied the accusations. Shortly after the suit was filed, she posted a statement on social media calling the allegations “false” and “as unbelievable as they sound.”
“I know what it feels like to be body shamed on a daily basis and would absolutely never criticize or terminate an employee because of their weight,” Lizzo wrote.
In the three years since it’s been filed, the lawsuit has been inching along, with both sides trading briefs and appeals, Ron Zambrano, a lawyer for the three women, said in an interview. Last year, a judge threw out the accusations of body shaming following a motion from Lizzo’s team that argued that events like the nude show outings were protected free speech as part of the creative process. Zambrano and his clients are currently waiting for a date from the California Court of Appeal to hear oral arguments.
Speaking to the “Today” show, Lizzo said she declined to settle the suit because “I’m a woman who is not afraid of the truth coming out, so I’m continuing to fight.”
Vibe shift
Many fans were taken aback by the lawsuit and in the aftermath, the singer took breaks from social media. When she re-emerged in 2024, she was slimmer but still happy to show off her body, first in a sheer Jean Paul Gaultier black-and-white dress and later on social media.
The same year, Lizzo said in a social media video that she was no longer vegan, having discovered that adding things like egg white cups and grilled chicken helped her feel better and achieve her weight loss goals. She went on to record a version of the “Baby Back Ribs” jingle for Chili’s, appearing in an ad playing a rib-shaped flute.
The turnaround has been striking. In a 2025 essay on Substack, Lizzo wrote that she began losing weight in 2023 after she became the “subject of a vicious scandal” that left her feeling depressed. “I needed a way to process my pain through my body, so I started with Pilates,” she wrote.
“I was sick and tired of my identity being overshadowed by my fatness. People could not see my talent as a musician because they were too busy accusing me of making ‘being fat’ my whole personality,” she wrote. “I know that my story isn’t unique. I know that women in bigger bodies, especially black women in bigger bodies, have had this working against them since forever.”
During a recent appearance on the podcast “In Your Dreams With Owen Thiele,” Lizzo took exception to celebs she felt had gotten too thin, which struck some as a “weight loss for me, but not for thee” moment from a woman who has long complained about others commenting on her body.
“I don’t have criticism for the artists or these people who are losing all this weight as much as I have criticism for the system convincing them that their bodies aren’t good enough,” she said.
To the women who are suing her, the seemingly defiant woman who sometimes says and does things that seem to contradict her public persona is the person they came to know.
“It wasn’t the weight loss that’s kind of made her abandon her fans. She kind of abandoned them from the beginning,” Williams said. “You are starting to see it a little bit more, but this is who she’s been since day one, sadly. So I don’t think this is something new. This is her genuine character at the core and at the heart.”
“What’s complicated about Lizzo is Lizzo did make her body size part of her brand,” said Tigress Osborn, executive director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA). There’s also the fact that Lizzo is a Black woman, the activist said.
“What Lizzo got was the magical Black friend dynamic,” Osborn said. “That Hollywood trope about like the magical Black friend who’s going make your life bigger by inspiring you and helping you.”
Now not only does Lizzo have an allegation of fat shaming lingering from her past, but she herself is no longer as deeply relatable to the plus-sized community with her body transformation.
“If you want your fans to relate to you as a person, then you have to be a person, not a brand,” said Osborn, who is clear that people have a right to be whatever size they wish. “If you want your fans to relate to you as a brand, then brand loyalty ends when the brand changes.”
Having worked with Lizzo since 2020, keyboard player Lynette Williams insisted the weight loss happened because the singer “just wants to be healthier.”
Lynette Williams, who is herself plus size and was also referred to CNN by Lizzo’s attorney, added: “It’s not about trying to conform to what society thinks.”
She also thinks the suit played a larger factor in the low sales for Lizzo’s latest effort. Of the music itself on the album, she said, “I think it’s fire.”
Dreams dashed
Watching Lizzo’s re-emergence has been harrowing for the three plaintiffs. They say they have not chosen to listen to her music.
The three dancers had been overjoyed when they joined Lizzo’s troupe, excited to show that “big girls” had the moves to match their curves.
Davis said dancing for Lizzo — her “first professional dance job out the gate” — was her “dream job.”
“I was like, this is amazing,” Davis said. “And then to have the actions play out the way they did was really devastating.”
Like Crystal Williams, Davis had been a contestant on Lizzo’s Amazon reality show “Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” which centered around the star finding plus-sized dancers for her tour.
Rodriguez was a more established dancer and had appeared in the 2021 music video for Lizzo’s single “Rumors.”
The events of the past few years have impacted their careers. They worry about their reputations. Rodriguez, who has shifted more into acting, said she’s considering going back to school and pursuing law because of the experience. Crystal Williams said that, like their former employer, they are eager for the facts to be heard.
“We want chance and an opportunity for her to be held accountable. We want the facts to come out, we want evidence to come out,” she said. “We want to be able to address the truth just as much as she does. So we’re ready to see it through.”

Heather Locklear may have Lorenzo Lamas smiling these days … but first, he’s trying to officially close the book on his current marriage.
The actor is apparently looking to wrap up his divorce from estranged wife Kenna Nicole Lamas as quickly as possible … because TMZ has obtained new legal docs showing he’s asking a judge to move forward by default after he says she failed to respond.
According to the filing submitted late last week, Lorenzo says he and Kenna don’t have an agreement, but adds there are no assets or debts to divide up anyway. He also wants spousal support terminated for both sides.
TMZ broke the story … Lorenzo filed for divorce last July after less than two years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences with Kenna.
He’s been down this road before … this was his sixth marriage.
The timing is especially notable because Lorenzo has since gone public with his romance with Heather. The pair confirmed earlier this year they’d reconnected decades after first meeting … with Heather saying the relationship has been a long time coming.
If the judge declares the default, Lorenzo will be one step closer to making the split from Kenna official … and leaving plenty of room for his new romance to keep blooming.

NEW YORK — Kenny G played a mournful sax solo, Jennifer Hudson’s voice soared and Bruce Springsteen spoke glowingly at the funeral Monday for music legend Clive Davis, as pop royalty honored a man who championed so many of their careers.
Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow, Alicia Keys, Ja Rule and Stevie Wonder were among the other musical stars at the service. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Adrien Brody, Hoda Kotb and Gayle King were among the other notables.
Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl said Davis would have been thrilled by the turnout. “Clive would have loved this,” she said. “He’d have been touched to have filled the house, thrilled by the superstars who have come to share tributes to him.”
The service was closed to the public but was livestreamed from Central Synagogue in Manhattan.
Davis, a record company lawyer who rose to become one of music’s most influential figures, launched the careers of numerous stars, including Whitney Houston, Springsteen, Keys and Kenny G, and influenced others such as Carlos Santana, Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead.
Springsteen called him big, bombastic and brave. “He was born to run everything,” The Boss said. He remembered meeting him at age 22 in 1972, his anxiety rising. “I can’t wait to hear you,” Davis told him. After his audition, the executive simply said: “Welcome to Columbia Records.”
“In those few words, he changed my life forever,” Springsteen said.
Davis died June 22 in his Manhattan apartment at the age of 94, a few weeks after he was hospitalized for an upper respiratory issue.
Buchdahl asked what song Davis most admired that was not something he had a hand in and was told “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” written by composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E.Y. “Yip” Harburg in 1938 for the film “The Wizard of Oz.” Buchdahl then sang a soaring version. “You have a home at Sony Music Classics,” joked Rob Stringer, the CEO of Sony Music Entertainment.
Warwick told a story about how Davis urged her to work with Manilow in the late 1970s, which she initially resisted. But Davis’ suggestion was fruitful: Their partnership, the album “Dionne,” went platinum and earned two Grammy Awards. “So Barry and I became very, very good friends that day,” she said to laughter.
Manilow recalled Davis urging him to record the rock song “Brandy,” written by Scott English and Richard Kerr. Manilow turned it into a love song and played it for Davis. “Just do that,” Davis told him. They renamed it “Mandy.” It went to No. 1. “He believed in me from the very beginning,” Manilow said.
Hudson sang Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and then grew emotional as she transitioned to “I Will Always Love You,” a hit for Houston. ”We love you, Clive” she said before getting a standing ovation.
While many record execs saw their influence wane as they grew older, Davis’ seemed to grow. He breathed new life into the careers of established artists such as Aretha Franklin and Santana, and helped launch Keys and several early “American Idol” winners’ careers, including Kelly Clarkson’s.
Springsteen said a world had died with Davis’ passing — the record executive-led top-down changemakers that also included such visionaries as Berry Gordy, Ahmet Ertegun, Mo Ostin and Jerry Wexler: “Men who defined, loved and sustained the record business.”
“There isn’t a day when I don’t sit on my big front porch in my big house, surrounded by my big cars with my big family, looking out over my big yard, and Clive doesn’t come somewhere whistling around the top of my brain,” Springsteen said.
Keys was in tears when she approached the podium and borrowed a handkerchief. “I’m actually not a crier. I’m in a strange place,” she told the crowd. She recalled being 15 when she first met Davis, running because she was late, and playing songs for him on a piano. “You saw something in me that I was just beginning to see in myself,” she read in a letter to Davis.
“In a world that so often reduces art to commerce, and genius to product, you held the line. You reminded me again and again that what we were doing was about truth and legacy, and about the human heart reaching out to another human heart and saying, ’You are not alone.”
Davis is survived by his four children, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. An instrumental version of Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” played as Davis coffin was carried out of the synagogue.