Margaret Josephs is stepping into the chaos, and she’s not holding back.
As the fallout from the latest Summer House scandal continues to spiral, Margaret is making it crystal clear: she thinks Amanda Batula is being unfairly dragged—and someone else should be taking the heat.
Speaking on the Yacht Mess Podcast alongside Daisy Kelliher and Marc Macnamara, Margaret came out swinging in defense of Amanda, whose reputation—and brand deals—have taken a hit amid the drama involving West Wilson and Ciara Miller.
Josephs didn’t mince words about how she sees the situation.
She suggested that while feelings may have been involved, the relationship at the center of the controversy wasn’t exactly a love story gone wrong. In her view, Ciara may have been invested—but West? Not so much.
According to Margaret, West “played her.”
And when it comes to Amanda being caught in the crossfire, Margaret is seriously questioning the outrage.
“What is it that she did that brands can’t align with her?” she asked, calling out what she sees as a wildly disproportionate reaction.
The host then brought up Jen Shah saying Jen also lost brand deals.
“She scammed old people out of money, that’s illegal,” Margaret said bluntly, referencing Shah’s very real legal troubles and prison sentence. “Amanda didn’t do anything illegal. West didn’t do anything illegal either. What West did was unethical, there’s a difference.”
In other words: bad behavior? Maybe. Criminal? Not even close.
But despite that distinction, Amanda appears to be taking the biggest hit—and Margaret is not okay with it.
“I just don’t want to vilify Amanda like everybody is,” she said. “Because the way they’re coming at her, this isn’t good. This girl’s life should not be ruined by this. She is losing, basically her career.”
While Bravo fans are no strangers to messy relationships and blurred lines, Margaret is essentially calling out what she sees as a pile-on—one that’s gone way beyond typical reality TV backlash and into real-life consequences.
The bigger question now? Whether fans—and brands—will ease up, or if Amanda Batula will continue to pay the price for a situation Margaret insists she didn’t create.