KJ Dillard and Dara Levitan are the newest Summer House couple to go from a Hamptons flirtation to a full-on relationship.
“That’s my girlfriend,” KJ exclusively told Us Weekly while attending the Reality TV Greats dinner hosted by Threads and Dear Media on Wednesday, March 18, in Los Angeles.
KJ confirmed that he and Dara are still dating after meeting on season 10 of the Bravo series.
“We’re boyfriend and girlfriend,” he said with a laugh. “I love her tremendously. She’s the best. I wish she was here right now.”
KJ Dillard attends the Threads x Dear Media Reality TV Greats Dinner at Alba. Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Threads
KJ, who like Dara is new to Summer House this season, explained that their connection works because they are “very similar, but also very different.”
“She has a completely different upbringing than I do, which I’m attracted to, but emotionally we’re very similar, and I love that about her,” the model and former skateboarder gushed, as he joined other reality stars, including fellow Summer House costar Mia Calabrese, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars Kathy Hilton and Sutton Stracke, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey, and Dear Media podcast hosts Whitney Port and Scheana Shay, at Alba restaurant in West Hollywood.
KJ pointed out that Dara is “mature, she’s strong, she’s beautiful and I don’t know, she puts me in check.”
The reality star noted that because Dara, a podcast host and influencer, is “strong,” she “doesn’t let stuff slide,” which KJ told Us he really appreciates. “That’s how my mom is,” he added.
During season 10, episode 4, of Summer House, which aired in February, West Wilson hosted a singles event for their costar Ben Waddell.
The New York City mixer introduced the cast and fans to Dara, who was one of the women West, 31, brought along for the event because they used to date.
KJ Dillard, Dara Levitan. Bryan Bedder/Bravo
While Ben and Dara did have a bit of a spark, KJ made his own move after the group’s medieval party the next episode and it paid off. KJ asked Dara out on a date in the city and from then forward they were an item.
“Me and Dara have been texting, talking on the phone,” KJ said during episode 5, which aired on March 3.
During their lunch date, Dara confirmed she felt the “chemistry” with KJ and not Ben.
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“There was something different about [him] for me, he was a little bit more soft-spoken, he led forward with like, this very kind, warm energy,” Dara revealed during an appearance on Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast earlier this month of what attracted her to KJ. “And although I can be very exuberant and outgoing, I am very soft and sensitive and a lover girl.”
Looking back at how they met, KJ told Us there’s been no issues with Dara’s former flame West, whom she dated in 2022 for about six months.
“West is not weird. I mean, he doesn’t make things awkward,” KJ explained. “They had a little fling. It wasn’t something serious, right? So it was more of just like, ‘All right, yeah, it was chill.’ It’s super chill.”
Summer House airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.