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Kristyn Burtt
Sunday, June 16th, 2024
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Can The Young and the Restless ever get Kyle and Summer on the same page again? Well, Michael Mealor and Allison Lanier have a lot to unpack when it comes to their characters’ relationship with each other — it’s the ultimate “it’s complicated” love story. Summer has happily moved on to Chance, but there always seems to be an underlying connection between her and Kyle that cannot be denied.
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Is there jealousy brewing between them? Well, Lanier gave Soaps.com the inside scoop, and she has a pretty firm stance on where Summer stands right now. She points out that Kyle “doesn’t have a leg to stand on in terms of jealousy” because he jumped in bed so quickly with Audra. “I think that maybe she does feel good in the sense that he went off and had this fling that kind of crashed and burned,” she says. “And she moved on to this kind of awesome love affair that could develop into something more serious.” That gives Chance a major leg up in the competition!
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Where does that leave Kyle in all of this? Well, Mealor believes that “there’s always going to be a part of Kyle that’s jealous of any man that comes into Summer’s life,” so he has to deal with the consequences of his actions. However, there’s also a lot of growth between them, especially after Harrison’s kidnapping forced them to become a united front. “I love how Kyle and Summer have evolved, where they have this mutual love for each other,” says Mealor.
Mealor knows that his character has come a long way from acting on his “very primal instinct” by hooking up with Audra in the wake of Summer’s betrayal. He thinks Kyle acted impulsively to “numb the pain,” and while he’s not “justifying any of the actions that Kyle has done,” Mealor knows that he “didn’t want to feel anything.” He adds, “I think there was definitely something in him that came to a breaking point. It was a snap for him.”
In his state of not wanting “to feel anything,” Kyle might have finally understood how much he actually felt for Summer. It’s something that will hopefully evolve over time whether it’s as friends, co-parents, or something more. “They just want what’s best for each other. Whether they’re the best thing for each other at any given time, [it] may be right, [it] may be wrong, but they just love each other,” Mealor sums up. “I think that’s more true love than anything, really.”
Watch Michel Mealor and Allison Lanier’s full interview above to get the full scoop on “Skyle’s” complicated relationship, and before you go, check out the full timeline of Kyle and Summer’s romance in the gallery below.
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1/16
<p>Summer Newman (then Samantha Bailey) and Kyle Abbott (then Garrett Ryan) spent time together growing up. Their history as kids was referenced in the present when Summer gave Kyle a framed photo of them ice-skating.</p>
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2/16
<p>Troubled by her parents’ on-again, off-again relationship, teenage Summer (Hunter King) acted out, including bullying. When the older Kyle (then Blake Hood) arrived back in Genoa City, she developed a crush on him, but he told her she was too young.</p>
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3/16
<p>Summer managed to make some headway with this version of Kyle (Hartley Sawyer), but after kissing Phyllis (Michelle Stafford), he cut things off with her daughter. For a time, it was believed that Summer was Jack’s (Peter Bergman’s) daughter, which also put a crimp in any “Skyle” romance.</p>
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4/16
<p>After it was established that they weren’t brother and sister, and after Summer’s husband, Austin Travers (Matthew Atkinson) died, she and Kyle (then Lachlan Buchanan) finally got together and made love for the first time. Although they became lovers, Summer thought New York had changed Kyle, and the tension between their families was also an issue. Kyle eventually returned to New York.</p>
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5/16
<p>Summer blew back into town with a stolen sports car and an attitude and was put on a project with Kyle (Michael Mealor) at work. Though Kyle clearly still found her attractive, he was put off by her interest in her mother’s boyfriend, Billy (Jason Thompson) and wouldn’t have sex with her after winning their bet because he wanted her to have real feelings for him.</p>
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6/16
<p>Summer eventually set her sights back on Kyle, who had fallen for Lola Rosales (Sasha Calle). When Lola needed a liver transplant to save her life, Kyle agreed to marry Summer in return for her becoming a donor. Kyle was still hung up on Lola, however, and ended up married to her instead, breaking Summer’s heart.</p>
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7/16
<p>Kyle got back together with Summer after realizing that he may have changed too much in order to be with Lola. He reconciled with Summer and the pair worked together at Jabot as top executives.</p>
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8/16
<p>Summer and Kyle eventually remarried in Italy (offscreen) after weathering the reveal that Kyle had fathered a child with a married socialite in New York. The pair are raising his son Harrison together since the boy’s mother, Tara Locke, went to prison for embezzlement.</p>
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9/16
<p>Kyle and Summer (now played by Allison Lanier) were drawn back to Genoa City from Milan when his mother, Diane, turned up alive. Kyle and Harrison flew back so Jack could break the shocking news about his mom and Summer followed, arriving just in time to attend Mariah and Tessa’s wedding, which Kyle officiated!</p>
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10/16
<p>Summer and Kyle moved back to Genoa City with Harrison after Jabot purchased Marchetti and he took on the challenge of helming the design house, which was bittersweet for Jack. All was right in the world for these two… with the exception of their warring mothers!</p>
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11/16
<p>After moving back to Genoa City, Kyle and Summer renewed their commitment in the back of the Abbott Estate with the help of officiants, Tessa, Mariah, and Noah. The couple pledged their love before family and friends who weren’t able to attend their nuptials in Milan. Of course, this being a soap, the ceremony was crashed. Tucker McCall swung by in a helicopter in hopes of making a splash and impressing his ex-wife Ashley, who wasn’t even there.</p>
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12/16
<p>Everything was hunky-dory between Kyle and Summer until the friction between their mothers inevitably began affecting their marriage. They fought and then kissed and made up numerous times… but Diane being arrested for killing Phyllis drove a wedge between them that they may not be able to overcome.</p>
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13/16
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14/16
<p>Kyle couldn’t stomach the level of deception when he found out Summer had known for ages that Phyllis was alive and continued to let Diane sit in jail for her murder. He called it quits on the marriage in short order, asking Summer to move out of the Abbott mansion. A hot minute later, they broke up at Marchetti as well. Kyle wasted no time in moving on, landing in Audra’s bed and as her right-hand at Newman Media.</p>
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15/16
<p>After Kyle’s ill-fated partnership with Audra fell apart, his relationship with Summer thawed. No longer freezing her out, Kyle and Summer were able to chat and even share a laugh over anecdotes about Harrison as co-parents. Is there any hope for ‘Skyle’ to reunite? Despite her new love interest, Chance, we feel you can never count these two out.</p>
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