Whereas Lindsay Hubbard claimed ex-fiancé Carl Radke blindsided her when he referred to as off their wedding ceremony, Summer time Home alum Ashley Wirkus thinks his message was crystal clear.

“I believed Carl truly dealt with himself very, very properly,” Ashley, 36, completely informed Us Weekly at Swirl x Z Provide Summer time Assortment Celebration on Saturday, June 22. “I believed he was tremendous well-spoken. We solely see glimpses and I believed he was making an attempt actually laborious to make it work.”

She continued, “I do know they have been saying, ‘Oh, it was arrange.’ I don’t suppose it was arrange by him. I feel he was making an attempt to have an sincere dialog and it didn’t go that properly. … I don’t know a lot concerning the relationship however what I noticed on TV, they did everybody a favor by not being collectively.”

Ashley was an OG forged member on Bravo’s Summer time Home through the first two seasons alongside each Carl, 39, and Lindsay, 37. Whereas Ashley ultimately left the present, each Carl and Lindsay remained staples within the Hamptons home.

Carl proposed to Lindsay throughout season 7 and so they have been planning their November 2023 wedding ceremony throughout season 8, which aired earlier this 12 months. Carl in the end referred to as off their engagement in August 2023 and Lindsay claimed his choice was out of the blue. Carl, in the meantime, asserted that he didn’t blindside the previous publicist provided that they fought all through Summer time Home season 8.

“I don’t know their relationship, clearly,” Ashley famous to Us. “I knew Lindsay properly earlier than the present. She was at my wedding ceremony [and] our friendship form of ended. I don’t actually know why, nevertheless it simply did. I feel possibly as a result of we weren’t on the present anymore and we weren’t part of that anymore.”

Whereas Ashley hasn’t just lately been in contact with Lindsay, she continues to be pleasant with Carl.

“I’ve just lately had just a few interactions with Carl,” Ashley mentioned at Saturday’s occasion at Swirl Boutique in Carlsbad, California. “I want all of them one of the best however I simply don’t actually sustain with them.”

In accordance with Ashley, Carl and Lindsay didn’t make the “proper match” in the long term.

“Carl sober is a really completely different Carl. I feel [in] seasons 1 and a couple of, once I was on the present with him, he was struggling along with his habit,” Ashley recalled. “However I at all times knew deep down Carl is a superb particular person and an awesome man. I feel he’s finished loads of work on himself and I feel hopefully he’s discovered quite a bit from all this and is in a greater place. I feel in the event that they have been the best match, it might have labored out. I feel whenever you’re not the best match, it doesn’t work out, sadly.”

Carl, who has been sober since 2021, has since obtained an onslaught of backlash for the best way he dealt with the breakup.

“Folks solely see a small glimpse. You solely know so little and also you’re seeing so little,” Ashley reminded Us on Saturday. “You’re seeing an edited model of a lot extra and you’ll want to give all people the good thing about the doubt. I feel that for everyone. It’s a must to be a lot softer as a result of simply know you’re getting such a small glimpse.”

With reporting by Mike Vulpo