How Kyle Cooke got reality TV stars to join LA fire relief event
Bravolebs are giving back.
Kyle Cooke got several reality TV stars to co-host a Los Angeles fire relief benefit with proceeds going to Bethenny Frankel’s charity, BStrong.
The “Summer House” star exclusively told Page Six he enlisted the help of his co-stars –– Carl Radke, West Wilson, Danielle Olivera and Luke Gulbranson –– and other reality TV stars to socialize and take pictures with fans, perform on stage and spill some tea at his LA fire relief benefit at City Winery in New York City on Friday.
“Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars Melissa and Joe Gorga and Frank Catania, “Real Housewives of New York City” alum Dorinda Medley, “Bachelorette” alum Jason Tartick and “Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard” star Jordan Emanuel are among the reality TV stars who have committed to attending.
Social media personalities Connor Wood (@fibula), Remi Bader (@remibader) and Andrea Lopez (@andrealopezcomedy) are also joining in on the fun.
“It was a snowball effect,” the DJ, 42, told us ahead of the event.
After asking his “Summer House” pals to participate, Cooke noticed that Joe Gorga and Catania were already hosting an event at the same venue earlier that night, and they eagerly agreed to stay for Cooke’s benefit.
“That was very serendipitous, but they were incredibly kind,” Cooke said of the “RHONJ” stars.
Meanwhile, Medley jumped on board after reaching out to Cooke for DJ lessons. He then suggested that she could co-host with him and learn in person, and she “absolutely” agreed.
The event continued getting bigger after Wood –– who is friends with Wilson and hit it off with Cooke at a party over the summer –– joined. So much so that Bader and Lopez each asked to get involved, too.
“There will be opportunities for some of our co-hosts to hop on stage,” he teased. “But, most importantly, it’s about hanging out, mingling and taking pictures with fans. I’m really encouraging my co-hosts to work the room and mingle with everyone.”
Cooke said it’s going to be one big “party.”
The Loverboy founder explained that he wanted to host a benefit, because he initially felt “helpless” seeing the fires devastate the LA community while he lives across the country in the Big Apple.
“I was just thinking, ‘What well can I do?’ And sometimes, doing a good old-fashioned in-real-life event is the best way to do it,” he said. “I want to remind everybody that has a platform that, yes, posting about it helps, but it also doesn’t take much to go the next step.”
Cooke researched hundreds of charities before deciding to donate 100 percent of ticket sales to Frankel’s organization, BStrong.
“I’ve seen the incredible things Bethenny has done for other disasters, so I went with an organization that’s been there for all of the recent natural disasters,” he explained, referring to helping people affected by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.
Cooke added that Frankel “deserves a lot of credit” for doing work “behind-the-scenes” of these tragedies.
“When she puts her mind to something, she’s all in,” he raved. “When tragedy strikes, she literally drops everything. She’s been going nonstop for two-and-a-half weeks. I just think she deserves so much freaking credit.”
Frankel previously informed her followers that she was in California with BStrong and had partnered with the Global Empowerment Mission to help distribute “critical supplies” to victims.
“We will start distributing money in the community and possibly helping with the rebuild like we’ve done in other communities,” the “RHONY” alum, 54, said in a TikTok video earlier this month.
The LA fires have caused thousands of people to relocate and damaged or destroyed over 12,000 structures, according to CNN.
Several celebrities –– including Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, Paris Hilton and Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt –– tragically lost their homes in the fires.
