#SummerHouse’s Mia Calabrese Talks THAT Race…
A new Summer House housemate is scorching screens with real friendship, real perspective, and a willingness to go deeper than the standard Hamptons hijinks.
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Since becoming a member of the Bravo collection, Mia Calabrese has rapidly stood out not just for her presence in the home but for the authenticity she brings alongside her real-life best pal Ciara Miller.
According to viewers like Reddit threaders who joked that she broke the show’s “fake friendship curse,” what viewers are seeing between her and Ciara is the real deal.
“I love Ciara. Ciara is like a sister to me,” Mia said. “When she’s not traveling, I see her every day. And if she is traveling, we’re on FaceTime getting ready together.”
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That off-camera closeness has translated onscreen, with followers praising the duo for bringing a real bond to a franchise that can get steamier than a summer season in the Hamptons.
But past the show’s brunches, blowouts, and makeouts, Mia, Ciara, and fellow beginner KJ Dillard have also been at the middle of one of the season’s most impactful moments: a candid dialog about what it means to be Black in America.
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The dialogue unfolded over a group dinner and touched on the realities of navigating id in predominantly white areas, from stereotypes to the added strain of being “the first” and feeling like you’ve gotten to transfer in another way just to be perceived pretty.
“When I started speaking, I forgot the cameras were even there,” Mia told BOSSIP. “I was just talking to KJ like a friend.”
She added that what made the second stand out was the response from their castmates.
“They were really listening and learning,” Mia said. “They didn’t interrupt, they didn’t try to negate our experiences. That made me feel very safe.”
The scene struck a chord with viewers, many of whom flooded her messages afterward.
“People of all races and backgrounds were DMing me like, ‘This was so important,’” Mia shared. “And I’m like, wow… thank you for listening.”
Still, that type of visibility hasn’t come without its downsides, significantly when it comes to Ciara’s courting life. Ciara admitted in a latest episode that she will get brutally blasted for courting interracially. In specific, she said that viewers have said she “let a white man [West Wilson] play her on national TV.”
“I think it’s disturbing, the things people say to Ciara,” Mia said. “It’s unnecessary. Those people would never say those things to her face.”
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She added that the commentary impacts her pal deeper than people might understand.
“Ciara is so sweet, so gentle, and it really beats her up when people say things like that to her.”
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