Jesse Solomon Says He Was ‘Open to Dating’ More in ‘Summer House’ Season 9 — But Won’t Kiss and Tell (Exclusive)

Jesse Solomon was ready to rumble — and go out on dates — during season 9 of Summer House.

“The first summer I went into it not knowing anything. I just wanted to make friends with everyone and have a good time,” Jesse, 29, exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, December 5, while promoting Labcorp OnDemand’s new test menus. “I realized not everybody always wants to be best friends and always have a good time.”

After learning his lesson on season 8, Jesse said he shifted his mindset for season 9, which filmed this past summer.

“This summer I went into it with a bit more seasoned [approach],” he explained, revealing, “I was open to dating, I think more so this summer. Whereas the first summer I was just trying to be friends with everyone.”  He added with a laugh, “So that should be fun to watch back, huh?”

During his debut season, Jesse was hooking up with girls in the Hamptons after going out with different women during the week back in New York City. He also flew by the seat of his pants and partied hard.

“I would say the worst thing I did [in season 8], they didn’t even show,” Jesse confessed. “I went to a party with everybody the first night and kind of just wandered off on my own at the party and everybody hated me for the first three weeks, but they kind of gave me a pass on that one.”

While he told Us he was more focused on actual dates this season — and not pleasing everyone — he wouldn’t kiss and tell. “I’m dating,” Jesse confirmed. “You’ll definitely have to check out Summer House to figure out my relationship status.”

Teasing that he really “let it fly” this past summer, Jesse noted that he’s “not perfect and sometimes I have a little too much fun,” but it makes for good TV.

Ultimately, he’s only concerned about what the women in his life think of his antics on the reality series.

“I’m not worried about what anybody thinks of me besides my mother and my dear grandmother,” he confessed. “So as long as they still love me, I really don’t give a rat’s [ass] what anybody else thinks.”

Having his grandmother watch him on TV, however, can have its downsides. “I told [grandma] to take maybe a little break on some of [my] season 2,” he quipped. “She says she turns the volume down, when it’s not a scene with me in it because she’s typically watching Hallmark. Summer House is a bit aggressive for her, so she’ll be OK. She’ll love me no matter what.”

In addition to taking his love life a little more serious this season, Jesse said the house had a positive shift because of Lindsay Hubbard’s pregnancy. (Lindsay, 38, announced in July that she’s expecting her first baby with her unnamed boyfriend.)

“It was fun. She was very motherly. She was sober, obviously, so very levelheaded,” he recalled of Lindsay’s demeanor in the Hamptons. “Always cooking and cleaning in the mornings. She brought me coffee, iced coffee, pretty much every day.”

The reality star added that Lindsay was “amazing” and “great” toward him all summer.

Outside of Summer House, Jesse has been focused on his health, celebrating six-years cancer free in 2024. As part of his health journey, he teamed up with LabCorp OnDemand to highlight their test menu, which includes more than 70 tests that help patients keep up with their wellness, hormone health, nutritional health and more.

“I’ve partnered with LabCorp OnDemand because I believe in the importance of preventative care and that regular screenings are really the key component to staying healthy,” Jesse explained to Us. “Awareness is really everything and catching whatever you have going on early is really the best way to prevent something bad from happening.”

He noted that while he gets tested “regularly” for testicular cancer, but LabCorp OnDemand’s website has even more options for men’s health.

“It’s just a great convenient way to establish a baseline of your health,” Jesse said. “It’s so much more convenient than going to the doctor and having to be like, ‘Oh, I want to check on my heart. Let me go to the cardiologist and get a referral, and then I end up getting charged anyways.’”

He added: “With LabCorp OnDemand, you just go online, buy the same test that you would get from your doctor, and you can do it at home for some of the tests, or you can go into a LabCorp on demand location. It’s so easy.”

For more information on LabCorp OnDemand’s test offerings, check out their website: ondemand.labcorp.com.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi