Reality TV fans are in for a treat! “Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard” has officially made its debut on Bravo, and theGrio caught up with series stars Jasmine Ellis Cooper and Silas Cooper, breaking down their involvement in the series, portraying their first year of marriage on reality TV and what fans can expect from this brand new series.
“SH:MV” lands as an official spin-off of the popular “Summer House” series, swapping the Hamptons location in the main series for Martha’s Vineyard. The show also stands apart by featuring an all-Black friend group, while “Summer House” began with an all-white cast, and has slowly added cast members of color as the years have gone on. Premiering right after “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” on Sunday, the first episode introduced viewers to this fabulous friend group filled with entrepreneurs, models, influencers, attorneys and more with one thing in common: plans to have the summer trip of their lives in Martha’s Vineyard.
The renters of the sharehouse and the glue keeping the group together are the couple Jasmine and Silas, who already are calling the experience, “a crazy ride.” Jasmine, a screenwriter, and former Playboy Club Bunny, said, “Our first year of marriage…one for the books! There has been so much happening in our personal lives and to be able to share that with you all, with our friends, on a platform like Bravo is kind of incredible. We keep pinching ourselves because it’s just like, ‘Is this happening?”
“It’s one thing to live in it and it’s another thing to watch it back,” Silas, a first-generation Liberian American who works in finance, reflected. “We’re ready for just the rollercoaster of emotions that are gonna come with watching it … the world is getting to see our photo album of our first year of marriage.”
The couple also detailed the role Martha’s Vineyard plays in the series as a…
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