Abbey Romeo from Love on the Spectrum, Nicole Young from Selling Sunset, Amanza Smith from Selling Sunset, and Amber Desiree “AD” Smith from Love Is Blind stand together, posing with style and grace..

WHAT'S THE REALI-TEA?

At the Summer Break bash, your favorite Netflix Reality Universe stars collide, in one room for one night only.

Photography by Matt Sayles
3 July 20244 min read

Attention lovestruck singles, impossibly chic realtors, sneaky moles, and celibacy-challenged rule breakers: Finally, there’s a place where everyone belongs. 

For years, fans have taken it upon themselves to unite the stars across Netflix’s unscripted galaxy under one single name: the Netflix Reality Universe, or the N.R.U. And Netflix has done its part to help the N.R.U. materialize onscreen: Think “Avengers assemble!” but it’s Love Is Blind singles Micah Lussier and Jess Vestal taking another shot at love on Perfect Match Season 2, or Selling Sunset’s Chrishell Stause being fooled by a dessert on Is It Cake? 

Then, on Thursday, May 30, 2024, those worlds finally intersected in real life at Summer Break, the rollicking summer event that kicked off a slate of unscripted summer premieres, where a constellation of Netflix reality stars converged at a palatial Bel Air mansion with sweeping views of Los Angeles. 

Connor Tomlinson from Love on the Spectrum boogied to Beyoncé. Love Is Blind veteran couple Lauren Speed-Hamilton and Cameron Hamilton linked up with newlyweds Amy Cortés and Johnny McIntyre, as Selling Sunset’s Amanza Smith arrived fashionably late in an eye-popping bodysuit, descending a staircase overlooking an infinity pool. Just a few feet away, Owning Manhattan newbie Ryan Serhant mingled with fellow real estate powerhouse Kayla Cardona of Selling the OC, while the Gganbu Gang from Squid Game: The Challenge reunited over cocktails.

Connor Tomlinson from Love on the Spectrum, LeAnn Wilcox from Squid Game: The Challenge, Mai Whelan from Squid Game: The Challenge, and Spencer Hawkins from Squid Game: The Challenge pose against a white background, looking jolly.

Connor Tomlinson from Love on the Spectrum, LeAnn Wilcox from Squid Game: The Challenge, Mai Whelan from Squid Game: The Challenge, and Spencer Hawkins from Squid Game: The Challenge

Before long, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, who have won over fans with AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, came charging in, and the crowd quickly parted to make space for high kicks and jump splits. And they weren’t the only ones dancing; by the end of the night, N.R.U. stars had united as one big family on the dance floor.