‘Siesta Key’: Juliette Addresses Kelsey’s Exit From Season 5 & Whether They’re Still Friends (Exclusive)

Kelsey Owens acceptable societal media ablaze erstwhile she claimed (via Instagram) that she was fired from Siesta Key: Miami Moves during a formed nighttime retired successful August. However, the show’s star, Juliette Porter, says there’s more to the story. “What I deliberation got precise misconstrued successful the media and connected Instagram is…this is simply a job. We signed contracts and we motion connected for a definite magnitude of episodes,” Juliette explained to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY. “She was signed connected for a definite magnitude of episodes and she had finished that cycle. She had known what she was getting into.”

Juliette agreed, though, that the concern wasn’t handled wholly fairly. “The mode it was delivered to her…I don’t deliberation she was rather prepared to permission [that night],” Juliette admitted. “But it wasn’t shocking news. She knew what she signed up for, but the mode it was delivered to her was not right. It shouldn’t person been successful that mode and I deliberation accumulation knows that. I privation her the champion and I did consciousness for her successful that moment, and I inactive do, but she knew that she was lone going to beryllium connected for a definite fig of episodes.”

Juliette for ‘Siesta Key: Miami Moves’. (Guy Aroch courtesy of MTV)

Juliette confirmed that Kelsey volition inactive beryllium successful “a lot” of the show’s 5th season, which premieres connected Oct. 27. “I don’t deliberation determination was overmuch for Kelsey successful Miami, and the amusement is successful Miami now,” she added. “So it conscionable wasn’t making sense. That’s conscionable the world of it. But she’s decidedly connected it a batch this play and you’ll spot a batch of her story. I privation her the champion and I hatred that it had to hap this way.”

Kelsey and Juliette went done a batch during their clip connected the show. They started retired arsenic enemies, but past became precise adjacent friends and roommates. Their relationship began to struggle, though, erstwhile Juliette started dating Sam Logan, and Kelsey accused her of lone being with him for his money. It resulted successful a carnal combat betwixt the pair, but they were capable to get connected amicable presumption by the extremity of play 4.

“We don’t truly person a narration now,” Juliette admitted. “You’ll spot her and I speak a batch this season, and she walked for [my swimsuit line] astatine Miami Swim Week, which was truly special. But I wouldn’t accidental we’re truly friends. We’re astatine a infinitesimal successful our lives wherever things are changing, and present that she’s closed this chapter, I astir apt won’t spot her astir arsenic much. We started doing this erstwhile we were hardly retired of precocious school. So I don’t deliberation there’s overmuch of a narration now, but possibly successful the aboriginal I’ll spot her again and we tin reconnect.”

See much from our interrogation with Juliette below!

On her boyfriend, Clark, being hesitant astir filming: I deliberation successful the opening helium didn’t rather recognize what it meant that I’m precise overmuch successful the nationalist oculus and radical successful my beingness benignant of person to beryllium also. You’ll spot however it plays retired a batch this season, but it’s pugnacious connected him. It’s a learning curve. I’ve been doing it for six years and I inactive conflict with it sometimes. It decidedly adds a small accent connected our relationship, but it’s a springiness and take. Sometimes you person to bash things you don’t privation to bash and you decidedly spot that play retired with him and I.

On however she and Clark are doing now: You’ve seen maine spell done truthful galore relationships that were toxic for me. This time, I’ve truly learned from my mistakes. I effort to instrumentality the trauma I’ve experienced and crook it into learning. With Clark, I yet recovered a feline that is antithetic than the guys I’ve dated successful the past. I truly anticipation radical spot that. We’re truly happy. I consciousness similar I americium stable. That’s thing I was truly craving.

On filming with her ex, Sam: We really didn’t person to movie unneurotic that much. I emotion that the amusement does support it truly really, and the world of the concern is that we wouldn’t bent out. I wouldn’t bent retired with my ex. We bash spot each different sometimes but it’s a concern astatine a radical party. I privation Sam the best. I personally don’t similar being astir him. I didn’t emotion having to movie with him. I consciousness similar helium is truthful antithetic present than erstwhile we archetypal started dating. The amusement and filming is decidedly thing that changed him. It’s a immense portion of his beingness present andI deliberation helium mightiness not privation to admit it, but helium truly likes it. I’m good with him being connected the show, but successful an perfect world…he wouldn’t beryllium connected it arsenic much. He’s harmless, but nary 1 ants to beryllium astir their ex, let’s beryllium real.

The formed of ‘Siesta Key: Miami Moves.’ (Guy Aroch courtesy of MTV)

On wherever she stands with Jordana [Barnes] now: I consciousness similar I’m a precise forgiving person. I similar to determination on. I did commencement to make much of a relationship with Jordana. I benignant of subordinate to her a lot. You’ll spot this play that she benignant of goes done a batch of the things I went done due to the fact that she gets precise adjacent to Sam. Sometimes erstwhile I perceive Jordana speech I’m like…oh my God, I had this aforesaid occupation before, delight larn from me!

On wherever she stands with Cara [Geswelli] now: Cara is conscionable specified a character. She doesn’t enactment up with immoderate BS and I truly respect that astir her. I HATED Cara truthful overmuch [in earlier seasons]. She’s matured a batch and she’ll admit to you that she loved getting nether my skin. I utilized to beryllium truly casual to prime connected — and I benignant of inactive americium — but 1 of her favourite things to bash was conscionable piss maine off. Her and I person decidedly travel a agelong way.

On what she’s astir excited for viewers to spot this season: I’m truthful excited for Miami Swim Week! That was the astir stressful but astonishing week ever. It was truthful immense for JMP The Label and I consciousness truthful grateful and excited for radical to spot it. That was a infinitesimal that truly felt existent to me. A batch of times I don’t consciousness similar thing feels important and my occupation is conscionable going to a barroom and seeing however things play out. This moment, really having my aquatics marque there, was 1 of the astir astonishing things I’ve ever done connected this show. I’m excited for radical to spot that.