Kyle Cooke is sharing his side of the story — and breaking down the timeline — of what really happened between him, Craig Conover and his company Loverboy.
Cooke, who has known Conover since 2018, alleged, “Craig never expressed interest. He never once asked to invest in Loverboy.” “I am not a sole owner. I wanna make that very clear,” Cooke said on the podcast. “We were actually fundraising — I was very vocal about this with my close friends, Craig included, during Winter House . I was busy raising a round of financing. It's like, this is not a secret.”Nearly two years after Cooke was fundraising in early 2022, he crossed paths with Soffer, Spritz Society's founder, in New York City. “He had DMed me when we were both at an industry conference in January.
Cooke confessed that found it “extremely odd” that Soffer didn’t tell him or Conover that he’d been spending time with the other person all while working on an investment deal with Conover.Shortly after Cooke met with Soffer in NYC, Conover reached out to go to get drinks in the Big Apple. “It all kind of unfolded in early February, Craig and I got drinks,” Cooke said. “I thought it was just to catch up.
“I just figured he'd at least give me an opportunity to like, ‘Hear me out,’” Cooke continued. “To be honest, I kind of feared that this would impact our friendship because this has been my blood sweat and tears for the last five years.”