Summer Dutkowsky

**Occupation** | Pop star
Stripper (briefly)

**Summer Dutkowsky** was a member of the all-female band 'Girls5eva' in the 90's and rejoins when they reunite in 2021. She is labeled "the hot one" of the group. She was married to Kev and the two of them have a daughter, Stevia, together.

## Biography

Summer was most likely born in 1982 or 1983 (in season one, which takes place in 2021, Gloria and Dawn talk about Summer's upcoming 40th birthday). In a behind the scenes interview, Meredith Scardino mentions Summer left school in the 10th grade to pursue her popstar dreams. This would mean she was only 16 years old when she joined Girls5Eva.

Summer married Kev, member of Boyz Next Door, and they have a daughter, Stevia, together. She and Stevia live together in New Jersey while Kev lives in Tampa. He comes home one weekend a month. In Carma, Summer tells him she needs more than that (this decision was influenced by Gloria), and Kev agrees to come home two weekends a month instead. In A.I.R.P.I.G. Summer discovers Kev has been secretly rehabilitating thousands of hermit crabs. Gloria tells her it's a classic sign of repression. At first Summer doesn't want to believe her, but in the end she tells Kev she wants a divorce.

## Throughout the series

Pilot

When Dawn comes by to drop of a royalty check from Larry, Summer runs out of the house, overjoyed to see her. She immediately starts making plans for a reunion, but Dawn tells her no. Summer invites her in and they catch up. After this, they drive to Gloria's dentist practice together to give her her check. While they're there, Dawn gets a call that Girls5Eva booked a gig (The Tonight Show). Summer is overjoyed she's getting the reunion she wanted. After The Tonight Show, the girls all go out to grab a drink together. Summer fantasises about going on tour, until Wickie snaps and tells her the reunion is not happening. At the end of the episode, Wickie decides she *does* want a reunion, and all the girls get together to steal Ashley's memorial bench and place it in front of Nick's restaurant.

D'wasg

Gloria and Summer show up at Dawn's apartment early in the morning to pick up Dawn and Wickie to go to Nick's restaurant, where they'll come up with a gameplan for their comeback. Summer is bothered by the fact Kev hasn't posted about Girls5Eva's Fallon performance yet. At the resataurant, Wickie reminds them of their trademark "D'WASG". The girls strategize about how they should make their comeback and decide on a performance at the Queen of Plaza Mall. The next morning, Summer comes into Dawn's apartment and shows Kev FaceTiming, but it turns out to be a Cameo. When they're on their way to their performance, Summer gets in the car with a bouquet of flowers and proudly announces Kev sent them, for real this time. Gloria tells Dawn she actually sent them, because Summer deserves to be happy before her marriage blows up. When the girls arrive at the mall, they discover it’s deserted. They almost cancel the performance, but Wickie discovers the acoustics are amazing and they do their show anyway.

Alf Musik

Carma

Catskills

Cease and Desist

A.I.R.P.I.G

Separ8 Ways

## Personality

Summer is generally seen as the "dumb blonde" stereotype. She often doesn't seem to know what's going on, but toward the end of season one we see some growth, especially in her conversation with Kev about how she wants a divorce.

## Appearances

**Season 1**

* Pilot
* D'wasg
* Alf Musik
* Carma
* Catskills
* Cease and Desist
* A.I.R.P.I.G
* Separ8 Ways

## Trivia

* Summer's real name is Ashley. Larry made her change it because they already had an Ashley.
* By the time Summer was 20 years old, she had been attacked by two stage tigers.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYa1SjP4jMM