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Below Deck Loses 2 Crewmembers After a Firing and a Dramatic Season 11 Departure

Below deck 's capt. kerry titheradge fired the first season 11 yachtie during the bravo series' march 18 episode, but that wasn't the only shocking departure. find out who else left the yacht..

The  St. David  is down not one, but two crewmembers.

During Below Deck 's March 18 episode, Captain Kerry Titheradge  fired the first season 11 yachtie when he let Bosun Jared Woodin go for unprofessional behavior, the last straw being an inebriated Jared barging into Stew Barbie Pascual 's cabin the night prior and yelling at Deckhand Kyle Stillie for leaving a mess of loose tobacco on the deck after a night of partying. 

"This is the second time you've gone on the piss and you've had bad behavior," Kerry told his subordinate. "You're in a leadership role. You can't be acting like that. You gotta be above the fray. The way that you're treating these guy is not acceptable."

But it wasn't just the alcohol that was the problem, as Kerry noted Jared's mental state wasn't where it needed to be. "You've got s--t going on, man," he shared. "You're your own worst enemy right now. You need to depart the vessel."

However, Jared agreed his head wasn't in the right place and accepted his termination graciously.

"This ain't the right place for me at the right time," Jared replied, to which Kerry responded, "I don't blame you for that. Take this time and work on yourself. Me keeping you here is a disservice to you."

Before departing the super-yacht, Jared reflected in a confessional, "I thought I was in a good headspace coming into this. I'm really not. And as much as I'd like to be I'm just lying to myself."

But Jared wasn't the only teammate to set sail during the latest episode. Stew Cat Baugh willingly left the ship after admittedly struggling with the job all season long.

"I really wanna push through for you guys," Cat, in tears, told Chief Stew Fraser Olender after receiving a very distressing call from a friend back home in America. "I'm just losing my mind right now."

And Fraser totally understood his crewmember's needs.

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"If you're in a very unhappy place," he told her, "I'd rather you put your health and your mental health before that and we get you the help you need as soon as we can."

In a confessional, Fraser elaborated, "I don't know what is going on, but you can look into someone's eyes sometimes and see that there is no more that they can give. They are going through enough to be incapable and I need to do what's right for her. "

See how the crew copes with the unexpected departures when Below Deck airs Mondays at 9 p.m. on Bravo. And keep reading to look back at the most shocking Below Deck firings ever.

If there's one thing to learn from Camille Lamb 's Below Deck firing, it's to not slack off on the job. That's exactly why the season 10 stew was let go by substitute Captain Sandy Yawn , as Chief Stew Fraser Olender continued to criticize Camille's behavior on board.

From being caught drinking while preparing for a new charter to partying at late hours and more, Fraser informed Captain Sandy that he had reached his "last straw."

"She's the common denominator in all of this," said Captain Sandy. "Great girl, great personality, but at the same time, we have to do what's best for the boat."

Below Deck Adventure 's Kyle Dickard was let go just three episodes into the reality franchise's latest series—which premiered in November 2022. After picking fights with his fellow deckhand Nathan Morley —as well as kissing crew mates in front of guests—Kyle was offered by Captain Kerry Titheradge the opportunity to resign so that his firing would not end up on his personal record.

Kyle took the Captain up on his offer and left the boat after just one charter.

Captain Sandy let bosun Raygan Tyler go during season seven of Below Deck Mediterranean ,  not only for causing the boat to  take a small hit while docking, but also for not stepping up to the plate as a leader.

But Captain Sandy didn't want her firing to discourage the bosun, as she told Raygan, "If I had the time and I wasn't running a boat this size, I would train you. I would teach you."

In addition to onboard romances and failing to follow directions , one of the biggest reasons behind stew Elizabeth Frankini 's Below Deck firing was her infamous laundry room accident , during which made a toxic mess when combining bleach and laundry soap.

"Unfortunately, I didn't know that was so toxic and I feel so bad about it," she told E! News of the incident in December 2020 . "You know, I do feel really bad, especially 'cause Francesca [ Rubi ] did say, 'Take it outside.'"

The bosun and stew were both fired by Captain Jason Chambers for inappropriate behavior after a night of partying with their fellow yachties.

Luke Jones was let go after getting into Stew Margot Sisson 's bed naked while she was drunk and unconscious. Laura Bileskaine also made unwanted advances on Deckhand Adam Kodra despite him telling her he was not interested in hooking up.

Jason made it known that consent was a must, and sent both crewmembers packing.

Tensions between stew Lexi Wilson and Chef Mathew Shea came to a head during an explosive dinner fight on season six of Below Deck Mediterranean , during which Lexi told Matt that his parents "should've aborted you." That was the last straw for Captain Sandy, who fired her not long after the incident.

Deckhand Tom Pearson said "bon voyage" to Below Deck Sailing Yacht after getting let go by Captain Glenn Shephard . Tom hit his last strike with the Captain after failing to report that the boat's anchor was dragging during heavy winds one night, causing a potential safety risk for everyone on board.

"It had to be done. It was such a grievous thing that he dropped the ball there, he had to go, and we had to just be man down and live with it, you know?" Captain Glenn said of the decision  on Watch What Happens Live. "So, obviously, you don't want to do that, but yeah, it had to happen."

Some people are picky eaters, but Below Deck Down Under' s Ryan McKeown was quite the picky chef, as he would judge guests'  food requests  and fail to take  criticism from Captain Jason Chambers , as well.

Perhaps Ryan's Below Deck exit is one of the franchise's most memorable, as he mooned Jason and viewers on his way off the boat.

Below Deck Down Under stew Magda Ziomek 's firing was another case of slacking on the job. After constantly being on her phone texting or video chatting with her boyfriend, Chief Stew Aesha Scott decided to replace Magda before the end of the charter season.

Below Deck Mediterranean 's Peter Hunziker was fired from the series in June 2020 after he shared an offensive post on social media.

"Peter Hunziker of Below Deck Mediterranean has been terminated for his racist post," Bravo wrote in a statement at the time. "Bravo and 51 Minds are editing the show to minimize his appearance for subsequent episodes."

Chief Stew Hannah Ferrier was let go by Captain Sandy on Below Deck Mediterranean after boson Malia White discovered her co-star possessed undeclared Valium and a vape pen, the former of which Hannah claimed was for her anxiety.

"If I could do it all over again, I would've just declared them as soon as I came on board," Hannah stated in an August 2020 interview with E! News. "It was definitely not something that was intentional. I wasn't trying to hide anything.

Below Deck Mediterranean 's Delaney Evans left just as quickly as she arrived. After initially being brought on during season six to help out Chief Stew Katie Flood , Katie determined that Delaney was doing more harm than good, choosing to let her go after just one charter.

"I think she was overwhelmed with the situation, and I think that, you know, in her mind, the best solution to the situation was just to go back to what they had before," Delaney told Bravo Insider of Katie's decision. "I think she was just overwhelmed with everything that was going on and all the feedback she was getting."

Deckhand Shane Coopersmith was a bit in over his head on season eight of Below Deck , as he was let go for failing to know basic skills, reporting late for duty and taking naps on the job.

Chaos in the kitchen led to Captain Lee Rosbach letting Chef Leon Walker go on season three of Below Deck . After an oven fire broke out , Lee placed the blame on Chief Stew Kate Chastain but was ultimately the one sent home.

Like several of the franchise's stars, Below Deck 's Chris Brown  was fired  during season five for failing to fully perform his duties. After being let go by Captain Lee, Chris shared some parting words as he left the boat, stating , "Who gives a s--t?"

Chef Mila Kolomeitseva was fired by Captain Sandy on season four of Below Deck Mediterranean after failing to use her cooking skills to produce top-quality food for guests—including some not-so-nice nachos .

"Of course it makes me feel awful," Mila said of her departure . "People like me who have big egos sometimes have to be put down to earth a little bit. But it makes me feel like I want to work even harder."

Sometimes people just don't work well together. That's exactly why Captain Lee fired Chandler Brooks during season six of Below Deck , telling the boson, "I don't think it's a good fit."

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Why two crew members were fired from ‘Below Deck Down Under’

Producers for the bravo reality show and members of the crew intervened in a recent episode that showed incidences of sexual misconduct.

Two crew members on “Below Deck Down Under” were fired from the superyacht featured on the Bravo show due to sexual misconduct that forced the show’s production team and the boat’s captain to intervene.

Within several minutes of the show’s Aug. 7 episode, producers thwarted boatswain Luke Jones and second steward Laura Bileskalne after they entered other crew member’s bedrooms without their consent and attempted to make sexual advances on their shipmates.

“Our cabin is our safety zone,” the captain of the superyacht, Jason Chambers, told his crew. “That door is our boundary. That door is not to be opened unless it’s consensual.”

Though Chambers said the firings happened over a year ago, footage of the incidents aired for the first time this week, which has brought a lot of attention to the “Below Deck” show from fans who were alarmed by the incidents but impressed by the response of the production crew and other crew members on the boat.

What is ‘Below Deck Down Under?’

The show — which debuted in 2022 — is a spinoff of the reality program “Below Deck,” which has been around for more than a decade. This season focuses on the crew aboard the Northern Sun, a superyacht that hosts guests sailing through the Whitsunday Islands in Australia.

Like other “Below Deck” programs, the episodes show the high-stress and dramatic situations of the crew, who have to contend with wealthy charter guests and the politics on the boat itself. Romantic relationships frequently pop up on the show as the young and attractive crew members spend a lengthy amount of time together away from their family and friends.

The show’s latest episode featured two incidents that led to a pair of firings.

What happened during this episode?

The first incident began after third stew Margot Sisson told chief steward Aesha Scott that she didn’t want to be bothered after a night of drinking. “All I want is water and bed. No Luke,” she said, referencing Jones.

Soon Jones, who was naked at the time, was seen as he attempted to enter Sisson’s bed, despite her being unconscious and, as she recalled later in the episode, “blackout drunk.” Producers, who are not typically on the show, jumped into the scene and forced Jones out of the room despite his heavy protests, expletives and screams. He was then brought to his own quarters, where he locked himself inside.

After learning about what happened from Sisson, a tearful Scott reported the incident to the captain, who quickly kicked Jones off the ship and sent him to a hotel for the night.

“You don’t have the right to put someone unconscious into that position,” Scott told the camera in an interview after the incident. “I have had a drunken sexual-assault experience before, and I never wanted that to happen to anyone else. And she’s just such a sweet angel that the thought of anyone violating or being in her space, it just makes me feel sick.”

The following morning, Sisson, who did not recall details of what had occurred, expressed relief that nothing happened with Jones.

Chambers then called Jones back on board and promptly fired him.

“Last night there were boundaries crossed,” Chambers told Jones. “There was indecency, and you went into someone else’s cabin without consent. Unfortunately, I’ve got nothing else but to terminate your employment.”

Jones then apologized for the incident, “I’m sorry, and I’m just so disappointed in myself.”

What happened in the second incident?

Shortly after Jones was fired from the ship, Sisson discussed the incident with the second steward, Bileskalne. The second steward repeatedly said that she did not agree with Jones’s firing and expressed sympathy toward him.

“Aw, poor Luke,” Bileskalne told Sisson after hearing what happened. “If he comes naked in my cabin I’d be, like, ‘Hello! Yes!’”

After hearing about these insensitive comments, chief steward Scott told the captain that he might need to have a conversation with Bileskalne.

Scott also informed the captain that Bileskalne had separately made a number of unwanted sexual advances toward deckhand Adam Kodra.

Earlier in the Aug. 7 episode, the cameras showed Bileskalne’s attempt to sit on Kodra’s lap in a hot tub and Kodra evading her. Later on, she entered Kodra’s room without his consent and tried to give him a massage, pouring lotion across his back (this appeared to have happened around the same time that Jones entered Sisson’s room). The producers intervened, asking Bileskalne to leave Kodra’s room. She kissed Kodra on the back multiple times before exiting the cabin.

“I told her many times I just want to be friends, but she’s not getting the point across,” Kodra told the camera.

The next morning, Chambers called Bileskalne into his office to talk, where he expressed disappointment for her comments toward Sisson and advances toward Kodra.

“Adam feels uncomfortable with some moments out, and he’s tried to say no, and you have not listened to him and his boundaries to be set,” the captain told Bileskalne the following day.

Chambers said Bileskalne had disrespected him by joking with Sisson about the incident with Jones, despite his conversation with the crew about respecting each other.

“I’m trying to move forward as a team,” he said. “I’m trying to get that behind us, and you’ve brought it straight back up, so in that I’m going to terminate your employment today.”

What has Bravo said about the firings?

Representatives for Bravo and “Below Deck Down Under” declined to comment. Cast members were not made immediately available for interviews.

Has the ‘Below Deck Down Under’ cast responded?

Sisson posted a lengthy message on her Instagram story in which she thanked the producers for helping her throughout the night. She said she was grateful to Scott as well for “the way she recognized the vulnerability of the situation I was in and her courageous intervention.”

“There are unfortunately a lot of captains who would choose to sweep something like this under the rug,” she wrote of Chambers. “I am grateful that Jason is not one of them. Thank you for repeatedly making me feel safe and supported.”

Scott addressed the controversy after the episode aired, saying that everyone has “the right to go out and have fun and feel safe, and that is just the [expletive] end of it. There’s no questions or ifs or buts, that is the end of it. So please keep an eye on your friends and each other.”

Chambers also posted an Instagram video , where he thanked the production team “for breaking the fourth wall and stepping in, then re-forming and allowing Aesha to come to me in an authentic manner and us dealing with as we would as captain and crew.”

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jason Chambers (@captainjchambers)

Have Jones and Bileskalne made statements?

Bileskalne apologized in an Instagram post published on Aug. 8.

“My sincere apologies to Adam. I did not realize I made him feel uncomfortable, and no one should be put in that position,” she said.

Jones posted a statement on his Instagram, too, according to Entertainment Tonight.

“It doesn’t matter what they think about you because you don’t Care. Everything we Hear is an Opinion, Not a Fact,” he wrote in an Aug. 6 post. “Everything we see is a Perspective. Not the Truth. Take Ownership and move forward.”

This article previously said that Laura Bileskalne apologized in a statement to Entertainment Tonight. Her apology was posted on her Instagram account.

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Inside the 'Below Deck: Down Under' consent incidents that led to 2 firings and an outpouring of praise

Two cast members were fired from Bravo’s “Below Deck Down Under” following incidents of inappropriate behavior involving sexual consent.

Laura Bileskalne and Luke Jones were both terminated by Capt. Jason Chambers during two recent episodes of the reality series, and the show’s fans have been praising the way the captain and other staff handled both incidents.

Here’s what to know about the recent firings on “Below Deck Down Under.”

What happened during the 'Below Deck' consent scandal?

The incidents unfolded across Episodes Six and Seven of Season Two. It all began when the crew left the yacht for a night out together in Cairns, Australia. 

The evening involved a lot of drinking, and third stew Margot Sisson said she had been “really drunk” at dinner. 

As the crew headed back to the boat at the end of the night, bosun Luke Jones propositioned Sisson, telling her that she “should come and cuddle” with him, and inviting her to join him in the jacuzzi.

Sisson declined, and chief stew Aesha Scott helped Sisson get safely to bed.

“I am glad that you’re here,” Sisson told Scott in the episode. “I don’t want to go in the jacuzzi, I want to go to bed. All I want is water and bed, no Luke.”

Scott then left Sisson in her cabin to sleep. 

After this, Jones entered Sisson’s cabin while she slept and climbed into her bed completely naked.

The show’s producers swiftly intervened, telling Jones he had to leave. "I gotta get you out of here because she wants to go to bed," a producer said, banging on Jones' back.

Jones attempted to engage Margot in conversation and ask if she "wanted to go to bed." She responded, "Yeah, sleepy time." Jones got down from the bed and said, "Can you guys f---" off? before slamming the door.

The show's producers open the door back up and say, "You can't do that." He then left, seeming to be upset. Jones told second stew Laura Bileskalne he "didn't do anything," and continued, "I was just sitting there."

Later, Sisson told Scott what had happened from her point of view.

“Did you consent to him being in here?” she asked Sisson.

“No, I was asleep,” said Sisson. “I did not invite that at all.”

"This is why I'm not comfortable leaving you here," Scott said.

Scott then woke up the yacht’s captain, Jason Chambers, to tell him what had happened. Through tears, she shared that the incident reminded her of a time she had been sexually assaulted.

“You don’t have the right to put someone unconscious into that position,” Scott said. “I have had a drunken sexual assault experience before, and I never wanted that to happen to anyone else. And she’s just such a sweet angel that the thought of anyone violating or being in her space, it just makes me feel sick.” 

It was later revealed that a second incident involving inappropriate conduct happened on the boat that night, around the same time as the incident with Sisson and Jones.

Bileskalne also entered deckhand Adam Kodra’s room after he told her he didn’t want her to be there. "I told her many times I just want to be friends but she's not getting the point across," Kodra told the camera.

She climbed into his bed without his consent and attempted to give him a massage.

“You’re not sleeping in here, dude,” she said. “I’m gonna kick your a-- out.”

Producers also had Bileskalne leave Kodra's room. She kissed his back as she got out of bed.

Which 'Below Deck: Down Under' crew members were fired? 

Both Jones and Bileskalne were fired. When Capt. Chambers learned that Jones had entered Sisson’s cabin without her consent, he sent him off the boat to stay in a hotel for the night. Jones was let go the following morning.

Chambers also fired Bileskalne when he learned she had entered her colleague’s cabin against his wishes. 

The captain admonished Bileskalne for her reaction to the incident involving Jones and Sisson. Bileskalne had defended Jones’ behavior, telling Sisson that Jones was “only joking” and should not have been fired.

“There’s a big disconnect now, and it’s not where I want part of my team,” Chambers told Bileskalne. “You’ve actually disrespected what I set out to do.” 

Chambers also had a talk with the entire crew about boundaries following the incidents.

“Our cabin is our safety zone,” Chambers said. “That door is our boundary. That door is not to be opened unless it’s consensual. To walk into someone else’s room without consent, indecent, is my limit.”

What was the response on social media to the moment?

There has been an outpouring of support for the way Chambers, Scott and the show’s producers handled both incidents. 

“Relieved and grateful that both Chief Stew Aesha Scott and Captain Jason Chambers acted prudently, swiftly and humanely on Below Deck Down Under,” one person wrote on Twitter . “In a sea of recent criticism for reality television, sometimes there are genuine heroes in our midst as well.”

"I’ve been watching reality tv almost my whole life and I have *never* seen anything like tonight’s #BelowDeckDownUnder,” another person tweeted . “In a toxic industry and a franchise that ignores poor behavior by men, it was refreshing to see a woman believed and supported. Capt Jason and Aesha are gems.”

“The circumstances of this are horrible ... but this was a beautiful bravo moment,” another person wrote . “Producers, Aesha, and captain Jason deserve praise for how this was handled.”

Have Margot Sisson and other 'Below Deck' cast members responded?

After the episodes aired, Sisson shared a lengthy message in her Instagram story, expressing her thanks to everyone who helped her throughout the incident.

She said she would be “forever” grateful to Scott and praised “the way she recognized the vulnerability of the situation I was in and her courageous intervention.”

Sisson also thanked Chambers for his “immediate response to the situation.”

“There are unfortunately a lot of captains who would choose to sweep something like this under the rug,” she wrote. “I am grateful that Jason is not one of them. Thank you for repeatedly making me feel safe and supported.”

Chambers shared his own response to the episodes in a recent Instagram video .

“I’m sure you’re digesting Episodes Six and Seven, as I am,” he said. “I’ve had a flood of messages over the past 24 hours from people in similar situations. Some not so lucky of the outcome, so my heart goes out to them.”

He also thanked the show’s production team “for breaking the fourth wall and stepping in, then re-forming and allowing Aesha to come to me in an authentic manner and us dealing with as we would as captain and crew.”

He noted that these incidents occurred “over a year ago,” and shared his hopes for the future. 

“The people involved are hopefully on a better journey to better themselves," he said. "So less hate, please, more love.”

Where are Luke Jones and Lauren Bileskalne now?

Jones and Bileskalne have both switched their Instagram accounts to “private” mode in the wake of the episodes airing.

Before going private on Instagram, Bileskalne issued a statement of apology on the social media platform, according to Entertainment Tonight .

“My sincere apologies to Adam, I did not realize I made him feel uncomfortable and no one should be put in that position,” she reportedly wrote on Instagram on Aug. 8. 

“And to Margot to not been (sic) able to empathize,” her statement continued, as per ET. “I was 29 when the show was filmed, 30 was my life-changer. I am 31 now and I am watching it as all of you, an entertainment show.”

Jones also shared a statement on Instagram that seemed to allude to the incident, per ET.

“It doesn’t Matter what they think about you because you don’t Care. Everything we Hear is an Opinion, Not a Fact,” he wrote in an Aug. 6 post. "Everything we see is a Perspective. Not the Truth. Take Ownership and move forward.”

Lindsay Lowe has been a regular contributor to TODAY.com since 2016, covering pop culture, style, home and other lifestyle topics. She is also working on her first novel, a domestic drama set in rural Regency England.

‘It was about safety’: Why the leaders on ‘Below Deck Down Under’ fired two castmates for misconduct

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In the wee hours one spring day last year, a situation was unfolding just off Cairns, Australia, inside the Northern Sun luxury super yacht that’s at the center of Bravo’s “Below Deck Down Under.”

Members of the hard-partying and rambunctious yacht crew, fresh from finishing a multiday charter, were stumbling back to their quarters after a drink-fueled night out — such celebratory outings are a regular occurrence once the crew has completed a trip catering to the needs of demanding guests. It’s rarely a quiet return. This time, though, the inappropriate behavior displayed by two crew members, bosun Luke Jones and second steward Laura Bileskalne, led to their termination from the crew and the end of their time on the series: Each tried to get in bed with castmates who didn’t give their consent.

Heavy drinking is not uncommon on the compulsively watchable “Below Deck” franchise, whether it’s charter guests living it up during their luxe stay or off-duty yacht staff unwinding after days of exhausting work. The drunken antics typically reveal embarrassing behavior that often fuels the next day’s on-camera drama. But the turn of events depicted in the two most recent episodes of “Below Deck Down Under” quickly prompted conversation on social media. Many praised the swift handling of the situation, both by the yacht crew’s superiors and the show’s production team, as well as the episodes’ larger exploration of consent.

“It was a hard night; the whole thing was very, very difficult,” said Nadine Rajabi, one of the show’s executive producers. “I didn’t realize the response that would come of this because that was not anything that we were thinking about. It’s not anything to be congratulated on because it was just about doing the right thing. I would hope that everybody would act in that way. It was about safety.”

Laura Bileskalne and Luke Jones from “Below Deck Down Under.” (Bravo)

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Bravo made the decision to run the episodes back-to-back, and the channel timed the season’s roll-out accordingly, so viewers could see the resolution promptly to avoid creating a cliffhanger out of the seriousness of the moment. Still, some fans criticized the decision not to place a content warning at the start of either episode. An advisory message arrives at the end of the seventh episode.

In Episode 6, viewers see that after a night of drinking, Jones went into the cabin of castmate Margot Sisson, who was intoxicated and passed out, and got in her bed naked. Both production staff and chief steward Aesha Scott intervened to keep Jones out. Within minutes, which continued into Episode 7, production thwarted Bileskalne after she climbed into the bed of boatmate Adam Kodra, who had been opposing her advances that night and for much of the season.

The Times reached out to Jones via Bravo, as well as his social media, for comment about his dismissal. He did not respond. In the episode, Jones says, “I accept that,” as the yacht’s captain, Jason Chambers describes his actions and delivers his dismissal. Later, as he’s leaving the boat, Jones tells Chambers, “I’m sorry. And I’m just so disappointed in myself.”

Bileskalne declined to comment for this story via Bravo, pointing to her Instagram post from last week about the matter: “My sincere apologies to Adam, I did not realize I made him feel uncomfortable and no one should be put in that position.”

Measuring at more than 50 meters (164 feet), the Northern Sun is a massive vessel. The production team is stationed inside the yacht in what is often referred to as video village, where production personnel can observe on monitors what cameras are capturing in real time. It takes “a solid minute,” Rajabi says, to get from the control room to the crew’s sleeping cabins on the lower level.

The quick intervention by producers at such a decisive moment came just as the yacht experienced a power outage. As the control room went dark, suspending footage feeds to the monitors, cameras were still recording. An audio supervisor was the first person to intervene, wedging his foot in the door to stop Jones from staying in Sisson’s room, as seen in the episode.

“Some of the lighting you’ll see is different; he used his phone to put light there. And that gave enough time because we have to run from video village,” Rajabi says. “And we had our producer that ran down in that moment and went in. It was a valiant effort of the production crew of going there and also, like, having somebody strong to actually go in. When the backup power eventually kicked in, you run. There’s no question, you run.”

Scott, 31, has been praised for her careful handling of the situation as it unfolded, taking measures to protect and ensure the safety of Sisson and Kodra as she became aware of details. She was hesitant to be interviewed for this story, saying she was wary that it would seem like she was exploiting a bad situation or seeking fame from it. Her sensitivity stems, in part, from her experience with sexual assault. In a 2019 episode of “Below Deck Mediterranean,” she revealed that she had been raped after a drunken night out.

“I actually couldn’t tell you what put me on edge that night. I just knew coming home in the van, my Spidey senses were tingling,” Scott says. “Something was just telling me that something wasn’t quite right. I had this thing on my brain: ‘Just get Margot to bed, get Margot to bed. That’s all you have to do.’

“For timing’s sake, they had to cut it down, so it doesn’t show quite how long I spent just lying in her cabin to make sure that she was OK. Then I remember the power went out when I was standing at the microwave waiting for my noodles to be finished. And I heard the producers run past, and it just made me so upset, because I’d spent so much time with Margot and her cabin, trying to make sure that she was OK, and it felt like after all that effort, I’d failed. I really felt upset.”

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Scott, at first, was aware only of Jones’ behavior. She woke up Chambers to relay her concern. Chambers quickly removed Jones from the boat and told him to sleep it off in a hotel. Upon his return in the morning, Jones was fired by Chambers. Later, upon learning that Bileskalne had made insensitive remarks to Sisson — expressing sympathy toward Jones and questioning his firing — and confirming that Bileskalne was continuing to make unwanted sexual advances toward Kodra, which also prompted intervention by producers, Scott again relayed her concerns to Chambers. He promptly fired Bileskalne. (In addition to her social media apology to Kodra, Bileskane has since apologized to Sisson for not expressing sympathy.)

“For time’s sake, they couldn’t include a part where I did actually have a conversation with Laura about pulling back a bit [with Adam]; that it goes both ways, and she needs to stop being so inappropriate with Adam,” Scott says. “So to watch it and see just how far she was pushing it, that was really shocking to me as well.”

Chambers added, separately: “I don’t feel those small little bits until the audience does, until it’s aired. I know I made the right move now even more. I based my decisions off of what Aesha told me; that was enough for me to know that something had to be done there, obviously. And I based the other decision on what Aesha told me and what I spoke to Adam about, and combined, I just knew that that was an environment that I didn’t want to work in, and I didn’t want crew to work in. I want them to work in a happy, safe, family environment.”

This is not the first time “Below Deck” has been rocked by controversy. Excessive alcohol consumption is part of the franchise’s DNA, contributing to lax boundaries between work and personal relationships. An incident on “Below Deck Sailing Yacht” last year, in which two crew members had sex despite one appearing to be more intoxicated than the other, drew criticism from fans. Rajabi says that prior to production, cast members participate in workplace classes and training, which includes an increased focus on sensitivity training. While filming, production covers the cost of two drinks and some food during their outings — “that could be Diet Coke, it could be orange juice or whatever that is. But that’s it. Everything else is on them,” she says. (There is also a supply of alcohol on deck meant for guest consumption, which cast members sometimes get into on their nights off.)

“There’s been situations in the past where we really do monitor them, we cut them off, we make sure people are consenting — and these are the things you don’t see,” Rajabi continued. “The situation that’s been documented on this episode has not only sparked a lot of conversations that’s happening in the yachting industry, they’re like, this has shed a light on things. The one thing I remember from that night is I was so scared because I was like, ‘If there were no cameras, what would have happened? What would have happened? Because nobody else is there to watch.’ We’re actually encouraged to step in ... I think [this incident] was more instinctual; it was ‘this cannot happen,’ and it was safety. It wasn’t a ‘What do we do? Should we or shouldn’t we?’”

With seven episodes left in the current season, Chambers says he wanted to ensure a safe environment in the crew’s final days at sea.

“I’m also grateful that nothing happened,” Chamber said. “To all parties involved, everyone is going to be hurt from this. We need to protect all the crew members involved, and I mean all the crew members involved, for their health, safety and mental health going forward. We need to respect every person around us and understand that no means no so that we’re all safe.”

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'Below Deck Down Under': A Crew Member 'Crossed the Line' After a Drunken Night Out — Triggering 2 Firings

Both Luke Jones and Laura Bileskalne were fired by Captain Jason Chambers after inappropriate behavior involving other crew members' boundaries

Two members of the crew from Bravo's Below Deck Down Under season 2 were swiftly fired after sexual misconduct following a night off the boat.

On Monday's episode, bosun Luke Jones was terminated by Captain Jason Chambers after climbing into the bed of Margot Sisson naked — and “without consent” — while the stewardess was asleep. 

Second stew Laura Bileskalne was then also fired for the inappropriate way she reacted to the incident between Luke and Margot, as well as for her behavior toward deckhand Adam Kodra during the same night.  

PEOPLE reached out to Bravo about the incidents.

The sequence of events began as the crew went out together in Cairns, Australia. After many shots were consumed by all, Margot noted that she was “really drunk” at dinner. Later, as crew members made their way back to the boat in taxis, chief stew Aesha Scott told deckhand Culver Bradbury that she was going to “watch” Margot, adding, “I just want to chaperone her a bit.”

“You should come and cuddle with me,” Luke told Margot in the back of the car.

"No, let's go,” said Margot.

“I just want to go to bed,” Margot then told Aesha as Aesha helped her onto the yacht and took her to her cabin. 

Once in Margot’s cabin, Aesha told her, “I don’t want any drunkenness to be taken advantage of. So I’d just like to see you get into bed safely. I’ll get you water.” 

Luke then appeared in Margot’s cabin in his boxers and said, “Let's have a f---ing jacuzzi,” before going and getting into the hot tub. 

“I just saw the way that Luke was looking at you, and I’m feeling very protective,” Aesha told Margot. 

Margot responded, “I am glad that you’re here. I don’t want to go in the jacuzzi, I want to go bed. All I want is water and bed, no Luke.”

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After getting out of the hot tub, Luke then went back to his cabin, removed his swim trunks and wrapped himself in a towel. Unexpectedly, after the power then went out on the boat, Aesha went to the crew mess, leaving Margot alone in her room. At that point, Luke went into Margot’s cabin and dropped his towel, fully naked as he climbed into her top bunk while she slept.

Producers quickly intervened and told Luke he had to leave “because [Margot] wants to go to bed,” but Luke ignored their instructions and repeatedly told them, “Thank you, very much.”

Luke finally got out of Margot’s bed once the lights came back on. He asked the camera crew, "Can you f--- off for a second?” as he slammed the door to Margot's cabin, but producers pushed it open despite Luke repeatedly trying to close it. 

“We can’t do that, she said no, she said no,” the producers told Luke. A frustrated Luke then left Margot’s cabin naked and said, “Jesus Christ, mate.”  

Aesha then appeared and told Luke as he left Margot’s cabin, “Dude. “What the f---?”

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Laura then went to find Luke in his cabin and asked him, “What did you do? Honey, what happened?”

“Nothing, f--- them,” responded Luke. “Nothing, I was just sitting there. I had nothing to do with her. F---ing hell, mate!”

Back in Margot’s cabin, Aesha relayed to Margot what had happened. "So we’ve had a power shortage," said Aesha. "So, Laura and I went to the crew mess and I turned around and the producers were like, ‘Get out, get out,’ and then Luke runs out of here naked.”

A shocked Margot responded, “Oh my God. Ew, he was naked?”

"Did you consent to him being in here?” asked Aesha.

"No, I was asleep,” said Margot. “I did not invite that at all.”

“This is why I’m not f---ing comfortable leaving you here,” said Aesha as she gets into bed with Margot. “I’m not having any of this f---ing s---.”

“I didn’t even know,” added Margot. 

Aesha began to cry as she went to Captain Jason's quarters to wake him up and tell him what had just happened. 

“Basically we came home tonight and I just kind of felt like Luke kind of wanted to take advantage of Margot’s drunkenness a little bit. She was pretty out of it,” she said. “And then the next thing I know the power goes out and Luke is f---ing running out of Margot’s bed naked. She was completely unconscious.” 

“Did anything happen?” asked Captain Jason. 

“No,” said Aesha. 

“So she’s safe? She’s safe, yeah?” asked Captain Jason. 

"She’s safe,” Aesha confirmed.

“Where is [Luke] now?” Captain Jason asked. 

“Well now Luke is so freaked out that he got caught that he’s locked himself in his room. Culver is locked out of his room. It was so f---ing wrong,” continued Aesha, still crying. "And I just feel like a lot of women have had history with things happen, and it just stresses me out if I ever see anyone being taken advantage of.”

Aesha, having shared in a 2019 episode of Below Deck Mediterranean her own experience with sexual assault, said in a confessional interview on Monday's episode: “We don’t actually know what would have happened, but being in her bed naked and she’s got no idea, it actually makes my skin crawl.”

She continued, “You don’t have the right to put someone unconscious into that position. I have had a drunken sexual assault experience before, and I never wanted that to happen to anyone else. And she’s just such a sweet angel that the thought of anyone violating or being in her space, it just makes me feel sick.” 

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Captain Jason then got a key to open Luke and Culver’s cabin and told Luke, “Hey, mate. You need to get up, mate. You need to go, you need to get off the boat tonight. We’re gonna put you in a hotel for the night.”

“What?” asked Luke. 

"You’re in a hotel for the night,” said Captain Jason.

“Why?” asked Luke. 

"We’ll talk about it tomorrow,” responded Captain Jason. 

"I don’t need to be in a hotel,” said Luke. “I’m good, I’m good.” 

“You’ve gotta get off, come on mate. Up,” insisted Captain Jason. “Let’s make it easy. Grab a shirt, put your shoes on.”

The next morning, Margot asked Laura to jog her memory about the night out. 

“What did we do after the restaurant? We just come here?” asked Margot.

“Yeah,” responded Laura.

“What did I do?” said Margot. “’Cause Luke got into my bed naked. And it was weird.”

“Was his d--- standing?” asked Laura. 

“I don’t remember,” said Margot.

A visibly shaken Margot later went over the incident with Aesha and chef Tzarina Mace-Ralph and asked, “How long was he in my room for? Do you know?”

“I don’t know,” responded Aesha. 

"I woke up feeling weird, and I knew that whatever, like, happened wasn’t OK,” said Margot. “I was, like, Am I gonna wake up and he’s still here and I just have to act cool? But I’m glad that’s not the case because that would be reality hard for me. I just feel stupid.”

“Don’t ever feel stupid. He should feel stupid,” said Tzarina, holding her hand. 

"I mean yeah,” said Margot. “But … I was so drunk.” 

"Women should be able to be able to be blackout drunk if they want to be,” said Tzarina. “We should be able to stand naked in a room and not have anyone do anything to us. You know, you were allowed to be drunk, you were allowed to be. It’s the other person’s problem.”

In a confessional, a tearful Margot said, “I feel like disappointed in myself, I feel embarrassed, sad. I’m shocked and I’m processing it, but I’m honestly just, I just feel so loved. It’s a lot of different emotions at once.” 

Margot then called her sister Anna and mom to tell them what happened. 

"What the f---? Are you OK?” asked her sister.

"Yeah,” said Margot. “I don’t think he did anything because then the producers were knocking on the door and being like, ‘Get out.’ They made him leave, thank God. I just feel really grossed out. I feel so stupid. I was probably being too flirty.”

"It’s not your fault,” her mom told her. “Sorry honey, sorry you had to go through that.”

"Me too,” added Margot. 

Captain Jason then texted Luke and asked him to return to the boat to “talk.” As Luke was on his way, the rest of the crew gathered in the main salon, where Captain Jason told them Luke would be coming back on board to collect his belongings because his employment was being terminated.

"We had an incident last night, and I want to stress that this is a place that we respect each other,” Captain Jason told them. “Our cabin is our safety zone. That door is our boundary, that door is not to be opened unless it’s consensual. To walk into into someone else’s room without consent, indecent, is my limit.”

"Are we allowed to say goodbye?” asked Laura.

"No,” said Captain Jason. 

Luke then returned to the boat and went into the crew mess with Captain Jason and told him, “I don’t really know what happened, which is eating me up a little bit.” 

"Last night there were boundaries crossed,” said Captain Jason. “There was indecency, and you went into someone’s else cabin without consent.”

“Like I was naked?” asked Luke. 

“Yeah,” said Captain Jason. “Unfortunately I’ve got nothing else but to terminate your employment.”

“I accept that,” said Luke. “I’m sorry, and I’m just so disappointed in my myself.”

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Later in the episode, Margot and Laura were cleaning together when Laura told Margot, “S---, I’m so sad. I can’t believe Luke is gone.” 

“You’re sad? I’m not,” said Margot. 

"You’re not?” said Laura. 

“No. I mean I’m bummed about everything that happened,” said Margot, who then told Laura what happened. 

“What would have happened if no one had been there?" Margot asked Laura. “You know? I don’t know. I’m still kind of processing it.”

"Oh poor Luke,” said Laura. “I should have just kept him happy. If he comes naked in my cabin, I’d be like, ‘Hello! Yes!’” 

"Yeah you would have loved it,” said Margot, growing uncomfortable.

"But it’s his fault, he rejected me,” laughed Laura. “If he wouldn’t have done that, I would still be with him. I said I would make him regret, and that came true like very big time. It’s his karma.”

“I’m just happy that he’s gone,” said Margot.

But Laura wouldn't let it go. “Oh God, and then he comes back for his bags and we can’t be there, we can’t say goodbye?”

"Like, I don’t really want to talk to him,” said Margot. 

In a confessional, Margot wondered aloud, “What the f---? How are you pouting right now? It’s all f---ed up. She’s f---ed up I think.”

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In the laundry, Aesha then approached Adam, telling him she’d noticed Laura had been “pretty intense” with him and wanted to check that he was OK. 

"I think she thinks I’m playing around because I’m being nice about it,” said Adam. “I don’t want to get anyone in trouble or anything like that, but maybe I’ve got to be more serious.”

“I saw it and it and was like, ‘I’ve got your back,’” said Aesha. 

Meanwhile, in a confessional, Laura said that Captain Jason “should have given [Luke] a chance,” in regards to Luke. “It’s not fair,” said Laura. “It’s not deserved, and I don’t agree with it.”

She picked back up her incredibly inappropriate and uncomfortable conversation with Margot in the laundry. “I just don’t think it’s fair anyways, I’m sorry for you, I just think it should be a warning,” she said. “I don’t know. I’m just sad. I think he just meant it as a joke. He’s a funny guy, I don’t think he meant anything bad. He wouldn’t rape you or anything.”

"Yeah,” said Margot blankly.

Laura continued, “He’s a sexual person, I’m a sexual person, you’re a sexual person. We were joking, that thing was probably like, ‘Hahaha, we all drunk.’” 

“I don’t know,” said Margot.

Laura then pointed a finger at Margot’s behavior the night before: “And it’s not that you said no to him the whole night, like he didn’t feel comfortable to come to you. He felt welcomed coming there.”

“I don’t think so, though,” said Margot. “Aesha said, ‘Don’t go in there,’ over and over again. Said like, ‘She’s really drunk leave her alone, don’t go in there. She’s passed out.”

Shortly after, Margot told Aesha about what Laura had been saying to her. Aesha immediately called Laura’s response “so f---ing inappropriate,” then went straight to Captain Jason to recap the interactions, while also mentioning Laura’s “very inappropriate, borderline sexual harassment” toward Adam.

She noted of Adam: “He’s like, ‘I feel like I’ve told [Laura] no, and she’s not listening.’”

The night before, around the time the incident with Margot took place, Laura had also crawled into Adam’s bed and tried to massage him even though he had told her he didn’t want her to come into his cabin and to "watch herself" when they were in the hot tub.  

After conversations with both Margot and Adam, Captain Jason then called Laura to the wheelhouse. 

He began, “Two things: One, Adam feels uncomfortable with some moments out and he’s tried to say no and you have not listened to him and his boundaries to be set. The second thing is, after my multiple speeches with the crew about boundaries, about respect, did you not go to Margot and say, ‘Poor Luke, I wish he would come in and see me’?”

“I actually went to her and asked how she's feeling and is she OK,” claimed Laura. 

“She’s not OK. They’re not OK,” said Captain Jason. “They feel there’s a big disconnect now, and it’s not what I want from my team. You’ve disrespected exactly what I set out to do.”

"OK, but I understood what you said, I respect it,” said Laura. 

“You didn’t show that,” countered Captain Jason. “For you to go to Margot and say that shows you did not listen to a word I said about boundaries — and it showed little respect and empathy to Margot. I’m trying to move forward as a team, I’m trying to get that behind us and you’ve brought it straight back up, so in that I’m going to terminate your employment today.”

“Wow,” responded Laura. “But I don’t think I have done something wrong that I need to be terminated. Can you give me a warning?”

"No,” said Captain Jason. “I can’t go on with you as part of the team in the environment that I’m trying to set.”

Laura then told Captain Jason she thought his decision was a "mistake" before going to pack her belongings.

"I really think it was the right call," Aesha told Captain Jason.

For her part, Margot said in a confessional: "I feel so much relief, I feel like a weight has been lifted."

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'Below Deck,' reality producers stepped in to stop a drunken assault — this time

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This season of Bravo's Below Deck Down Under follows the crew of The Northern Sun through the waters of Cairns, Australia. Mark Rogers/Bravo hide caption

This season of Bravo's Below Deck Down Under follows the crew of The Northern Sun through the waters of Cairns, Australia.

On Monday night's double episode of Bravo's Below Deck Down Under , viewers saw show producers intervening to prevent a sexual assault by one crew member (a man) on another. After the offender was fired, another crew member (a woman) who had been repeatedly refusing to hear "no" from the guy she was interested in, and who had been touching him repeatedly after he asked her not to, was shown the door as well.

It was a jarring look for a franchise that has frequently reveled in what's sometimes been abusive behavior by very drunk people for a total of 24 seasons — 10 of original Below Deck , seven of Below Deck Mediterranean , four of Below Deck Sailing Yacht , one of Below Deck Adventure , and two of Below Deck Down Under .

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To set the scene, in the world of these shows, you have the interior crew — usually, but not always, women — who serve guests meals and drinks, clean cabins, do laundry, and run the entertainment. The exterior crew (led by the bosun) — usually, but not always, men — clean the boat, handle docking and run the tender (the little auxiliary boat), manage all the jet skis and giant inflatables and other things that are set out for rich people to use, and set up and break down everything on the outside for guests. There's also a chef. As for the guests, they're rich enough to charter the yacht, but not so rich that they have a yacht of their own.

In 'Below Deck,' life on a yacht meets reality TV

The rhythm of the show is that after a charter trip ends, the crew cleans up, and they have a night out in whatever cool location the yacht happens to be docked. Typically, they go to a restaurant for dinner and then some kind of a club to drink and dance, and then they stumble back onto the yacht, sometimes they fool around, sometimes they get in the hot tub, and then they pass out for the night. Hookups are frequent.

'She said no'

On Monday night's double episode, headed back to the yacht in a van after a night of drinking, third stew Margot was half-passed-out with her head in bosun Luke's lap, and Luke (who's been pursuing her all season) began to make "jokes" about hooking up with her later. Aesha, the chief stew (if you watch Project Runway , you just saw Aesha as Bishme's model), clocked this situation and its dangers immediately. As they got out of the van, she announced that she was going to see Margot inside and put her to bed, and Luke was going to scram. And that's what happened, at first. Aesha tucked Margot into her upper bunk in her tiny cabin and stepped out, and that should have been the end of it.

But there was a power outage on the boat that led to some chaos. And suddenly, there was Luke, walking around the crew area completely naked, holding a towel in front of his crotch. He let himself into Margot's room, where she was fully either asleep or passed out, depending on how you choose to describe the heavy sleep that follows heavy drinking. Fully naked, he hoisted himself up and crawled into her bed.

That's when the producer voices started, ordering Luke to get out of Margot's bed. He initially resisted, there was a confrontation that included a lot of door-slamming, and eventually Luke went back to his own room, angry. He was hauled off the boat and put in a hotel, and in the morning, Luke was fired. (There are more details in this good wrap-up from Andy Dehnart at Reality Blurred .)

But wait, there's more

Now: There are layers upon layers in a show like this. The show narrative is that the captain, Jason, made the decisions to remove Luke from the boat and to fire him, but it's hard to imagine he had any choice. One would hope the Bravo people (including the lawyers) would have had it no other way, no matter what releases anybody signed.

But whatever the production involvement, the story as presented by the show ended up effectively laying out some pretty basic pieces of how an event like that can happen, and what the aftermath can be. It showed how Aesha identified the risk and tried to protect Margot, and how quickly things turned in the close quarters of a boat where people have easy physical access to each other. It showed how Margot blamed herself in the morning for being drunk and too "flirty." Aesha and Tzarina, the chef, assured her that no matter how drunk you are, nobody gets to assault you. These things might seem pretty basic to people who follow discussions about sexual violence, but they're relatively advanced for, you know, Below Deck .

Luke's departure was not the end. Second stew Laura had grown interested in a Brooklyn-born deckhand named Adam. At dinner, Adam told her plainly that he only wanted to be friends. She persisted: He would never be interested in sex with her? No. He wanted to be friends. He sometimes smiled nervously, or chuckled, but he communicated clearly.

But later, on the yacht, Laura was continuing to touch Adam constantly, including in the hot tub. At one point it appeared that she grabbed him under the water, given the way he jumped away and said " Stop that." He eventually agreed to a massage that she swore wouldn't be sexual (perhaps hoping it would defuse the situation), but when she actually came into his room to try to do it, he insisted the door stay open and then tried to bore and ignore her into leaving. And when she crawled up on his bed without being invited, there were more producer voices, telling her to buzz off and get out of his room.

In the morning, because of this behavior and because Laura decided to go around telling everyone Luke shouldn't have been fired and eye-rolling to Margot about how it wasn't as if Margot had really told him no, and it wasn't as if he would have actually assaulted her (thus indicating she was not on board with the whole "respect people's boundaries" idea), Laura was also dismissed. And interestingly, Adam blamed himself much as Margot did, saying maybe he wasn't telling Laura no seriously enough, or firmly enough, maybe he was trying too hard to be nice about it. It is a curious impulse, this idea that had someone understood that you really did not want them to do what they were doing, surely they would not have done it.

Much-too-drunken sailors

There's some useful material in this episode that burbles up from all the absurdity. Obviously, it's about consent, and about how you cannot climb into the bed of a person who hasn't invited you particularly if they're passed out or sleeping, particularly if you're naked. And furthermore, you can't keep handling anybody of any gender when they've asked you not to. These are, you might say, the headlines.

But the whole incident raises another uncomfortable issue. Alcohol plays a critical role in many reality-show franchises. Your housewives, your people who stop being polite and start getting real, and most definitely your bachelors and bachelorettes, all have historically done a tremendous amount of drinking. But Below Deck has always had, to me, a particularly fraught relationship with being not merely drunk, but blackout drunk. Uncomfortable levels of physical aggression and confrontation have sometimes followed these nights out, as have mornings in which apologies are of limited value coming from apologizers who clearly have no memory of what they did. In an interview with The Baltimore Banner , Eddie Lucas, who's appeared on several seasons of Below Deck as a deckhand and bosun, said this about the nights out:

And then also, when we get off charter, and they're [the producers are] like, "Oh, you know, go out, have dinner, have a good time." You're like, "I'd rather just get some sleep" and they're like, "No, you're gonna drink. You're gonna drink and you're gonna stay up until four in the morning, and you're going to like it!"

As Tzarina said, the alcohol is obviously not an excuse for the behavior, but encouraging this kind of drinking has risks. And watching the producers swoop in here only reminds you how often they do not swoop in. They watch people get in fights, punch things, scream at each other, drink until they're sick, drink until they have to be carried home, drink until they have no idea what they're doing — in a way, seeing producers become visible in one instance makes them hover like ghosts at the edges in all the past situations they've allowed to unfold (encouraged to unfold?) without any obvious intervention. Whether any other case like this has come up, I don't know. But many, many of these nights have looked like they could erupt dangerously at any time, and I can't remember ever hearing a producer say, "You've had enough, stop drinking, go to bed." Either they haven't done it, or they haven't wanted to show that they did it.

And then this week, Deadline reported that attorneys who say they represent a number of cast and crew from NBC Universal's reality shows (that seems to mostly mean Bravo) sent a letter to the company demanding that possible evidence be retained in anticipation of future litigation over what the letter calls "grotesque and depraved mistreatment of the reality stars and crewmembers." And the first bullet point they allege is plying people with alcohol (while denying them food and sleep) in an effort to intentionally degrade their mental health. Another is "covering up acts of sexual violence."

I'm not going to lie: I often fast-forward through the crew nights out at this point, precisely because they always seem vaguely menacing. I watch this show as a workplace show, as hard as that might be to believe. I like it for the parts where the impossible guests want endless espresso martinis and the deck crew is desperate not to have to inflate the water slide again and everybody is juggling impossible tasks. I am bored stiff by long sequences where people do shots and slur into each other's ears and scream at each other in the hot tub. You know what I like? I like the tension of a moment where the chef forgot that one of the guests is gluten-free and now they have to improvise. I like the parts where somebody suddenly wants an umpteen-course dinner and the crew is shorthanded because somebody is seasick. I like it when rich people insist on their beach picnic and then get rained on.

And, as with every good reality show, I admit I like it when people I don't like get their comeuppance, usually in the form of getting fired. If one person isn't doing their share of the work and the captain calls them in and says they're bounced, that offers a little shiver of satisfaction, just like when a jerk gets voted off Survivor . Not like this, though. Really, not like this.

The thing is, all that stuff, all that kind of lighthearted workplace stuff, comes alongside all the parts that I might fast-forward through, but they still happened. (For the "all this is entirely scripted!" crowd, let me say: I wish.) And on the one hand, it's good to know there's something producers will step in to prevent. On the other hand, it would be good to let people stay in and get some sleep.

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Below Deck Sailing Yacht star fired after making big mistake

"I feel like this is going to be one of the biggest lessons of my whole life."

Below Deck: Sailing Yacht season 3 spoilers follow.

After alarms blared, the rest of the team managed to stabilise the boat. But Captain Glenn Shephard was left disappointed in Tom's blunder, forcing him to fire the deckhand.

In a clip shared by HayU on YouTube , Captain Glenn raised the incident with Tom in the crew mess. "I've had a little bit of time to think about this and it's quite clear that it took us quite a long time to drag," he began.

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"I have no understanding of how you couldn't notice it if you're on anchor watch.

"To me it's impossible. The whole point of anchor watch is precisely to make sure that doesn't happen.

The captain added: "I feel bad, I have no pleasure in this. I have to let you go. I've got no choice." Cutting to a VT, he admitted: "It's really clear to me that Tom's mind is in another place so it's not like we can just let him stay because he can't do any harm, he can still do harm in that mindset.

"We're not here to provide a job for Tom, we're here to run a safe boat. That's got to be first," he concluded.

Tom was then told to gather his items and leave, as a ride would be ready to take him away within two hours, before fist-bumping Tom as a gesture of no ill-will.

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Taking the moment to accept his errors, Tom said: "Just let me say it while I'm here in front of you, that is not myself. I've been going through some things as you know. And that really did affect me in what's gone on. I'm sorry that it couldn't have worked out but it is what it is."

In a piece to-camera, he added: "I feel like this is going to be one of the biggest lessons of my whole life," he added.

"I just want to start this whole season again and just do a f**king better job. You can't slack in this game. I've learnt the hard way."

Tom will be replaced by a new deckhand in upcoming episodes.

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Why Tom Pearson Got Fired On Below Deck Sailing Yacht

Season 3 of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht"  proved to be a shocking one full of twists and turns. The most surprising event, however, occurred during Episode 7 when Captain Glenn Shephard sent deckhand and cast member Tom Pearson packing, leaving the crew temporarily short-staffed. Still, Shephard was adamant he made the right call. "Yeah, that's a tough one," Shephard admitted about the difficult decision during a "Watch What Happens Live" appearance. "It had to be done," he declared. "It was such a grievous thing that he dropped the ball there, he had to go, and we had to just be man down and live with it, you know? So, obviously, you don't want to do that, but yeah, it had to happen," he maintained.

But what exactly did Pearson do that was so "grievous" that it warranted a pink slip from Shephard? Here's everything we know about Pearson's infamous "Below Deck" firing ...

Tom Pearson let the boat drag on his watch

The story goes that during a night of anchor watch, deckhand Tom Pearson allowed the famous sailing yacht, Parsifal III, to drag. And in case you're wondering, that's extremely dangerous and a big no-no in the boating world! "It's as serious as it gets. I mean, there are boats, similar boats, who have been in the same situation where they didn't recover," Captain Glenn Shephard explained to  E! News .

Still, Pearson claimed the mistake happened innocently enough. According to Pearson, he had come to the end of his shift when he decided to go downstairs to make himself a cup of coffee or tea, and that's when the alarm went off. "So I was like, 'What is going on?' So I ran upstairs, went outside, and that's when I realized everything was blowing everywhere. I was trying to stop stuff from falling off the boat," he recalled during an interview with Sportskeeda . "Fifteen minutes before that, there was barely any wind," he added.

Alas, Shephard has an entirely different version of events...

Captain Glenn Shephard is not buying Tom Pearson's story

Captain Glenn Shephard isn't buying Tom Pearson's "fifteen-minute" story. "I've had a little bit of time to think about this and it's quite clear that it took us quite a long time to drag," Shephard said on camera about the incident. "I have no understanding of how you couldn't notice it if you're on anchor watch."

And it appears Pearson was equally aware of the gravity of his mistake. "Of course, I absolutely understand now, you know, it was my fault. There's no getting around that," he later divulged at the Season 3 reunion. "I think at the time, you know, I went straight into self-defense mode. But, you know, you have time to look over these things, you have time to look back. And everyone knows — I've spoken to everyone individually — I take full responsibility for what happened that night. And I think that's important that everyone knows that. I blame no one else."

But if you think Pearson's yachting days are over, think again. In March 2022, he appeared on Daisy Kelliher's podcast "Pita Party" and revealed that he was presently working on a yacht in Miami, hosting a famous Australian DJ. "Still on a yacht. Still working out. Absolutely living the dream, you know?" he gushed about his current working situation. Perhaps everything really does work out in the end, after all!

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Every Star Fired From ‘Below Deck’ Through the Years: Hannah Ferrier, Peter Hunziker and More

Below Deck and its spinoff series may be reality TV shows , but there can be real-life consequences for the crew’s actions both on and off the ship.

Over the years, stars including Hannah Ferrier , Peter Hunziker and Shane Coopersmith have been fired from their respective charters for a variety of reasons.

Below Deck Mediterranean ’s Hannah was terminated after she was caught with Valium on board during season 5 of the series in 2020. Two months prior, Peter was cut by Bravo after he made racially charged comments amid the Black Lives Matter protests in June 2020.

Below Deck ’s Shane, on the other hand, was sent packing during season 8 , following a poor performance on the yacht.

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“Unfortunately, the time has come for us to part company,” Captain Lee Rosbach told the deckhand during a December 2020 episode. “You’re just not getting it done for me.”

Shane was surprised by his firing, telling the cameras, “I feel empty, like a vacuum just sucked everything up inside of me. Giving everything I knew I could give, it wasn’t enough.”

Scroll down to see all of the stars fired from the  Below Deck  franchise over the years.

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Below Deck and its spinoff series may be reality TV shows , but there can be real-life consequences for the crew’s actions both on and off the ship. Over the years, stars including Hannah Ferrier , Peter Hunziker and Shane Coopersmith have been fired from their respective charters for a variety of reasons. Below Deck Mediterranean ’s Hannah was terminated after she was caught with Valium on board during season 5 of the series in 2020. Two months prior, Peter was cut by Bravo after he made racially charged comments amid the Black Lives Matter protests in June 2020. Below Deck ’s Shane, on the other hand, was sent packing during season 8 , following a poor performance on the yacht. "Unfortunately, the time has come for us to part company," Captain Lee Rosbach told the deckhand during a December 2020 episode. "You're just not getting it done for me." Shane was surprised by his firing, telling the cameras, "I feel empty, like a vacuum just sucked everything up inside of me. Giving everything I knew I could give, it wasn't enough." Scroll down to see all of the stars fired from the  Below Deck  franchise over the years.

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After a big mistake with an anchor drop, Captain Jason let the deckhand go during season 2 of Below Deck Down Under.

During season 2 of Below Deck Down Under , Luke was terminated following a crew night out when he entered Margot Sisson's cabin naked while she was asleep. He got angry at producers who attempted to intervene — and Captain Jason ultimately fired him.

Laura Bileskaline

The stew's lack of support for Margot during season 2 of Below Deck Down Under — after Luke entered her cabin naked — led to Captain Jason letting Laura go.

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Alissa Humber

Captain Sandy let the season 10 stew go after accusing her of insubordination on multiple occasions.

Camille Lamb

During season 10 of Below Deck , Captain Sandy — filling in for Captain Lee — fired the stew after multiple warnings about her work ethic from chief stew Fraser Olender. 

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Kyle Dickard

After instigating a fight with Nathan Morley, Kyle was offered the opportunity to resign so the incident wouldn't go on his record. The Below Deck Adventure star ultimately chose to walk off the boat after one charter.

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Raygan Tyler

The boson was let go by Captain Sandy during season 7 of Below Deck Med . After Raygan failed to step up as a leader, her boss told her to get more experience before replacing her with deckhand Storm Smith. 

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Magda Ziomek

During season 1 of Below Deck Down Under, Magda was fired due to her slow improvement in the interior department. After the stew got distracted by personal drama with her boyfriend, Aesha Scott ultimately decided to bring in a replacement instead of finishing the charter season with Magda.

Ryan McKeown

The chef was let go after he failed to please guests and Captain Jason with his food throughout the season of Below Deck Down Under. As the reality star was leaving the dock, he flashed his butt to the cameras and to his former boss.

Tom Pearson

The deckhand was let go during an April 2022 episode of Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 3 after getting more than one strike from Captain Glenn Shephard. Tom hesitated to wake up senior crew members when Parsifal III’s anchor dragged, which put passengers’ safety at risk.

After getting a warning from Glenn, Tom was spotted gossiping and lounging instead of working, which led to his termination. “For me, it’s actually better to be a man down than risk ever happening again,” the captain said during a confessional. “He’s not giving me what I need. He’s not taking advantage of that small opportunity.”

Tom, for his part, confessed that he hadn’t been himself at the time, explaining that his personal life had “really” started to affect his work on the ship. (Before the anchor mishap, Tom was notified that his best friend’s dad was on life support.)

Lexi Wilson

The second stew was given a ticket home after multiple arguments between her and the crew during their nights out on season 6. After an explosive fight with Mathew Shea , where Lexi told the chef that his parents "should’ve aborted you," Captain Sandy stepped in and fired her.

In September 2021, Sandy exclusively told Us Weekly that she "wanted to let" Lexi go after watching the drama unfold on screen.

"No one was giving me facts. You know, like, I didn't have any facts. I just heard it's bad. It's real bad. That's not [enough for me]. Write it out. Write a report, send it to me," she explained to Us at the time. "They learn the minute they step on this boat, we go through all the legalities. But I never got that information, if they would've told me the facts, of course, I would've let her go sooner, but I never got them."

Delaney Evans

Captain Sandy initially brought Delaney on so she could help Katie Flood in the interior during season 6. However, the chief stew quickly started to feel like the new addition was adding more stress to the situation.

After a previous failed attempt to fire Delaney, Katie made it clear the second time around that her departure was non negotiable during a September 2021 episode.

Elizabeth Frankini

The Below Deck star was cut from the crew during a February 2021 episode in season 8. Francesca Rubi told Elizabeth that her work ethic was lacking, leading to her dismissal from the charter. “I think every charter I’ve really had to work and I’m continually putting energy and checking up on you and we’ve had numerous chats about this, but sleeping in the guest cabin was sort of, like, the final straw for me,” she said.

Elizabeth defended herself via Twitter after the episode aired, writing, “It was hard doing an intense job being filmed and has been difficult to watch my mistakes play out in front of millions, especially when there’s so much more going on that doesn’t make the final cut. It’s been a learning experience.”

Shane Coopersmith

The deckhand was cut from the My Seanna charter during season 8 of Below Deck after not making enough progress in his role. "You're a good guy, but sleeping in, taking naps in the middle of cleanup, and then this morning missing your alarm," bosun Eddie Lucas said in a December 2020 episode. "It's kind of the final straw." Captain Lee admitted that Shane didn’t have time to catch up.

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Hannah Ferrier

Hannah was fired on season 5 of Below Deck Med after Malia White reported her for stashing Valium on board. During the August 2020 episode, Captain Sandy received a photo of Hannah’s drugs and a vape pen and promptly terminated her. The chief stewardess later said the Valium was for her anxiety.

“When I was watching it with [my boyfriend] Josh, he’s like, ‘Did you just yawn?’ I’m like, ‘I think I did.’ He’s like, ‘You just yawned in the middle of getting fired for drugs, Hannah,’” Hannah told Decider of her blasé onscreen reaction. “Yeah. I was like, you’re kind of boring me. Let’s go.”

Peter Hunziker

The Below Deck Med star was let go in June 2020 after making racially charged comments. The network announced his termination just weeks after season 5 began airing, saying, “Bravo and 51 Minds are editing the show to minimize his appearance for subsequent episodes.”

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Mila Kolomeitseva

The controversial chef was fired during a July 2019 episode of Below Deck Med . After many food-related mishaps on board the Sirocco during season 4, Captain Sandy told Mila that she had “passion” in the gally but her cooking wasn’t up to par. “I’m really sorry,” Sandy said after telling her she was done on the charter. The culinary pro then broke down in front of the cameras, saying it made her “feel awful.”

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Chandler Brooks

Captain Lee fired Chandler during season 6 of Below Deck in 2018. “We just don’t have a chemistry. I don’t think it’s a good fit,” Lee told Chandler. “It just didn’t work out.” The bosun said he was “so relieved” because he had been overwhelmed in his job on the My Seanna crew.

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Chris Brown

Chris was cut loose from the Valor charter during season 5 in 2017 after he continued to make mistakes and failed to do his job correctly. “I was just delt a s—ty hand and nobody seemed to do anything to help me with it,” the deckhand said in his confessional. “Who gives a s--t,” he added as he was escorted by boat back to shore.

Credit: Courtesy of Leon Walker/Twitter

Leon Walker

The chef was fired during season 3 of Below Deck in 2015 after a fire started in the galley. Leon blamed Kate Chastain for the incident, but Captain Lee ultimately sent him home. “Let’s call it a day now then,” Leon said after getting the boot. “I’m f—king over it."

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Another Scandal Rocks Below Deck — WIll [Spoiler] Be Fired, Too?

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Weeks after two cast members were fired on Below Deck Down Under for sexual assault, another scandal hits the franchise — this time, involving Below Deck Sailing Yacht ‘s Gary King .

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King, who has been a First Officer on Below Deck Sailing Yacht since Season 2, was accused of sexual misconduct by production member Samantha Suarez in a report by Rolling Stone on August 24, 2023. Suarez, who joined the franchise as a makeup department crew member in Below Deck Season 10, claimed that King tried to force himself on her while filming Below Deck Sailing Yacht in Sardinia, Italy, in the summer of 2022. She alleged that she and King met for the first time when the cast and crew arrived in Sardinia to film Season 4.

Rolling Stone reported that the cast and crew both stayed at the same hotel, the DoubleTree by Hilton Olbia-Sardinia, before filming started, and for a few “dark days” before the season, no. one in production or the cast worked. Along with doing hair and makeup for the cast, Suarez said that she also assisted the series’ talent manager with making sure the cast members were sequestered in their hotel rooms and didn’t talk to each other until filming started. She was also tasked with bringing food and water to the cast members as they weren’t allowed to leave their rooms due to COVID-19 protocols.

On a “dark day” in July 2022, Suarez claimed that she accompanied a drunk King back to his hotel room after he filmed interviews for Below Deck Sailing Yacht , where producers allegedly provided him with alcohol. “There is no limit to alcohol consumption whatsoever, which I think poses a really big problem,” she told Rolling Stone . Once they arrived at his hotel room, Suarez claimed that King behaved erratically and started  yelling outside his balcony to other cast members to try to find where their rooms were. She claimed that she tried to keep King in his room but eventually told him that she needed to leave to assist other cast members.

Suarez claimed that King allegedly suggested that she get in bed with him and continued to ask her not to leave his hotel room. After a few minutes, Suarez left King’s room and told him that she would return later to get get him water and snacks. When she knocked on his door later that night, King allegedly answered it in his underwear and continued to ask her to stay. “I was like, ‘I have to go — I need to go bring other people water and food,’ and he’s like, ‘No, no, please,’” Suarez said. “So I stepped into the room to set the case of waters down and again, he’s repeating, ‘Don’t leave,’ and I was like, ‘I have to go, I’m not staying.’”

She alleged that when she turned to the door, King came up behind her, grabbed her, pressed her body against his and refused to let her go as she tried to kick and elbow him to get off of her. After she managed to escape, Suarez claimed that she tried to open the door to leave before King allegedly slammed the door shut from behind her. “At that point, I didn’t know what was going to happen. I was freaking out,” Suarez said. “It just happened so fast.” At that moment, Suarez claimed she received a call from the talent manager and answered it, which is when King let her go. “I’m freaking out, and he goes, ‘What’s wrong? What’s going on?’ And I’m like, ‘Just leave me alone,'” she said. “He tried to come up behind me and put his arm around me. He’s in the hallway in his underwear and it’s all weird and f— up, and so I’m just like, ‘Just go back in your room and don’t come out.’”

Suarez told Rolling Stone that she immediately told producers about what happened. The next day, a co-executive producer reached out to ask her about the incident. She then had another meeting with the same producer, as well as executive producers Courtland Cox and Vivian Choi and Below Deck Sailing Yacht ‘s talent manager, in which she told him that she didn’t feel comfortable to be around King or do his hair and makeup. She claimed that Cox apologized for King’s behavior and said that the producers would have a conversation with him. Cox also allegedly assured Suarez that King would be fired from the show if any other incidents occurred. “It pretty much sucked from there on out,” Suarez said. “I was just in a super depressive state.”

After Rolling Stone ‘s report, fans have called for King to be fired from Below Deck Sailing Yacht . “Everybody read the article about Gary and multiple sexual assaults. Not surprising AT ALL,” one user commented on Gary’s Instagram post. Another user commented, “What about when your MUA asks you not to touch her, Gary??”

The report also comes weeks after two cast members were fired from Below Deck Down Under following another sexual harassment scandal. Bosun Luke Jones was fired on Below Deck Down Under Season 2, Episode 7, after he got after he got in bed naked with Third Stewardess Margot Sisson while she was asleep and passed out drunk from a crew night out. That same episode, Second Stewardess Laura Bileskaline was fired for her continued sexual advances toward Deckhand Adam Kodra and her insensitive comments to Sisson following Jones’ firing.

King declined to comment on his sexual harassment scandal to Rolling Stone . In a statement, a spokesperson for Bravo, which airs the Below Deck franchise, confirmed that Suarez’s claims were investigated. “Bravo is committed to maintaining a safe and respectful workplace for cast and crew on our reality shows,” the statement read. “We require our third-party production companies to have appropriate workplace policies and trainings in place and a clear process on how to report concerns. The concerns Ms. Suarez raised in July 2022 were investigated at that time and action was taken based on the findings.”

A spokesperson for 51 Minds Entertainment, the production company behind the Below Deck franchise, also confirmed Suarez’s complaints were looked into. “51 Minds is committed to providing an environment in which every member of the casts and crews on our productions feel respected and, most importantly, safe,” the spokesperson said. “51 Minds provides mandatory harassment and sensitivity training for every series it produces at the outset of each new season and lays out a clear process on how and to whom to report any questionable activity.”

The spokesperson continued, “With any complaint filed, a timely investigation is launched and, based on the findings, appropriate actions are implemented to ensure the safety of our cast and crew, up to and including termination. With regard to the incident reported by Ms. Suarez involving Mr. King, the case was investigated and reviewed as soon as it was submitted, and production acted accordingly based on the results.”

Rolling Stone also published Suarez’s email to Zach Klein, the COO of 51 Minds Entertainment, in which she recalled King’s behavior toward her. “[King] comes up behind me, puts his arms around me, holds me against his body, physically restraining me from leaving, and says stuff like no don’t go,” she wrote in the email. “I get out of his grip, tell him again that I have to leave, that I am not staying, and I go reach for the door knob and he comes over and puts both his hands on the door, with his whole weight, to push it shut. This whole time he’s laughing. I ask him to please let me out of the room, that I have to go. I then get a phone call from [the talent manager]. He sees and hears that I answer and he finally moves away from the door, allowing me to open it. I step outside, not even able to listen to what [the talent manager] is saying to me because I’m so overwhelmed at that point, and Gary grabs his room key, comes out of his room, again, is only in his underwear, letting the door close behind him.”

Suarez continued in her email, “Now that I’ve been able to sit down and process the situation little by little the past couple of days, I realize that I am not okay. It feels like it was taken more as a misunderstanding, than it was as a physical assault/sexual harassment… My feelings/emotions about what happened feel diminished. I can’t help but think, had it been a crew member, it would have been handled differently. I honestly feel quite traumatized by the whole situation.”

Suarez also claimed that an HR representative for 51 Minds’ parent company, Banijay America, told her not to talk about the incident with other crew  members because “it was becoming water cooler talk” on the set and it seemed like Suarez was “trying to rally the troops” against the show. After the incident, Suarez claimed that she only saw King in passing a couple times, but never directly interacted or communicated to him.

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Another crew member, who remained anonymous because they still work on Below Deck, told Rolling Stone that they’ve also witnessed King “constantly” make women on set feel uncomfortable. “He’s next-level scary with women,” they said. A second crew member, who also remained anonymous, told Rolling Stone that they witnessed King grab a female cast member’s butt and touch her inappropriately even though she said, “No.” The crew member also claimed that, while filming at a beach club in Sardinia, they saw King grab another crew member’s genitals. The crew member alleged that they reported the issue on a walkie talkie to the control room with producers and heard no response back. “The girl was literally saying, ‘No, stop, don’t,’” the crew member says. “I’m explaining this over my walkie and no one’s acknowledging it.”

The crew member continued, “It was insane. There were multiple incidents of sexual harassment in front of multiple producers after this person had been given verbal warnings multiple times.” The crew member also claimed that the incidents were filmed but didn’t air on Bravo. “I had to promote and make this guy who just assaulted someone look awesome,” the crew member said. “That was my job, to make this person look cool, capable, and exciting.”

Suarez, for her part, also accused production of not doing enough to hold King accountable. “You’re an executive producer on the show and you’re not even worried that your cast member put his hands on me and is being a creep currently while being on TV?” Suarez said. “Somebody shouldn’t be able to keep a platform for being a gross creep.”

She continued, “Nobody knew how to handle [my situation] and I think that’s why it was handled so poorly, because nobody knew what to do or what the right thing to do was. I was told there weren’t any protocols and the only thing was to reach out to HR but even then, nothing was really happening. Why can’t you just get on TV and be like, ‘Gary had to be removed from the show for his misconduct?’ If anything, that would make me respect the producers and the show and everything a lot more if they were just honest instead of trying to sweep things under the rug, which is what feels like happened.”

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Marcos Spaziani Announces Exit From Below Deck Sailing Yacht

Strong winds werent the only problem on below deck sailing yacht season three. two castmates walked the plank (aka returned to land), leaving the boat short-staffed. the first to go was tom pearson, who was fired over ananchor dragging incident.gabriela barraganwas next, calling it quitsafter she burned a few bridges in the cast..

Strong winds weren’t the only problem on Below Deck Sailing Yacht season three. Two castmates walked the plank (aka returned to land), leaving the boat short-staffed. The first to go was Tom Pearson , who was fired over an  anchor dragging incident .  Gabriela Barragan  was next, calling it quits  after she burned a few bridges in the cast.

Two of the more steady co-stars were Chef Marcos Spaziani and   Captain Glenn Shephard . Throughout the drama and chaos, they somehow managed to keep their cool (mostly).

In a recent tweet , Marcos revealed some shocking news to fans.

“I want to thank everyone for the big support and great comments. I never thought in my life I would bring so much inspiration to so many ppl and for that I’m very grateful and also blessed! But I can’t go back to the next season,” he shared.

I want to thank everyone for the big support and great comments. I never thought in my life I would bring so much inspiration to so many ppl and for that I’m very grateful and also blessed! But I can’t go back to the next season. #BelowDeckSailingYacht #belowdecksailing pic.twitter.com/CLTmtLV7yP

— MARCOS SPAZIANI (@marcos_spaziani) June 1, 2022

According to Decider , the chef is busy running his L.A. restaurant,  ML Eats .

Though Marcos will be missed, there are still several episodes left in the season, including the anticipated reunion.

Speaking with The Daily Dish , Captain Glenn teased the reunion special. “[This season] we had some issues. We lost a couple crew members. We had one kind of event that was, you know, not ideal,” said the star, alluding to the anchor drag.

He added, “I’ve been 22 years in superyachts, never had that particular thing where we had the storm, and the person who’s meant to be watching the anchor watch didn’t do their job correctly, and we ended up stopping in shallow water, which is very serious. So, I don’t know. We’ll probably address stuff like that.”

In all likelihood, third stew  Ashley Marti will also be in the hot seat. Many fans are curious about her on-screen rivalry with Gabriela — and her romantic entanglements with Tom and  Gary King .

How will she handle the firing squad?

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‘Below Deck’ Accused of Covering Up Gary King’s Sexual Misconduct

By Krystie Lee Yandoli

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Bravo ’s Below Deck was recently lauded for its handling of sexual misconduct when a producer on Below Deck Down Under broke the “fourth wall” and intervened when one cast member, Luke Jones, tried to get into bed naked with another cast member, Margot Sisson, without her consent while she was inebriated and passed out. Not only was Luke fired from the show, but their fellow cast member and stewardess, Laura Bileskalne, was also let go because of victim-blaming comments she made to Margot about the incident and her own line-crossing pursuit of deckhand Adam Kodra.

While viewers and fans of the show applauded the pivotal on-screen moment, production crew members who have worked on the popular, Emmy-nominated franchise say they’ve experienced and witnessed sexual harassment and misconduct from other cast members behind the scenes without seeing any real accountability. 

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Suarez says she met King for the first time when the cast and crew arrived in Sardinia in preparation to film the fourth season. Crew members stayed in the same hotel, the DoubleTree by Hilton Olbia-Sardinia, for the whole duration of filming. Cast members joined them and stayed in the same hotel prior to filming charters on the yacht  and on the few “dark days” during the season when no one in production or the cast worked.

In addition to doing hair and makeup for the cast, Suarez says she assisted the talent manager with day-to-day tasks including making sure cast members were sequestered in their hotel rooms and didn’t bump into one another. It was also Suarez’s job to bring food and water to cast members’ rooms since they weren’t allowed to leave their own hotel rooms because of Covid protocols, and to preserve as much authenticity around the cast’s interactions as possible. Suarez, a 27-year-old who’s based in Atlanta, says she told producers when everyone first arrived in Sardinia that some of the cast members, including King, were being difficult and refused to stay isolated in their hotel rooms like they were instructed to.

“There is no limit to alcohol consumption whatsoever, which I think poses a really big problem,” she says.

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Suarez says when King asked her not to leave she joked with him that she would sit outside of his door to make sure he wouldn’t leave his hotel room. According to Suarez, King then suggested she get in bed with him and repeatedly asked her not to leave his room even though she says he was aware that she was in a relationship with someone else. After a few minutes, she insisted she had to leave and help other cast members, telling King she would return later to drop off snacks and water. She says when she went back to King’s room with a case of water bottles and a bag of snacks, she knocked on the door and King answered the door in his underwear. She says she asked King to take the case of water out of her hands and he continued to ask her not to leave his hotel room.

“I was like, ‘I have to go — I need to go bring other people water and food,’ and he’s like, ‘No, no, please,’” Suarez says. “So I stepped into the room to set the case of waters down and again, he’s repeating, ‘Don’t leave,’ and I was like, ‘I have to go, I’m not staying.’”

When she turned toward the door, Suarez says King came up behind her, grabbed her, pressed her against his body, and refused to let go of her even though she says she tried to kick and elbow him to get him off her. She says she managed to get out of his grasp and went to open the door to leave. Then she says King slammed the door shut from behind her.

“At that point, I didn’t know what was going to happen. I was freaking out,” Suarez says. “It just happened so fast.”

“I’m freaking out, and he goes, ‘What’s wrong? What’s going on?’ And I’m like, ‘Just leave me alone.’ He tried to come up behind me and put his arm around me. He’s in the hallway in his underwear and it’s all weird and fucked up, and so I’m just like, ‘Just go back in your room and don’t come out.’”

“I’m freaking out, and he goes, ‘What’s wrong? What’s going on?’ And I’m like, ‘Just leave me alone.’“

Suarez says she immediately told producers what happened following the incident when she saw them in the production office. The next day, she says a co-executive producer reached out to her and they had a conversation about what happened. After Suarez spoke with the co-executive producer she says she had another meeting with him, executive producers Courtland Cox and Vivian Choi, as well as the show’s talent manager. She says she told the producers she didn’t feel comfortable being around King, she didn’t want to do his hair or makeup, and she didn’t want to be alone with him or in the same room as him. She says Cox apologized to her and said the producers would have a conversation with King, assuring Suarez that King would be fired from the show if any other incidents occurred. She says the next day producers removed King from the hotel where the rest of the cast and crew members were staying and for the rest of the “dark days” during filming, he was instructed to sleep on the boat.

“It pretty much sucked from there on out,” Suarez says. “I was just in a super depressive state.”

King declined to comment for this story. A spokesperson for Bravo told Rolling Stone in a statement, “Bravo is committed to maintaining a safe and respectful workplace for cast and crew on our reality shows. We require our third-party production companies to have appropriate workplace policies and trainings in place and a clear process on how to report concerns.  The concerns Ms. Suarez raised in July 2022 were investigated at that time and action was taken based on the findings.”

A spokesperson for 51 Minds Entertainment, Below Deck ’s production company, added, “51 Minds is committed to providing an environment in which every member of the casts and crews on our productions feel respected and, most importantly, safe. 51 Minds provides mandatory harassment and sensitivity training for every series it produces at the outset of each new season and lays out a clear process on how and to whom to report any questionable activity.” 

According to Saurez, she stayed inside her hotel room for a week following the incident with King and didn’t immediately return to work because she says she was upset, depressed, and her mental health declined; she says she even debated going home and not finishing out the rest of the season.

At the time, Suarez also reached out to Zach Klein, the COO of 51 Minds Entertainment, to report the incident. In emails reviewed by Rolling Stone , Suarez detailed the incident to Klein and wrote: 

“[King] comes up behind me, puts his arms around me, holds me against his body, physically restraining me from leaving, and says stuff like no don’t go. I get out of his grip, tell him again that I have to leave, that I am not staying, and I go reach for the door knob and he comes over and puts both his hands on the door, with his whole weight, to push it shut. This whole time he’s laughing. I ask him to please let me out of the room, that I have to go. I then get a phone call from [the talent manager]. He sees and hears that I answer and he finally moves away from the door, allowing me to open it. I step outside, not even able to listen to what [the talent manager] is saying to me because I’m so overwhelmed at that point, and Gary grabs his room key, comes out of his room, again, is only in his underwear, letting the door close behind him.”

Suarez continued in the email to Klein, “Now that I’ve been able to sit down and process the situation little by little the past couple of days, I realize that I am not okay. It feels like it was taken more as a misunderstanding, than it was as a physical assault/sexual harassment… My feelings/emotions about what happened feel diminished. I can’t help but think, had it been a crew member, it would have been handled differently. I honestly feel quite traumatized by the whole situation.”

Later in the season, Suarez says the HR representative also asked her not to talk about the incident with other production staffers because “it was becoming water cooler talk” on set and it seemed like Suarez was “trying to rally the troops” against the show. Saurez says she wasn’t even alongside her fellow crew members in the week following the incident but because of her absence, people reached out to her and asked her why she wasn’t on set. Suarez says she told the HR representative that she explained what happened to the people who reached out to her and asked for clarification about whether or not she was “allowed” to talk about the incident with her colleagues. Suarez says the rep told her yes, she was allowed to, but discouraged her from doing it.

In later conversations, Suarez says she expressed to executive producers that she was upset about how the situation was addressed. She says executive producers responded by saying they originally offered to fire King from the show when the alleged incident happened. Suarez says she wanted leadership to make that decision based on the information they had and not put the responsibility on her to say whether or not she wanted King fired, especially since she didn’t actually have the power to enforce that decision. After the incident, Suarez says she only saw King in passing a couple of times around the hotel but that they never directly interacted or communicated.

Rolling Stone spoke to two other crew members who worked in production with Suarez at the time of the incident. They say Suarez told them about the alleged incident during filming. One of the crew members, who requested to remain anonymous because they still work on the series, tells Rolling Stone they heard about the incident when they were filming. They also say they’ve “constantly” witnessed King make other women on set uncomfortable with his aggressive pursuit of them.

Three other people who did not work for 51 Minds Entertainment, NBC, or Below Deck spoke to Rolling Stone and say that Suarez told them about the alleged incident with King at the time.

Another crew member who requested anonymity out of fear of repercussions tells Rolling Stone later in this same season, they witnessed King grab a female cast member’s butt and continue to touch her inappropriately even though she said, “No,” and told him to stop. While filming at a beach club in Sardinia, the crew member says King was inebriated and they also witnessed King grab another production crew member’s genitals. During off days in between charters, Below Deck typically films cast members partying on and off the boat in their free time. It’s common to see cast members drunk and engage in sexual activity with one another on camera. 

The crew member says they reported the issue on their walkie talkie, which they use to communicate with the executive producer, director, and other people working in the control room. According to production crew members, there’s a control room set up in one of the guest rooms on the boat where producers monitor live footage. When they’re filming on location off the boat, they set up an area nearby that acts as a control room.

“The girl was literally saying, ‘No, stop, don’t,’” the crew member says. “I’m explaining this over my walkie and no one’s acknowledging it.”

“The girl was literally saying, ‘No, stop, don’t.’ I’m explaining this over my walkie and no one’s acknowledging it.“

They say a producer eventually approached King and told him to stop. After the producer spoke to him, the crew member says King walked over to a camera operator who was on a break and grabbed his genitals. 

“It was insane. There were multiple incidents of sexual harassment in front of multiple producers after this person had been given verbal warnings multiple times,” they say.

The crew member says these incidents were filmed but didn’t air on television. They say they’re not sure what happened to the footage of King’s alleged behavior or other footage that the production company doesn’t end up using for TV. Typically, the crew member says, producers and editors have access to raw footage filmed in the field at least until the editing stage.

“I had to promote and make this guy who just assaulted someone look awesome,” they say. “That was my job, to make this person look cool, capable, and exciting.” 

“You’re an executive producer on the show and you’re not even worried that your cast member put his hands on me and is being a creep currently while being on TV?” Suarez says. “Somebody shouldn’t be able to keep a platform for being a gross creep.”

Productions’ handling of the incident with King exhibited a pattern to Suarez who says she told a producer about a separate incident that allegedly occurred when she filmed Below Deck Season 10. She says she was put in charge of accompanying the male cast members from a car to their hotel and bosun Ross McHarg made her feel uncomfortable.

“He was just making these weird, lewd, sexual, gross comments toward me to the point where the other boys in the car were like, ‘Shut up Ross, why are you saying these things to her?’” Suarez says. “There was stuff like that that I expressed to production as well and, you know, nothing happened thereafter.” (McHarg did not respond to requests for comment.)

Suarez says she told a producer about the alleged comments but did not formally report it or file a complaint with HR. A spokesperson for 51 Minds Entertainment also confirmed Suarez did not file a formal complaint with HR. Once the production company was made aware of the allegation when Rolling Stone reached out for comment on this story, they said they initiated an investigation into the alleged incident.

According to Suarez and three other staffers who worked in production for Below Deck , someone from HR delivers a sexual harassment and cultural sensitivity training before each season. Producers also allegedly tell staffers if something goes awry during filming to communicate it on their walkie talkies and someone in the control room will respond. At the beginning of the season, crew members say they’re also explicitly told not to break the “fourth wall” and interact with cast members under any circumstances.

Inspired by the SAG strike, former Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel has been vocal about what she calls the mistreatment of reality stars by networks and her desire for talent to unionize for better protections. Earlier in August, lawyers on behalf of a handful of unnamed reality stars sent a letter to NBCUniversal accusing the company of manipulation, covering up instances of sexual violence, and other claims regarding their reality shows. The purpose of the letter was to ask NBCUniversal to hold possible evidence ahead of litigation.

Suarez also thinks there should be protocols for crew members to follow when they witness or experience sexual harassment or misconduct from a cast member or anyone else on set.

“Nobody knew how to handle [my situation] and I think that’s why it was handled so poorly, because nobody knew what to do or what the right thing to do was. I was told there weren’t any protocols and the only thing was to reach out to HR but even then, nothing was really happening,” Suarez says.

“Why can’t you just get on TV and be like, ‘Gary had to be removed from the show for his misconduct?’ If anything, that would make me respect the producers and the show and everything a lot more if they were just honest instead of trying to sweep things under the rug, which is what feels like happened.”

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Tom Pearson's Fate on 'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' Has Been Revealed

Apr. 5 2022, Updated 11:15 a.m. ET

Tom Pearson, a deckhand on 'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' Season 3.

While a lot of the drama on Season 3 of Below Deck Sailing Yacht has been about the love pentagon between Gary King, Daisy Kelliher, Tom Pearson, Gabriela Barragan, and Ashley Marti , things ultimately took a dangerous turn with Parsifal III itself when the anchor began to drag during a charter.

When Tom was on night watch during the third charter, the vessel began to drag anchor due to a high-speed wind. As a result, the charter season was put in jeopardy, and Captain Glenn Shephard ultimately lost trust in the deckhand (who happened to also be his roommate).

Though the crew managed to avoid the potential disaster, and Tom tried to apologize, Captain Glenn wasn't sure if he would ever feel comfortable leaving the deckhand in charge of a night watch shift.

At the end of the March 28 episode, Captain Glenn also hinted that Tom's could lose his place on Parsifal III . Many fans are now wondering if he will get fired — and his fate was decided on the following episode.

Tom Pearson on deck during an episode of 'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' Season 3.

Tom expressed his concerns that he would be "sacked" after the anchor incident.

Though Tom was initially defensive about whether he was responsible for the anchor situation, after some time, he was able to acknowledge that he should have gotten Captain Glenn up sooner to help deal with the issue.

At the end of the March 28 episode and before the fourth charter commenced, Tom briefly spoke with Captain Glenn in their room about his regrets regarding the night watch mishap.

"I need to speak with you at some point... Ultimately, I want to prove to you on this charter that I should stay," Tom told his bunkmate at the end of the episode.

"We'll talk about it a bit more, but there's other stuff going on, so I've got to figure it all out," Captain Glenn replied. "But we will talk about it, probably a bit more."

Tom recognized that the captain was deciding whether to keep him on board or not.

"It's never good when somebody says, 'We'll chat later,'" Tom admitted in his confessional.

Captain Glenn also told Tom that he would be off of anchor watch for a while.

"I don't think you'll be on anchor watch for the time being," Captain Glenn continued. "I need people that I can trust, whatever it is... But, anyway, we'll talk more about it."

In the closing minute of the episode, Tom seemed to think that his fate was sealed.

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"I picked myself right up, and I was ready to smash it, and then telling your boss what you think he'd want to hear, and you don't see that look on his face that he's happy about it," the 24-year-old added in his interview. "We don't need to talk later, I know exactly what he's thinking."

"Might be f-----g sacked," Tom said in his room during the final seconds of the episode.

One-on-one meetings with the captain for disciplinary purposes are never good, and Captain Glenn made his final decision shortly after their awkward bunk room discussion.

Does Tom get fired on 'Below Deck Sailing Yacht'?

Though Tom wanted another chance to prove himself and to make Captain Glenn proud, he did get fired on the April 4 episode, "Strip for the Tip."

"I feel bad, I have no pleasure in this... I have to let you go. I['ve] got no choice," Captain Glenn shared during the episode.

Tom took the news well. He told the Canadian captain that he had been dealing with a lot, which had affected his work performance (he opened up about his friend's dad's declining health in an earlier episode).

"It's really clear to me that Tom's mind is in another place," Captain Glenn said in a confessional after the firing. "So, it's not like we can just let him stay, because he can't do any harm. He can still do harm in that mindset. We're not here to provide a job for Tom. We're here to run a safe boat."

'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' stars Ashley Marti and Tom Pearson.

Tom left Parsifal III within an hour of his dismissal, but viewers have yet to find out who his replacement will be.

Below Deck Sailing Yacht airs on Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo. You can also catch up on the series on Peacock (new episodes debut a week after they air on Bravo).

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Ben willoughby considers exposing the truth about below deck season 11 crew.

Ben Willoughby from Below Deck season 11 might spill the tea about what happened behind the scenes after he was given a "villain edit."

• Considering exposing the truth about Below Deck season 11 crew, Ben reveals he may not return due to unseen issues.
• Ben believes he got the "villain edit" on Below Deck, but is open to appearing on Below Deck Mediterranean or Sailing Yacht.
• Feeling misrepresented on the show, Ben expresses frustration over lack of context in episodes airing on Bravo.

Ben Willoughby has been the center of some of the romantic drama on Below Deck , and now he is considering " exposing the truth " about the Below Deck season 11 crew . He began this season as a deckhand under former Bosun Jared Woodin, but Ben was later promoted to Bosun himself when Jared left the boat for personal reasons. While he was a deckhand, Ben began a "boatmance" with another exterior crew member, Mary "Sunny" Marquis, who has admitted she has the tendency to get jealous. Ben was concerned but confident when he agreed to take on the new role in Below Deck season 11 .

"There's too much that isn't seen. I'm at a crossroads as to whether the truth needs to be told."

Now Ben is considering getting honest and giving viewers all the behind the scenes details on what really went down with the cast of Below Deck . During a Q&A on his Instagram Stories, which was captured by Teanailpolish on Reddit, Ben was asked if he would consider returning to Below Deck , to which Ben cryptically responded, " I once used to love Below Deck ."

Then another questioner asked Ben, " Wait, why are you saying you used to love BD?! What happened? " He answered by saying, " There's too much that isn't seen. I'm at a crossroads as to whether the truth needs to be told. "

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Why ben feels like he got the "villain edit".

Ben is coming clean about how he feels regarding future episodes of himself in Below Deck season 11, including whether or not there are any episodes he is nervous about seeing air. " Not really ," Ben answered, " I can't control the edit. I know what I stood for in these episodes to come. The entire production team knows the crap I had to deal with this season. " While he did not go into specifics, Ben said that he believes former Below Deck Bosun Eddie Lucas and former chef Rachel Hargrove did not return for the same reason he is considering not returning .

I can't control the edit. I know what I stood for in these episodes to come.

Ben was asked if Below Deck season 11 accurately portrayed the cast, to which Ben answered, " Some for worse than they are, some for better than they are. " Even though there seems to be some conflict and frustration surrounding being a cast member on Below Deck , the original television series in the franchise, Ben was enthusiastic about possibly appearing and working on Below Deck Sailing Yacht or Below Deck Mediterranean . He said if he were offered the opportunity to be on either of the two shows, he would do it " in a heartbeat ."

Ben was also asked if sleeping with a subordinate has had a negative effect on the way he is portrayed on Below Deck . Ben said no, he did not think that was the problem with why he was portrayed in a bad light. He explained that what really hurt him was all of the supposedly cut audio that would have provided context for each situation . Ben said he was being pulled in every direction in order to try and run a smooth department. However, when asked how it felt to be promoted to Bosun, he said that it was awesome.

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When Ben suggests there may be a lot more going on behind the scenes, it can be frustrating for those who have invested their time into watching Below Deck . It is not surprising that cast members on a reality television show may feel that they were denied an accurate representation of themselves due to the way episodes are edited. Ben is not the first castmate to state that they were given the "villain" edit for no reason other than the show needed a villain. However, with the entertainment that Below Deck always brings, there are many reasons to keep watching.

Below Deck airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EDT on Bravo, then streams the following day on Peacock.

Sources: Teanailpolish / Reddit, Ben Willoughby /Instagram

Below Deck is a popular reality TV franchise that focuses on a group of crew members as they work on luxurious yachts and cater to their client's needs. After the original series proved to be a success, Bravo developed a handful of spinoff shows including Below Deck Selling Yacht, Below Deck Adventure, Below Deck Down Under, and Below Deck Mediterranean.

When does Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5 premiere?

Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5 has been on fans’ minds since the end of the explosive Season 4 reunion.

There was a major rift between Colin MacRae, Daisy Kelliher, and Gary King that left fans wondering what would happen next with the dream team.

The anticipation for Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5 was heightened after sexual misconduct allegations against Gary broke last summer, and he was removed from BravoCon.

Below Deck Sailing Yacht fans will soon have the answers to some burning questions about Season 5 as the premiere nears.

As Monsters and Critics previously reported, Captain Glenn teased the next season of the sailing show would hit Bravo airwaves this summer, but we have narrowed it down more.

When does Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5 premiere in 2024?

Below Deck, Season 11 has entered the back half of the season, and we are closer to Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5. Based on the mid-season trailer for Below Deck, the Season 11 finale will air on Monday, May 20.

That means Season 5 of Below Deck Sailing Yacht should premiere on Monday, June 3. The reason for the two-week break will be for one of two reasons.

One is a Below Deck Season 11 reunion that will air on Monday, May 27. At this time, we don’t know if a reunion will happen, but fans shouldn’t get their hopes for a reunion. Below Deck reunions seem to be a thing of the past.

If there isn’t a Below Deck reunion, Below Deck Sailing Yacht will likely still air on June 3 because Monday, May 27, is Memorial Day. Odds are Bravo won’t air the premiere of a new season on a holiday.

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This means that in less than two months, Below Deck Sailing Yacht will be back on the air.

When will a Below Deck Sailing Yacht trailer drop?

While we wait for the Below Deck Sailing Yacht premiere date, Bravo should be giving fans a trailer for Season 5 in the next couple of weeks. Bravo tends to share more cast news and a teaser for new seasons about 4 to 6 weeks from the premiere date.

Below Deck Sailing Yacht fans can definitely expect a trailer before the end of April. Along with a teaser, we will learn about the cast or, instead, what we don’t already know.

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Captain Glenn, Daisy, and Gary are all back for another stint on the Below Deck spin-off, as photos from filming last summer were leaked. The picture was revealed before the allegations against Gary, so it’s unclear as of now just how much Below Deck Sailing Yacht will portray him.

Are you ready for Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5?

Below Deck Sailing Yacht is currently on hiatus on Bravo. Seasons 1-4 are streaming on Peacock.

Ben Willoughby shades Below Deck, talks exposing 'the truth'

Below Deck star Ben Willoughby has expressed frustration about the hit yachting show.

Ben returned for his second season of Below Deck, but it doesn’t seem like things went too well for him.

Although there’s still plenty of Below Deck Season 11 to play out, Ben admitted recently the season nearly broke him.

The bosun has come under fire all season for his personal life, especially as he plays games with Sunny Marquis.

As the rumor mill heats up that Captain Kerry Titheradge fires Ben this season, he is setting the record straight.

Taking to Instagram Stories, Ben has been speaking his truth, which is that he is not a Below Deck fan.

Ben Willoughby shades Below Deck and hints at exposing the ‘truth’

In a Q&A session, Ben hasn’t held back answering Below Deck fan’s most burning questions. Some of Ben’s answers have been quite surprising, including when he was asked if he would return to Below Deck for another season.

“I once used to love below deck,” he wrote.

This earned Ben another question about why he doesn’t love the show these days.

“There’s too much that isn’t seen. I’m at a crossroads as the whether the truth needs to be told or I don’t let this consume me anymore,” Ben replied.

One fan mentioned the rumor Captain Kerry fired him. Ben kept it simple, answering the question.

“Never been sacked. As mentioned previously I had my reasons for what I stood for. It’s a shame none of it will be aired,” he explained.

Ben reiterated that he knows what he stood for in upcoming episodes while calling out the production team for all the bad stuff he dealt with this season.

When it comes to if he wishes he could change anything about the season, Ben chalked it up to playing a character. Ben does wish he would have enjoyed it more.

A fan couldn’t resist asking Ben if he felt his relationship with Sunny portrayed him badly. The bosun doesn’t think so, but he does admit he was edited as the villain before again calling out what doesn’t make the cut.

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Ben weighed in on the Barbie Pascual and Fraser Olender’s interior drama when asked if the chief stew was too hard on the stew.

“I think Fraser didn’t know how to lead Barbie into the direction he was wanting,” Ben said.

Another IG question had Ben giving props to his deck team, including Dylan Pierre De Villiers. Sharing a picture with Dylan was interesting, considering Ben and Dylan are set to clash on Below Deck over the lead deckhand promotion.

While he may not be happy with Below Deck, Ben shared he would be open to a fresh start on Below Deck Sailing Yacht or Below Deck Med.

Ben also stood by his decision to promote Sunny to lead deckhand because she knew the yacht.

“She’s calm and works cohesively with all departments. Dylan although great, took a while to gel in,” he wrote.

There was also a shot of Ben and Sunny recently hanging out at the Miami Boat Show.

One fan wanted to know why Chef Rachel Hargrove didn’t return for Below Deck Season 11.

“I don’t know the full extent, although it’s somewhat due to the reasons I’m experiencing as of now. I can understand her and eddies frustations,” was Ben’s answer.

The ladies’ man was also questioned about his personal life a bit.

Ben Willoughby has a lot to say about Below Deck as Season 11 moves toward the end. It’s pretty clear the bosun is frustrated; we only have bits and pieces of his experience so far.

As Monsters and Critics previously reported, Ben has also called out Captain Kerry for speaking ill of him as a new Below Deck feud heats up.

What do you think of everything Ben had to say?

Below Deck airs Mondays at 9/8c on Bravo. Seasons 1-11 are streaming on Peacock.

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A Controversial Guest Returned to Below Deck and Brought *Lots* of "Drama"

"I live for guest drama but not  this  guest drama,"  Below Deck  stew Barbara Pascual exclaimed about the issues on the boat. 

A familiar face popped up during Season 11, Episode 11 of  Below Deck  on April 15. Who? None other than a former charter guest named Brandon.

Who is Below Deck charter guest Brandon?

Brandon previously appeared on  Below Deck Down Under  Season 2. While aboard the  Northern Sun   vessel, he forwent the yacht's rules by jumping in the ocean at night with another guest, Kristyl. The boat blunder caused drama with Captain  Jason Chambers , who issued a stern warning to the guests to not go against his order or they would go "back to the marina." 

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Fast forward to Season 11 of Below Deck when Brandon arrived with a new group of charter guests, and unfortunately for the  St. David  crew, he made waves yet again.

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The drama with Brandon on  Below Deck Season 11, explained

Brandon made a memorable arrival as stew Barbara "Barbie" Pascual offered him Prosecco and sparkling rosé, and he promptly replied, "All the above!"

Then, during dinner, Brandon started to rock the boat when he confronted another guest. 

Brandon, more specifically, addressed Ray, the boyfriend of primary guest Carmen, to point out the "tension" he felt when coming on the boat due to a past experience between the two.

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A heated conversation ensued, prompting Barbie to weigh in during a confessional interview. "I live for guest drama but not  this  guest drama," she said. "This guest drama's dark." 

New stew Paris Field had a lighter take on the events at dinner, saying in an interview, "The bickering...it's comedy gold." 

Back at the dinner table, another guest offered his thoughts on the matter: "Seems like this got more out of pocket than it needed to be."

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Carmen, for her part, tried to bring peace, explaining, "Listen, the only way we can change is if we inform and educate." 

Ultimately, things cooled down and the two men  did  make peace when Brandon returned to the table. "I want you to know I love you and I adore you," Brandon said to Ray. 

"I know, and I understand where you're coming from," Ray responded. 

We love a resolution! 

• Barbara Pascual
• Kerry Titheradge
• Paris Field

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