Below Deck and its sister show, Below Deck Mediterranean, have been huge hits for Bravo
since the original series began in 2013.
The onscreen drama keeps us tuning in, but here are some dark secrets about the Below
Deck cast.
Hannah vs. Kate
If you thought that chief stews Kate Chastain and Hannah Ferrier were best friends, think
again.
While the pair used to be on good terms, that all changed somewhere along the way, which
Chastain revealed in a not-so-subtle Twitter post in September 2019.
When asked by a fan why she appeared to be throwing shade at Ferrier, the Below Deck
alum wrote of her Mediterranean counterpart,
"Unfortunately I don't consider people who talk poorly about me behind my back to be
a friend."
"We've worked on the same show for a while.
If you say something, it's going to get back to me."
Chastain later elaborated on why she fell out with fellow chief stew Ferrier and told
The Daily Dish,
"A lot of people that work with Hannah also work with me, and people tell me things that
are said.
And so, at this point, it's just like I don't really want to be friends with somebody that
said bad things about me."
Basically, it's safe to say that there's no love lost between the two.
Not safe for work
In 2018, Below Deck's Captain Lee Rosbach revealed that being propositioned or flirted
with by charter guests is just a normal part of the job.
He told Fox News,
"I think almost every charter Captain has been propositioned several times in their
careers in that fashion."
Rosbach is happily married to his wife Mary Anne, but fans will have seen him successfully
fend off the advances of many intoxicated guests, however hard they've tried to seduce
him.
Below Deck Mediterranean star Brooke Laughton confirmed that she'd been propositioned while
working on yachts.
She told The Sun,
"I was once asked to join a male boss in his hot tub.
I felt uncomfortable so I said I was working and it wasn’t very professional."
There's also a certain expectation for stewardesses to dress up in order to impress guests, as
Laughton told The Sun,
"Girls do feel pressure to please their bosses.
The owners also want their crew to be glamorous and well put together at all times — manicured
nails, no chipped polish, lipstick, immaculate hair."
It's clearly far from an easy job, especially when you have to fend off unwanted advances
from guests in the workplace.
R-rated requests
In Season 3 of Below Deck Mediterranean, Anastasia Surmava took on the roles of third stew and
chef.
While she handled both well, Surmava has had some tricky moments when getting strange requests
from charter guests.
She told Entertainment Tonight in June 2019,
"I think the strangest thing a guest has ever asked me for was on their provisioning sheet,
they had me stock their room and their friend's room with condoms and lubricant [...] That
was a weird one.
My shopping list went, like, tomatoes, avocados, bananas, condoms, lubrication, more condoms
and some bread."
"The job I'm doing requires brain power, unlike vacuuming."
Meanwhile, Below Deck's chief stew Kate Chastain told Miami New Times in 2014,
"I've had to cook filet for a Pomeranian.
I've seen escorts walk onto a boat less than an hour after the wives and children left.
Honestly, nothing really surprises me at this point."
What happens on the yacht, stays on the yacht.
Serious allegations
Caroline Bedol made a lasting impression during Season 6 of Below Deck when she had several
disagreements with Kate Chastain.
And after the season had finished, Bedol tweeted some allegations about Chastain, implying
that the chief stew had been drinking alcohol on board.
Bedol has since-deleted her tweets, presumably because of the serious nature of her claims.
Bedol ended up apologizing for alleging Chastain's supposed alcohol use in another since-deleted
tweet, but her former chief stew was less than impressed.
Chastain tweeted in response,
"all the hideous, false things she has said about me have already been posted and reposted
by various online tabloids so the damage is done and permanent."
"How can things go so pear-shaped in a couple of hours?"
Post-sailing woes
Since leaving Below Deck following Season 6, third stew Caroline Bedol definitely hasn't
had it easy.
In October 2018, it was reported that she'd had a run-in with the law, after a warrant
had allegedly been issued for Bedol's arrest.
Per Radar Online,
"[T]he TV stewardess skipped out on a mandatory court appearance for a case involving her
pitbull."
By March 2019, further hardships had befallen Bedol, who apparently became homeless after
leaving the show.
She told Radar Online,
"I'm not looking for a homeless shelter to stay in, but I am homeless in the sense that
I am in between homes [...] You get motels or hotels when you can, you sleep in your
car if it's warm."
Bedol found herself in even more trouble in June 2019.
According to court documents obtained by Page Six,
"Court records show that Bedol, 35, was arrested [...] for larceny in the sixth degree in Danbury,
Connecticut."
It's impossible to deny that Bedol's life has been filled with challenges since exiting
Below Deck.
Rocky's online joke
In Season 3 of Below Deck, Raquel "Rocky" Dakota made a big splash as the third stewardess.
From her secret shenanigans with bosun Eddie Lucas to her difficult relationship with chief
stew Kate Chastain, Dakota's appearance on the show was pretty unforgettable.
After filming ended, Rocky shared a social media post suggesting that she'd cooked for
Captain Lee Rosbach and his wife in Florida, and that she often spoke on the phone with
former cast member and deckhand Connie.
However, it seems as though there was some bad blood between Dakota and the rest of the
crew, as many of them took to Twitter to dispel these claims.
Chastain tweeted,
"FYI @Bravotv Rocky is a flat out liar.
She never cooked for captain lee, Connie doesn't call her.
out of control."
For his part, the captain was also quick to shut down the story, writing on Twitter,
"No she lied, she has never been to my home, that would take an invitation and that simply
didn't happen."
After the rest of the yacht crew hit back at Rocky's claims, she was forced to reveal
the truth on Twitter.
She wrote,
"True!
Connie NEVER calls me and I DONT hang w Capt. Lee!!
It was a JOKE!
@Bravotv Kate, Connie, and Lee hate me!"
It looks like we won't be seeing Dakota on another Below Deck crew anytime soon.
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