Below Deck's Captain Lee Rosbach has been happily married to wife Mary Anne for a whopping
44 years.
Captain Lee's love for his wife has been obvious since the Bravo show began, but Mary Anne
herself remains a mystery.
Here's everything you need to know about Captain Lee's other half.
This might be hard to believe, but Captain Lee has only ever hooked up with one crew
member during more than three decades of sailing.
And it just so happens that the lucky lady was Mary Anne, Captain Lee's wife.
During an episode of Watch What Happens Live, Captain Lee revealed,
"She was my chief stew."
"She was your chef stew!"
"Yep."
"That's so romantic.
Oh my god!"
"And the only one."
During an episode of Below Deck Season 5, Mary Anne recounted how she first met the
captain, telling members of the crew,
"My girlfriends knew him.
We all went out one night and I met Lee and he doesn't even remember meeting me.
I made such a good impression."
It wasn't until the pair met up again about a month later that their mutual attraction
became clear.
Captain Lee revealed on the show,
"After the second time, that was it."
He even went on to describe Mary Anne as his best friend, and while having dinner with
the crew on Below Deck, Captain Lee explained,
"For a relationship to last a long time you have to work at it...If she's got a smile
on her face my day is complete."
The Rosbach family lives in Florida and Captain Lee reportedly owned several restaurants before
hitting the high seas.
Naturally, Mary Anne supported her husband while he tried to figure out his career.
In a blog post, Captain Lee praised his wife for her unwavering support and wrote,
"God bless my wife, Mary Anne, for putting up with my dragging her all over the world
to finally find out what it was that I wanted to be when I grew up."
Lee and Mary Anne have four sons and one daughter, along with some grandchildren.
During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Captain Lee revealed that his children
have absolutely no interest in watching Below Deck.
Recounting a time that his wife had encouraged one of their sons to watch the show, Lee explained,
"'Did you watch Dad's show tonight on TV?'
And he went, 'No.'"
Their youngest son, Josh, tragically passed away at just 42 years of age following an
overdose.
On July 29th, 2019, Lee shared a heartbreaking Instagram post in which he conveyed how hard
it was for he and his wife, and said,
"This past Saturday, my beloved wife Mary Anne and I laid our youngest son, Joshua Lee
Rosbach to rest.
After a twenty year struggle, he finally succumbed to the demons he fought so long and so hard."
In an interview on the Tamron Hall Show, Lee revealed that he was the one who found his
son.
"When I walked in, he was sitting on the sofa and he had his head buried between his hands."
In October 2019, Captain Lee revealed that he and Mary Anne were still dealing with the
loss on a daily basis, as he told Page Six,
"I hate going to sleep, and I hate waking up.
There's a hole there that can’t be filled, and the person who said, 'time heals all wounds,'
is full of it.
It doesn’t.
The only thing that time may do for you is allow you to learn the skills you need to
cope with the situation that you're dealing with.
As parents, you're not designed to bury your children."
They may spend a lot of their time apart, but Captain Lee schooled Andy Cohen during
an appearance on Watch What Happens Live and revealed that it works for him and Mary Anne.
He said,
"Actually, I think that is one of the keys to our relationship being successful is the
fact that we spend extended periods away from each other.
And the old adage 'absence makes the heart grow fonder' is true."
The happy couple seems eager to be together whenever possible, though, and a scroll through
Lee's Instagram account is proof of that.
Mary Anne frequently accompanies her husband on the road to galas and events, even taking
part in a variety of meet and greets with her husband.
For instance, Captain Lee posted excitedly on Instagram about the "Cocktails with Captain
Lee" event, writing,
"Are you ready Chicago?
My lovely bride Mary Anne and I can't wait to meet you in 2 weeks!"
Plus, Mary Anne seems to be great friends with Kate Chastain, which is unsurprising,
considering how often the chief stew works with her husband.
While members of the Below Deck crew are regularly hooking up or hitting on guests, Captain Lee
only has eyes for one person, and adorably, that's his wife.
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