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

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

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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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‘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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All The Flings Gary King Was Involved In On Below Deck Sailing Yacht

Delivering five-star service on a moving vessel where guest expectations exceed reality is not a career for the faint of heart, just ask any seasoned deckhand or stewardess. Add in the added pressure of tight-living spaces, unpredictable weather, and 14-hour workdays — and the stress could make just about anyone crumble. What keeps yachties going are fat tips and spending time in some of the most luxurious places in the world. Another factor is the carefree — and generally attractive — twenty-to-thirty-something crew members that choose to make money aboard a floating hotel. Hookups are bound to happen, even in the smallest of bunk beds, making the charter season more bearable or a downright disaster — depending on how things play out.

 Lucky for us viewers, we get to watch it all go down on Bravo's " Below Deck ." The docu-series follows the ins and outs of yachties aboard some of the chicest motor yachts in the world. The popular series also spanned several spin-offs including " Below Deck Mediterranean ," " Below Deck Down Under ," and "Below Deck Sailing Yacht." From multi-course meals adorned with flakes of gold to elaborate-themed parties where no request is too extreme, "Below Deck" delivers drama year after year. When they're not serving guests, many of these yachties are blowing off steam by hooking up with each other. No one knows it better than "BDSY" alumni Gary King, who has had his fair share of love affairs. We're taking a look at all the flings Gary King was involved in on "Below Deck Sailing Yacht."

Gary King had a thing for Alli Dore

It was a turbulent season for bosun Gary King on Season 2 of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht." The New Zealander dove right into the drama on his debut season, stealing the hearts of not one but two of his coworkers. While he didn't waste any time having a one-night-stand with his co-worker Sydney Zaruba early on in the season, King's affections quickly shifted to Alli Dore. After establishing with Zaruba he didn't want to pursue anything further, his relationship with Dore began to heat up.

The stewardess ultimately found out about King and Zaruba's hookup, however, — and chose to break things off with the bosun. "I felt like I had no choice. I couldn't continue to act on something that I didn't feel was right," she shared on Instagram Live (via  Reality Blurb! ). Despite trying to steer clear (pun intended) of her feelings for King, their relationship picked back up again towards the end of the season. The two of them remained on the yacht after the charter season ended to assist in the boat's crossing. 

"Yeah, Alli and I, actually, that's where we built our relationship up, and we actually, I'd say, became a couple, if I can say that, Alli, for the crossing until we got to Palma," King revealed on the reunion episode. Ultimately distance did not make the heart grow fonder, however, and Dore and King called it quits upon the stewardess returning to Australia. 

His love triangle with Sydney Zaruba imploded

While Gary King may have moved on from Sydney Zaruba early on after their hookup, she didn't take too kindly to their romance fizzling out. Zaruba made digs at Alli Dore throughout the season after King made it known he had feelings for the stewardess. Zaruba opened up about her actions on " Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen " saying, "All I know is things that happened in this season and things that I said were not indicative of who I am, and I'm very upset about the way that I portrayed myself because I was hurting and feeling rejected on national television."

Dore revealed during the reunion episode that Zaruba slept with King knowing that the bosun had a long-term girlfriend at home. King later admitted he was unfaithful to his ex-girlfriend and broke things off, saying, "I couldn't live with myself for knowing what I had done." The messy love triangle between King and the two yachties played out on television, and Zaruba's hurt feelings strained any hope for a friendship with Dore. "You've only cared about how you've looked on TV. You haven't, like, one-on-one, tried to contact me and say, 'I'm so sorry for the things that I said.' You really hurt my feelings. I'm just really emotional about it," Dore revealed on "WWHL." While Zaruba apologized to Dore during the reunion episode, she admitted she hadn't reached out sooner because she was still processing and self-reflecting.

Gary King said Ashley Marti didn't assault him

You can't teach an old dog new tricks, just like you can't expect Gary King not to hook up with his crew members. Season 3 of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht" proved to be just as messy for King as Season 2, as he once again couldn't resist the temptation of the stewardesses onboard. He quickly caught the eye of Ashley Marti, who made her attraction for the bosun known almost immediately. 

Marti and King ultimately spent the night together, but their drunken tryst quickly became the topic of viewer backlash. Fans criticized the stewardess for what they felt was her coercing a heavily intoxicated King into hooking up with her. King shut down the rumors on " Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen ." When asked whether or not he felt assaulted, he responded, "I don't, and I appreciate everyone standing up for me, but I've got a voice of my own and I could use it if I felt I was assaulted."

As per Marti, she skipped out on the reunion episode amidst the controversy. "'I did not have the energy nor the desire to continue to be a puppet for Bravo, in addition to feeling like I would not be able to fully tell my side of the story due to editing," she wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post (via  Daily Mail ). She did cash in on her OnlyFans account, however, tweeting , "I love waking up and seeing that in a couple hours, I've made more money than #Bravo paid me for 6 weeks."

Gary King was involved with Gabriela Barragan

Ashley Marti wasn't the only stewardess Gary King had his eye on in Season 3 of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht." Gabriela Barragan had her own flirtation with the bosun while onboard Parsifal III. Marti, who seemingly had more feelings for King than he had for her, was less than thrilled with her two co-workers getting cozy. In one clip, Marti confides in Barragan about her sexual frustrations onboard, when King interrupts the stewardesses' girl chat by flirting. Barragan tells the bosun, "We're all way out of your league," to which he replies, "I know you are, so don't kiss me again." King then goes on to admit that he had kissed all the women onboard, except for one female deckhand. In her confessional, Marti is put off by the situation, admitting, "This whole Gabriela-Gary situation is f***ing frustrating — like I could have f***ed Gary already."

With King in the middle of the stewardesses' love triangle, the shade-throwing between Marti and Barragan got even more tense as the charter season went on. King and Barragan's fleeting romance was ultimately cut short after the stewardess chose to leave mid-charter-season after struggling with her mental health. On " Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen ," Barragan admitted she was shocked to see Marti diss her behind her back when episodes aired. "I honestly did not know how much she hated me until I saw the episodes ... to my face she wasn't so nasty."

Things heated up between Gary King and Scarlett Bentley

When Gabriela Barragan called it quits in Season 3, stewardess Scarlett Bentley joined the Parsifal III crew to save the day. The blonde bombshell was an immediate distraction for Gary King, who had already involved himself with co-workers Ashley Marti and Barragan while onboard. They say the third time's the charm — but as far as stewardesses go — King's attraction for Bentley only caused more drama.

During Season 3 Episode 13, Bentley admits that King's constant flirting leaves her worried about her working relationship with Marti. "He is fun to flirt with. I love it. But there's tension with Ashley and I don't want any drama ... like I feel like I have to keep it good. It's so annoying," Bentley says in her confessional. In the preview clip, King eventually makes his move on Bentley in the most romantic of places — the laundry room. After allegedly looking for his shorts, the two wind up making out. "You know, I don't know what is about Scarlett that I'm attracted to," the bosun says in his confessional, "I mean she's definitely flirting with me, and I'm going to flirt back because I'm quite a flirtatious person." 

Ultimately, their romance burned out as bright as it began, with mounting tensions with Marti being a major factor. Bentley eventually found love off of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht," and lives in San Diego, as of this writing. She frequently posts Instagram snaps with her personal trainer boyfriend, Joey Lennon.

Does Gary King have a thing for Daisy Kelliher?

Ever since Gary King and Daisy Kelliher made their debut in Season 2 of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht," fans have pushed for them to be together. They've maintained a close friendship — that sometimes leads to drunken make-outs — throughout their time together on the series. Kelliher has always downplayed her relationship with King as platonic, even if Parsifal III's Captain Glenn Shephard doesn't agree. "I wasn't surprised at all," Captain Shephard said of their hot tub makeout during the reunion. "There's obviously something going on there."

Season 4 promises to shake things up between the two yachties. After Kelliher hooks up with King's best friend and Chief Engineer Colin Macrae, King is forced to re-evaluate his feelings for the chief stew. "I'd say to a certain extent I was a bit jealous," King told Us Weekly . "Daisy and I, we do have a connection regardless of whether she denies it or not," he added. "And I think anyone in this world will be a bit jealous if they see the person that they've got a connection with hooking up with someone else. I mean, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous."

As for Kelliher, she told Page Six , "Why did he care? He had three years to come and get me, and he never did, so like, f**k off." She went on to admit she felt it was King's hurt ego, and less of his hurt feelings, that caused his reaction to the hookup.

Gary King caught feelings for stewardess Mads Herrera

Is there ever a charter season in which Gary King doesn't find himself attracted to one or more stewardesses? From his track record over the last three seasons, his hookup streak shows no sign of stopping. Season 4 of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht" saw returning cast members as well as new faces, and the chief officer wasted no time getting cozy with the interior department. Stewardess Mads Herrera has been the object of his affection for this charter season — when he's not flirting with his good friend and chief stew Daisy Kelliher.

Herrera and King hooked up shortly after the season began. The news put deckhand Alex Propson in an awkward position, who also was interested in the stewardess. In an Entertainment Tonight preview clip, King interrupts a flirty conversation between Propson and Herrera to define his hookup with the stewardess. "Now that we've hooked up twice, I just want to know what you want out of it?" he asks. "If you want a casual hook-up, by all means, I'm all down for that," he says in the clip. "I'm fine with that," Herrera replies while giggling. The chief officer goes on to jokingly call her out for flirting with other crew members.

Despite King's protests, Herrera has a mind — and flirt — of her own. "I don't want anyone to, like, hinder me," she revealed in her confessional. "I'll flirt with Alex if I want to. Tell me what to do, I'll tell you to f**k off."

Having captained smaller boats and run the deck on several busy super yachts, Gary’s 13 years of experience is apparent in the way he runs his deck team. On one hand, he rules his department with an iron fist but on the other hand, he is never the type to leave a party first. He brims with mischievous charm but his flirtation gets him in hot water on and off deck.

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Who Is Below Deck Sailing Yacht's Gary King?

The first episode of Season 2 of Below Deck Sailing Yacht aired on Bravo on March 1, and viewers were introduced to an (almost) entirely new cast during the show's premiere.

One of the new cast members of the hit Below Deck  spin-off series is first mate Gary King, who made a bit of a splash after he discussed his relationship status and his policy on hooking up with fellow crew members with new castmates, Jean-Luc Cerza Lanaux and Colin Macrae.

"I live by one thing, though," King tells Macrae and Cerza Lanaux. "That you don't screw the crew."

Gary King's bold admission is a shock to his crew members — all of whom are single , including himself.

After the season premiere, fans of the show are curious to know more about the man who reportedly refuses to hook up with his fellow crew members — keyword: Reportedly, as previews for the season show King caught up in a love triangle with crew members Alli Dore and Dani Soares (via YouTube ).

Gary King's travels have taken him all over the world

One scroll through King's Instagram will show you that the man lives for traveling!

His earliest posts date back to the summer of 2013, and it should come as no surprise that King has been sailing and traveling around the world for years (via Instagram ).

On his page, he's chronicled his adventures in Spain, Greece, Cuba, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, and more.

While it's quite obvious King has a love of the ocean and all things traveling, he's also a total family man and is a softie when it comes to spending time with his adorable little niece, who he occasionally posts pictures of.

And, regardless of the drama the highly-anticipated second season of the show reportedly brings, it looks like King and his fellow crew members had the time of their lives filming.

"Can not believe it's less than a month until you can catch all us crazies doing what we do best on #belowdecksailing. You honestly don't want to miss seeing what we got up to!!" he wrote in an Instagram post on Feb. 2, less than a month before the Season 2 premiere.

"Couldn't have asked for a better crew to share this experience with. Love and miss you all :)," he ended the sweet caption.

You can catch Below Deck Sailing Yacht on Bravo on Mondays at 9 p.m. EST.

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'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' 's Gary Accuses Daisy of 'Spitefully Hooking Up' with Newly Single Colin in Season 4

"Everything is my fault. The guests aren't happy, it's my fault. I can't win. I'm constantly losing," Daisy Kelliher says in PEOPLE's exclusive trailer premiere for Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 4

Below Deck Sailing Yacht 's Daisy Kelliher and Colin MacRae are making waves in season 4!

PEOPLE can exclusively premiere the trailer for the Bravo show 's latest season as Parsifal III 's Chief Stew and Chief Engineer return to navigate the waters near Sardinia, Italy, alongside Captain Glenn Shephard, First Mate Gary King and fresh batch of yachties.

"I've been with Parsifal for 13 years," Captain Glenn says at the start of the preview. "She had a lot of problems, but she's never let me down."

That is, until the yacht starts heeling — hard .

Sailing Yacht has been known for clanging pots and sliding utensils in its galley over the years, but season 4's tilt-fest takes things to a new level, with falling crew members, portholes that look like they're in a whirlpool swirl and one guest exclaiming, "Who needs a roller coaster? Holy cow!"

Still, Captain Glenn remains optimistic: "It looks like we got a good group of people here. I'm looking forward to a really good season."

Beyond the technical troubles (including a dud engine echoing season 2's bow thruster debacle ), it would seem the choppier waters will come in the form of the crew's personal entanglements and partying ways.

Like every year, Gary returns with a renewed promise to stay out of the drama and drunken carousing. "My intention is not to come in and hook up with a chick," he says. "I'm here to make money and have a good time and give guests good experiences."

But as sure as the tides ebb and flow, Gary — whose last season saw him hooking up with every available woman on the crew, including one surprisingly steamy hot tub makeout session with Daisy — is soon enough taking shots and preserving his reputation as Parsifal 's resident kissing bandit.

The carousing spirit is shared by many on on board, with new deckhand Alex Propson proclaiming this will be his "hot boy European summer," and steward Madison "Mads" Herrera saying, "I wouldn't be opposed to screwing the crew provided they know how to screw."

Most unexpectedly, though, Gary's longtime wingman Colin is finally stretching his own wings this season in his first filmed charter season without a girlfriend back on land.

"Who do you have your eye on, Colin? You're a single man," Gary asks innocently before the trailer cuts a sizzling shot of the Daisy and Colin kissing on one of the boat's staircases, then later in a crew bunk (hot tubs are so 2022).

As Colin and Daisy grow closer than ever, Gary becomes jealous and seems to miss the chase of being in a will-they-won't-they relationship with Daisy.

Though he assures Colin he likes Daisy "as a friend," he doesn't miss the opportunity to pour cold water on her connection with Colin.

"You know you like me deep down," he says, "and I feel you're hooking up to get back at me — spitefully hooking up."

As the drama and pressure escalate, Daisy says through tears: "Everything is my fault. The guests aren't happy, it's my fault. I can't win. I'm constantly losing."

She'd said earlier in the trailer that she needed to "to work on my stress levels," but it doesn't seem like that's on the horizon for this Sailing Yacht .

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Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 4 premieres April 10 at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.

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You wouldn’t know it from watching “Below Deck Sailing Yacht,” but Gary King likes to have space to himself. Before he starts the summer charter season, he likes to book a hotel room for a few days. “If I can have my own space, and just relax a little bit, it makes the season a lot easier,” says the 33-year-old via video chat from a hotel room in Sardinia he’s booked for precisely this purpose.

King, who is from South Africa, has just finished a day of work aboard Parsifal III, the 177-foot sailing yacht that provides a setting for some of the most outrageous antics in the Bravo universe .

Each show in the dangerously habit-forming “Below Deck” franchise follows the hard-partying crew members and demanding guests aboard yachts in exotic destinations around the world, from the Caribbean to the South Pacific. Now in its third season, “Sailing Yacht” is arguably the most dramatic incarnation of “Below Deck,” thanks to tighter living quarters, wind-tossed working conditions and adventure-hungry crew members.

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King, who joined “Sailing Yacht” in Season 2, has become the show’s breakout star, a mischievous charmer with a tousled man bun and a husky smoker’s voice who is almost bafflingly irresistible to his female co-workers. (King has hooked up with nearly all the women in the Parsifal III crew as they sailed the Balearic Islands of Spain this season, but his abundant chemistry with plucky chief steward Daisy Kelliher is what has viewers in a frenzy.)

In other words, King makes for great TV. But he also happens to be very good at his other job, as the Parsifal’s first mate; this season viewers saw King spring into action when the yacht nearly ran aground during an early morning wind storm.

King has always gravitated to the water. Growing up in Knysna, a city in South Africa known for its large lagoon, he’d often hitchhike to the beach after school. “My mom would come and pick me up after work. I’d see her sitting in a car when it was getting dark flashing her lights at me,” he recalls. He became a “yachtie” by accident: During a gap year in Majorca, he learned quickly the South African rand doesn’t go very far in Europe. Unwilling to ask his mom, a single parent, for money, he decided to go “dock-walking.”

“It’s the most demoralizing thing in the world,” he says. “You go from one boat to another: ‘Hi, do you have work for me?’ ‘No.’ ‘Hi, do you have work for me?’ ‘No.’” Eventually, he got a job on Creole , “a lovely old classic schooner built in 1927,” and he hasn’t looked back since. “I kept getting paid to travel and I was making good money. Here I am, 12 years later.” King says the hardest part of yachtie life is being a hemisphere away from his family: His mom is in South Africa, his brother in New Zealand.

The job also makes it hard to settle down — something King swears he wants to do sooner rather than later. Mostly, though, he’s eager to film more “Sailing Yacht,” should the powers-that-be at Bravo decide to bring him back for another sail. (The network has not yet made any announcements about Season 4; King says he didn’t get the call about Season 3 until a few weeks before it began filming.)

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Tell me how you ended up on “Below Deck Sailing Yacht.” Had you heard about the show before you were cast?

If you work on boats, you hear about “Below Deck,” but I don’t actually watch any reality TV to be honest. I’d never watched the show prior to getting cast.

There’s a woman named Diana Wallace. She’s the casting agent. She joins yachtie pages all over Europe and the States. And then she just sends [messages] out to random people. So I received a few messages from her asking me to be on the show. I was like, “It’s COVID. What’s the worst that can happen?” Never thought I was gonna get the job. Done two seasons and never looked back.

Do you watch the show now?

Some episodes. I send them to my mom. She’s my number one fan and my number one critic, so she’ll let me know which episodes I have to watch. She’ll be like, “Gary, I wasn’t very happy with you on that episode.” Then I go watch it and see what I did wrong. My mom’s proud of me but she’s also like, “Gary, come on. This is not how I brought you up.” Obviously, I’m a mother’s boy.

What has been the hardest thing for you to watch back?

Just hooking up with girls on TV. It’s a little bit cringe. Also just getting drunk on TV. It comes with the industry. We need to blow off some steam. But I don’t think it’s a very good look, us being so pissed while on TV.

How do the yachties on the show compare to those in real life? Is everyone really as crazy as they are on “Below Deck”?

I think the yachties in real life are a lot crazier than they are on “Below Deck.” If “Below Deck” actually knew exactly what went on on boats, this show would go on for thousands of episodes.

So you think “Below Deck” is tamer than real life?

To a certain extent, yes. There are some things that are far-fetched [on the show], like the charter guest, Chuck [who said he could get better food at a ballpark and left a terrible tip]. You wouldn’t really have a charter guest that would say something like that, because these people have got class, and [outside of the show] they’re paying upwards of $200,000 a week to charter this boat. But how the crew parties afterwards — that’s pretty accurate. I’ve heard stories that I don’t really want to share but are a lot worse than what happens on “Below Deck.”

So the guests in real life are not as bad as the ones on Bravo?

As a rule. On sailing boats, I think the guests have got more class. They come from old money. But friends that have worked on motorboats, some of the stories they’ve told me it’s like, “How could you even work on that boat?” But a charter’s a charter. You work for a week, you kind of forget all the bull— that happened because you’ve got a €5,000 tip.

How would you describe the difference between people who work on sailing yachts and people who work on motor yachts? Are there stereotypes about these groups?

People on a motorboat, they’re just there for the paycheck. Any motorboat you work on is pretty much the same. Whereas in a sailing boat, we’re out there for the adventure. We’re going from A to B sailing, getting propelled by the elements. And I find the clientele come for the experience on a sailing boat. If you’ve got money, any Tom, Dick or Harry can go charter a motorboat.

Do you get this attention from women when you are on dry land?

Well, clearly not, because I’m still single. I don’t know what it is about the boats.

It’s a tough industry for relationships.

For sure. I was actually chatting to Glenn [Shephard, the captain] today about going on rotation [after the summer charter season is over], maybe do three months on, three months off, so I can start settling down, try and meet someone. I can’t really commit to anyone when I’m going to leave in a week’s time. I’m starting to wig out about it: Am I going to be single for the rest of my life? I grew up without a father, and I want to make sure that I’m there for my kids, if I ever have the chance to have kids one day.

Fans are definitely shipping you and Daisy, as you surely know. What’s going on between you two?

I’ve definitely got a soft spot for Daisy. We still chat often. When I was in London, we had lunch together. We have a great relationship. But also, after watching that episode where she told the charter guests, “I would never date Gary. I’m not an idiot,” that hurt me a little bit. This is maybe my problem. When I like a girl, they don’t feel the same way for me. And vice versa. Because that’s what happened with me and Ashley this season. That’s another reason why I keep thinking, “Am I going to be single for the rest of my life?”

So you were genuinely hurt when she said that?

100%. I’m not gonna force anything to happen between Daisy and I. I definitely have chemistry with her, whether she agrees with that or not. But things like that [comment] hurt a little bit. Maybe she was just trying to make a joke in front of the charter guests. I just think her wording could have been different if it was a joke.

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Do you think maybe she was being defensive?

Possibly, I don’t want to look too much into it. But I’m single. I’ve got a lot of time to think about things.

A lot of viewers were upset by your encounter with Ashley Marti and thought her behavior towards you constituted sexual assault because you were drunk. You have repeatedly said that you don’t feel this way. But did that incident make you reflect on the hook-up culture in your industry and the difficulties of drawing boundaries when you live and work with people in such close quarters?

I’m not proud of all my actions [this season]. And I don’t ever want to do that again. That Ashley scenario was a big realization for me.

I want the next girl who I start hooking up with to maybe be my girlfriend. I haven’t had a girlfriend for five years now. I can’t remember what it feels like. I don’t want to just hook up with girls and have one-night stands. I say that now, but if I come back for another season, who knows what will happen. [laughs]

There must be some tension there for you — trying to be a better person but also wanting to be entertaining .

I’d like to [come back for another season] because then I could show people that I have turned over a new leaf and there is a different side to me than just hooking up with chicks. Most of my best friends are females. But on Instagram , people say I’m a womanizer, which is the furthest thing from the truth.

Are there things you do differently when the cameras aren’t there?

We definitely wouldn’t sail before they’ve had breakfast. That’s ridiculous. But also, the charter guests on [the show] only have three days, two nights. They’re still paying a lot of money to be on the boat. They want to sail as much as possible.

I don’t hook up with my stewardesses off-camera [that much], believe it or not. It’s happened once or twice, but it’s not like it happens on the TV show. Also, we don’t go out every three nights, because we’ll have a 10-day charter, and then [a few days for] turnaround, then a seven-day charter. We’ll be lucky if we can all go ashore to have a dinner and have a few glasses of wine.

What’s your favorite place to sail?

I absolutely love Greece. There is always wind. You can always find an island that has no one else around. The water is beautiful. The food is just phenomenal.

Glenn has a very interesting leadership style compared to some of the other captains in the “Below Deck” universe, who are a bit tougher. How would you describe it?

Glenn is very gentle. But also I’d say Glenn leads by example. If someone makes a mistake, Glenn would be the first person to say, “Listen, you make mistakes, you’re only human.” He’s just so patient and so humble. I think everyone needs a Glenn in their life, to be honest with you.

You and Colin have a very entertaining rapport.

We are like chalk and cheese. He’s very sensible and I’m not. He thinks before he speaks; I don’t. I think we both live vicariously through each other, me doing silly things, and Colin being the sensible person who I can always look up to. I actually just spoke to him yesterday, telling him I miss him. It’s such a bromance. As soon as we chat, it’s like, “Hey, loser. How’s it going?”

It seems like you and Daisy clashed at first but really grew fond of each other this season. Is that just the editing or did it feel that way to you as well?

I don’t know if both of us were in denial about liking each other. But it was like two little kids, when they like each other, they fight like cats and dogs. I’m still trying to work that one out, to be honest. But it was my highlight coming out of the season, being such good friends with Daisy. It means a lot to me. If it has to happen between Daisy and I — not that I’m saying it will — but if it has to happen, then so be it.

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Daisy Kelliher, Gary King and Colin MacRae are opening up about the status of their love triangle. During part two of the   Below Deck Sailing Yacht  reunion on Tuesday, the trio shared what happened after the cameras stopped rolling on season 4.

"We explored something together," Colin said of himself and Daisy. "The first time I saw her again was at the Newport boat show, I flew her over from the U.K. to come see me; that was really good. Then, there was a couple of other things that we did. We spent a week together in Mexico, I flew to New York to see her. We were kinda bouncing around together for a little while."

Things, however, eventually "turned a little toxic," according to Colin.

"You can't reason with this woman," he said, "and I realized that and I ended things with her."

Daisy had a different view of the situation. Though she admitted that she and Colin "triggered each other," she claimed that her ex was "missing the whole point of why it really turned badly."

"When I found out he had broken up with his ex-girlfriend in April, I was like, 'OK, great!' Not great, because they broke up; great, because possibly something could happen between Colin and I. We knew we liked each other, we could feel it," she said. "So, I returned to the boat and I find out that he has been sleeping with someone that he's working with. So, I immediately retreat. I put up all of my walls. This is nothing that gets shown. Nothing that's aired."

As such, Daisy admitted that she became "very defensive," but called out Colin for making her "feel incredibly guilty" about her long-running flirtation with Gary.

"Throughout the year, I asked about this woman, and I asked why it was different with me and Gary and not this woman? And he said, 'The difference is, I am telling you, there is nothing between me and this woman. That there is no future; even if you and I break up, there is no future,'" she claimed. "So, then to find out from my crew members a couple of months after we had broken up, that he was now in a serious relationship with this woman, it was very shocking for me to hear. Very hurtful. And, the toxicity was always there because the trust was never there."

Colin and Daisy went on to reveal that they first got together  before  the season. While Colin claimed Gary was "stoked" about the then-budding relationship, Colin said that, at the time, he didn't know about Daisy and Gary's history.

As for why they kept their pre-season kisses under wraps, Daisy explained, "I A) wasn't trying to start a relationship. I wasn't like, 'I kissed this guy three times, I'm in a relationship.' B)…I didn’t know about his current girlfriend that he was hooking up with, OK? So, C) when he told me about this girl, it made me take a step back."

"Yes, I was still hooking up with him. Guess what? I'm 36 in 2023. I can kiss multiple people and not feel ashamed for it!" she said. "So, yeah, when Colin and I were kissing, we still hadn't slept together at this stage, and he told me that he had been sleeping with someone else. So, I was like, 'OK, I guess we're, like, kinda figuring stuff out."

It's for that reason that Daisy was annoyed by the blowback to her drunken truth-or-dare kiss with Alex.

"For me to be held accountable for that, when yeah, OK, Colin and I kissed in a hotel room. So what? Now I'm exclusive? No!" she said. "And it made me put my walls up when I found out he had been sleeping with someone."

Colin claimed the situation "was a lot deeper than that," and alleged that Daisy knew about the other girl, which she denied. Colin continued insisting as much, though, causing Daisy to burst into tears and storm off the set.

"We knew this was going to happen," Colin said over Daisy's sobs. "What I've said is the truth. I've just laid it all out there. Now it's my fault that I'm with somebody else, because we turned toxic? It makes no sense."

When Daisy returned to the reunion, she lamented how she felt "f**ked either way" she approached the whole situation.

"I'm always going to be the bitter, angry, crazy woman. I'm never going to win. It's never gonna matter what I say," she said. "... I defend myself, I'm defensive. I sleep with someone, I'm a slut. I speak up, I'm angry or toxic. I stay silent and I’m weak."

Colin noted that while his and Daisy's connection was "genuine," the arguing got to be too much, so, weeks later, he started a new relationship. All the while, Daisy claimed, Colin made her "feel so guilty about Gary.

"I eventually stopped talking to him. I eventually stopped being friends with him. It turned into a roaring match," she said of Gary, before calling Colin for his own flirting with Ilesha.

"The thing that killed me all season, Daisy, is you kept telling me over and over and over, you didn't have feelings for Gary and that it was me that you wanted to be with over and over and over, and then I'm watching it back, I didn't feel that's the case," Colin responded.

Daisy admitted that she feels "nothing but remorse and shame" for how behaved with Gary, but said she "was scared of getting hurt."

While Gary confessed that he had "deep down" feelings for Daisy, she said she "felt like a piece of meat" between him and Colin.

"I felt like I was a prize. It felt like it was an ego competition," she said. "I don't think Gary had genuine feelings for me. I do think we have a genuine connection, in that sense of what we do the show, and you have this bond. We've been through so much, and we do make each other laugh and feel good, but I think that's just on a feel-good level, and I think he confused that and I think I'm allowed to confuse that. I think we're all trying to figure things out."

While she was trying to figure things out, Daisy admitted that she was falling in love with Colin.

"I was more betrayed by the fact that he didn't tell me he was with this girl," she said. "I thought we were friends and I thought we built a good friendship, and knowing that all of these people on this screen knew this for months before I did, it was humiliating."

As for where they go from here, Daisy said she considers Gary a friend and will coexist as coworkers, and he remarked that they'll "never [be] how we were." Gary and Colin, meanwhile, have maintained a "pretty good" friendship. When it comes to Daisy and Colin, he said he was open to repairing things with her.

"I have regrets, but more importantly I know I have a good heart and I know my intentions were good," Daisy said. "Onwards and upwards."

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Jun. 6 2023, Updated 12:12 p.m. ET

The relationship between Gary King and Daisy Kelliher from Below Deck Sailing Yacht hasn't been easy for either of them. Or, for Colin MacRae, Daisy's Season 4 love interest.

After Daisy and Gary entered the Below Deck universe in 2021, fans of the Bravo series have continuously speculated that the reality stars are more than friends. And they aren’t the only ones who see their dynamic that way.

Gary has spoken out about his and Daisy's connection and their past is a big part of their storyline in Season 4. Especially since Daisy is ready to move on. Let’s dive into Gary and Daisy’s relationship timeline and how they ended up where they are today.

Gary and Daisy’s relationship timeline started out rocky during Season 2 of ‘Below Deck Sailing Yacht.’

The chief stew and first officer first graced fans' screens in 2021 when the second season of the Below Deck spin-off series debuted on Bravo. However, the duo did not hit it off right away.

Despite holding separate job responsibilities, Gary and Daisy’s personalities frequently clashed during their time in Season 2. So much so, the Irish reality star revealed during her first Below Deck Sailing Yacht reunion that she didn’t know if she would want to be co-workers with Gary again.

“You clearly hated me and thought I was a giant b--ch,” the chief stew told the New Zealand native. However, Gary denied the allegation and explained that he only said that she was “ acting b--chy.”

Gary and Daisy’s relationship turned passionate during Season 3 of ‘Below Deck Sailing Yacht.’

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While it’s no secret Gary and Daisy’s relationship started rocky during Season 2 of Below Deck Sailing Yacht , their dynamic shifted significantly during Season 3.

When the Bravo stars reunited for their second stint on the reality series, they engaged in a steamy makeout session in the hot tub during a night out.

The kiss was so passionate that Gary and Daisy almost slept together that night. But despite the palpable sexual tension between the two, the co-stars continued insisting that there was nothing romantic happening between them.

In fact, Daisy revealed on her Instagram story in January 2022 that she didn’t remember the kiss at all. “No one’s mind was more blown than mine the next day,” Daisy admitted, per Us Weekly . “I have no recollection of that kiss.”

Gary revealed that he and Daisy hooked up in the ‘Below Deck Sailing Yacht’ Season 4 mid-season trailer.

After being caught in a love triangle with Gary and Colin MacRae during Season 4 of Below Deck Sailing Yacht , the first officer revealed shocking information during the mid-season trailer that altered his relationship with Daisy.

When Gary got jealous about the chief stew’s hook-up with the chief engineer, Daisy immediately put him in his place. “You f---ing could have had me a million times over, and you didn’t want me,” she said in the trailer. “Now you can’t have me, and now you f---ing want me?”

Then, Gary dropped the ultimate bombshell. “Having sex with you was f---ing amazing,” he told her.

When Daisy realized that cameras picked up on the first officer’s comment, she tried silencing Gary so he wouldn’t spill any more secrets about their relationship.

And when Colin learned that his new flame hooked up with the Below Deck Sailing Yacht star, he couldn’t help but comment. “The chemistry they have and the way they look at each other — I thought it was all friends,” the chief engineer admitted. “It all makes sense now.”

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Below Deck' s Captain Kerry admits Ben Willoughby wasn't his first pick for bosun: 'He may not make the whole season'

"Ben wasn't my first choice to be in that position, but he does know the boat well," Captain Kerry tells EW.

Newly crowned bosun Ben Willoughby may have felt like the last Below Deck docking was rainbows and sunshine, but dark clouds are on the way.

Captain Kerry Titheradge reveals exclusively to Entertainment Weekly that not only was the former lead deckhand not his first choice for bosun , but Ben's future isn't locked in on St. David.

"Ben wasn't my first choice to be in that position, but he does know the boat well. He's very good at his job, but he definitely needs to stay focused and understand what the chain of command means," Captain Kerry says.

Also, firing bosun Jared Woodin immediately before a new charter meant that someone from the deck team would need to lead. "He knew the boat well. I didn't know the boat," Captain Kerry says about Ben. "I used to live by a mantra that you can teach a job, but not a personality. And I think if you can treat someone differently, maybe they might not be the ideal personality for the job. But at the time, I needed the right skillset for the job, and that's what he had."

But Captain Kerry adds a teaser that could be a harbinger of tension to come. "I had a lot of faith in him to do that job. But you'll see in the episode as well, more than once, I said, 'Are you up for this?' I mean, I think three times I asked him," Captain Kerry recalls. "And the last time you could see his face, he was sick of being asked a question. And that might give you an idea of the future discussions I'll be having with him."

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A possible future discussion could involve Ben's boatmance with deckhand Marie "Sunny" Marquis. Did Captain Kerry know about the bubbling flirtation?

"That was part of the conversation I had with him about having to act different amongst the other crew. I wasn't officially aware," Captain Kerry says. But he was aware of Ben's messy love triangle from last season: "I was aware of his history in his position," the captain adds. "I give everyone a fresh start. Hopefully people react differently to different styles of leadership. And I was hoping that he would react to a different style of leadership later in the season more than once. He came quite close to things not being very good for him. And he may not make the whole season."

Could this neatly tied bowline start to unravel?

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Below deck star sunny marquis blames alter ego sabrina for cringey behavior.

The cast of Below Deck season 11, including deckhand Sunny Marquis, Chief Stew Fraser Olender, and Captain Kerry Titheradge, explain their choices.

• In a preview clip, Sunny Marquis introduces her alter ego Sabrina, causing drama in Below Deck season 11.
• Chief Stew Fraser criticizes Chef Anthony's disorganization and wants Captain Kerry Titheradge to intervene.
• Chef Anthony opens up about his dyslexia struggles and the pressure to succeed on Below Deck.

Below Deck is bringing the entertainment viewers have come to love about the show, and this season, with Sunny Marquis blaming her behavior on an alter ego she calls Sabrina , it appears the drama is just getting started. Below Deck is a reality TV series that shows what it is like to be an employee on a mega yacht. Below Deck season 11 follows the interior and exterior crews as well as the chef as they work to complete their everyday tasks while also trying to fulfill the outrageous requests of the charter guests they are there to serve.

"Sabrina is kind of like my protective shield, but like, get her out of here, I don't want her anymore, Tequila Sabrina, now bye."

A sneak peek video that was recently posted on Bravo 's YouTube channel shows Sunny having a moment with interior crew member Xandi Olivier. In the video, Sunny is talking with her "boatmance" partner Ben Willoughby about how upset she is with Xandi while Ben tries to tell her she needs to " trust him ."

Sunny later tries to explain her behavior by blaming it her alter ego named Sabrina. She says, " Sabrina is kind of like my protective shield, but like, get her out of here, I don't want her anymore, Tequila Sabrina, now bye. " The next morning, Sunny is seen apologizing to Xandi about the night before.

Captain Kerry Needs To Be Careful Around Chef Anthony

Captain kerry explains his experience with chefs.

The cast of Below Deck season 11 seems to be pretty well-rounded, including having a chef who needs to have a little extra TLC . Chief Stew Fraser Olender has a strong opinion about the way Chef Anthony Iracane keeps the galley, and Fraser is seen telling Captain Kerry Titheradge, " I think he's putting too much on his plate, it's starting to look like a s*** show in there. " Fraser continues to explain by saying, " Yes, Chef's organization is really starting to get to me. It's actually terrible. " Fraser even asks Captain Kerry to pop into the galley more often.

"People who are that creative, they'll break. I've got be careful on how hard I push."

However, Captain Kerry sees the situation from multiple perspectives , and he responds to Fraser, explaining, " People who are that creative, they'll break. I've got to be careful on how hard I push. " Captain Kerry explains that chefs are artists, and like many artists and creative people, they can be " quite sensitive. " Captain Kerry talks about having a friend who worked for him as a chef, and he did not take her concerns seriously, which he ended up costing him the friendship. " Anthony, he's a great chef, " Captain Kerry says, " and I don't want to push him over the edge. "

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As the preview clip continues, Chef Anthony explains that right now, it is really stressful for him, but he believes revenge is the best way to motivate himself. Anthony discusses the fact that he has been diagnosed with dyslexia and how he was treated harshly and bullied by others because of it. His dyslexia makes it difficult for him to stay focused, which can make his job more difficult than it is, so it is really important for Anthony to love the job he is doing . Anthony does want to reassure everyone, including himself, that he will not give up.

Below Deck season 11 has already had its share of boating mishaps, crew firings, ridiculous charter guests, and rocky romances . It should not come as a surprise, considering the unique and stressful situations the crewmates find themselves in. The men and women on the mega yacht work extremely hard during the charters, so when the time comes to let loose, they can really cause a scene. For those interested in the Below Deck season 11 cast, there are still plenty of episodes left to catch all the drama and see what happens next.

Below Deck season 11 airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EDT on Bravo and streams the next day on Peacock.

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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 will 'Below Deck' Season 11 Episode 10 air? Fraser Olender and Barbara Pascual clash in a heated feud

GRENADA, CARIBBEAN: 'Below Deck' Season 11 Episode 10 titled 'Grenadian Nightmare' is scheduled to release next week on Monday, April 8 at 9 pm ET on Bravo. 

In the highly anticipated next episode of Bravo's hit show, tensions escalate as Chef Anthony Iracane struggles to keep up with the demands of his role, resulting in a strained relationship with Captain Kerry.

Anthony finds it challenging to keep up with the dietary preferences of the primary charter guest, Melinda Springer, her husband Noah, their friend Gary, and Gary's girlfriend, Jill Zarin, a former 'Real Housewives of New York' star. 

Despite the crew being granted a rare day off to relax at a luxurious resort, the ongoing feud between Fraser Olender and Barbara 'Barbie' Pascual threatens to overshadow any chance of rest. As the drama continues to unfold, it becomes clear that this day off will be anything but peaceful for the crew of the yacht.

How to watch 'Below Deck' Season 11 Episode 10? 

You can simply watch 'Below Deck' Season 11 Episode 9 exclusively on Bravo . If you miss the episode on television, you can catch it the following day on Peacock. In addition to Bravo and Peacock, there are multiple other streaming platforms where you can watch the latest episodes, such as Fubo TV, DirecTV, Sling TV, and Hayu.

What to expect from 'Below Deck' Season 11 Episode 10?

With each passing minute, the crew finds themselves navigating through uncharted waters, both literally and figuratively. The sheer magnitude of the challenges they face forces them to confront their limitations and question their ability to maintain composure in the face of adversity.

As the captivating episode 'Grenadian Nightmare' draws to a close, viewers are left eagerly anticipating the crew's ability to overcome these obstacles and emerge stronger than ever before.

In a much-needed break from their demanding work schedule, the crew is granted a rare day off to revel in the luxuries of a lavish resort. However, what was initially intended as a momentary reprieve from the chaos quickly transforms into a battlefield of emotions as the ongoing feud between Fraser Olender and Barbara Pascual rears its ugly head once again.

This unexpected eruption of drama threatens to overshadow the tranquility and indulgence that the crew had hoped to enjoy during their well-deserved break.

As the episode unfolds, viewers will witness the renowned chef Anthony succumb to the immense pressure that comes with his demanding role. This unfortunate turn of events places him on a precarious footing with the formidable Captain Kerry, known for her high expectations and no-nonsense approach.

The palpable tension between them serves as a stark reminder of the immense responsibility that rests upon the shoulders of each crew member.

What happened in 'Below Deck' Season 11 Episode 9?

The title of 'Below Deck' Season 11 Episode 9 was 'The Real Housewives of Grenada.' The episode featured primary charter guest Melinda Springer, her husband Noah Springer, and their friends Gary Brody and his girlfriend, former ' Real Housewives of New York ' star Jill Zarin. They enjoyed their time at St. David.

The crew of 'Below Deck' worked tirelessly to ensure that the guests' every desire was met. From the talented chef crafting delectable culinary creations to the attentive stewardesses providing impeccable service, the crew members demonstrated their dedication to delivering an unparalleled charter experience.

During the episode, the crew members of the show found themselves under immense stress as they grappled with accommodating the dietary preferences of the primary charter guest, Melinda. In contrast, Jill Zarin took it upon herself to criticize and call out the crew members for the quality of their services. 

The new episodes of 'Below Deck' Season 11 release every Monday at 9 pm ET on Bravo.

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Ben and Sunny’s relationship bums me out, y’all. How is  she  the one who ends up apologizing? At least we have a palate cleanser in the form of the cutie little shoulder-rubbing, bunk-sharing more-than-a-friendship budding between Barbie and Kyle. Having been burned by cheaters in the past, Sunny says she has a jealous alter ego named Sabrina who comes out after a few drinks. She apologizes to Xandi and hugs her — sort of by force, but whatever — in the morning. We also learn that, after the end of her last relationship, our divorced queen Xan took a “pledge of celibacy.” This is none of my business, of course, but I do hope it was a formal pledge with a script and a special accompanying hand sign, like the Girl Scout Promise.

Before we continue any further, we must review several discoveries we make about Dylan, our new deckhand, in this episode:

• He enjoys getting a (shirtless, naturally) early morning pump in out on the sun deck. “If I don’t have a dumbbell, I feel sad,” he says. “True story.”
• He washes slices of ham in the sink to get the fat off them. I cannot imagine this appreciably lowers ham’s fat content, but then again — I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — I’m not a ham scientist.
• Kyle says he’s already high-fived Dylan more times than he’s high-fived anyone in his life. Plausible.
• Dylan is happy to volunteer to carry provisions down the stairs to the galley. “It’s fine!,” he shouts. “I want calves!”
• Dylan is already so confident that he’ll be named lead deckhand that he is announcing his imminent promotion to guests, seemingly unprompted.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

On this next charter, the deck is stacked against Anthony, who’s already struggling with organization and time management. The guests’ combined allergies and sensitivities include dairy, egg, gluten, wheat, hazelnut, and banana — and that’s not even all of them; I just couldn’t type fast enough. The primary is a vegetarian who’s  starting  to eat fish but won’t do lobster or raw seafood. Her husband dislikes meat and fish, someone else doesn’t like vegetables, and someone is straight-up vegan. This feels like a logic puzzle or a very specific stress dream that Anthony specifically would wake up from screaming.

The primary, a cruise director named Melinda, has requested both a normal birthday cake and a gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free birthday cake. “So, just dust or air,” Fraser summarizes. But don’t worry, none of these allergies are that serious — no one’s going into anaphylactic shock, the primary’s pickleball pal Jill Zarin assures Anthony.

Oh. Did I forget to tell you that former  Real Housewife of New York City  Jill Zarin is here? (So is her boyfriend, Gary, but pretty much all he does this episode is get his penis sucked into the hole of the sea bob he’s riding. “My penis got sucked into the hole,” he explains.) Jill Zarin doesn’t need to get into the hot tub to know the temperature is set too high. Jill Zarin wants a Diet Coke because Jill Zarin always wants a Diet Coke. But Jill Zarin needs her Diet Cokes stored in the freezer. And Jill Zarin doesn’t like this ice. Is there any other ice? Fetch Jill Zarin better ice, please. Jill Zarin needs to be shown where to find the electrical outlet in the bathroom, which is the perfect opportunity for her to lecture Barbie on how yachts — she’s been on a lot of them, you see — should have their bathroom drawers fully stocked with toiletries. They’re already down a stew, and, as Barbie says, Jill Zarin would ideally have a full human being assigned just to deal with her. She is captain now.

Anthony shares that his dyslexia contributes to his difficulties with focusing, which isn’t making his job any easier. Fraser has to remind him that it’s probably not the best idea to serve lobster when the primary doesn’t like lobster. And yet, against all odds, he pulls off the first dinner with flying colors, accommodating everyone’s needs with scallops, tofu that looks like scallops, a raspberry shortcake,  and  a vegan piña-colada flan. But the next morning, at breakfast, the crew commits the mortal sin of not being available the moment the guests decide they could use some hot sauce. Worry not! Jill Zarin has a solution. Jill Zarin summons Fraser to suggest the St. David staff install a doorbell that would allow the guests to ring the kitchen directly whenever they like. That’s what Jill Zarin had on Jill Zarin’s yacht! “They’re sticky, and you get them on Amazon,” she says as if she’s genuinely doing Fraser a favor and not, in fact, as he puts it, crawling into his brain and eating away at his soul.

Lunch is doomed before it even leaves the galley. The main dish is burgers, which sounds simple until you realize that with these guests, there will be far too many possible permutations of regular burger versus vegan patty, cheese versus no cheese, bun versus lettuce wrap. Barbie tries and fails to keep track of all their orders, and it takes forever to sort out. Anthony smiles wanly, admitting defeat. “Goddammit.”

And so, may God have mercy on us all: Jill Zarin’s burger is served cold. “Anybody else?” she prompts the group. “Tell the truth. They don’t mind.” (That last sentence gets a true literal  lol  from me.) Having decided she must now know every detail of dinner in advance, lest disaster strikes again, Jill Zarin — whose chyron, hilariously, reads  NOT THE PRIMARY  — demands sushi as an appetizer at the bar, despite the fact that she herself does not eat sushi, as well as some crudités. What could go wrong?

The guests play pickleball and then meditate together on the beach. I hate to judge a book by its cover, but my guess that the yoga teacher among the guests would turn out to be the vegan lady with blonde and purple dreadlocks proves to be correct. Also, it feels important that I tell you Jill Zarin is wearing truly deranged Dior x Robocop wraparound sunglasses. They come back to the boat and drink something called a mimosa shot, which sounds to me like a shortcut to an orange juice and bile-flavored burp.

The overwhelmed interior desperately needs a new stew (it’s too bad they can’t somehow recruit Sabrina), causing more tension between Barbie and Xandi. Barbie is quite literally running around the entire boat like she’s on  Supermarket Sweep . Xandi is offended when Barbie asks her to iron a napkin and snidely tells her to do it herself. But it’s Anthony who steps into the biggest pile of professional poop by the end of the episode. In consenting to Jill, he makes a fatal mistake: The primary doesn’t eat raw fish, but they never discussed (and so he didn’t make) a vegetable sushi option, only crudités. And Jill Zarin may be Jill Zarin, but the primary is still the primary.

Captain Kerry takes notice. Captain Kerry is not happy.

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Jill Zarin claps back at haters over Below Deck backlash: ‘Nobody hates me’

The Real Housewives of New York City alum Jill Zarin has clapped back at haters slamming her after her Below Deck appearance.

It’s been quite a week for Jill, which kicked off with part one of her two-part stint on the hit yachting show.

As Monsters and Critics previously reported, Jill was blasted on social media for her Below Deck behavior.

Jill has spoken out amid the backlash and ahead of her second episode.

The former RHONY starlet has cleared the air to remind people Below Deck is a TV show.

Jill Zarin claps back at haters over Below Deck behavior

Taking to her Instagram Stories the other day, Jill had a message for all the trolls coming for her following her Below Deck debut. In a video, she set the record straight on her behavior.

“I wanted to talk about last night for a quick second. First of all, I had a great time, and I’m so grateful to my friends Melinda and her husband, Noah, for inviting Gary and I for an amazing couple of days that you know, you’re only on the boat for less than 48 hours,” she began her message.

Jill explained that while it may seem longer to Below Deck viewers, the charter was really just two days. Then, she addressed the elephant in the room — her Below Deck backlash.

“We love the crew. I especially love the captain. You know, it’s a television show. They’ve had a really tough season. I think they needed someone to spice it up and they got me for free, and I did for sure live up to that. But let me tell you, I’m speaking to them on text and messages. It’s all good. Nobody hates me,” Jill expressed.

The Real Housewives of New York City alum then reminded viewers it’s a TV and toot her own horn for helping the St. David crew.

“It’s a television show, and I had a great time, and hopefully they learned a few lessons from Mama Jill because yes, I am experienced at yachting and some of them aren’t,” she stated.

Jill explained that her words were not a lie as one of them, Barbie Pascual, said she had never been on a yacht so big. The Bravo star also insisted everything was good with the crew.

Barbie did come out this week to defend the Real Housewife claiming Jill really wasn’t as bad as she came across on TV.

RHONY alum Jill Zarin won’t vacation with cameras after Below Deck

All of the backlash has clearly had an impact on Jill. Although she had a good time during her stint on the show, Jill has claimed she won’t vacation with cameras again anytime soon.

In another Instagram Story, Jill shared a photo with her and one of the primary guests, Melinda, on the St. David yacht. Jill made it clear the trip was “amazing” and that it made for a “great show,” but for their next trip coming up this summer, there will be no cameras.

There’s no question that Jill Zarin made quite an impression on Below Deck. The Real Housewives of New York City starlet’s time on the hit yachting show isn’t over, either.

Jill has one more episode left to finish up the charter. Based on Below Deck spoilers , viewers can expect more of the same from the Real Housewife.

Plus, her charter just might be the end of the road for Chef Anthony Iracane.

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

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‘Privileged’ Jill Zarin called out for ‘rude’ behavior on ‘Below Deck’: ‘Absolutely insufferable’

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Jill Zarin faced backlash from fans for coming off as “rude” on Monday’s episode of “Below Deck.”

The “Real Housewives of New York City” alum stayed on the superyacht as a friend of the primary guest, but crew members quickly pointed out that she was trying to take control.

“Jill is the primary in her head. She’s overwhelming,” stewardess Barbara “Barbie” Pascual admitted in a confessional.

During the trip, one of the things that rubbed Pascual the wrong way was Zarin demanding to get different-shaped ice cubes for her Diet Coke compared to the rest of the group.

“I don’t care about anyone else. My Diet Cokes [go] into the freezer,” Zarin, 60, also told her.

In another instance, Zarin made a “special request” for a makeup mirror before pointing out that she could not find an electrical outlet in the bathroom. She also criticized the fact that the bathrooms were not stocked with toiletries.

“I want to tell you something else, because I’ve charted a lot of yachts before [and] every bathroom is loaded with toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash, Band-Aids, Q-Tips –– has anyone ever said that before?” Zarin asked Pascual. “I like to complain, I’m sorry.”

Zarin also requested a bell from Chief Stew Fraser Olender so she could call the crew anytime they needed anything.

The former “Housewife” further voiced her concerns about the food and suggested there be snacks “out all the time.”

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She even told the primary guest, “That’s why I have to get involved. I’m a little pushy but at least you’ll be satisfied.”

Zarin even complained during lunch, criticizing that they were being served sporadically, the food was cold and there was no hot sauce readily available. She even requested that the chef make her a separate meal of chicken pad thai, sushi and crudité for dinner.

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During confessional interviews, the “Below Deck” crew complained about her with Pascual saying, “I think she’s annoying, and I think it’s too much. You’re a freeloading guest who’s extremely demanding. This is too much for me. I need another stew just for Jill.”

Olender also slammed Zarin, noting, “Jill is crawling into my brain and eating away at my soul.” 

“I think the primary, she’s OK, but her friend taking over the boat, it’s like she’s a f–king captain,” Chef Anthony Iracane said in his confessional. “Like taking over the ship.”

Shortly after the episode aired, fans took to social media to slam Zarin for her “gross” behavior.

“Watching #BelowDeck and just unfollowed Jill Zarin. I knew she could be a pain sometimes but I thought overall as a person that she was kind and considerate. Clearly, I was wrong. My parents would be so ashamed of me if I treated ppl that way,” someone tweeted.

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“It’s not cute to be an a–hole. It’s not impressive. It’s not attractive. It’s just gross. And yes, I’m talking to you Jill Zarin.. and so many others I see on these shows. I would be SO embarrassed to have people see me act like a spoiled brat. #BelowDeck,” another person wrote.

“I unfollowed Jill Zarin I hope everybody follows along. She is a terrible, entitled you know what. She wasn’t even the primary and was given everybody orders I would’ve thrown her over the boat. #BelowDeck,” one user added.

“Please Bravo, I’m begging you, let this be the last time we see Jill Zarin on your network. We don’t want any more. She is entitled and rude and mean. #BelowDeck #jillzarin #rhony,” someone chimed in.

“Jill Zarin is so self-important, demanding, and privileged. She acted as if she were the primary. Fraser let himself get caught up in it so that service and the food suffered. Jill is insufferable. #BelowDeck,” another user pointed out.

“Jill Zarin is absolutely insufferable. THIS is why she was never invited back to #RHONY #belowdeck,” someone added.

Zarin has yet to address the backlash and her rep didn’t immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.

“Below Deck” airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.

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