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diadochokinesis
diadochokinesis

I don’t care what she did. It is no excuse for his reaction. I don’t care if she sat there and shouted that his mom was a drug addict and hooker. Nobody has a right to sexually assault, attempt to hit

Jobiska
Jobiska

Captain Lee may or may not be a great manager of a team, but for Tanner's mom to call him a "so-called family man" after he lost a child is just awful.  

TeeMo
TeeMo

Ashton is too old to be “immaturely competitive about women” and even if that was some sort of legitimate excuse for some of his behavior there is zero excuse for not once but twice aggressively stick

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RoseAllDay

RoseAllDay

Ashton wrote a book.

https://ballastbooks.com/purchase/knots-lines-and-life/

He pretty much burned all his bridges with me, but if he’s sincere here, good on him, but I’m passing on his redemption tour.

Lee handing the “bru crew” their asses at the reunion will always be a favorite moment of mine. That season was rock bottom for the franchise.

 

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rur

rur

She was never on BD.

I imagine a great many of us have probably thought that Captain Lee returning to BD was his swan song. He's a fan favorite, and I'm sure the producers saw the value in having him complete the season. 

She may have said what many people thought, but there's a difference between thinking it and saying it, out loud, to someone who you know will let the universe know you said it. Not a classy move at all. 

And, related to nothing, she has an incredibly annoying accent.

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RoseAllDay

RoseAllDay

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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/season-10-below-deck-reunion-203900673.html

No reunion? 

God, Sandy Yawn is a pestilence. Why do I have the feeling that that thirsty bitch is going to move to BD from BDM permanently?

Her comments about Lee…🤬. Age discrimination is truly a thing. 

On 3/2/2023 at 3:59 PM, rur said:

She was never on BD.

I imagine a great many of us have probably thought that Captain Lee returning to BD was his swan song. He's a fan favorite, and I'm sure the producers saw the value in having him complete the season. 

She may have said what many people thought, but there's a difference between thinking it and saying it, out loud, to someone who you know will let the universe know you said it. Not a classy move at all. 

And, related to nothing, she has an incredibly annoying accent.

I can look past thick accents, but it’s the way she talks in that screechy voice that makes me grind my teeth. Always found her annoying AF.

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Chatty Cake

Chatty Cake

On 3/2/2023 at 3:59 PM, rur said:

She was never on BD.

I imagine a great many of us have probably thought that Captain Lee returning to BD was his swan song. He's a fan favorite, and I'm sure the producers saw the value in having him complete the season. 

She may have said what many people thought, but there's a difference between thinking it and saying it, out loud, to someone who you know will let the universe know you said it. Not a classy move at all. 

And, related to nothing, she has an incredibly annoying accent.

She’s an asshole. I didn’t watch her recent show but I remember her on BDM, she was really stupid with that Jack guy. He used her for the season and then went back to his girlfriend. That voice did get old quick. 

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RoseAllDay

RoseAllDay

1 hour ago, Chatty Cake said:

She’s an asshole. I didn’t watch her recent show but I remember her on BDM, she was really stupid with that Jack guy. He used her for the season and then went back to his girlfriend. That voice did get old quick. 

I’m no prude by any means (at least I don’t think I am) but I always found her and Jack’s relationship to be extremely trashy. I would have thrown him overboard if he had sent me a poem like the one he sent her, and talked about me the way he did her. Same with her about him. Seemed almost feral.

He always looked dazed and confused. 

Both of them were beyond grating. She’s on Galley Talk now.
 

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aghst

aghst

Speaking of Ben, Robinson that is, the chef who was on both BD and BDM, you can go on cruises where he's prepared special menus and also do special activities with him.

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If you’re looking to experience the culinary magic from hit TV show Below Deck, chef Ben Robinson has an open seat and menu waiting for you. The celebrity chef partnered with Emerald Cruises for two special sailings, in which he will create custom menus and join guests for special activities. 

“As you can imagine I’m a huge fan of yacht cruising, so when I learned about Emerald Cruises’ beautiful, modern yachts, I knew I wanted to cook onboard. It’s a natural fit for me,” Robinson said in a statement shared with Travel + Leisure. 

The first sailing with Robinson as chef will be across the Mediterranean on the award-winning Emerald Azzurra — a 100-guest luxury yacht that debuted in March 2022 and is the cruise line’s first vessel that can go into the ocean. The eight-day cruise — titled “Coastal Gems of Italy and Croatia" — starts at $5,100 per passenger and departs from Venice on October 28, 2023.

The second journey will go to the Caribbean on the Emerald Sakara, under the title “Hidden Charms of the Caribbean” which departs San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 2, 2024. The route will take passengers through some of the top destinations in the Caribbean including the Vieques Islands in Puerto Rico, St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. The eight-day cruise, called “Hidden Charms of the Caribbean," starts at $4,030 per passenger. 

On both trips, Robinson will welcome guests with a special reception and custom cocktails. He is slated to lead on-board cooking demonstrations and interactive Q&As, where he will share his advice from decades of cooking in luxury restaurants and yachts. Robinson will also create custom dinner menus for guests throughout the trip. 

Robinson, who is from Oxford, England, studied his craft in Florence under Italian master chefs. He then gained an apprenticeship in the United Kingdom’s fine dining restaurant The Fat Duck, according to his biography. He went on to be a head chef on yachts for a decade, which led to his feature role on Bravo TV’s hit show Below Deck. Earlier this year, he made a special appearance as a guest chef on Virgin Voyage’s Scarlet Lady.

https://www.travelandleisure.com/below-deck-chef-ben-robinson-emerald-cruises-7370743

 

I didn't click through the links to see how many guests these cruises would have -- this isn't like BD 1-day charters where maybe 5-10 guests get run of the whole yacht, with the water sports toys and so on, not to mention unlimited expensive booze.

OTOH, these are for 8 days, not 1 or 2 days.  Ben will have some sessions with the guests but guessing he won't cruise for 8 days nor cook.  Instead the dinner menus are all supposedly from him.

Certainly $4000-5000 for 8 days is a much better value than the supposedly 5or 6 figures that guests pay on BD -- which we know is hyped and likely not true.

Not sure what you'd do for 8 days on a boat unless you want to lounge in the sun all that time or have shore excursions.  Then again, cruises are probably not for me.

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Oosala

Oosala

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On 3/25/2023 at 2:28 PM, bref said:

Anyhoo, here's an update on the thrilling Season 10 Ben-centered triangle. ;) 

I can't help it.  I always think of Chef Ben when the other Season 10 Ben is mentioned.  I 💜 Chef Ben, and Kate said he's really good in bed.

Ha, I hadn't even read that long post about Chef Ben's new venture when I commented.  Weird.

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Edited because I only need one Ben.
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meep.meep

meep.meep

On 3/25/2023 at 4:34 PM, aghst said:

Speaking of Ben, Robinson that is, the chef who was on both BD and BDM, you can go on cruises where he's prepared special menus and also do special activities with him.

https://www.travelandleisure.com/below-deck-chef-ben-robinson-emerald-cruises-7370743

 

I didn't click through the links to see how many guests these cruises would have -- this isn't like BD 1-day charters where maybe 5-10 guests get run of the whole yacht, with the water sports toys and so on, not to mention unlimited expensive booze.

OTOH, these are for 8 days, not 1 or 2 days.  Ben will have some sessions with the guests but guessing he won't cruise for 8 days nor cook.  Instead the dinner menus are all supposedly from him.

Certainly $4000-5000 for 8 days is a much better value than the supposedly 5or 6 figures that guests pay on BD -- which we know is hyped and likely not true.

Not sure what you'd do for 8 days on a boat unless you want to lounge in the sun all that time or have shore excursions.  Then again, cruises are probably not for me.

It says one boat has 100 passengers so this is like a small cruise ship.   There will probably be a staff like in a large restaurant to prepare the meals, but the recipes will be his.  And he'll give cooking demonstrations and glad hand people.  He's "monetizing his brand."

The German guy who is on this season of Top Chef does this but up a notch.  He's the executive chef for a line of large cruise ships that hold thousands of passengers.

Many people like to cruise - it's like being in a fancy resort hotel, but it moves.  You can hangout by the pool, go to the movies, go on shore excursions, etc.  Not for everybody for sure.

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Teri313

Teri313

1 hour ago, RoseAllDay said:

Remember the episode with the family from The Blind Side? 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michael-oher-blind-side-touhy-adoption-lie-rcna99823

Don’t care if I ever see it again.

I just remember Lee fawning over them, and the "mom" name dropping "Sandy this" and "Sandy that" to let us all know that she had a relationship with Sandra Bullock. I thought they were annoying at the time, but I thought Lee was even more annoying.

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RoseAllDay

RoseAllDay

51 minutes ago, Teri313 said:

I just remember Lee fawning over them, and the "mom" name dropping "Sandy this" and "Sandy that" to let us all know that she had a relationship with Sandra Bullock. I thought they were annoying at the time, but I thought Lee was even more annoying.

The woman was overbearing and Chef Matthew served chocolate ice cream with Baked Alaska. 

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RoseAllDay

RoseAllDay

On 8/24/2023 at 5:24 PM, Teri313 said:

I have a feeling Gary won't be back on Sailing Yacht next season...

https://pagesix.com/2023/08/24/below-deck-star-gary-king-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-staffers/?utm_source=url_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site buttons&utm_campaign=site buttons

All this is going to come back and bite Bravo, 51 Minds, and whoever else in the ass at some point. I hope sooner rather than later. This has to stop. 

Nobody signs up for this; it’s a subculture out of control. Tired of Bravo basically  being a voyeur to this shit.

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aghst

aghst

In the episode threads for all the BD shows, we often discuss about what could be producer manipulation, what could be scripted.

But if they were only doing things like casting fake guests or making up preference sheets, making up tips, making the cast do beach picnics that the so-called guests didn't ask for, it would be pretty mild compared to things alleged to have occurred on other shows.

The New Yorker podcast discusses an article in the magazine about lawsuits for Netflix's Love is Blind show.

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-the-reality-tv-industry-mistreats-its-stars

Emily Nussbaum, who wrote the article and has been researching these suits, say that reality shows often require the cast to shoot for 15 or ten 20 hours a day.  Some of it is deliberate, because they want to film stressed out people, to capture more drama.

The lawsuits allege that the cast were deprived of sleep, food, even water and the production of not protecting female cast members from sexual assaults.

 

I don't know if there have been abusive practices claimed by any former BD cast members.  But I can certainly see them trying to elicit drama by filming the cast under stressful conditions, like long days, heavy workload.

As well as the things which the guests supposedly want, like some of the exhausting work to set up beach picnics, for instance.

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endure

endure

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13 hours ago, aghst said:

In the episode threads for all the BD shows, we often discuss about what could be producer manipulation, what could be scripted.

But if they were only doing things like casting fake guests or making up preference sheets, making up tips, making the cast do beach picnics that the so-called guests didn't ask for, it would be pretty mild compared to things alleged to have occurred on other shows.

The New Yorker podcast discusses an article in the magazine about lawsuits for Netflix's Love is Blind show.

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-the-reality-tv-industry-mistreats-its-stars

Emily Nussbaum, who wrote the article and has been researching these suits, say that reality shows often require the cast to shoot for 15 or ten 20 hours a day.  Some of it is deliberate, because they want to film stressed out people, to capture more drama.

The lawsuits allege that the cast were deprived of sleep, food, even water and the production of not protecting female cast members from sexual assaults.

 

I don't know if there have been abusive practices claimed by any former BD cast members.  But I can certainly see them trying to elicit drama by filming the cast under stressful conditions, like long days, heavy workload.

As well as the things which the guests supposedly want, like some of the exhausting work to set up beach picnics, for instance.

And what about allowing or encouraging them to get shit faced drunk and continue to film them?

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aghst

aghst

A 56-meter (184-foot) sailing yacht, described in some articles as a super yacht, capsized off the coast of Sicily with 22 on board.

Six people are still missing, including Mike Lynch, a British tech billionaire.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce38n4egqwzt

I wonder how the size compares to the BD yacht seems comparable, especially the sailing yacht on BDSY.

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Chalby

Chalby

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I've been rewatching season 8 and the episode where drunken, unruly guest "Delores" jumped into the water. Even 4 years later, it still annoys me.

It makes me feel like she used to be crazy and bold when she was a teen, or 20s. But a drunken, out of shape, 'mature' woman, acting coquettishly while belligerently Ignoring safety is VERY unattractive. I wonder whatever happened to her? 

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rur

rur

18 hours ago, aghst said:

Didn't he do some mystery at sea show of some kind?

Heard that he was going to be on it but didn't hear any more about it.

Guess not too many people watched.

Yes, he did 'Deadly Waters with Captain Lee". He hosted the show about a different death (murder) on the water each week. This season had 8 episodes. It wasn't bad -- but it was no different that all the other murder of the week shows. No word on whether or not it will have a second season.

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