Captain Lee Rosbach was “mortified” watching “Beneath Deck Down Underneath” stars Luke Jones and Laura Bileskalne’s nonconsensual actions towards different crew members.
“Their conduct was despicable. Each of them,” Rosbach advised Us Weekly Thursday. “And I’m positive they’ll be paying the value for it for a very long time to come back. As they need to.”
The longtime “Beneath Deck” captain, 73, additionally shared how “impressed” he was with Captain Jason Chambers, chief stew Aesha Scott and the Bravo actuality present’s manufacturing crew for “not getting rattled” and dealing with each incidents “calmly.”
“I don’t know if I’d have had the wherewithal to stay as calm as Captain Jason did, however he actually stepped as much as the plate and did it proper,” Rosbach mentioned, including that he’s “grateful” he by no means handled an analogous scenario onboard.
Rosbach, who has spent greater than three many years as a superyacht captain, acknowledged that Chambers, 50, and Scott, 31, had been in a “robust spot,” however mentioned they “dealt with it beautifully.”
“I feel [the fans’] response is justified and their reward for not solely manufacturing however for Aesha and for Captain Jason as effectively,” he added. “They all stepped as much as the plate and did the fitting factor on the applicable time and didn’t let something get carried away, didn’t put it on the again burner, didn’t cowl it up. They only handled it appropriately.”
In Monday’s episode, Jones, 32, walked into stewardess Margot Sisson’s room and crawled into her high bunk mattress with out garments — or her permission — whereas she was was asleep.
“Luke, we gotta get you down,” a manufacturing member instantly mentioned whereas intervening. “I gotta get you out of right here as a result of she needs to go to mattress.”
Jones turned upset with the producer for interrupting him and stormed towards the door whereas demanding, “Are you able to f—okay off for a second?”
He then turned extra irritated and slammed the door whereas attempting to cease producers from strolling inside earlier than leaving and going into his personal bed room, the place he locked the door in an try to keep away from producers and his castmates.
Scott rapidly went to test on Sisson after which stuffed in Chambers on what had occurred. Chambers instantly unlocked Jones’ door and compelled him to depart the boat that night time. He was fired the morning after.
That very same morning, Bileskalne, 31, talked with Sisson and defended Jones’ actions, saying he was “solely joking” and she or he wished he had performed that to her.
Previous to the dialog, Bileskalne additionally tried to present deckhand Adam Kodra a therapeutic massage with out his consent.
Chambers fired her later that day for having “disrespected” each himself and the crew members.
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Viewers have flooded social media with reward for manufacturing, Scott and Chambers for the way in which they dealt with the ordeal.
Bileskalne has since apologized to Kodra and admitted she was “not capable of empathize” with Sisson the way in which she ought to have.
Nevertheless, Jones shared a since-deleted Instagram publish during which he mentioned he doesn’t “care” and what followers noticed was “not the reality.”
In the meantime, Scott, Chambers and Sisson have all taken to social media to precise their gratitude for the outpouring of help and love from followers.
“Beneath Deck Down Underneath” airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo. New episodes can be found to stream the subsequent day on Peacock.
