Captain Lee Rosbach. Charles Sykes/Bravo
Captain Lee Rosbach is “mortified” by the actions that led to Luke Jones and Laura Bileskalne’s firing on season 2 of Beneath Deck Down Underneath.
“Their conduct was despicable,” Lee, 73, solely tells Us Weekly. “Each of them. And I’m positive they’ll be paying the value for it for a very long time to return. As they need to.”
Throughout back-to-back episodes of the Bravo collection that aired on Monday, August 7, Luke, 32, got here below fireplace when he climbed into Margot Sisson’s mattress bare after the ability went out on the yacht. Producers stepped in after Luke tried to make a transfer on Margot and he was later despatched to a resort earlier than being fired by Captain Jason Chambers the following day.
“We had an incident final night time and I wish to stress that this can be a place the place we respect one another. Our cabin is our security zone. That door is our boundary,” Jason advised the crew. “That door is to not be opened until it’s consensual. To stroll into another person’s room with out consent [while] indecent is my restrict.”
Luke wasn’t the one crew member despatched packing on Monday’s episode. Laura additionally discovered herself in scorching water for defending his actions, which prompted Chief Stew Aesha Scott to inform Jason, 50, about Laura’s personal lack of boundaries with costar Adam Kodra. When Adam confirmed that he felt uncomfortable round her, Laura was additionally let go. (She has since issued an apology to each Adam and Margot.)
Lee, who watched the episode as a viewer, tells Us he was “impressed” with manufacturing, Captain Jason and Chief Stew Aesha for “not getting rattled” and as a substitute dealing with the incident “calmly.” He believes Jason “completely” made the fitting choice — and isn’t positive he would have stored his composure if confronted with the identical scenario.
“I don’t know if I might 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,” Lee notes, including that he’s “grateful” to have by no means encountered an analogous battle throughout his personal charters.
“It’s a troublesome spot to be in,” he explains. “When there’s the captain you’re answerable for every little thing and something that does occur. Jason dealt with it beautifully.”
For the reason that episodes aired, Aesha and Jason have obtained an outpouring of assist on social media for the way they approached the incident — one thing Lee agrees with wholeheartedly.
“I feel [the fans’] response is justified and their reward for not solely manufacturing, however for Aesha, and for a Captain Jason, as nicely,” he says. “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 simply handled it appropriately.”
As for Margot and Adam, Lee lends them his full assist.
“I’ve nothing however the perfect needs for Margot and Adam. I’ve nothing however respect for [them] and I actually really feel sorry for each of them as a result of neither one among them deserved to be put in that place,” he tells Us.
Lee was a mainstay on the unique Beneath Deck collection since its premiere in 2013. He exited the present previous to season 11 — a reveal that shocked him as a lot because it did viewers.
“That got here proper out of left subject. I didn’t see that one coming in any respect,” he solely advised Us in Might, revealing that the community didn’t give a precise motive for the choice on the time.
Luke Jones and Laura Bileskalne. Bravo (2)
“We wish to transfer in a brand new route,” Lee recalled being advised about his exit, which occurred offscreen. “However I imply, that’s sort of a cliche that everyone makes use of once they discover themselves in that scenario the place they’re going to let anyone go. ‘I’m going to maneuver in a brand new route. We wish to freshen it up a bit.’ [They are] drained cliches that get overused.”
Lee initially left throughout season 10 of Beneath Deck to deal with his well being points. He was changed by Beneath Deck Mediterranean’s Captain Sandy Yawn earlier than returning to complete out the constitution season. In February, Us broke the information that Lee would get replaced by Beneath Deck Journey’s Captain Kerry Titheradge for season 11.
Whereas Bravo introduced in July that Lee and former Chief Stew Kate Chastain can be breaking down the community’s largest TV moments every week of their new present, Sofa Discuss With Captain Lee and Kate — which premieres Monday, August 14 — Lee hasn’t dominated out returning to the Beneath Deck franchise if the chance arises.
“I actually don’t wish to be someplace the place I’m not wished. But when I had been invited again, I feel I’d take one other swing at it,” he tells Us.
Beneath Deck Down Underneath airs back-to-back episodes on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.
Sofa Discuss With Captain Lee and Kate premieres on Bravo Monday, August 4 at 10 p.m. ET.
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