Below Deck Mediterranean‘s latest guests will go down in franchise history after one of them asked to pee off the top of the yacht.
During the Monday, December 1, episode of the hit Bravo series, stew Cathy Skinner was working the night shift when the remaining guests took a dip in the jacuzzi. Things got rowdy before a guest had an unconventional bathroom request.
“Would you let us pee off the boat?” he asked. “I do it on my yacht.”
Cathy offered a different option. “You have an absolutely gorgeous bathroom in your cabin,” she noted. “You are going to get your steps in and you’re going to burn off some of the alcohol and some of the food.”
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The guest made it clear he didn’t “want to go down three floors” to alleviate himself.
“I don’t want to go down three floors. I will stand here, my penis will go out. It will not drip,” he said. “Please let me pee. Will Captain Sandy kick me off?”
Cathy stood her ground. “I don’t want to see your penis,” she shared before elaborating in a confessional. “My friends and family are always super jealous that I get to travel the world with these luxury yachts. This is what you call Instagram vs. reality.”
After suggesting that there were “too many rules,” the guest chose to go downstairs instead of continuing to argue with Cathy. The crew ultimately received a decent tip after dealing with the group for one more day.
Below Deck, which debuted in 2013 and has spawned several spinoffs, follows the lives of various crew members working and living on super yachts during charter season. The cast earns a salary for working on the boat and shooting the reality series, in addition to gratuity — aka tips — from guests.
Chief steward Fraser Olender previously weighed in on what amount he typically expects from charter guests.
“I can tell you for a tip on our charter season, the minimum I would expect [where] you won’t see me crack a smile,” Fraser shared on a June episode of SiriusXM’s Reality Checked with Dorinda Medley and Kiki Monique. “If we are not getting between $20,000 — I’ll scrap that. $25,000 to $30,000 for the time we’ve done.”
Fraser noted he wouldn’t budge on that number, adding, “I don’t care if that’s one day or three days or five. I’m waiting for that amount of cash, and if you can’t or if you’re not coming with that to be expected, just don’t bother. Maybe just go on a cruise.”
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More recently, Fraser offered new insight into the tipping process on the show.
“There is a fee — a heavily discounted fee — to charter the Below Deck vessel,” Fraser explained on an August episode of “The Viall Files” podcast. “For obvious reasons. Who wants to go on a vacation where there are mics the entire time? They don’t have full freedom and don’t have the liberties of living how you would on an actual yacht.”
The “pretty restricted experience” allows for more wiggle room with payment.
“You still get to do what you’ve asked to do. You still get the experience. You’re just limited a bit,” Fraser noted. “So there is a heavily discounted cost for the amount of time. The amount of time can be five days, it can be three or it can be two.”
Regardless of how long guests stay on the boat, the cost “is always going to be the same,” with Fraser adding, “That’s just luck of the draw. There is a minimum tip you have to pay on top of said charter fee for this show.”
Fraser was then asked if the minimum was 20 percent of the cost of the charter, which he denied.
“In real life, yes. On normal boats, it is 20 percent. But with this specific charter fee for the Below Deck vessel, there is a minimum tip attached, which is the same. Both the fee and the minimum tip,” he explained. “You know this. Everyone knows this who comes on to the boat because that’s what it costs to be there. I also know this. So whatever they add to the minimum is what they’re really actually putting toward [the tip].”
Below Deck Med airs on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Peacock.
