Below Deck Mediterranean‘s Kizzi Kitchener explained why she wanted to “look sexy” before telling Victoria SanJuan that she kissed her boyfriend Joe Bradley.
During the Monday, December 29, episode of the hit Bravo series, Victoria returned to Bravado days after Joe was unfaithful to her — without Victoria’s knowledge. Joe couldn’t look Victoria in the eye while Kizzi was nervous about how to tell her friend about their secret hookup.
“I am feeling very stressed,” Kizzi said in a confessional. “I think I might cry.”
After gathering to celebrate Victoria’s birthday, the group got ready to honor the stew’s late boyfriend. Kizzi kept changing her outfit before elaborating to the cameras about her plan to come clean to Victoria.
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“Obviously this is a very sensitive time for V, which makes me feel even worse,” she added. “I want to look sexy when I have this conversation just purely because I don’t want her thinking he’s kissing someone ugly.”
Joe and Victoria formed a connection when he joined halfway through season 10 as she was still mourning the death of her ex-boyfriend Bon. Below Deck Med viewers are familiar with Joe’s past love triangle with Bri Muller and Elena Dubaich.
“My message is I’m single and if you want to have a bit of fun and give me the same energy that it just gets a bit chaotic,” Joe exclusively told Us Weekly in November about returning to the franchise. “But I’m your friend at the end of the day, so I’ve still got contact with Elena and I am still in contact with Bri.”
He continued, “We’re friends and we’re young and we’re in a closed environment. It’s going to happen. But I’ve got contact with everyone and I’ve got no malicious intentions.”
Joe joked he learned “absolutely nothing” from his drama with Bri and Elena, adding, “To answer that question without a smile on my face, [my love life this season] was just chaos.”
Before Joe’s infidelity played out on screen, Victoria also broke her silence on where they stand now.
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“Joe and I will always be cordial and will always be professional. But I don’t really consider him part of my friend group,” she told Us earlier this month. “The men I keep in my friend group, I admire them because they’re more honest, have self control, hold themselves accountable and have respect — those kinds of qualities.”
Victoria hinted at what caused their falling out, adding, “So I wish him all the best. I think he is a lovely human but I think he has got a lot to learn from his mistakes — if he’s willing to learn from them.”
Kizzi, for her part, spoke to Us about whether she had any regrets since filming season 10, sharing in October, “In the moment, you literally forget there’s a camera crew, especially when you’ve had a drink and these people are your friends. If there weren’t cameras, I can’t even imagine what other people say.”
She continued: “I definitely could tone it down in places but I also want to be myself and be real. These things do happen in real life and it doesn’t make you a bad person. … Watching it back, I regret sharing so much with people that aren’t thinking about the context.”
Below Deck Med airs on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Peacock.
