Below Deck‘s Solène Favreau recalled being so emotionally affected by a breakup that she had to be taken to the hospital.
During the Monday, June 30, episode of the hit Bravo series, Solène discussed the “two times” she was in love while on a date with Kyle Stillie.
“It is the best and the worst. That’s why it is love,” she said before elaborating in a confessional. “My first love experience was when I was 22 years old. He left me four times in two years. All that time I was falling in love deeper and deeper. All that time was getting worse and worse.”
Solène shared that her parents had to step in after the breakup.
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“My dad took me to the emergency room because I was so sad that I stopped eating,” she noted. “I couldn’t eat. I would prefer that someone broke my finger than break my heart.”
The stew noted that the experience taught her to be “the opposite of selfish,” adding, “Now I live for me.”
While Solène didn’t elaborate on the second time she was in love, Below Deck viewers know she was previously linked to a Below Deck alum. Solène revealed earlier this season that she once dated Dylan Pierre De Villiers, who appeared in season 11.
“We broke up because he was in another country, so [there was] distance. Even after, I still love him and I was very sad,” she told the cameras. “So now that is why I try to keep everything at no risk. Since Dylan, I’ve never been in love again. I am young, free and I’m not looking for a relationship.”
Solène is currently exploring a connection with Kyle, which led to them sleeping together on Monday’s episode. According to the sneak peek for next week’s episode, however, Solène was already doubting how interested she is in Kyle.
Kyle, for his part, is expected to find a connection elsewhere. The season 12 trailer teased that an upcoming charter will cause issues with Kyle potentially hooking up with a guest at the beach in full view of his coworkers.
Captain Kerry Titheradge later confronted Kyle, who wouldn’t confirm whether he slept with a guest whose husband was on board as well.
“There was an investigation done. I’m not too sure how much of that will be shown, but I did a thorough investigation before I made my decision,” Kerry exclusively told Us Weekly earlier this month. “It will be interesting to see what happens after I interviewed each of the crew members — including what was actually said behind [my back].”
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Kerry wouldn’t reveal whether Kyle was fired.
“I don’t get to see what’s going on Below Deck because I’m in the wheelhouse or I’m over here and I can’t be everywhere,” he explained. “I don’t micromanage. I allow my crew to grow and I like to be here and to help encourage people. There’s a lot I don’t see and there’s even more I don’t want to see.”
Chief steward Fraser Olender previously told Us that “things were turbulent” already on St. David before Kyle’s possible hookup.
“I’ve done it before, so I can’t speak on [hooking up with a guest]. What is a hard no is on charter and what is a hard no is potentially engaging in something whilst their married significant other is also around,” Fraser teased in May. “It was definitely [the most explosive thing I have been a part of]. Because this situation then was the catalyst of so many other problems. And this really did spiral into something that no one saw coming. So it’s the beginning of the end. It’s so good though.”
Below Deck airs on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Peacock.
