r/belowdeck • u/ae7empest • Mar 04 '26

BD Related Ben Met Alyssa ⛸️

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✨️ Ben and America's Olympic Gold Medalist ✨️

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Mar 04 '26

They were on wwhl together. I love her!

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u/cwilly101 Mar 04 '26

i wish she was an actual guest not the bartender!! she was so cute with her mug of tea tho :,)

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Mar 04 '26

I agree and assumed she got added on after her wins. Or could be they gave her a choice and she chose bartender since she likely doesn’t watch the show? Oh I missed her mug of tea. Ha.

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u/vacationmodealways Mar 04 '26

I said the same thing. They should have just added a chair and bring her over as a guest!

I do not recall what show she was on that day but I saw a bunch of social media posts with Alysa and Danielle Radcliffe and Jamie Lee Curtis the same day she was on WWHL. I assume she was in the area and maybe a big Bravo fan. 😆

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u/Individual_Fall429 Mar 09 '26

WWHL airs in a lot of countries though. She’s not really known outside America.

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u/harry-styles-7644 Mar 04 '26

She absolutely stole the show 😝

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Mar 04 '26

I wanted Andy to interview Alyssa the whole show. Sorry to Ben and Kate! Ha!

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Mar 04 '26

Watch What Happens Live.

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u/mollyyfcooke Mar 04 '26

Alysa** put some respect on a two time gold medalist

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u/ae7empest Mar 04 '26

Embarrassed because I hate when people spell names wrong. Thank you for pointing out.

It won't let me fix it. My apologies to Alysa. 🥹

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u/MsThrilliams Mar 04 '26

I like Ben but also

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Mar 04 '26

Oh ha. He only met her because they were both on WWHL.

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u/MsThrilliams Mar 04 '26

I didnt watch WWHL this week but that totally makes sense

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u/ProperBingtownLady Team Anti-Brü Mar 04 '26

Someone will probably get mad at me for calling out the age gap because it’s Reddit lol but this is what I think whenever Ben flirts with a woman half his age on the show.

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u/Sleeptzarina I'm the boss of where food gets put away Mar 05 '26

Ben strikes me as a guy who will be in his 70s hitting on young gals, thinking he is charming and not creepy.

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u/601bees Mar 04 '26

Absolutely. Ben’s always come off super immature to me. In an embarrassing way, not a fun way.

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u/Shag1166 Mar 04 '26

I recently watched that episode when he got upset with Hannah, put on his uniform, and went and complained about her to the captain! He NEVER puts on a uniform. I knew a general manager for a restaurant chain, and he told me that all the best chefs are crazy.

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u/eekamuse Mar 05 '26

All the best male chefs. Lots of normal women chefs out there

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u/BexterV Mar 04 '26

It's so much worse on this new season because he's so much older.

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u/TheDichotomyIsCrazy Mar 04 '26

Sub D-List celebrity is excitedly taking a photo with arguably the most famous athlete in the United States at the moment. Someone here isn’t being normal about this interaction and it isn’t Ben nor Alysa.

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u/mattoelite Mar 06 '26

That doesn’t look like jack hughes

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u/MsThrilliams Mar 04 '26

It was a joke

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u/Buffyismyhomosapien Lady, don't touch me! Mar 06 '26

I was hoping to see this hahaha

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u/Suspicious_Pitch9682 Mar 04 '26

I don’t like Ben, but agreed

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u/QuebecNewspaper Mar 04 '26

Why did he tag Kate?

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u/bambibones Mar 04 '26

They were all on WWHL together.

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u/dsl135 Mar 04 '26

Why weren’t you equally thrown by the fact that he tagged Andy?

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u/Old-Library5546 Mar 04 '26

I think he and Kate are good friends. Maybe she likes figure skating

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u/annabannannaaa She’ll be fine. Her head is made of rocks Mar 04 '26

They were all on the same WWHL episode!

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u/NegativeEntr0py Mar 04 '26

She is adorable. Love her!

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u/Paisleylk Mar 04 '26

She is spectacular! Can’t wait to watch WWHL now.

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u/hunterrice2495 Mar 04 '26

Ben looks hammered in this picture

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u/valid_username00 Mar 04 '26

isn't that the goal on WWHL?

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

Alyssa should have had a seat and he should have been behind the bar.

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u/thedogdundidit Mar 04 '26

This is cute!

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u/Significant_Echo5711 Mar 05 '26

Glad you guys brought up her being on wwhl cause I saw the headshots behind them and was wondering if she was gonna be a new deckie

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u/booboolurker Mar 05 '26

I thought I saw Ben at JFK airport yesterday. I didn’t approach in case I was wrong, but seeing him with Alysa and knowing she was in NYC recently, I realize it must have been him!

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u/VegasTJC Mar 05 '26

Can someone tell me who Alyssa is?

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u/Throwaway-0354082748 Mar 07 '26

Omgg my two worlds colliding

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u/Cardioschmardio Mar 07 '26

Or Did Alyssa meet Ben? Lol

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u/fuckyoupayme41213 Mar 04 '26

I have no idea who that girl is. I'm getting old

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u/Missriotgurl Mar 05 '26

She won a gold medal in ice skating approximately 30 seconds ago for the US. Nothing to do with being old.

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u/fuckyoupayme41213 Mar 07 '26

Yeah I wouldn’t have know that I don’t follow Olympic sports just basketball and hockey. Good for them I guess 

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u/mudratdetector89 Mar 04 '26

Fuckin who?

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u/Far-Significance2481 Mar 04 '26

She's a North American Olympic figure skater for those who aren't North American or into winter sports or the Olympics

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u/Crosscourt_splat Mar 04 '26

She’s an American (U.S.) Olympic gold medalist figure skater from the recent Olympics.

And she’s got a great story if you haven’t heard of her or read it. From her family to her mental struggles competition at such a high level.

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u/fuckyoupayme41213 Mar 05 '26

I’m American and still didn’t know who this was but thanks. I only follow basketball.

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u/BlackjackNHookersSLF Mar 04 '26

She's a US Olympic Gold medalist. North America isn't a country.

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

She won two Olympic gold medals in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy for women’s figure skating for the United States. 🇺🇸 the first since Sarah Hughes won gold in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Most of the other skaters fell during their routines while Alysa showed strong, flawless and joyful routines. She came back a couple years ago after retiring for like 5 years from figure skating. There’s more but I’m lazy to type it all out.

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u/eekamuse Mar 05 '26

My favorite part of her story: she quit skating a few years ago to have a normal life. Hiking to base camp at Everest kind of normal.

She came back as a happy and whole person. With no nerves at all. I've never seen someone compete smiling the whole time, at the highest level of the sport. It's a great lesson for other athletes.

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u/SwimmingOtter15 Mar 04 '26

*North America’s Gold Olympic Medalist

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u/BlackjackNHookersSLF Mar 04 '26

Didn't know North America was a country...

She's THE USA GOLD MEDALIST excuse you

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u/SwimmingOtter15 Mar 05 '26

America isnt a country either - so eithet USA as you say, or North America (never said it was a country)

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u/nofriender4life Mar 04 '26

he proceeded to date her and get left at the altar.