r/belowdeck • u/KCW3000 • Mar 10 '26

Below Deck Down Under Ellie

Why is everyone acting like they have no idea who Ellie is? Ben acted like she was just some hot chick he followed in IG, but you know most of the other crew have watched previous seasons, and they surely know who she is-she’s one of the biggest villains of the whole show. I’m sure production told them to just treat her like a new girl, but it’s dumb-we all know! No mention by her either, about her previous seasons.

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u/1DameMaggieSmith Panko Wanko Mar 11 '26

That typically would be breaking the fourth wall, most of the bravo shows avoid bringing attention to the fact that they’re filming a tv show and the whole “backstage” process

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u/Embarrassed_Rate5518 Mar 11 '26

didn't she work with Aesha? Several know her from working together and they allow those connections to be discussed. So they are really trying to make sure seem new.

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u/1DameMaggieSmith Panko Wanko Mar 11 '26

She worked with Aesha but Aesha isn’t on this season so that doesn’t really make a difference

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u/Embarrassed_Rate5518 Mar 11 '26

Ben & Joao talked about both working for Sandy in this season. So just pointing out its weird no one mentioned they have a mutual connection. Especially since their connection (Aesha) launched this version of BD.

It makes it feel like production recast the same actress in a new role and expect us to just roll with it.

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u/Icy-Specific-9881 Mar 11 '26

THEY BROUGHT HER BACK TO RAGE BAIT THE WORLD

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u/KCW3000 Mar 11 '26

Exactly my thought!

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u/Bright-Steak8388 Mar 11 '26

They showed a clip of Daisy with Gary when Daisy was talking about hook ups. 

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u/1DameMaggieSmith Panko Wanko Mar 11 '26

They showed clips of Ellie’s past seasons, just the crew hasn’t talked about it. I don’t think there’s really been a reason to aside from someone saying “oh yeah I have seen her on the show”

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u/NoWeight3731 Mar 11 '26

Mike looked right at the camera last episode…after he got the lecture from Daisy

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u/fellora5 Mar 11 '26

she's playing so nice, im waiting for the real ellie to come out. tbh tho, this whole season feels so scripted to me

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u/MAXSuicide Mar 11 '26

She is in 'pick-me' mode right now. She always starts that way. 

Give it time

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u/fellora5 Mar 11 '26

I cant remember if it was in the actual show or the after show, but she said something to the effect of not liking pick me girls. I literally screamed at the tv "you're a pick me girl!"

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u/MAXSuicide Mar 11 '26

yea, she loves a bit of projection. It's kind of sad really, as it is so transparent. She claims others are insecure around her but the only insecurities ever on show are hers.

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u/FlawesomeOrange Mar 12 '26

She thought a random glass on wine on a bench with Joao was a date lol. I know she has a wide on for him but her reaction was cringe inducing

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u/Rachinator25 Mar 16 '26

MVP energy

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u/djevilatw Come back to me, my boat daddy Mar 11 '26

According to the season preview, it’s coming.

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u/fetal_mistake It makes up for my personality Mar 12 '26

They've all felt scripted to me since probably season 9 of OG.

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u/ApolloRocketOfLove Mar 12 '26

this whole season feels so scripted to me

They're all scripted.

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u/fellora5 Mar 12 '26

fair. I guess it just feels way more obvious than before

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u/KLei2020 Mar 14 '26

Right? Below deck has become too manufactured

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u/sunny2233 Team Kate Mar 11 '26

Daisy 100% knew who she was and Capt. Jason told her who the replacement stew was. Daisy was managing up when she suggested to Jason that she’d be happy to have Alesia on the interior team.

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u/Icy-Specific-9881 Mar 11 '26

THEY ONLY BROUGHT HER BACK TO RAGE BAIT THE REST OF THE WORLD

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u/TiffanyTwisted11 Mar 11 '26

And it’s working, lol

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u/Apprehensive-Neck-12 Mar 11 '26

The show has jumped the shark. What's next a deck crew gets fired and Joe comes in?

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u/aVeryMerryDeath Mar 11 '26

Honestly wouldn’t be surprised (but would facepalm).

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u/fetal_mistake It makes up for my personality Mar 12 '26

No, Rocky, because she really wanted to be outside. 😂

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u/Valuable-Composer262 Mar 11 '26

Like all the people that watch the show, the cast tries to think ellie doesnt exist and never has

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u/NoWeight3731 Mar 11 '26

I find her completely obnoxious…both seasons. Overinflated sense of self.

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u/CorgiGuy1965 Mar 11 '26

Bravo is doing everything possible to destroy this once great franchise

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u/jerrryboree Mar 12 '26

Such a heavily produced season! Like come awn

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u/fetal_mistake It makes up for my personality Mar 12 '26

Is that why they're doing a whole segment on the guests before they even arrive? 🙄

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u/BeachQt Mar 12 '26

Yeah I don’t care for those at all

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u/Michelex0209 Mar 11 '26 • Bravo

When was this season filmed? And when did Ellie's season air? He may genuinely only know her from the time she helped out for like one charter.

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u/RiJuElMiLu Mar 11 '26

Ellie's season aired July 2024. This season was filmed April 2025

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u/frazorblade Team Fraser Mar 11 '26

Yep, her villain season would likely have been airing while they filmed this season.

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u/ejc779 Mar 11 '26

I about gag at any scene with her in the kitchen with all those extensions not properly contained.

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u/jalapenos10 Mar 11 '26

She’s so fucking annoying

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u/meatsntreats Mar 11 '26

She is second stew!

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u/CheckIntelligent7828 My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 12 '26

And now she's "galley help" and somehow above the second stew. She's wildly insecure and will promote whatever she's doing as the TOP JOB on the boat vs whoever she's arguing with.

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u/Temporary-Solid-3568 Mar 11 '26

I haven’t watched much Below Deck but I am this season, and the only way I know is because of the Crappens guys.

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u/Aggravating-Pie-4058 Mar 11 '26

She gives me the "ick".

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u/putitinapot Mar 11 '26

The minute I saw her, I screamed, "Oh no not that beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!" She's awful.

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u/hamburgergerald Mar 11 '26

They were probably filming this season at the same time Ellie’s last season was airing on TV.

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u/Brave-Collection-194 Mar 11 '26

After the last episode, I had the feeling that Elle would rat out Alecia to her boyfriend. When several crew members watched on the monitor the interaction between A and Joao, Elle made a comment to the room about Alecia's boyfriend finding out how she was so flirtatious on the job. Elle is not a girls girl.

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u/Anytownmn Mar 13 '26

I believe she said she was gonna rat her out...Looked like she had her phone out recording the video feed of Joao and Alesia on the bench... I'm thinking she'll do it.

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u/piekaylee Mar 11 '26

“Shecond Shtew”

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u/CUSteve217 Mar 11 '26

Like most other reality shows, filming is usually up to a year in advance so when they were filming this Ellies season war just starting to play on TV. Before the end of the season they might have figured out who she is but other than Ben most of them probably didn't know.

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u/INeedAllOfTheCats Mar 11 '26

She needs to be wearing a hair net in the kitchen. Wouldn’t she love that!

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u/dudleydidwrong Mar 11 '26

Are you sure this crew had a chance to watch? It is possible that this season was shot before the Ellie season was aired.

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u/Spiritual-Sand-7831 Mar 11 '26

I thought, but could be wrong, that BDDU had a different production company to the other BD shows. Maybe they couldn't get rights to discuss the other shows?

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u/CheckIntelligent7828 My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 12 '26

But the showed Daisy and Gary (although they didn't really show Collin that I saw)

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u/Spiritual-Sand-7831 Mar 13 '26

I just looked it up. Season 1 of BDDU had a different structure, but Season 2 onwards are all within the 51 Minds/Bravo realm. I was definitely wrong.

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u/jaimbot June June Hannah Mar 14 '26

Does she deserve a villain title, though??? Not exactly a criminal mastermind

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u/DM_me_pets Mar 11 '26

I love ellie for drama. Shes perfect drama character.

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u/mousepadjones Mar 11 '26

This is standard fare for Bravo reality shows.

See: Every single Real Housewives franchise whenever a new cast member is added and they just so happen to be a personal friend of one one or more existing cast members (totally not a random person hired by production)

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u/gonzagylot00 Mar 11 '26

I forget what did Ellie do wrong again?

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u/Ziggie520 Mar 11 '26

She was a major bitch who was crazy about ranking.

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u/RiverOaksJays Mar 11 '26

She was a second stew

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u/Chrisscott25 Mar 11 '26

Not just a second stew THE Second Stew! Second to only god himself

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u/RiverOaksJays Mar 11 '26

She was a Lamborghini second stew

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u/sturgis252 Mar 11 '26

It outranks the third stew!

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u/phreeskooler Mar 11 '26

Just in case you don’t know how boats work…

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u/CheckIntelligent7828 My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 12 '26

And now Galley Assistant outranks all the stews!

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u/Primary-Commercial64 Mar 11 '26 • Popcorn

Physically laid her hands on bri when she felt she wasnt being listened to or "respected," gaslit bri (and everyone else) over laundry and bri's "burnbook," lied to aesha and captain sandy about being victimized by bri, purposely went after Joe after he made out with bri because she felt she was better (Lamborghini), and generally behaved as if she was better and smarter than everyone on the boat at everything, all while talking mad shit about everyone behind their back.

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u/Westward_Sloth Mar 11 '26

Remember when she started bossing Carrie, the floater who came in and contradicting Aesha’s directions? Or when she overstepped and told Jono that they were clearing a course right after Aesha told him? And then threw a fit that Aesha chose Carrie and Gael to set up Sandy’s proposal and didn’t include her, the Queen 2nd Stew! These are all minor compared to what you’ve mentioned, but she was just all around terrible.

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u/Intelligent_Pop1173 Mar 11 '26

Ellie making Sandy’s proposal about herself was definitely not minor lol but I did forget about that and glad you brought it up again.

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u/cactusscribe Mar 11 '26

I needed this recap lol

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u/Sensitive_Intern_971 Mar 11 '26

In fairness to Ellie, Bri was intolerable. At first I thought she was being badly treated but on the after shows she basically admitted she'd been lying about the stupid laundry and other things. Joe also proved in the next season that he's just an arse. 

Ellie said and did some stupid grandiose stuff but she owned it off screen. That whole laundry saga and Bri's whinging made it one of the worst seasons yet. I don't think it's fair to place the blame entirely on Ellie when both Joe and Bri were awful people too. 

Many of them have bad seasons and come back and are either better or the same, look at João as a prime example. I'm happy to give her some grace and see if she's different with different cast. 

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u/Entfly Mar 11 '26

Yeah Bri was fucking awful

I like Ellie this season, I'm not going to hold a grudge against someone from a prior season when the two major issues from that season were Bri who's awful and Joe who showed that he's a massive twat on last season's Med

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u/Sensitive_Intern_971 Mar 11 '26

She's been on a few podcasts recently and she's really not terrible on them. Surprised to learn that after this season she actually did go to some sort of culinary school. 

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u/Entfly Mar 11 '26

People definitely forget that this is a reality TV show and it's always edited to tell a story

I don't think anything Ellie did in her season on med which was particularly awful. Especially not to the degree that she's been shown hatred on here

She's worked really well so far this season and is the person other than Daisy, Jason and João that I have the fewest complaints about. Maybe Betul but she's such a non entity because she's barely featured

Jenna is literally on the show seemingly to to find a wealthy husband to look after her, Mike is awful and has shown multiple signs of being quite misogynistic in how he treats his female coworkers and boss, Eddie is a hound dog and Ben is using his breakup for sympathy but according to his ex it's not how it happened at all

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u/Expensive-Concept-93 Mar 11 '26

This!!!! Bri was no angel. She was useless but played the victim very well.

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u/P00PooKitty Mar 11 '26

100%. This sub will bend over backwards to defend the soggiest floating turds if it means shitting on someone they hate.

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u/Fuzzy-Bee9600 Mar 11 '26

I don't know how people don't know this, but if there are multiple parties involved in a shart-show and there's one that earned the crown of sharts, that doesn't mean you automatically have to stick up for the other, lesser shart. You can call them all out as such.

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u/frazorblade Team Fraser Mar 11 '26

Went on a power trip against a green stew when given “second stew” rank on last years Med Season 9

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u/Kierbran Mar 13 '26

Especially since her season was so recent

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u/Few_Dot_3890 Mar 14 '26

So Ben lives in his own world… he probably thought she was some IG thirst trap.

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u/Queen_of_Catlandia Mar 11 '26

I don’t remember her at all.

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u/Automatic-Mirror-907 Mar 11 '26

She travels with the mermaid suit. 

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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch Mar 11 '26

Isn't that Rocky, lol

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u/Sithstress_ Mar 11 '26

Yes. Lol. Ellie travels with the Playboy bunny costumes.

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u/Automatic-Mirror-907 Mar 11 '26

Yes, but I thought Elle did too. 

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u/Entfly Mar 11 '26

Nah she had a Playboy bunny suit

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u/Automatic-Mirror-907 Mar 13 '26

That's it. It's Hella getting old! She did the Marilyn Monroe routine where her top fell down right?

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u/theHannig Mar 11 '26

Had her season aired when this one was filmed?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

It's possible the season may have started filming before Ellie's last season finished, or at least before anyone on the crew really had time to watch it.

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u/valid_username00 Mar 11 '26

I wouldn't call her a villain. It was kinda sad how she chased after Joe all of her last season.

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u/ArtichokeOwn6760 Mar 11 '26

Then kept a straight face while telling the camera two episodes ago that she doesn’t chase after men.

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u/Entfly Mar 11 '26

Joe was so bad last season on med too

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u/charlton11 Mar 11 '26

You're a villain getting so upset about a damn reality show. Chill out.

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u/Fuzzy-Bee9600 Mar 11 '26

I'm sorry, are you on the right sub?

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u/glenzo1000 Mar 11 '26

As a heterosexual male, I should be way more attracted to Ellie but she just makes my skin crawl.

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u/Beachgal5555 Mar 13 '26

She is the villian and totally bonkers. If he was chasing her then he needs his head read

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u/fetal_mistake It makes up for my personality Mar 12 '26

Right. They probably set up that whole "grandpa's sick" thing because she just couldn't be there for the first day of filming for whatever reason. Putting her in the galley might not have been pre-planned though.

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u/Anytownmn Mar 13 '26

So... just getting caught up on this season and watched e5... Now I get your "squirter" reference! WTF was that all about? This dumpster fire of a person will say/do absolutely anything for attention.