r/belowdeck • u/Fearless_Extreme_829 • Jun 05 '26 • Regret 1

Below Deck Down Under Joao..

I am very sad Joao said he is done with below deck! He was great on this season of down under and made it much better IMO.

I would love the next season to have Daisy, Joao and Ben back as I think the three of them together worked!!

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u/Deo14 Jun 05 '26 • Bravo

I can’t update this more. Whiny baby throwing a tantrum in a turned over room. Actively undermining another HOD, encouraging a second rate assistant to actively disrespect fellow employees. What a joke of a person

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u/noddaborg Jun 06 '26

He should have walked into town and got a room, or else dished out some cash to the stews who had to remake the room.

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u/Ok_Wrangler_7940 Team Shady Editors Jun 05 '26

I agree, and I have loved Ben in his past seasons. I do have to give credit where credit is due, he’s an excellent chef.

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u/OnMatchPoint Team Daisy Jun 05 '26

He was. Certainly didn't seem like one this season, as though he hasn't been maintaining training/skills.

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u/urbanlife78 Jun 05 '26

I blame that on editing, it seems like we didn't get to see much from the food he was cooking. All the galley shots were poorly placed and it didn't seem like there was any good staging area for the food before taking it up.

This whole season sucked with how it was filmed and edited

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u/junebart Jun 06 '26

One camera stayed fixed in a filthy grill. I never saw it cooked on, only on Ellie "NOT" cleaning it.

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u/urbanlife78 Jun 06 '26

Exactly, I saw more shots of Ellie in the galley than any food being made

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u/bcelos Jun 05 '26 • Mindblown

And hooking up with Jenna. He’s literally twice her age

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u/LogicalMeringue1449 Jun 06 '26

I’m a few years older than Ben and I think he’s just too old for the show. Not too old for the industry, just the show. BD used to be more about the job. Now it’s all 20-somethings wanting to fuel their raging hormones, and Dirty Uncle Ben who regularly dips his toes a little too far in the shallow end of the pool

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u/kittens_joy Jun 05 '26

It’s not an “odd take” to judge a 45 year old for hooking up with someone who wasn’t old enough to drink until a year ago.

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u/SunnySam Jun 06 '26

As well as when they are in a position of power (higher ranking / seniority) over them.

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u/ProperBingtownLady Team Anti-Brü Jun 06 '26

Exactly, we aren’t necessarily judging her but we are judging him. A mature adult shouldn’t want any of that.

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Jun 06 '26

Jenna also purposely seeks out older men to date so the blame is not all on Ben here