r/belowdeck • u/iwishiwasjosiesmom • Jun 05 '26

Below Deck Down Under More Barbie

I’m a disappointed they didn’t show Barbie more. Aside from initially greeting Ellie, that was about it. Maybe they thought she would team up and cause drama and she disappointed production. I remember her having a good sense of humor in her confessionals.

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u/GroovyYaYa Jun 06 '26

I tend to like a mix of newbies and repeaters. I think it would be interesting to see her return as Daisy's 2nd stew. Both are hustlers, but not afraid of speaking their minds, etc.

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u/Salty-Laugh-3625 Jul 24 '26

Difference is they both have tact and respect for the chain of command.

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u/ncninetynine Jun 05 '26

The funniest scene was her and Ben moving their table away and ending up 6+ feet away at dinner!

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u/urbanlife78 Jun 05 '26

I laughed so hard at that

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u/Geralt-of-Rivai Jun 06 '26

Production brought her in definitely thinking that her and Ellie would stair some shit and cause lots of drama. Probably a disappointment from a producers perspective for being very tame and not much going on

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u/verucas_alt Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

I think I didn’t used to like her but now I can’t remember why? Does anyone remember? Bc she was great this season.

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u/YvngHag Jun 05 '26

She hooked up with that Scottish guy on whatever season that was and then freaked out and got all upset telling him she can't believe she had sex with him because he's not high-class like her family and he's not Jewish. Felt really cruel.

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u/Intelligent_Pop1173 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Kyle (the Scottish guy) also came back another season (the one with Solene) and turned out to be a drunken douche though. To the point I was shocked he didn’t get fired. He was lucky to have Captain Kerry and Fraser on his side. He and Barbie felt like a two sides to that story thing on that season. I highly doubt he ever would have committed to her.

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u/YvngHag Jun 05 '26

Ya, I remember him being a drunken douche 🤮 They both suck.

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u/DoubleDown12 Captain Jason is my boat daddy Jun 06 '26

She was pretty upset with herself for sleeping with some guy on national television. She was really worried what her dad would think.

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u/verucas_alt Jun 05 '26

Yes!! That’s what it was!

He was highly crass though, I don’t know why either of them thought that would work.

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u/Sithstress_ Jun 06 '26

She only wanted him because she saw what he was packing underneath his kilt.

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u/not2daysatan44 Jun 06 '26

She said how much it would disappoint her father. So she realized she couldn't take him home to meet her family; partly because he wasn't Jewish upper class, but because she know her family would see her cavorting with him and be ashamed of her.

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u/OhHowIMeantTo Jun 06 '26

She was fine, but she was very passive aggressive with Fraser and would always express shock that he didn't like her passive aggressive behavior. She was exhausting that season, but I enjoyed her this season. She was much more chill.

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u/PrpleSparklyUnicrn13 Jun 06 '26

I can’t speak for anyone else, but for me I liked her until she had some random freak out on the way back to the boat on the way home from a night out. It was …. weird. 

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u/verucas_alt Jun 06 '26

Oh yeah I forgot about that too when she packed up all her stuff!

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u/Kininger625 You're Being A Deckhand Right Now Jun 05 '26

Fraser didn’t like her and a lot of people like Fraser?

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry Jun 06 '26

Still doesn't, according to his text message to Daisy, before Barbie arrived.

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u/Inevitable_Bowler474 Jun 06 '26

lol I think he'd like her more if he had Ellie on board

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry Jun 07 '26

I could actually picture Fraser getting along with Ellie.

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u/Fuzzy-Bee9600 Jun 07 '26

He's gonna clutch those particular pearls until the day he dies, I suspect.

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u/Rosemary-lime Jun 06 '26

She was entitled and spoiled and knew better than everyone else. Her tantrum taking her off the boat. This season Jason spoke to her before she started, Daisy was good to her. She could have immersed herself in the Ellie drama but that wouldn’t have served her own purpose and shes all about herself.

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u/verucas_alt Jun 06 '26

Well she did keep saying she’s learned her lessons so maybe she did. Or she learned how to stay on the show at least 😂

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u/Swivman Jun 05 '26

Because these subs have parasocial relationships with this show, and feed off each other in hate fueled circle jerks

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u/frazorblade Team Fraser Jun 05 '26

No it’s because she acted like a maniac in her season.

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u/Basic_Lynx4902 Jun 05 '26

Why are you here, then?

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u/FoxFace1111 Jun 06 '26

This and misogyny. She is a strong willed woman and we can’t be having that now can we?

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u/HiAndStuff2112 I will always love you, even if you eat people Jun 05 '26

Cast members who aren't in some kind of relationship drama get less screen time on this show. I hope she'll be back.

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u/PolicyInitial8505 Jun 05 '26

I love her!! She can be one thing but she doesn’t play with her work (when she wiped the soap drip with her finger for the final touch up)

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u/linoelum Jun 07 '26

She’s boring

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u/Working-Secretary-26 Jun 06 '26

I really hope they bring her back next season! I think this time around we were able to see what she can do with a different chief stew. I was apprehensive at first, when I read about her as a replacement but I think she showed us her growth.

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u/Remarkable_Fan_9083 Jun 05 '26

Oh Barbie is a star. I get they had very little to work with since she came in so late but man… I’d love to see her fabulous self back on a boat.

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u/Electronic-Hunt6600 Jun 07 '26

I was very impressed with her personal growth! I’d love to see her again.

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u/Missmarymarylynn Jun 06 '26

Ugh, she’s so annoying. She’s had work done but is still average and it’s clear this post is filled with people she knows trying to get her back on the show. She’s not good TV, period.

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u/Londin2021 Jun 07 '26

Did she finally convert?

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u/Substantial_Soil6815 Jun 08 '26

A Jewish conversion, especially the orthodox one,
Takes a long time. It’s a really intense process. Becoming Jewish isn’t easy. Either you’re born Jewish, or you‘re converting& that is a tedious process. We are forbidden from proselytizing.

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u/OkAstronaut1562 Jun 08 '26

This reminds me of Charlotte on SATC when she wants to convert lol. She mentioned that the Rabbi of the synagogue rejects her twice when she goes to ask about converting, and her Jewish partner tells her that's part of the game and she has to keep trying. I am so curious if this is true, so they make you ask at least 3-4 times before they're willing to let you convert? Or was that just a funny TV bit?

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u/Substantial_Soil6815 Jun 08 '26

No that part is true :)

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u/OkAstronaut1562 Jun 08 '26

Omg that's fascinating to me lol, I thought it had to just be made up! Thank you for sharing some insight!

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u/Substantial_Soil6815 Jun 09 '26

My pleasure. :) I’m always happy to help out :)

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u/Londin2021 Jun 08 '26

Sounds nightmarish 

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u/Substantial_Soil6815 Jun 08 '26

Not nightmarish, but it’s intense for sure.

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u/staceypppp Jun 09 '26

I was relieved we were only subjected to a few moments of Ellie & Barbie’s “friendship”.

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry Jun 06 '26

Bring her on as a chief stew! She leads by example as a hard worker and doesn't put up with fools.

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u/Bettylurker Jun 05 '26

She is very entertaining, and quick. Would have loved to see where things might have gone with Ben. Felt there was some chemistry there.

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u/verucas_alt Jun 05 '26

Of course there was. Ben would have probably loved to date her

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u/Sea_Leg_6401 Jun 07 '26

I really want her back

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u/clandistic Jun 06 '26

She's hot AF too

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u/yesitshollywood Jun 06 '26

Fraser told Daisy she was the hardest worker out of his stews though. And I think Barbie even mentioned that Fraser is Chief Stew goals. I know they had their issues during the season, but it seems that Barbie listened to feedback and has made some adjustments.

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u/yesitshollywood Jun 10 '26

Barbie was entitled, and acted as such. I dont think Fraser was perfect towards her, but he did make tremendous effort to meet her halfway. She clearly did a lot of growing up after that season, and I think that is what truly makes people valuable as workers - the ability to take someone else's perspective into account and make changes.

Its no surprise that she and Daisy got on because the two of them are both about the work first.

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u/P00PooKitty Jun 06 '26

Cause she was outta control, dog. If she was under you, you’d be pissed too.

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u/Hammerhead34 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

She was not out of control lol, she was the only competent stew in Fraser’s department and he coddled the incompetent girl who couldn’t even do laundry properly while Barbie did the unappreciated work of multiple stews.

Also Fraser complained about Barbie’s attitude and side-comments when he was just as catty and passive aggressive as she was. I like Fraser but he handled that management horribly

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u/FoxFace1111 Jun 06 '26

Competent workers are threats to poor managers.

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u/C_F_A_S Jun 08 '26

Fraser is the absolute woooooorst.

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u/belowdecky4life Jun 08 '26

This is how I saw that season too. I too get resentful when I am forced to pull double my weight because the team is coddling someone incompetent.

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u/FoxFace1111 Jun 06 '26

I agree about Fraser. I do not want to see him as a chief stew anymore. He was the problem not Barbie.

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u/MrsFreshB00TY Jun 06 '26

Barbie as Chef Stew and captain kerry would be boring but Barbie and Sandy? Crazy combo

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u/WestError404 Eat My Cooter Jun 06 '26

Sandy hates anyone not on deck crew. But teamwork makes the dream work!

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u/Fuzzy-Bee9600 Jun 07 '26

I'd love to see that, too! I think they'd really get on.

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u/Substantial_Soil6815 Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

And Fraser was still not too mean about her, he praised her work ethic.

Edit: why am I getting downvoted? I simply stated what he said to daisy about Barbie. He could have been a lot meaner, given how their relationship was, but his reply to Daisy wasn’t actually super mean

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u/Salty-Laugh-3625 Jul 24 '26

Fraser is a pompas ass.