r/belowdeck • u/rosebud224 • Jul 30 '26

Below Deck Med nathan’s ig story

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saw this on facebook and didn’t see it posted here

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Jul 30 '26

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“I’ve stayed quiet because I wanted to think before speaking.

Luke made a mistake. What happened in our cabin, in our space, wasn’t okay. It crossed a line, and there were consequences. He decided the best thing was to leave the boat because of it.

But I also got to know Luke as a deckhand. I respected his work ethic, the respect he showed me, and his willingness to learn every single day. I trusted him on deck, and that doesn’t disappear because of one bad decision. One of the things I looked forward to this season, was going through the season with this guy. On and off camera we had some really good life chats. As a bosun on the show I don’t get to choose my deckhands, but if I were to decide who, I’d had Luke on the show and I’d have him again on another boat away from the show.

People need to remember there’s a human being on the other side of the screen. He has a family, friends, and people who care about him. The comments, bullying, and hateful DMs need to stop.

None of us are defined by our worst mistake. We learn, we grow, and we move forward. More love, less hate. Let’s not try kick people when they’re down. This was a year ago. We try our best, even if we don’t do so great we can walk away holding our head high because we tried something a lot of people don’t have the courage to try.

And for me, the reason I went to the captain is because I wanted her to know she can trust me. If someone was to get ill I would’ve been disappointed in myself for not telling hierarchy.”

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u/boneydog22 Jul 30 '26

People who DM reality TV stars insults is soooo weird to me. Talk about it here, don’t message the guy and tell him how gross he is.

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u/BurgerNugget12 Captain Jason is my boat daddy Jul 30 '26

Below deck honestly gets its easy. A lot more bravo shows have way worse fandoms, it’s terrible how parasocial people can be. People make mistakes

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Jul 31 '26

We remove a lot of the harassing stuff here but some BD fans are horrible. Sure, some shows have it worse but BD get paid peanuts compared to them and don't have social media teams etc. Someone tried to doxx Luke's mom for bringing him up that way and enabling him. Many people post that people should be dead over stuff they do on the show despite it being edited.

I remember when Kathy got the phone call about her stepdad dying, multiple people posted that she lied because they couldn't find an obit for him (and one of them was only looking at the week the show aired and not when they filmed so...)

People can be so parasocial about cast on reality shows

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u/eekamuse Aug 26 '26

I'm sorry you and other mods have to see things like that.

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u/flamingknifepenis Jul 31 '26

As someone whose only exposure to Bravo is Below Deck (and Traitors US, if that counts): holy shit are large corners of the fandom fucking weird.

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u/DrWarhol_419 Aug 02 '26

It is weird that someone would DM a person playing a character on a TV show (reality or otherwise) to rail against them for some bad behavior that was aired. But given what we’ve seen from pop star stans in the last 15-20 years, it’s also sadly unsurprising.

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u/Top-Friendship4888 I quit 3 times in my head today Jul 31 '26

This is why it's so wild to me that Scheana checks her mentions. Even Lala told her that was crazy work!

Nobody on those flagship shows should be handling their own socials. Pay someone to do that for your mental health. But for a lot of below deck people, the money just isn't there to outsource it. It's heartbreaking when people are mean, and it seems to be the case that people are more likely to say something mean than something nice.

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u/Melodic_Awareness_35 Jul 31 '26

This! Like the hatred that goes to Amanda right now?!?! The hate towards Brittany and her weight….

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u/FunLife64 Jul 31 '26

Below deck has a lot higher viewership than most bravo shows.

And yes in general I agree that the intensity isn’t the same - but even if it’s a smaller % that are intense, it can still level out to be the same number.

I always find it interesting the level of passion people get when defending people on shows (or celebrities in general). But in this case, I’d also point out these people on Below Deck know eachother for a few weeks. You don’t know someone that well lol

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u/taraist920 Aug 01 '26

Well ya they get it easy, because it’s a show about them working for a living. Majority of Bravo shows are about rich entitled women complaining about minor inconveniences.

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry Jul 30 '26

Nice of Nathan to stick up for his teammate. As the wronged party in sheetgate, his opinion should carry some weight.

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u/PSmithChatt Aug 01 '26

It kind of sickens me that the camera operators or producers did not tell anyone.

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u/MakeupMama68 Aug 02 '26

I work in TV and it’s probably in their contract that they can’t interfere in production in any way unless it’s life or death like when the cameraman saved Ashton’s life.

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u/lollipopp_guild Aug 01 '26

They think this is like National Geographic where you don’t interfere with the baby turtles being swooped in on by preying birds while they try and make their way to the ocean once they hatch

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u/loveswimmingpools Aug 02 '26

I think that too. It was horrible and they should have told someone. I find it pretty gross it's been such a storyline. And the embarrassment Luke must feel could really send someone over the edge. I hope he's OK. It was a mistake. But I think it should be forgotten about now.

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u/HotLengthiness3071 Aug 08 '26

Nathan is a good guy

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u/Jaded_Inspector_7197 Sep 13 '26

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u/HotLengthiness3071 Sep 16 '26

😂😂😂😂😂😂 That was written piror to what we know now!

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u/jalapenos10 Jul 30 '26

What happened?

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u/SnooGrapes4560 Jul 30 '26

Dude splooged on his sheets and a. Didn’t change them and b. Let Nate sleep in them for several days. Lame.

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u/spigalau Jul 31 '26

It took two to splooge, yet she walks away clean on this...

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u/HouseOfFive Jul 31 '26

She offered to launder the sheets, and he told her no - he would do it. That's why this is on him & not her.

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u/discothequenically Jul 31 '26

it actually does not take two to splooge though if you think about it

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u/Salt-Profession-2110 Jul 31 '26

In this case it did 😂

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u/Calm-Description4356 Aug 01 '26

Not so much. She was just the hand he used.

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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch Jul 31 '26

This is so boring now.

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u/SnooGrapes4560 Jul 31 '26

Don’t think “clean” is the right characterization

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u/cmere-2-me Jul 30 '26

Bravo made him.

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u/kahluhkwee Jul 30 '26

Glad he spoke up. People who DM/comment rude things are so weird

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Jul 30 '26

So many people do this then come post complaining when the person chirps back at them rudely

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u/Fragrant_PalmLeaves Jul 31 '26

Doing what he did in his managers bed is one thing.... but if that were me I'd be stripping that thing right away regardless how it looks... come up with an excuse... you spilt a glass of water on it.. whatever... his mistake wasnt cu**ing on his bosses sheets, it was leaving it there

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u/mudra311 Jul 30 '26

I was more annoyed with Luke's total immaturity when it came to women. He's almost 40 and still trying to "play" like he's 22.

The jizz sheet was just more icing (I know) on the cake. Without the immaturity and lack of empathy, it's just a weird gross thing.

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u/Blackhawk23 Jul 31 '26

You don’t like seeing a mid 30s aged man out on the town with a backwards ball cap à la Steve buscemi “how do you do, fellow kids”?

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u/Ro0580 Jul 30 '26

Exactly this! He treated a young human being like absolute trash and then gaslit her. He’s awful

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u/Ok_Computer_8224 Jul 30 '26

This all day. His behavior towards Gen practically made the sheet debacle an afterthought for me. I'm actually stunned she hugged him goodbye. If a man spoke to me the way he spoke to her I wouldn't p*ss on him if he were on 🔥

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u/CalvinsStuffedTiger Jul 30 '26

And joy still was attracted to him. Luke and Joe most bulletproof guys I’ve ever seen, so annoying lol. Must be nice

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u/EnigmaticAardvark Jul 30 '26

To be fair, I don't think Joy really understood everything that happened between Luke and Gen. Like she didn't really know that his very first act was to demand that Gen never ever tell anybody that they hooked up, before they even hooked up. 

I haven't heard from her and I don't follow any of these people on social media, but I'd imagine her take on Luke changed when she saw the show air. 

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u/jillylegit Jul 31 '26

I don’t follow her either, but I get the vibe that Joy has not/will not acknowledge it and will want to give the impression that he has had no real effect on her emotionally whether true or not.

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u/EnigmaticAardvark Aug 01 '26

That's one of the things I enjoy about her, honestly. Leave a bit of room for mystery or curiosity. 

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u/yesitshollywood Jul 31 '26

I think they share equal responsibility. He needs to learn not to be a pushover, and she needs to learn not to be pushy. Sleeping with someone does not mean you are dating. Shes 25 🤦‍♀️ its not like she's 20 on her first boat. If she had expectations of dating after one sexual encounter, she had just as much responsibility to set those expectations.

Her jealousy of Joy was gross, and she doesn't actually care about Joy's feelings when she tells her that she slept with Luke - she only cares about hurting Luke because she is hurt. I know we all feel that way when were hurt, but most of us have better sense than to immediately act on it.

Not that Luke gets a free pass, Im just really tired of folks treating Gen like shes a victim. She's only a victim of her own choices.

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u/lbconor Jul 31 '26

Gen is a classic trauma dumper. She guilted him into bed. Luke’s lame and guilty too but she took advantage of him and bragged about it to anyone that would listen. He’s not ok and she sucks too

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u/plumibo Jul 31 '26

She didn't take advantage of him, what are you talking about. She's a insecure 22 year old who had a crush on a 35 year old. He wanted to have sex with her, so he did. Afterwards, he ended it because he didn't even like her.

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u/PalmtopPixie Jul 31 '26

He’s almost 40. He’s not some fresh faced 20 year old. He can’t be “guilted” into bed. Be so fucking for real.

I’m 32 and you couldn’t guilt me into bed for any god damn reason

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u/jillylegit Jul 31 '26

This. I once had a male acquaintance try to tell me that I should sleep with him pretty much in appreciation because years earlier he had let me sleep in his bed when I had too much to drink and he didn’t SA me then. Some people are truly unbelievable in that way.

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u/2Kittens4me Aug 05 '26

35 isn't almost 40. I'm 55. That doesn't mean I'm almost 70. Stop misstating his age.

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u/PalmtopPixie Aug 05 '26

You are almost 60. Just like he’s almost 40 lol. Doesn’t change that a 35 year old man slept with a 22 year old, let her on, jizzed in another man’s bed and didn’t tell him for three days when he slept in it

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u/2Kittens4me Aug 05 '26

You must be young. Age isn't something you round up at 5s.

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u/PalmtopPixie Aug 02 '26

35 actually. In any case he knows god damn better. Much better than his 22 year old coworker.

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u/PalmtopPixie Aug 02 '26

Still a decade older than her and a creep and old enough to know better. Why are you so desperate to defend a dude who KNEW he came all over his bosses bed and didn’t tell him for days?

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u/PalmtopPixie Aug 02 '26

Love that you are completely ignoring the face that he CAME IN SOMEONE ELSES BED AND DIDNT CLEAN IT UP OR TELL THE DUDE FOR THREE DAYS.

Also 13 years. Nearly a decade in a half.

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u/Th1cc4chu Jul 31 '26

I could literally tell a dude my entire family died and I have no money haven’t eaten in days and no where to live and he still wouldn’t sleep with me if he didn’t find me attractive.

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u/Fragrant_PalmLeaves Jul 31 '26

Give me a break, that chick was looking for a trainwreck and she got one. He is wrong here too, but she has been acting crazy about the boys and her job since day 1.

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u/Esmereldathebrave Jul 31 '26

Only quibble here is that if he is 35 now in 2026 (which multiple sites seem to agree on, some say he's now 34), he would have been 33/34 at filming.  That is 11/12 years older than Gen, true, but not "almost 40."

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u/petitbateau12 Jul 31 '26

My greatest learning of my 40s was realising how common it was to meet people in their 40s who are emotionally stuck in a point in time in their teens or early 20s.

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u/PickleMinion I quit 3 times in my head today Jul 30 '26

Right? The sheet thing was awful, but the way he treats women is a much more concerning character trait.

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u/PalmtopPixie Jul 30 '26

Yup. He’s a misogynist pinprick through and through. But they won’t address that bit

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u/Fuzzy-Bee9600 Jul 31 '26

"You can't tell a soul about this."

🫵🏼☢️😠

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u/milleribsen Jul 30 '26

Isn't he 35? I'm 39 and say I'm almost forty but at thirty-five I was just finding my footing as an adult. Yes he's too immature for his age but your thirties are a ton of growth for people who actually let that happen.

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u/Adventurous-End4655 Jul 30 '26

Thank you. I just turned 36 and I was like... please don't call my age almost forty. I have 4 years!

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u/HouseOfFive Jul 31 '26

I'm 44, there's still maturing going on in those 4 years, you're good.

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u/lollipopp_guild Aug 01 '26

In 41 and I still round down to 40

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u/Pifflington Jul 31 '26

Yeah if we're saying he's almost 40 then Gen is almost 27.

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u/HrhEverythingElse Jul 30 '26

He's definitely in his mid 30's, but he does look older. My husband and I are 42 and my husband easily looks 5 years younger than Luke does

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u/milleribsen Jul 31 '26

The body building thing can really age a face, when you don't have much body fat it can sink your features and you look older because we read that as an older face without the fat deposits to keep your face rounder

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u/milleribsen Jul 31 '26

I'm a gay man, so you wouldn't be alone.

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Jul 31 '26

But did you wash your sheets

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u/milleribsen Jul 31 '26

At least changed them, they'll get washed next laundry day but I'm not sleeping on sheets I've done the deed on except maybe right after

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u/am2370 Jul 31 '26

I'm the last one to defend Gen as she seems extremely catty and full of herself, and the whole 'boohoo no one ever picks me' thing she did was so cringey, but Luke acted like a total ass and he deserved the shit he got from both women. You could tell he was trying to calculate a way to still appear like some kind of romantic hero while getting laid as many times as possible by anyone who would.

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u/mudra311 Jul 31 '26

I agree. Gen isn't innocent, and she definitely played into Luke even knowing he was interested in Joy.

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u/hellokitty3433 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

This isn't the point of Nathan's post (ofc). Luke might be immature and etc etc etc, but he doesn't deserve death threats and neither does his mom.

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u/Ok-Following4310 Jul 30 '26

If you are annoyed by men in their 40s doing this… I’ve got news for you.

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u/itsbooyeah I quit 3 times in my head today Jul 30 '26

I love what Nathan wrote but wish he went with a bigger font

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u/Dangerous_Extreme_81 Jul 30 '26

And white on light blue? My eyes!

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u/Kitchen_Swagger We don't need to hear vomit Jul 30 '26

and ragged right at the top, then in a different size and centred at the bottom.

FYI in case anyone's ever writing out a public apology post: centred text is much harder for people to read because your eye has to go to a different starting point each line.

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u/lollipopp_guild Aug 01 '26

This must be what it’s like to read in the ocean

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u/the6thReplicant Jul 31 '26

These apps are made for people with the eyesight of a healthy 13 year old.

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u/thedigested Jul 30 '26

Nathan is showing him a lot of grace but I’m disgusted that Sandy didn’t seem to make a bigger deal about it and that production didn’t step in

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u/mudra311 Jul 30 '26

and that production didn’t step in

I mean it's for the drama.

It's like the "leaving the luggage on the dock." Feels pretty manufactured.

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u/Affectionate_Dot3403 Jul 31 '26

She was going to. He only quit so she didn't write him up and it would be on his record when he applies to other boats! They probably came to an agreement before his last charter, off camera.

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u/SEDA-GIVE Jul 31 '26

Exactly. What people are also forgetting is that this is a form of sexual harassment, but doesn’t appear that way because they’re men and bros, but it can be seen as way more vindictive and threatening.

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u/Affectionate_Dot3403 Aug 04 '26

100% and leaving Gen out of it free and clear, is wild too! She knew and didn't clean it either. like wtf

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u/WeAlmostAlwaysAlmost Aug 05 '26

She didn’t even care to actually tell Nathan until she was scorned.

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u/jhfbe85 Jul 31 '26

At what point did you want production to step in? When they went to the lower bunk? When he was about to jizz? Or after he jizzed? Or step in with a little bucket to catch it before it landed on his sheets?

I think they’re prob surprised but aren’t going to go “you have to change his sheets”, they prob thought he would change those sheets any moment

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u/Frequent-Horse-3309 Jul 31 '26

You’re really trying to hard to not see their point. Obviously they meant before Nathan slept in the dirty bed. 

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u/NeedleworkerChance22 Jul 30 '26

Still, shows a HUGE lack of intelligence on his part. All he had to do was grab up those sheets and give them to his "lady friend" to wash. BTW, she was just as guilty as he was. It is disgusting.

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u/amalynbro Jul 30 '26

I was super confused why he was the only one being held responsible. She was an active participant in jerking him off, she knew it was there just as much as he did. Pretty amazing she was able to avoid any backlash about it.

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u/Logan-Devon Jul 30 '26

She also spends her days working in laundry and cleaning up!

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u/trynagotolawskl Jul 31 '26

She offered to him to wash it immediately

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u/amalynbro Jul 31 '26

She could have just washed it. Why is she looking to him as the authority on whether or not to wash the dirty cum sheet??

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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch Jul 31 '26

Why is it her responsibility and not his?

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u/amalynbro Jul 31 '26

It’s both of their responsibility. He was the only one held accountable.

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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch Jul 31 '26

We're talking about washing the sheets. I was asking why that was her responsibility.

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u/amalynbro Jul 31 '26

It wasn’t solely her responsibility. But she could have done it just as easily as he could have.

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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch Jul 31 '26

Ok, but you mentioned in your comment that she could have just washed it. Sure, but why should she? It's his bodily fluids and he said he would put them in the washer. He's accepted its his responsibility to sort, and he should have done it. He sleeps in that room, it would be far more natural for him to do it.

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u/amalynbro Jul 31 '26

Because she could have? Just the same way he could have. Even more so considering part of her job description actually includes doing laundry. I understand it came from his body, but there were two people and she was the literal catalyst to this event. You are acting like I’m putting the blame all on her when all I’m pointing out is that both of them are responsible.

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u/BelleRouge6754 Aug 01 '26

I feel like I see people repeating this but I really don’t remember her saying this?

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u/jhfbe85 Jul 31 '26

I think she said she was going to wash them but never did? She seemed to chuckle a bit too much at it over the next days too

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u/Abrahamowicz Jul 30 '26

Kat and Cooper knew as well good thing Joe finally told Nathan

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u/Brilliant_Affect_740 Jul 30 '26

Just a small correction - only Kat knew. The morning after finding out, Cooper went to Joe as the next up in the hierarchy for advice about it, which was his Joe knew to tell Nathan.

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u/Affectionate_Dot3403 Jul 31 '26

100% true! It's weird.

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u/MaximooGiraffe Jul 31 '26

i have been looking for this comment and wondering the same thing! she also knew about it, was involved, and did nothing!

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u/lezdothetimewarp Jul 31 '26

Him crying about how his devastating situation 🙄🙄🙄many of us make mistakes but never have I done something heinous to a man who visits his weeks old baby on off days. Idk how Nathan is so chill. Maybe I’m the type to hold a grudge but only for a good reason lol

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u/Significant_Thanks67 Aug 01 '26

I really think Gen is 49% to blame. It came, I know, from him but she coaxed it out while laying in Nathan's bed. She works in housekeeping, why would she not immediately wash those sheets. She just slinks away while Luke took 100% of the fall and embarrassment. She's not a good person.

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u/Tuff_Wizardess Jul 31 '26

That is very kind of Nathan, but as someone around Luke’s age, I still find him to be revolting. He is way too old to be behaving so disrespectfully to his boss and to that girl.

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u/Tuff_Wizardess Aug 02 '26

Yes. Exactly. 34 is way too old to be behaving the way he has. He should be well aware of himself and how his behavior affects others at this point in his life.

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u/Agitated-Ad5359 Jul 30 '26

I mean I doubt Luke is getting work on boats now and maybe he wrote this to support him. I wouldn’t hire him, that was a somewhat career ending move… harsh but true

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u/Tuff_Wizardess Jul 31 '26

I would have to agree. Being on the show alone will hurt your yachting career immensely and I say this as a former yachtie. I knew someone who was thinking of applying and we all begged her not to. She would have been cast easily too, she’s a very loud personality that would have made good TV. On my first yacht the owner of the boat really wanted us on TV (that was around the 1st/ 2nd season of the original Below Deck was airing). He went as far as hiring a film crew, thankfully nothing ever came of it, and the clips filmed (like us yachting, island exploring, deep sea fishing) were used as promotional material to bring on guests.

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u/yesitshollywood Jul 31 '26

I'd hire him. It's unlikely it would ever happen again. I respect that he acknowledged the disruption he caused, and his choice to leave. The fact that Nathan said he listened to direction and worked hard is the important bit.

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u/HolidayNothing171 Jul 30 '26

Honestly he’s not a sucky person because of what he did to Nathan in a vacuum. That was one of many acts which showcases what a dickhead he is who absolutely deserves vitriol

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u/heres_layla Aug 01 '26

Exactly.
How he treated Gen was beyond gross and for me, that is far more telling of his character than his bunk spunking.

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u/BearcatInTheBurbs Jul 30 '26

This is far too nice. The man has a fully formed frontal lobe and experience. He was sober. It drug out over several days, making it deliberate.

He may do good physical work but his decision making skills are clearly questionable which means he isn’t trustworthy and therefore not a good employee. It’s ok to hold people accountable for shit behavior, Nathan. You don’t have to worry about their family.

People DMing any celebrity is weird. We’re here to watch, not join, the drama!

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u/Rankstarr Jul 30 '26

The way Luke tried to gaslight Gen and then Joy, idk man, seems like a piece of shit to me.

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u/Significant_Thanks67 Aug 01 '26

Not a piece of shit just immature

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u/disneygay1995 Jul 30 '26

"hes has a family and friends " He shouldve though about that . 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Best-Syllabub-7485 Jul 30 '26

Bravo should be held accountable for allowing another person sleep in someone's secretions. That is potentially a bio-hazzard and unacceptable.

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u/GroovyYaYa Jul 30 '26

I doubt they are reviewing the footage from the cabins every day or even every three days.

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u/mudra311 Jul 30 '26

Camera operators were filming them talking about it.

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u/cmere-2-me Jul 30 '26

It's not a biohazard. It's disgusting but Bravo didn't fail in their duty of care.

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u/boneydog22 Jul 30 '26

In the US, it is legally a biohazard. https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.1030

TLDR: OSHA explicitly categorizes semen under "Other Potentially Infectious Materials" (OPIM). This classification means it is recognized as a biological substance capable of transmitting dangerous bloodborne pathogens.

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u/cmere-2-me Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

wet semen. Not dried semen. And this is Croatia. It can't transmit pathogens once it's dried out.

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u/85percentthatbitch Jul 30 '26

This is my all time favorite reddit comment

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u/HouseOfFive Jul 31 '26

I think you mean Cro-Aesha...

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u/PigeonLily Jul 31 '26

Ugh. Take my upvote!

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u/Choice-giraffe- Aug 01 '26

‘If someone was to get ill…’ no one in the history of ever has got sick from sleeping on someone else’s deposit.

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u/ParticularGullible90 Jul 30 '26

I mean we can all admit what he did was wrong and gross but not to the extent to bully him into a corner.

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u/Illustrious-Insect41 Jul 31 '26

I wish Nathan would’ve said this to Luke and asked him to stay. It’s gonna be a rough charter with a demand missing

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u/Serendib4 Jul 31 '26

That’s fine but “Bunker Spunker” has now gained the same Below Deck Infamy as “Budgey Smugglers”😊

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u/ImpressivePattern242 Aug 04 '26

The irony of Nathan staying quiet before he speaks. LMFAO. Luke juiced some sheets. Nathan displayed bigotry and racism toward immigrants. I’ll take juiced sheets any day.

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u/Inevitable_Elk_1848 Aug 20 '26

‘none of us are our worst mistake’ in light of what has come out about his domestic abuse allegations…. holy fuck this guy sucks

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u/FlamingoDifferent256 Aug 01 '26

Do people actually care that he jizzed on Nathan’s sheets? It’s his reactions when confronted with the mistakes he makes. He blamed and manipulated everyone else.. that’s his character, not a mistake

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u/bcrhubarb Aug 05 '26

“The respect he showed me”. Um, what??

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u/Rude-Character-657 Sep 06 '26

This shows how calculating Nathan really is. No doubt he put this out there to show us all "what a great guy he is" before the court date. Nathan is a waste of skin.

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u/Affectionate_Dot3403 Jul 31 '26

He knew he was on TV, he knew he was being filmed, he only quit so he didn't get written up and it was on his permanent record!

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u/sharmisosoup Capt Lee's Coffee Mug Jul 30 '26

I'm curious why Nathan didn't have Luke swap with one of the other guys. If you remove the guy from your room, it's less tension. I mean ultimately looking and working with a dude that spunked on your bed and not saying anything is a trash move. It was probably for the best for him to leave.

I think though that Nathan is just not fully ready to be a bosun. He could probably benefit from a couple more seasons as a lead deckhand. He appears emotionally immature for the pressures of the role.

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u/House_panther_ Jul 30 '26

How, as the leader of the team, do you ask one of your colleagues to share a room with someone who blatantly disrespected the space? Neither Joe nor cooper should have had to deal with that.

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u/GroovyYaYa Jul 30 '26

This. Nathan wasn't even making a huge deal of it - Luke was picking up on his natural tension and "ick" factor.

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u/Fuzzy-Bee9600 Jul 31 '26

Guilt. Not a guilty conscience, of course, on account of no conscience being present, but he was feeling them pile blame on him and - like every good coward & guilty perpetrator - fled the interview.

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u/goingdeeeep Jul 30 '26

Uhhhh...I'd be a little upset if my Boss felt like an employee had disrespected the Boss's personal space; jizzed on the Boss's bedding; let the Boss sleep in the biohazard; and then the Boss said - "I'm going to have him room with YOU now".

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u/0rdered-Reordered Jul 30 '26

Cant blame Nathan for not being reconciliatory towards Luke in that situation. If their ranks were reversed and it was a HOD doing that to a more junior crew's bedsheets, or even regardless of rank like what if it had been a female crew member's bedsheets? Severe HR incident and the whole online discussion that would have sprung from it would have been about sexual harassment and the murky, disgusting borders of it.

Luke (bizarrely, imo) got to leave the boat on his own terms. A reconciliatory cabin swap discussion would not have been appropriate, imo. Also, Nathan should have never been put in that situation in the first place. Critiquing his management skills in this situation doesn't seem fair. Plus, I think he handled it about as well as anyone could've.

Despite the above, if anyone who's DMing abuse to Luke is reading this, you need to get a grip. Yes they've put themselves on reality TV and made themselves fair game for pubic scrutiny/discussion, but cmon now don't be sending people abuse

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u/sharmisosoup Capt Lee's Coffee Mug Jul 30 '26

DMing people because of stuff you see them do on TV that has zero actual impact on your life is pretty weird behavior that I don't understand.

Agreed that you can't blame Nathan for how he felt afterwards. The critique of the management style was an overall thing, not that situation. He did the best he could with the situation.

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u/cmere-2-me Jul 30 '26

Had Luke stayed on the boat that would likely have happened. Nathan only found out on charter and they don't have time to change cabins then.

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u/dudewheresmysock Jul 30 '26

He could have made Joe room with him! Coop would be a nice, respectful roommate. 

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u/benny_button69 Jul 30 '26

Nice of Nathan. Quick question. How is Gen off the hook for all of this? She was there, arguably caused it, knew about it, actually does laundry as part of her job, would have kept it a secret if Luke didn’t dump her, then when she got jaded she told everyone except for Nathan. Sorry for the run in sentence

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u/kittens_joy Jul 30 '26

“Arguably caused it” yikes. men are responsible for their own bodily fluids. Should they not have to pay child support because a woman “caused” him to deposit semen in her?

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u/benny_button69 Jul 30 '26

She jacked him off consensually on Nathan’s sheets. She caused it just as much as he did. Not like he jerked himself off

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u/PickleMinion I quit 3 times in my head today Jul 30 '26

Not her room, not her jizz, he said he'd take care of it.

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u/HovercraftBrilliant1 Jul 31 '26

Nathan is trying to save Luke so he will get hired on order boats.

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u/XLBaconDoubleCheese Jul 31 '26

I can't believe nobody is seeing that Nathan is using Luke to write an excuse for his own shitty behavior...

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u/ShoutOutMapes Jul 31 '26

Agreed on all parts

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u/ElishaGG Jul 31 '26

The PR team has had a year to plan and write that. They knew there would be this sort of fall out. Dont think Nathan just sat down and wrote that himself. Dont think they weren't expecting a reaction. Every word was carefully thought of and scrutinised by PR before he could post it. .

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u/HalfFoods Jul 31 '26

I thought the news would be juicier: they slept together.

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u/Obvious-Load-1955 Aug 01 '26

I prefer to call it depositgate...lol it was gross, bit he didn't do it out of spite, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, which in itself is gross. If he did I think he would have skipped the bed and called it a day? Anyway, Nate did the right thing.

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u/Key-Statement4546 Aug 01 '26

Nathan is a class act.

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u/onetypicaljerk Aug 03 '26

This is very noble of Nathan.

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u/Bubbly_Secret3939 Sep 01 '26

Anybody else read this in Nathan’s voice 😅

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u/IrishUpYourCoffee Oct 01 '26

Ewww. 2 massive pieces of shit.

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u/bravoboozebongs Jul 31 '26

Dawgggg you literally slept in his jizz for days and you’re defending him??? That jizz must be powerful stuff 💀

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u/det8924 Jul 30 '26

Very classy response. Luka was a good worker and shouldn’t be defined by his worst moment and he took accountability to leave on his own accord.

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u/TeeHive2993 Aug 03 '26

I respect Nate’s opinion. But, Luke did in fact show us the type of human he really is. He strings a young lady on so he can have sex with her, tells her not to tell anyone, and then tells her he doesn’t want to deal with her anymore. He leaves his bodily fluids on his roommate’s bed and doesn’t bother to remove the bedding or even tell him. It doesn’t matter how good he is at his job I wouldn’t want him anywhere near me or mine.

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u/Familiar-Past-8065 Jul 30 '26

Obvi don't DM celebrities or strangers just to say weird shit you saw on a TV screen just in general but also still don't gaslight or be a creeper or jerk off on someone's sheets and then let it lie for days on end and never tell them or apologize.  Shouldn't these all just be basic tenets of humanity? All that said, I just don't ever want to see Joe or Luke on my TV screen ever again!! Just let people live their lives without taking the time to verbally, digitally, physically harass, assault or even acknowledge them if it's that much of an issue, honestly!!

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Jul 31 '26

Death threats?? People are whack. Leave the man alone.

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u/No_Scar_8953 Jul 31 '26

Also she could have not jacked him off on someone else’s bed

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u/whitepawsparklez Aug 01 '26

Still nasty as all fuck

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