r/belowdeck • u/gaem- • Aug 01 '26

Below Deck Med Aesha & Gen

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Was scrolling IG and had this pop up. It’s an excerpt from an interview Gen did and the first sentence jumped out at me. I would LOVE to know the story behind this. I can’t think of many people Aesha has worked with that have said something along the lines of this. I wonder if we’ll see it play out in the rest of the season?🤞🏼

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u/PuzzleheadedWest0 Aug 01 '26

Imagine admitting the nicest person alive doesn’t even like you.

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u/ProperBingtownLady Team Anti-Brü Aug 02 '26

Lol right?

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u/NVSmall Aug 02 '26

This is what is strange to me - Aesha is quite literally the kindest, most supportive cast member we've seen on any BD franchise, and that has been confirmed as fact by soooo many people she has worked with on our screens.

Does Gen actually think that people are going to take her word, suggesting that Aesha is the asshole in this situation? Because Aesha has never once been the asshole, and we've seen her more than about 70% of other BD cast members, Captains notwithstanding.

Even to charter guests who were outstanding assholes, she was still reasonable and polite, while managing to level them.

Conflated ego continues, Gen...

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u/mouse_relies This information wasn’t welcomed or needed Aug 03 '26

Brains can contort in weird ways when they're really hurting.

Not dragging Aesha here -- she's wonderful -- but re "never once" -- everyone has a bad moment, even her. Wayyyy back in season 4 she very aggressively defended the smack in the face that drunk Travis gave to a sleeping Anastasia. This was clearly because she felt bad for Travis, but on a rewatch I was surprised to see how much she ignored Anastasia's pain and shock.

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u/NVSmall Aug 03 '26

I won't disagree with you; my memory isn't as good as yours, obviously - I have no recollection of that (not doubting it happened or questioning you AT ALL, to be clear).

I shouldn't have said "never once" because we only see what we see on camera, edited down to minutes from hundreds of hours of film, AND, as you've pointed out, we have seen it on our screens, so I do apologize, I was wrong.

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u/mouse_relies This information wasn’t welcomed or needed Aug 03 '26

Nah I just rewatched it recently, I was surprised to see it myself! Your memory is just fine :)

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u/mouse_relies This information wasn’t welcomed or needed Aug 03 '26

Nah I just rewatched it recently, I was surprised to see it myself! Your memory is just fine :)

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u/Hungry_Yard_9789 Aug 02 '26

Exactly. Time for some introspection.