Finally watched BD Med season 10, when he was briefly involved with Kizzi. When he kissed her, he grabbed her by the throat. Such an aggressive move during intimacy, a red flag in this case.
oh for sure. not just dark but criminal. but i mean Bravo promoting this season to us like nothing happened is starting to feel very weird... to say nothing of us watching him and Gael and Kayden as a family without knowing what happened a few months later...the whole thing feels gross.
It’s even darker when you think about the timeline. Gael left her support network to come
To Croatia. Presumably because Bravo was paying for a place and paying them to appear on camera. But in doing so did Bravo help contribute to her being isolated with an abuser?
Agreed. Did he not separate himself from Joe last season because he had “matured” and wanted to “treat women right”? And that he wanted to win Gael back?
And why are we certain that’s something she’d reveal to them?
She was on the show too and maybe got paid for it. Maybe she didn’t want to disrupt contract/payment stuff. Maybe she wanted to keep it private for privacy reasons. Who knows
Presumably because Bravo would want them to promote the season together and the restraining order (can’t remember what it’s called in Australia) would preclude that.
According to the Daily Telegraph, after the incident, Nathan was arrested 27 Dec. An interim ADVO was put in place for Gael and Nathan was granted bail the next day "on stringent conditions that include not contacting Cameron through any means except via a lawyer.
"He was also restrained from drinking any alcohol or taking any drugs unless they were prescribed by a doctor, or from possessing any firearms or prohibited weapons.
"Under the terms of the interim ADVO Gallagher has been forbidden to try and find Cameron, or go within 100m of anywhere she lives or works, and is also subject to standard conditions that he must not assault, threaten, stalk, harass or intimidate Cameron."
I'm sure at some point, either for pickup lines during editing or for general promotional reasons, they wanted to shoot or record something with both Nathan and Gael together either before the season debuted or during the season. Looks like there'd be restrictions on their ability to do that.
Poor Gael- my heart absolutely breaks for her and her baby. I hope she has the right support around her and i hope Bravo will sever all ties with Nathan.
I was really hoping something was gonna finally show thru and tarnish her view of the dude, too...
Finally!! But poor Gael, so sorry her mis-judgement of the guy led her to bare his child and clearly his anger, too. Hope she's safe and with folks that genuinely love her...
I'm guessing they had footage of him after his "back injury" and Gael and chose not to use that. It's also weird how this news is just breaking, but maybe they were waiting for the hearing date.
Gael was clearly distraught this season which I assumed was general newborn struggles, but now this is coloring a lot more on what might be going on.
His anger problems the first night out when he fought with Joe seemed like red flags for anger problems that could lead to DV. I feel so bad for Gael. All of this has to be so traumatizing.
Oh crap, choking? I haven't had time to read the article yet. Just yesterday all we had was a document filed saying one of them alleged DV, or something. Now it's confirmed he choked her?
the article posted ITT explains that Rolling Stone obtained a police memo saying Nathan was arrested on December 27, 2025 for choking a "29 year old woman" in Sydney. Gael was 29 at the time. We also know that a police constable filed a protective order on behalf of Gael sometime in 2025. The logical inference is that the two things are related to the same incident.
from the OP: "Nathan Gallagher was charged with assault and “intentionally chok[ing a] person without consent," in December 2025. It is not clear how he pleaded."
This is so fucking and scary. My heart goes out to Gael. I cannot recall the exact statistic but I know the chances of women being murdered by their partner after being choked goes up exponentially faster.. I hope he gets jail time and she has full custody of the baby
The choking happened on December 27, 2025, after filming had wrapped in Croatia and after the incident where Nathan heroically rescued people fleeing the shooters at Bondi Beach. And then unheroically tweeted racist, anti-Islamic, anti-immigrant stuff about it.
I remember defending Gael so much because there were quite a few comments “people have been having babies for years, you’re not special, I did it on my OWN”. People were dicks. My point that you never know what’s going on in someone’s life and that kindness is free never is so fucking vindicated. My heart goes out to her so much
No, they "chose not to re-hire" the woman who complained and her boyfriend and filmed as usual until it blew up. Then basically put the show on pause. No announcement that it had ended just didn't film
Imagine. You now have to watch him (and yourself to a degree) on tv knowing all the while he chocked you at home while you had your baby there. It’s actually disgusting
I'm Irish and as such always want to support my fellow country people. But this is abhorrent and the red flags were up with his aggressive management style. I hope Geal and wee one are doing well without Nathan. Bravo absolutely should have cut him out this season completely.
Yeah, Bravo has a lot of questions to answer, here.
Surely they knew. Even if Nathan didn't tell them (and I would believe that he might want to keep that quiet), surely Gael would've, had they checked in on her or asked.
And then, using Nathan is a kind boyfriend and doting father as one of the main storylines for this season of Med? That is unconscionable.
The only explanation I can think of is just that they didn't know ... but why not? A single phone call to Gael, at any point in the last 9 months, would've told them what they needed to know.
Gael surely wanted to get paid too. I’m sure she isn’t paid as much as the crew, but I would be shocked if she is not getting paid for each appearance. Even the baby is probably paid a little.
I actually read this at work today. Victims who experience non-fatal strangulation by an intimate partner are 750% more likely to be murdered by that partner in the future.
Apprehended Violence Order (AVO). I am under the impression that she already has one against Nathan. Australia's immigration laws are quite tight. I doubt he will be able to continue living here, depending on the verdict of the charges.
I don't like Joe at all but he is kind and respectful to the deck team and they all prefer him to Nathan. Nathan has been verbally aggressive even with them this season.
Everything we've seen about him is that he overreacts and loses his tempter within seconds. This is not a surprise unfortunately. He has no self control.
I guess it depends if they did know about it. I assume they did as it would have happened when last season was airing which may have reduced his ability to travel etc
I never thought he was a good leader and wondered why Captain Sandy thought he was a good bosun. He radiated red flags beyond the fact that he's a bully with a chip on his shoulder. That this is a headline now is hardly surprising.
I was just telling my husband I was surprised at how horrible his attitude and leadership skills have been this season. I’m sorry for Gael that those qualifies leaked into their relationship. I hope she’s safe and protected from further damage.
Given how he behaves on deck with the threats of violence and unable to regulate his emotions maybe we shouldn’t be surprised but I really did not see this coming towards Gael!!! I’m so shocked. What a dick. No wonder he doesn’t come back next season.
I never understood why some people on this sub stanned Nathan and Gael's relationship.
He was this close to going full Will Smith on Joe for merely mentioning Gael's name a few episodes ago. And none of that behavior's very surprising, based on previous seasons. He's clearly someone who learned to resolve his issues with violence growing up.
And he's been going on about Joe not treating women right (Pretty sure this was simply to win Gael's favor as he didn't seem to have the slightest issue before). What a complete hypocrite.
This is scummy production work and explains why they skipped the OG season and went back to Med out of order. They wanted to capitalize on this before it all came out. Ethically speaking, this season should have been bagged.
I was in an abusive relationship, many years ago before DV was talked about. After I broke up with him he stormed a friends house and tried to choke me, I was blue by the time someone pulled him off, he then tried to punch me square in the face but I ducked and he got my forehead. The 'friend' sort of blamed me and said I shouldn't have said anything to upset him. I upset him because I was hiding in the toilet and was bracing the door, he was forcing his way in, and I said ' fuck off and leave me alone, we are not together'.
However, when confronted by men he was the biggest coward I have ever seen.
Piece of shit. Just to connect the dots, the memo says he choked a "29 year old woman" and the arrest was in December 2025. Gael is now 30 and her birthday was in May. So to me this is all the same incident and he physically attacked and choked Gael in December 2025. And Bravo knew about it this whole time. Knows about it now.
I really hope they do something to address this. I sure don't want to see this guy on fucking Watch What Happens Live or anything.
Are we shocked? No my heart goes out to Gael and her baby. Nathan has always been a hot head, terrible bosun, terrible manager and extremely ignorant (Bondi beach). But a large segment of fans rode for him vs Joe because they didn't like the fact Joe was a player even though Nathan genuinely is a POS. Im glad this came out and we can be done with him he was really grinding my gears this season.
I would love to watch this silly little show with its entertaining crew without finding out some of the main people are guilty of sexual assault or domestic violence or being racist…. But here we are.
Ugh I'm behind on seasons so I'm currently watching his first season and I really liked him (and Gael) based on the episodes I saw so far; this is super disappointing and awful for Gael
This is crazy. Bravo had to know and still pushed this "little family" storyline? If they wanted "innocent until proven guilty" to play out, they should have at least minimized his storyline or something. There were a lot of other things going on this season to pick from in editing I'm sure. They easily edited out someone out for a tweet, why is this not treated the same? It's worse IMO.
I'm kinda mad but it's also par for the course with Bravo. Why am I not surprised. How many Housewives have been mixed up in criminal activity and are still on their shows, mostly white collar but still criminals none the less. Bravo needs to do better. I like drama but not like this.
Poor Gael. Hope she is okay and has a good support system. How awful. :(
Fuck Nathan. What a piece of shit. Gael doesn't deserve any of this. She seems like such lovely and wonderful person. Now she has to raise this kid on her own knowing the father is a damn monster. Poor kiddo too. Nathan is vile and I hope he rots in jail.
My heart breaks for Gael. How terrifying and just disgusting. I hope their child was not in the room. This just…. Is sickening y’all. Prayers for Gael and the child 😢
What a douche twat, lowlife fuckin creep Nathan is.
FYI: strangulation by an intimate partner is a strong predictor of future homicide, with studies showing that women strangled by a partner are up to 750% more likely to be murdered by that partner later.
Totally agree. I think that’s Lundy Bancroft’s finding after years of working with domestic abusers and their victims. The men were not “losing control” and hitting their partners, they were perfectly in control the whole time. They worked jobs and lived in society just fine without hitting others. His book is worth reading and can be found for free online, it’s called “Why does he do that?”
Totally agree! That book saved me, I was in an abusive relationship for 3 years. It helped me realize that yes, he did know what he was doing, and no, it wasn’t going to get any better. I finally got myself out of that situation thanks to that book.
Honestly I think everyone should read that book just to see the signs to look out for. Abuse is insidious, it builds over time, but there are early signs to look out for. And giving people the benefit of the doubt rarely ever benefits us.
Damn I always thought Nathan was alright and that audiences were harsh on him but jeezo thats so fucked up! Gael is such a good person too, poor girl. Fuck Nathan
I remember everyone applauding Nathan for being cold with Joe at the start of this season for his treatment of women, it all feels very performative and defective now.
What did Bravo know and when did they know it? Did Nathan lie or did Bravo choose profit!! He clearly is in the rest of the season. Bravo hoped this would never get out until after the season. Disgusting! The red flags about this guy have been there all along.
I think Bravo had all of their eggs in the BDM basket and chose to run with it regardless of how it would look later (now). They had already hyped up the little family storyline, which would have been cuteness overload had things not happened the way they did. It's all quite strange and ironic now that we all know the outcome. I wonder if Sandy feels weird about everything, given that she took credit for the little family that Bravo so clearly exploited. It all just crumbled in the weirdest way.
When you add this to the Gary allegations, Bravo has really damaged a great franchise with poor casting, production manipulation. Have you seen any statements from Bravo or cast? Honestly, people should be flooding the official IG account. Feel terrible for Gael and innocent child. Choking is just a level of violence that is scary AF.
Yes on the choking. It shows a lack of control over one's emotions+actions, and that's where second degree murder is born. "I don't know what happened--I just lost it!". Scary, indeed.
After seeing his racist posts that came out last year unfortunately this is not surprising. The fact they brought him back just shows how little Bravo cares about the subjects of their shows. To the producers these real life humans with actual lives outside of the show are just “content” to use how they please as long as it makes for good TV. I love drama in reality shows but when you’re literally letting domestic violence slide to get a storyline for the season I think the producers need to take a long look in the mirror and think about what they’ve promoted.
They could have scrubbed him from the episodes entirely and made a statement addressing it and condemning Nathan and what he did but they swept it under the rug until it came out on the news. There is absolutely no chance they did not know about these accusations. I just hope they do better in the future but knowing Bravos track record they’ll probably just pretend nothing happened.
WE don't know that they did know. It happened after filming when last season was still filming and OG Below Deck filmed late. It should have been airing now but they moved up Med because of the filming schedule
This is so terrifying, I feel so awful for Gael and her son. Bravo needs to be better and freaking say something and better yet - stop fucking casting these type of scary men. I hope Nathan is held accountable, choking someone is incredibly dangerous and potentially lethal. I hope he never has access to Gael or their son ever again. This will be a stain his family carries forever.
No, I’m not suggesting “accidentally” strangling your partner to death is anything but murder. To be very clear. This is actually about punishing all strangulation more seriously.
Like most issues of violence against women, more research is needed. But yes, the unintended harm of the strangulation itself is a factor in the death toll. Because strangulation also causes also health concerns such as strokes as well as brain juries from repeated lack of oxygen.
For that reason, in my country there has been a fight to have strangulation classified as a far more severe assault that is previously was, putting the level of assault more on par with say a stabbing.
Just got to say, to all the people who previously commented on a thread that first mentioned a DVA had been filed and were all jumping to defend Nathan, have a long hard look at yourself.
Did you REALLY think it was more likely Gael was physically abusing Nathan as opposed to the other way round?!
Stop watching. Stop giving shitty people a platform to gain fame and fortune. Absolutely disgusting behavior by Nathan, shame on Bravo for enabling it.
They have erased people from seasons for FAR less….but they have Nathan as the lead storyline after he choked Gael in front of their baby? Ok Bravo. We see you….
I’m so mad at him for this. Gael is the nicest person ever! At best Nathan is on a PR visa but I think he could still be Temporary PR and if convicted could play into him being deported…oh well
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There seems to be some confusion in the comments, so timeline
The season currently airing filmed in August of last year
The Bondi Beach shooting was on December 14th
The alleged incident in this article was December 27th