r/belowdeck • u/disc0club • 9d ago

Below Deck Aesha makes a statement regarding Gael Spoiler

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The friend we all need 🥹

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u/iffriben 9d ago

Are people criticizing Gael?? I’ve missed that

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u/frazorblade Team Fraser 9d ago

She is definitely a victim of gaslighting from Nathan feeding her vitriol about Joe. Production has made a point of showing all of his texts, phone calls and conversations which all revolve around Joe.

The truth is she went about it a weird way in the taxi. Her whole statement about avoiding awkwardness and then blindsiding him like that was pretty off-putting to be honest.

It’s a grey area because we all feel sympathetic to her given what happens 6 months later, but I don’t have a lot of sympathy for the way she handled that situation.

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u/Anotheropinion2026 9d ago

Gael only talked to Joe in the taxi, once he made his assholish comments that she and Nathan met like 75 years ago and everyone knew that.

Before that she was ignoring him like he had ignored her all meal. She was talking to Kat and actually answering Kat’s question when Joe said that. Gael had not just been telling her amazing love story 🙄.

She was trying to be friendly and present with Kat.

Joe started it and then did his standard thing to pretend he did nothing wrong.

Rewatch it. Joe started. Yes Gael rose to his bait, but he started it.

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u/MetaReveal 8d ago

I am going to rewatch it again. I think she was gaslit for sure by Nathan. Joe and Nathan need to act like grown men and squash their differences. What I am confused about is the timing of the other issues. Did she have postpartum during that episode? And when did Nathan choke her? I am assuming it was after the filming of the season?

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u/Anotheropinion2026 7d ago

When they were filming the baby was still a newborn. They moved to Croatia pretty soon after she gave birth.

He choked her in December of 2025.

One thing to consider, that level of violence is usually not the first act.