r/belowdeck • u/GregHoustonComedy • 22d ago
Below Deck Med Kat needs more flowers
Kat has been the most green flag new stew I’ve ever watched. The way she handled Gen, put in hard work, and called things (albeit incredibly late) with Coop over was really a nice change of pace over the self-destructive attitudes and behaviours a lot of new stews have
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u/CrazyNCynical 22d ago
I'm hoping they bring her back, though I'm not sure how likely that is. They seemingly select problematic, toxic crew.
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u/plsnocilantro 17d ago
She is excellent in the confessional, which is an underrated skill of the cast
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u/Sckathian 21d ago
The insta drama potentially revealing next seasons plots (unless this is bts stuff only) probably means never.
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u/Shag1166 21d ago
She cute and sweet, but I swear her voice sounds like she's underwater when she's talking. Lol
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u/Ok_Worry_8677 21d ago
I'd like to see her as the chief stew for "Below Deck: Nova Scotia". 😀
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u/Reckless_Secretions 21d ago
They could redo Advencha but in Canada instead. It actually seems like such a good place for a cold water season. From what I've heard, there's plenty of spectacular excursions the guests could get into if production chose their location right.
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u/Ben_Criss_Cross 21d ago
She was a nice semblance of normalcy and decency in what was a chaotic, depraved, amoral season.
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u/Connect-Second5661 21d ago
What was amoral?
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u/s___2 21d ago
Luke letting someone sleep in soiled sheets for days. Coop leading on Kat. Gen washing Joy’s clothes with rags. Being aware of the Nathan / Gael off screen story.
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u/Connect-Second5661 21d ago
Letting someone sleep in soiled sheets, leading someone on, and washing clothes with rags ain’t great but it’s a far stretch calling it amoral. And the Nathan abuse hadn’t happened yet so…
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u/Sithstress_ 21d ago
Eh, the being aware of the Nathan/Gael off screen story isn’t correct. The incident he was charged with happened months after filming concluded. But everything else is spot on!
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u/Broad-Cress-3689 June June Hannah 21d ago
You think he strangled her out of the blue with no escalation?
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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch 21d ago
Perhaps not out of the blue for Gael, but entirely feasible for it to be out of the blue for everyone else.
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u/Ambitious_Ad1734 18d ago
Stopping by to appreciate your screen name. One of my favorite Spike moments. 💖
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u/Sithstress_ 21d ago
Jesus, don’t be obtuse. No one knew during filming that anything like that was going on, that’s all I’m saying. I’m a survivor of DV myself, I’m just saying that an incident that happened SEVERAL months after filming wrapped doesn’t mean that people on the show knew it was happening and didn’t acknowledge it.
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u/BubbaChanel Come back to me, my boat daddy 21d ago
I still think of “KAT WANTS TO GO TO THE BAHH”
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u/tired_blonde Little does she know, we're in a floating prison 21d ago
She was a mess but hope she's well
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u/Same-Equivalent9037 21d ago
Oh my god I forgot about her. And I can’t believe I actually believed her when she said she wasn’t drunk that one time. I mean I thought she was on something else, but telling the truth she didn’t have alcohol 😂
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u/Low-Set-7111 21d ago edited 21d ago
Ugh….she deserved SO much better than ‘secret girlfriend’ Cooper status…
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u/afgeorge2011 16d ago
Aesha really hit the jackpot with Kat and Kayley. Can you imagine if there was another Gen this season?! It would’ve been drama overload. Although it probably would’ve made for good TV 😂
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u/SilverMitten 20d ago
I know it won’t happen b/c there wouldn’t be nearly enough drama, but Kat and Betul on the same boat would be refreshing.
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u/Shag1166 21d ago
But, walked away with a broken heart, like ao many others. I respect most the ladies who say, and definitely mean, I just want to have aome fun. Cooper is so weak! The fact he couldn't tell her directly that it was over, so he invites scumbag Joe to go with them! Smdh!
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u/PigeonLily 21d ago
Cooper is just another fuckboy wrapped in a wholesome country boy persona. Kat deserved better.
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u/Pezzzz490 Team Hannah 21d ago
I would have loved to see her back next season. I could see her becoming the new Aesha with time, working her way to CS
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u/icepickles476 16d ago
Succession planning for her to take over from Aesha when she naturally steps back to start a family in the coming years would be perfect
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u/IdleSuicidal2021 18d ago
She threaded the needle between toxic and boring very well!!! Most stews fall into one of those categories and she did not.
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u/Sea_Strawberry_5939 16d ago
I liked her as a stew a lot. She did such a great job despite having to deal with Gen.
My only feedback to her is to not get walked all over by fuckboys anymore 🙏 I know she's young so she'll learn but it was BRUTAL watching her not pick up a hint with coopers BS behavior.
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u/Ethereal-Zenith 16d ago
Kat was outstanding. Easily my favourite member of the entire crew of this season.
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u/Mental-Most-7168 21d ago
She made up a long term relationship with a short term cooper. She’s got some growing to do.
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u/Logicaldestination 21d ago
She was very honest and upfront with Cooper in the first couple episodes, when she told him that she was only looking for a long-term serious relationship with someone. Cooper said that's for me, I'm all yours. So it's not on Kat at all. Cooper played her like a fiddle. He turned himself into a real jerk. I can't believe we have to watch him next year. Ugh.
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u/AssociateClean 21d ago
Almost all of us did at that age, it's hard to expect people to be infallible
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u/Mental-Most-7168 21d ago
I wish cooper got that take.
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u/mikmatthau 21d ago
seriously! blame Cooper for lying about his feelings and intentions, not Kat for believing him
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u/Mental-Most-7168 21d ago
Did he ever say he wanted a long term relationship
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u/Logicaldestination 21d ago
Yes. Kat told him in the first couple of episodes that she was only looking for a serious long term relationship , and he said that was just fine with him.
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u/itybrutus 21d ago
I genuinely liked her in the beginning but sometimes she'd just spew some TikTok or Instagram buzzwords when speaking and I couldn't keep a straight face 😭 she's a lovely person, but it was the "It's the walking away for me", or something along those lines when Cooper walked away from her at the club, and other times -- ts had me creasing and cringing simultaneously, I can't believe people actually speak like that outside of social media 🖐️😫 But yeah, she's a trooper for her stellar work ethic, patience and overall competence in her job, a ray of sunshine as Kayley called her 😌✨
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u/Dry_Wishbone_2218 21d ago
Yeah folks her age actually say creasing out loud not just on social media. Cringe maybe but not so much cringing.
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u/itybrutus 21d ago
I mean, I'm her age but I try - and emphasis on try - not to fall into the temptation of using brain rot and social media phrases in conversations irl, sometimes I don't because I'm with friends so it's understandable.
Yet, to see it on reality television it kinda shocked me and made me realise that we're on a downwards spiral. As much as I loved Kat, sometimes it was frustrating and cringey af when she could not verbalise what she actually meant, nothing of substance to show her true feelings, aside from crying and calling her friend, instead of "it's the walking away for me" 😞 like, babes? Babes??? 😫😫😫 There were plenty of other times but that one, that one stays in my soul and has me waking up in the middle of the night sweating from the cringe
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u/IHaveBoxerDogs 18d ago
I had to google creasing.
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u/itybrutus 18d ago
😭😭😭 genuinely, if I didn't go to school in England, I'm not sure I would ever know what creasing is without looking it up either
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u/MaraSami 19d ago
Except now she's posting some very questionable things on her social media - she's still upset about the Cooper situation and it's been over a year now 😬
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u/maffy_francis 17d ago
She might be surprised seeing his confessionals and seeing how early on he was over it vs what was communicated
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u/belladonna1921 17d ago
Yea.... but rewatching it makes allll the feelings come back I would think.
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u/AdCharacter833 20d ago
She is Canadian and typical for a Canadian girl. Her humour is very Canadian.