Below Deck's Courtney Skippon Has a Theory About Ashton Pienaar and Brian de Saint Pern
The stew is blowing our minds with her latest comments on the Below Deck brumance.


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The Guys Defend Their Guys Vs. Ladies Mentality on the Boat and Icing Out Rhylee Gerber
Courtney Skippon reveals that Brian de Saint Pern and Ashton Pienaar aren't really friends.
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4:01S7 - E20 | Part 5Kate Chastain and Captain Lee Open up About Their Relationship's Very Rocky Start
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2:27S7 - E20 | Part 4Did Kevin Dobson Get Into Yachting to "Escape Real Life"?
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2:38S7 - E20 | Part 3Simone Mashile Gets Honest About Her "Built up Frustration" With Always Having to Prove Herself
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1:32S7 - E20 | Part 2Tanner Sterback Tells His Mom Everything...Including His Experiences With Hookers
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1:57S7 - E20 | Part 1Wait, Did Tanner Sterback and Aesha Scott Hook up?!
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1:37Digital SeriesWhat Do Simone Mashile and Tanner Sterback's Girlfriend Think of Each Other?
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33:57S7 - E1910 Moments You'll Never Believe Happened During the Below Deck Season 7 After Show
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2:59S7 - E18 | Part 5Kevin Dobson Is Shocked to Learn That He Was Caught on Camera Kicking Sand in Kate Chastain's Face
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3:07S7 - E18 | Part 4Tanner Sterback Opens Up About His Infatuation For Older Women
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3:10S7 - E18 | Part 3Rhylee Gerber Claims Courtney Skippon and Brian de Saint Pern Hooked Up in the Ocean
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2:41S7 - E18 | Part 2Brian de Saint Pern Chose the Guys Over Courtney Skippon After the Charter Season Ended
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2:03S7 - E18 | Part 1Kate Chastain Learns That Ashton Pienaar Talked Sh-- About Her to Captain Lee When the Charter Season Ended
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3:13S7 - E17 | Part 3Everything You Need to Know About Chef Kevin's Penis Cake Disaster
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3:42S7 - E17 | Part 2Is Kate Chastain's Revenge Always Penis-Shaped?!
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2:13S7 - E17 | Part 1The Below Deck Crew Defends Kate Chastain's Resting Bitch Face
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4:35S7 - E16 | Part 5Rhylee Gerber Calls Kevin Dobson Out for Being a "Cry Baby"
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3:42S7 - E16 | Part 4Ashton Pienaar Says He's Tired of the Word "Misogynistic" Being Thrown Around
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3:07S7 - E16 | Part 3What's the Real Reason Rhylee Gerber Can't Sit at the Same Table With the Crew?
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3:10S7 - E16 | Part 2The Guys Defend Their Guys Vs. Ladies Mentality on the Boat and Icing Out Rhylee Gerber
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3:33S7 - E16 | Part 1Why Did Brian de Saint Pern Get Mad at Courtney Skippon for Doing Exactly What He Did?
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2:34S7 - E15 | Part 7Did Brian de Saint Pern Just Initiate the "Dumbest" Breakup in Below Deck History?
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2:19S7 - E15 | Part 6This Is How Brian de Saint Pern's Breakup Text Spread Like Wildfire on Valor
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2:34S7 - E15 | Part 5Kate Chastain Reveals a Secret Crush Could Have Been the Real Source of Chef Kevin's Back Spasms
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2:07S7 - E15 | Part 4Kate Chastain Awkwardly Addresses Her Attraction to Tanner Sterback in Front of Captain Lee
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2:47S7 - E15 | Part 3Wait, Brian de Saint Pern Was Texting Charter Guest Molly While He was Still With Courtney Skippon?!
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0:57S7 - E15 | Part 2Tanner Sterback Reveals to Chef Kevin That He Hooked up With His Nemesis, the Instagram Chef!
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2:33S7 - E15 | Part 1The Crew Reveals How Former OC Housewife Alexis Bellino Was as a Charter Guest
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2:01S7 - E14 | Part 6Is Kate Chastain the "Puppet Master" of Below Deck?
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4:31S7 - E14 | Part 5Ashton Pienaar Wants to Send Rhylee Gerber Back to Alaska
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2:03S7 - E14 | Part 4Does Ashton Pienaar Owe Rhylee Gerber for Saving His Life?
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3:15S7 - E14 | Part 3Captain Lee Says Ashton Pienaar Gunning for Rhylee Gerber Was "Uncalled for"
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1:44S7 - E14 | Part 2Courtney Skippon on Charter Guest Drama: "Put Me in, Coach!"
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1:43S7 - E14 | Part 1Chef Kevin Dobson Shades Justine: "She's an Instagram Chef"
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2:53S7 - E13 | Part 3The Crew Reacts to Kate Chastain Quitting, Right Before She Un-quits
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1:20S7 - E13 | Part 7This Is Exactly How Captain Lee Found Out Kate Chastain Quit
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1:46S7 - E13 | Part 5Tanner Sterback Has the Ultimate Solution After Chef Kevin Forgets a Guest's Birthday
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1:53S7 - E13 | Part 4Captain Lee Saves the Day With This "Boss Move"
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1:40S7 - E13 | Part 6Did Ashton Pienaar Only Apologize to Kate Chastain Because He Was Being Filmed?
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2:15S7 - E13 | Part 2Chef Kevin Rants About Demanding Charter Guests' Dietary Restrictions
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4:30S7 - E13 | Part 1Is Ashton Pienaar Misogynistic? Ashton Reacts to the Accusations Made Against Him
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3:56S7 - E12 | Part 7Going Behind the Scenes of the Van Ride That Terrorized Kate Chastain
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3:09S7 - E12 | Part 6Did Kate Chastain Know Ashton Pienaar's Mom Was a Trigger for Him?
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3:01S7 - E12 | Part 5The Below Deck Crew Reacts to Kate Chastain Quitting the Boat
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2:08S7 - E12 | Part 4Courtney Skippon Reveals Why She Was So Grumpy On Her Date With Brian de Saint Pern
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2:58S7 - E12 | Part 3Captain Lee Says Rhylee Gerber Doesn't Think Anyone Is Above Her
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2:21S7 - E12 | Part 2Wait, Did Simone Mashile and Rhylee Gerber Make Out?!
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3:51S7 - E12 | Part 1Master Pierson Returns, But the Crew Breaks Down Everything That Went Wrong on the "Redemption Charter"
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3:47S7 - E11 | Part 6Does Kate Chastain Have a "Hall Pass" With Captain Lee?
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4:42S7 - E11 | Part 5Captain Lee Lists the Very Emotional Reasons He'll Always Have Kate Chastain's Back
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2:28S7 - E11 | Part 4Kevin Dobson's "Biggest Fan" Kate Chastain Comes to His Rescue
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2:12S7 - E11 | Part 3Tanner Sterback Tells All About His Booty Call With Simone Mashile
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2:22S7 - E11 | Part 2Rhylee Gerber Doesn't Understand How Rank Works on Valor
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1:46S7 - E11 | Part 1When You Break Captain Lee's Rules You Have to Pay...Literally
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1:46S7 - E10 | Part 7Even Captain Lee Says Brian de Saint Pern Is Below Deck's Hottest Deckhand!
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2:03S7 - E10 | Part 6Rhylee Gerber's Thirst For Brian de Saint Pern Is Real
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3:40S7 - E10 | Part 5Was Kate Chastain Purposely Trying to Offend Brian de Saint Pern By Calling Him a "Yachtie"?
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2:44S7 - E10 | Part 4Why Did Rhylee Gerber Spread the Word About Tanner Sterback and Simone Mashile's Hookup?!
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3:09S7 - E10 | Part 3Here Are All the Ways Tanner Sterback Screwed Things Up With Simone Mashile
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2:16S7 - E10 | Part 2Kate Chastain and Kevin Dobson Break Down Their Fight Over The Galley Fridge
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3:19S7 - E10 | Part 1The Below Deck Crew Shares a Very Surreal Experience at an Elephant Sanctuary
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3:10S7 - E9 | Part 5Here's Everything That Went "Down" Between Tanner Sterback and Simone Mashile
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3:38S7 - E9 | Part 4Rhylee Gerber Returns With a Big Splash and Immediately Clashes With the Crew
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3:02S7 - E9 | Part 3Kate Chastain: Simone Mashile "Doesn't Know the Basics..."
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1:49S7 - E9 | Part 2This Is the Real Reason Valor Had Major Laundry Issues
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3:20S7 - E9 | Part 1Brian de Saint Pern Almost Lost His Leg on Valor
We've never seen a Below Deck bromance as tight as the one forged among Ashton Pienaar, Brian de Saint Pern, Tanner Sterback, and Kevin Dobson in Season 7. Why, the guys even solidified their camaraderie with friendship bracelets. That's when you know it's going to last forever.
Or so we thought.
Apparently, Ashton and Brian might not be as big of brus as they appear to be. That's, at least, according to stew Courtney Skippon, who shared a theory about their friendship in the Below Deck Season 7 After Show, which you can view, above.
"I don't think that they actually like each other that much," Courtney said to a stunned Simone Mashile. "I just think that they are different people, and they butt heads a little bit. They're obviously fighting over the same girl on multiple occasions, and that's not something that friends do."
Courtney also questioned the longevity of the fast friendship formed among the Below Deck guys this season. "I think they have a false sense of intimacy, and that's why I feel like it took me longer to get to know people because the people that I want to keep in my life, like I'm gonna keep them and I'm gonna get to know them well," she explained. "But they just came in really hot, like we're all gonna be best friends and now all of a sudden, they're best friends, and they don't actually have that much in common or get along that well."
We'll have to wait and see if this friendship has legs on land.
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