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Captain Lee Rosbach Has a Message for All of Kate Chastain's "Naysayers"
The Below Deck boss defends the chief stew following her drama with Laura Betancourt.


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Did Captain Lee Rosbach Do Irreparable Damage to His Relationship with Kate Chastain?
Captain Lee and Kate weigh in on their tense confrontation over Caroline's departure.
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1:54S6 - E6 | Part 1Has the Below Deck Crew Seen Charter Guests Hookup Before?
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2:02S6 - E6 | Part 2The Below Deck Crew Weighs in: Sex or Ice Cream?
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2:17S6 - E6 | Part 3Kate Chastain Just Invented a New Word to Describe These Charter Guests
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2:00S6 - E6 | Part 4This Moment Had Captain Lee's Patience Level at "Transparent"
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1:40S6 - E7 | Part 1Are Captain Lee's Underpants the Breakout Star of Below Deck?
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1:59S6 - E7 | Part 2Captain Lee Explains This Week's "Sh-- Sandwich"
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2:12S6 - E8 | Part 1Rhylee Gerber vs. Chandler Brooks: What's the Source of the Tension?
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2:48S6 - E8 | Part 2The Below Deck Crew Dishes on Chandler Brooks' "Control Freak" Approach
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1:48S6 - E8 | Part 3Captain Lee Salutes Master Pierson for Overcoming That "Bweeding" Incident
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1:07S6 - E8 | Part 4Kate Chastain Traded Her Placenta for a Ride?!
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0:53S6 - E8 | Part 5Here's Why Chandler Brooks Was Rocking One Shoe
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1:55After ShowWas Chandler Brooks Really to Blame for That Charter Guest Fall?
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1:21S6 - E8 | Part 7These Were the Best Below Deck Guests Ever!
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1:25S6 - E8 | Part 8Was Chandler Brooks' Ice Cream a "F--- You" to the Rest of the Crew?
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2:23S6 - E9 | Part 1Did Captain Lee Rosbach Do Irreparable Damage to His Relationship with Kate Chastain?
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2:32S6 - E9 | Part 2How Do Kate Chastain and Josiah Carter Really Feel About Caroline Bedol Today?
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1:26S6 - E9 | Part 3Rhylee Gerber Says Chandler Brooks was Only Good at "Treating Her Like S---"
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1:46S6 - E9 | Part 4Was Kate Chastain Behind Chandler Brooks' Dismissal?
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2:22S6 - E9 | Part 5This is the Reason Captain Lee Rosbach Decided to Fire Chandler Brooks
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1:08S6 - E9 | Part 6Ashton Pienaar Thinks Rhylee Gerber Should Have Been the One Fired
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2:01S6 - E10 | Part 1Was Ross Inia Covering for Chandler Brooks?
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1:09S6 - E10 | Part 2Kate Chastain's Hilarious First Impression of Tyler Rowland
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1:56S6 - E10 | Part 3Ross Inia Explains the Origin of the "Octo-Snake"
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3:04S6 - E10 | Part 4Ross Inia Tried to Kiss Another Crew Member Besides Rhylee Gerber?!
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2:32S6 - E10 | Part 5Is There Sexual Tension Between Kate Chastain and Ross Inia?
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2:09S6 - E10 | Part 6Is This the Real Reason Ashton Pienaar Went Overboard?
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1:33S6 - E11 | Part 1How a Below Deck Cameraman Saved Ashton Pienaar's Life
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1:56S6 - E11 | Part 2Ashton Pienaar Drove a Boat for 30 Minutes After His Accident?!
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2:29S6 - E11 | Part 3Ross Inia Swore at Captain Lee After Ashton Pienaar's Accident?
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3:01S6 - E11 | Part 4The 3 Things That Had to Happen to Save Ashton Pienaar
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3:25S6 - E11 | Part 5Ashton Pienaar Mentally Prepared for His "Foot to Be Ripped Off"
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2:28S6 - E11 | Part 6Captain Lee Rosbach: "In the Next Two Minutes, He was Going to Die"
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1:45S6 - E12 | Part 1Adrian Martin Claps Back at the "Chicken is What Poor People Eat" Comment
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1:33S6 - E12 | Part 2Tyler Rowland is Team Laura Betancourt
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1:54S6 - E12 | Part 3Tyler Rowland: "I Was Bleeding from Everywhere"
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1:31S6 - E12 | Part 4You Won't Believe Tyler Rowland's First Impressions of Rhylee Gerber
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2:11S6 - E12 | Part 5Laura Betancourt Thinks Kate Chastain "S--t" on Her
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2:01S6 - E12 | Part 6So Did Ashton Pienaar and Laura Betancourt Actually Hook Up?
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3:10S6 - E12 | Part 7Ross Inia Breaks Down Over His "Special Relationship" with Ashton Pienaar
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1:19S6 - E13 | Part 1This Was the Moment That Fixed Laura Betancourt's Relationship with Kate Chastain
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2:05S6 - E13 | Part 2Why Did Laura Betancourt Tell Kate Chastain to "Check Herself?"
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1:21S6 - E13 | Part 3Why Did Rhylee Gerber Forgive Tyler Rowland for Kissing Another Girl?
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2:43S6 - E13 | Part 4Rhylee Gerber's Behavior Made Captain Lee Rosbach Want to "Throw Up"
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1:32S6 - E13 | Part 5What Was Ashton Pienaar and Laura Betancourt's Argument Really About?
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2:24S6 - E13 | Part 6Kate Chastain Thinks Laura Betancourt Needed to Be "Knocked Down a Couple of Pegs"
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2:59S6 - E14 | Part 1Does the Below Deck Crew Change in Front of Each Other?
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2:01S6 - E14 | Part 2Rhylee Gerber Wanted Her Hook Up with Tyler Rowland to Be a Secret
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1:45S6 - E14 | Part 3Laura Betancourt: "You Have to Treat Me with Respect"
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1:18S6 - E14 | Part 4Tyler Rowland Calls His Hook Up with Rhylee Gerber "Pure, Raw Passion"
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2:35S6 - E14 | Part 5That Gold Speedo Was Josiah Carter's Biggest Regret?!
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1:00S6 - E15 | Part 1Ashton Pienaar: "If That Ski Hits Someone...They're Done"
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1:11S6 - E15 | Part 2What Is Kate Chastain's Gauntlet of Truth?
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3:20S6 - E15 | Part 3Tyler Rowland: "It Was the Most Awkward Date I've Ever Been on in My Entire Life"
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1:54S6 - E15 | Part 4Seeing Charter Guests Do This Really Grossed Out Josiah Carter
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2:34S6 - E15 | Part 5How Kate Chastain Saved This "Spoiled" Charter Guest from Being Lost at Sea
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2:01S6 - E16 | Part 1Adrian Martin on the Common Misconception About Open Relationships
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1:52S6 - E16 | Part 2Which Below Deck Yachtie Cried at the End of the Charter Season?
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1:36S6 - E16 | Part 3Kate Chastain Predicts Charter Guest Krystal's Reaction to the Show
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3:41S6 - E16 | Part 4Kate Chastain Says Adrian Martin "Cracked" at the Last Minute
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1:56S6 - E16 | Part 5Captain Lee Rosbach Reveals the Secret Hook Up Spot on the Yacht
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1:22S6 - E16 | Part 6How Does Captain Lee Rosbach Really Feel About Below Deck Season 6?
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2:34S6 - E17 | Part 1Laura Betancourt Calls Adrian Martin's Actions "Immature"
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3:03S6 - E17 | Part 2Are Ashton Pienaar and Laura Betancourt Still Together?
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2:25S6 - E17 | Part 3Are Below Deck Boat Romances Ever a Good Idea?
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1:43S6 - E17 | Part 4Is This the Secret to Chef Adrian Martin's Success?
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2:03S6 - E17 | Part 5Has Chef Adrian Martin Heard from Charter Guest Helen?
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2:46S6 - E17 | Part 6Captain Lee Rosbach: "At Sea There Isn't a Democracy"
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1:13S6 - E17 | Part 7Which Below Deck Yachties Think Josiah Carter is Kate Chastain's Puppet?
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2:15S6 - E17 | Part 8Ross Inia Has a Theory About Why He Gets Subtitled So Often
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1:52S6 - E17 | Part 9Meet Ross Inia's Son, Kai!
We should all be so lucky to find someone who has our back like Captain Lee Rosbach has Kate Chastain's.
The Below Deck boss came to the defense of the chief stew on Twitter Tuesday, December 18 after he witnessed fans criticizing some of her decisions this season, especially in light of her drama with third stew Laura Betancourt. "She's a great asset to me, & I appreciate that," Captain Lee tweeted. "To her naysayers, you wish you had an employee like her, & for you employees, you wish you had a boss that had your back as I have hers."
Kate then thanked Captain Lee for his support and also schooled fans on the challenges of actually working in yachting. "Thank you @capthlr," she tweeted. "I love that #BelowDeck offers the world a glimpse into our unique industry of working on charter yachts, but I also understand how people who have never done it themselves wouldn’t necessarily understand how strict and regimented the job demands us to be."
Captain Lee also underscored Kate's "great qualities" in another tweet. "She's talented, and I utilize that for the good of the yacht [and] the crew," he tweeted. "She's one of my best assets [and] I'm grateful for that as any boss should be."
Indeed, Captain Lee and Kate have experienced a few hiccups professionally and personally since they started working together in Season 2 of Below Deck. However, they both admitted that their relationship was put to the test earlier this season when Captain Lee questioned Kate following Caroline Bedol's departure from the charter season.
The chief stew told The Daily Dish in November that she "was really hurt" by the discussion, and she found it to be "disappointing." However, Kate said that it ultimately made their relationship stronger. "Finally, we had a talk and I explained this to him. He apologized and he's sorry," she told The Daily Dish. "They always say like sometimes fights can make your relationship stronger, and you always kind of think that's just what you say to make it feel better, but it really did! It really did."
Captain Lee said on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen earlier this month that now looking back, he regrets having that conversation with Kate. See him open up more about the moment, below.


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