Gael Cameron Is “Freaked Out” About Dating Nathan After Season 9 for This NSFW Reason
Gael Cameron isn't quite ready for her relationship with Nathan Gallagher to be this intimate.
Throughout Season 9 of Below Deck Mediterranean, we've seen Gael Cameron and Nathan Gallagher's relationship flourish — but where will they go after the charter season is over? During a preview for the season finale, which airs Sept. 23, Gael explains what freaks her out about dating her beau after they depart Mustique.
"It's really starting to hit me: Nathan and I are really about to leave the boat together. Every so often, I kind of have a little freakout moment where I'm like, 'Is this the right choice?' I'm about to have to sh-t in front of him," she joked in a confessional.
Ultimately, though, Gael is excited at the prospect of dating Nathan off the boat. "I've had people who I thought loved me and have done really horrible things to me, and then I speak to him and everything seems to feel okay again."
Cue the "aww"s.
Nathan Gallagher and Gael Cameron's first off-boat date
Earlier in Season 9, we saw the lovebirds depart the boat for a day of fun together — with Captain Sandy Yawn's blessing, of course. During Episode 12, the couple went rock climbing ... an activity choice that Nathan immediately regretted.
"I am sh-t scared of heights," he said on the Below Deck Mediterranean After Show. Still, he noted, "It was nice to get off the boat and interact away from the boat in a different setting."
While on the date, Gael realized how much she liked her coworker.
"It was scary because it was just like, 'Oh sh-t, I'm in too deep now, but this is a real thing,'" she explained. "'Is it bad that I'm kind of happy about it? Is it moving too fast?'"
Are Nathan Gallagher and Gael Cameron still dating?
While neither Gael nor Nathan has revealed the current state of their relationship, they've offered hints at where they stand today. In July, Nathan appeared on an episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen and told host Andy Cohen what he thought about the women of New York City.
"We went to a bar for 15 minutes, and we ended up getting numbers," Nathan said of him and Joe Bradley. "So, I mean, it's going alright."
Which is to say ... Nathan's probably not in a monogamous relationship.
A month before, Gael teased that "you just have to wait and see" during her own appearance on WWHL. She also noted that she was "not proud" of the time she spent flirting with Nathan while she was still in a relationship at the beginning of the season — though Nathan defended her actions.
"To be honest, I didn't really care, and, like, when you have a connection, you can't hold back, can you?" he said during his own appearance. "So, when you form a connection, think of friendship. If you bond with someone, you can't undo it. So, it didn't cross my mind [to feel bad], to be honest with you."
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To see where Gael and Nathan end up, tune into the Below Deck Mediterranean Season 9 finale Monday, September 23.
