Ashton Pienaar Says Kate Chastain "Reciprocated" Their First Kiss on Below Deck
And the Below Deck chief stew is calling Ashton out on his version of their drama.


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Did Ashton Pienaar Only Apologize to Kate Chastain Because He Was Being Filmed?
"He was sorry, but he wasn't sorry for how he made me feel."
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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
Kate Chastain and Ashton Pienaar's relationship this season of Below Deck has been sort of confusing. One minute, the crew members are kissing in the club. The next, they're at each other's throats for a completely different reason.
So Below Deck fans want some clarity on this situation. During Ashton's appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on January 20, one fan asked the bosun, "You voiced your dislike for Kate all season, especially behind her back with the boys, so why continue to try making out with her multiple times when she told you no?"
Ashton explained in the below clip, "The first time we kissed, the kiss was reciprocated. Kate's tongue was in my mouth, and we kissed. So I went for it a second time, I got shut down, and I left her alone."


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During the episode in which the two share a kiss in the club, Ashton smooches Kate, and she appears to kiss him in return for a few seconds before pulling away. "Is it New Years? Why did we do that?" Kate said to Ashton after they locked lips. "I love you but not that way."
As for Ashton's behavior during his heated moment with Kate in the van earlier this season of Below Deck, the bosun said he apologized to the chief stew after seeing the preview for that episode.
"When I saw me lose my temper in the van, I know what it's like to be in that environment of somebody losing their temper. It's why I've got that trait in me," he shared in the below clip. "That's why I reached out to her and I wanted to apologize because I don't want that to happen. I know what it's like to be in those situations. I have reached out to her, and I did apologize."


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However, Kate implied on Twitter that she didn't feel like Ashton's apology was genuine. "When Ashton said he reached out to me 'immediately' when he saw the footage......he really meant 'after he spent an entire 24 hours responding to every single comment from fans on Instagram replying to him posting the season trailer,'" Kate claimed.
@BravoWWHL when Ashton said he reached out to me “immediately” when he saw the footage......he really meant “after he spent an entire 24 hours responding to every single comment from fans on Instagram replying to him posting the season trailer” #priorities #BelowDeck
— Kate Chastain (@Kate_Chastain) January 21, 2020
Ashton and Kate open up more about their drama in the Below Deck Season 7 After Show, above.
See what's coming up on Below Deck on Monday, January 27 at 9/8c, below. Catch up on the season anytime through the Bravo app.


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