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Kate Chastain Explains the Real Reason She "Had to Leave" the Yacht
The Below Deck chief stew also breaks down why she decided to return to the Valor.


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The Below Deck Crew Reacts to Kate Chastain Quitting the Boat
"If I was in her shoes, I would be doing exactly the same thing…"
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3:20S7 - E9 | Part 1Brian de Saint Pern Almost Lost His Leg on Valor
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1:49S7 - E9 | Part 2This Is the Real Reason Valor Had Major Laundry Issues
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3:02S7 - E9 | Part 3Kate Chastain: Simone Mashile "Doesn't Know the Basics..."
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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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3:10S7 - E9 | Part 5Here's Everything That Went "Down" Between Tanner Sterback and Simone Mashile
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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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2:16S7 - E10 | Part 2Kate Chastain and Kevin Dobson Break Down Their Fight Over The Galley Fridge
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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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2:44S7 - E10 | Part 4Why Did Rhylee Gerber Spread the Word About Tanner Sterback and Simone Mashile's Hookup?!
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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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2:03S7 - E10 | Part 6Rhylee Gerber's Thirst For Brian de Saint Pern Is Real
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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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1:46S7 - E11 | Part 1When You Break Captain Lee's Rules You Have to Pay...Literally
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2:22S7 - E11 | Part 2Rhylee Gerber Doesn't Understand How Rank Works on Valor
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2:12S7 - E11 | Part 3Tanner Sterback Tells All About His Booty Call With Simone Mashile
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2:28S7 - E11 | Part 4Kevin Dobson's "Biggest Fan" Kate Chastain Comes to His Rescue
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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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3:47S7 - E11 | Part 6Does Kate Chastain Have a "Hall Pass" With Captain Lee?
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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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2:21S7 - E12 | Part 2Wait, Did Simone Mashile and Rhylee Gerber Make Out?!
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2:58S7 - E12 | Part 3Captain Lee Says Rhylee Gerber Doesn't Think Anyone Is Above Her
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2:08S7 - E12 | Part 4Courtney Skippon Reveals Why She Was So Grumpy On Her Date With Brian de Saint Pern
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3:01S7 - E12 | Part 5The Below Deck Crew Reacts to Kate Chastain Quitting the Boat
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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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3:56S7 - E12 | Part 7Going Behind the Scenes of the Van Ride That Terrorized Kate Chastain
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4:30S7 - E13 | Part 1Is Ashton Pienaar Misogynistic? Ashton Reacts to the Accusations Made Against Him
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2:15S7 - E13 | Part 2Chef Kevin Rants About Demanding Charter Guests' Dietary Restrictions
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2:53S7 - E13 | Part 3The Crew Reacts to Kate Chastain Quitting, Right Before She Un-quits
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1:53S7 - E13 | Part 4Captain Lee Saves the Day With This "Boss Move"
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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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1:40S7 - E13 | Part 6Did Ashton Pienaar Only Apologize to Kate Chastain Because He Was Being Filmed?
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1:20S7 - E13 | Part 7This Is Exactly How Captain Lee Found Out Kate Chastain Quit
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1:43S7 - E14 | Part 1Chef Kevin Dobson Shades Justine: "She's an Instagram Chef"
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1:44S7 - E14 | Part 2Courtney Skippon on Charter Guest Drama: "Put Me in, Coach!"
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3:15S7 - E14 | Part 3Captain Lee Says Ashton Pienaar Gunning for Rhylee Gerber Was "Uncalled for"
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2:03S7 - E14 | Part 4Does Ashton Pienaar Owe Rhylee Gerber for Saving His Life?
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4:31S7 - E14 | Part 5Ashton Pienaar Wants to Send Rhylee Gerber Back to Alaska
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2:01S7 - E14 | Part 6Is Kate Chastain the "Puppet Master" of Below Deck?
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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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0:57S7 - E15 | Part 2Tanner Sterback Reveals to Chef Kevin That He Hooked up With His Nemesis, the Instagram Chef!
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2:47S7 - E15 | Part 3Wait, Brian de Saint Pern Was Texting Charter Guest Molly While He was Still With Courtney Skippon?!
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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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2:34S7 - E15 | Part 5Kate Chastain Reveals a Secret Crush Could Have Been the Real Source of Chef Kevin's Back Spasms
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2:19S7 - 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 7Did Brian de Saint Pern Just Initiate the "Dumbest" Breakup in Below Deck History?
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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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3:10S7 - E16 | Part 2The Guys Defend Their Guys Vs. Ladies Mentality on the Boat and Icing Out Rhylee Gerber
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3:07S7 - E16 | Part 3What's the Real Reason Rhylee Gerber Can't Sit at the Same Table With the Crew?
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3:42S7 - E16 | Part 4Ashton Pienaar Says He's Tired of the Word "Misogynistic" Being Thrown Around
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4:35S7 - E16 | Part 5Rhylee Gerber Calls Kevin Dobson Out for Being a "Cry Baby"
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2:13S7 - E17 | Part 1The Below Deck Crew Defends Kate Chastain's Resting Bitch Face
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3:42S7 - E17 | Part 2Is Kate Chastain's Revenge Always Penis-Shaped?!
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3:13S7 - E17 | Part 3Everything You Need to Know About Chef Kevin's Penis Cake Disaster
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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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2:41S7 - E18 | Part 2Brian de Saint Pern Chose the Guys Over Courtney Skippon After the Charter Season Ended
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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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3:07S7 - E18 | Part 4Tanner Sterback Opens Up About His Infatuation For Older Women
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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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33:57S7 - E1910 Moments You'll Never Believe Happened During the Below Deck Season 7 After Show
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1:57S7 - E20 | Part 1Wait, Did Tanner Sterback and Aesha Scott Hook up?!
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1:32S7 - E20 | Part 2Tanner Sterback Tells His Mom Everything...Including His Experiences With Hookers
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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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1:37Digital SeriesWhat Do Simone Mashile and Tanner Sterback's Girlfriend Think of Each Other?
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2:27S7 - E20 | Part 4Did Kevin Dobson Get Into Yachting to "Escape Real Life"?
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4:01S7 - E20 | Part 5Kate Chastain and Captain Lee Open up About Their Relationship's Very Rocky Start
We have a feeling we're still going to be picking our jaws up off the floor well into 2020 after Kate Chastain threatened to quit Below Deck this season. But at least now we have a little more insight into why the chief stew left the yacht.
In case you need a refresher on the latest Below Deck drama, it all started after things got heated between Kate and Ashton Pienaar during the van ride on the way home from the crew's night out. Their argument continued in the crew mess once they got back onto the boat, escalating to the point where Kate said that she "quit" and promptly disembarked the Valor.
As we saw the conclusion of the incident during the December 30 episode of Below Deck, Kate explained why she stormed off the Valor on Twitter. "I’ve unfortunately learned the hard way that when someone becomes violent the safest thing to do is remove yourself from the situation as it will most likely happen again," Kate tweeted. "Ashton’s behavior was scary [and] I [didn't] feel like anyone was acknowledging that so I had to leave."
I’ve unfortunately learned the hard way that when someone becomes violent the safest thing to do is remove yourself from the situation as it will most likely happen again. Ashton’s behavior was scary & I didnt feel like anyone was acknowledging that so I had to leave #belowDeck
— Kate Chastain (@Kate_Chastain) December 31, 2019
Ashton had a different take on why Kate left the boat during the Below Deck Season 7 After Show, which you can view, above. "I would have to be very egotistical to think that the one blowout with Kate and I was the cause of her leaving the boat. I really think that she started isolating herself from the crew. She was getting a lot of negative feedback, and I think that, you know, I was the cherry on top and that whole situation was the cherry on top, and she was just like 'I'm out' kind of thing," he said. "Kate is used to running these seasons where she's the main queen bee. She's got everything under control, she's got everybody under her thumb, and I think this season was a little bit different for her. I think she kind of felt the pressure."
Kate did eventually return to the boat and resume her post as Valor's chief stew in the December 30 episode of Below Deck. She did so "because I've worked for Captain Lee for a long time, and I'm not gonna let Ashton's poor behavior ruin my reputation," Kate explained during the Below Deck Season 7 After Show.
It looks like Ashton will find himself at odds with another crew member in an all-new episode of Below Deck on January 6 at 9/8c. Watch a preview below, and catch up on the season through the Bravo app.


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