Below Deck Med Producers Shed New Light on That Charter Guest Spanx Fight
Johnny Damon's wife, Michelle, didn't hold back when her fellow charter guest questioned her undergarments.


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The Below Deck Med Yachties and Producers Weigh in on This Charter's Infamous Spanx Fight
Johnny Damon's wife stands her ground when it comes to her Spanx...or lack thereof.
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7:19S5 - E12 | Part 1Captain Sandy Yawn Explains She Was Just Following Protocol When She Fired Hannah Ferrier
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5:39S5 - E12 | Part 2Malia White Explains Exactly Why She Reported Hannah Ferrier to Captain Sandy
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5:30S5 - E12 | Part 3Hannah Ferrier Opens Up About Her Emotional Struggles After Hindrigo "Kiko" Lorran's Departure
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4:15S5 - E12 | Part 4This Is the Real Reason Captain Sandy Yawn Followed Hannah Ferrier Onto the Dock
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3:40S5 - E12 | Part 5Your First Look at Hannah Ferrier's "Mini Me"
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6:19S5 - E13 | Part 1Malia White Admits That Having Her Boyfriend Tom Checketts Join as Chef Was Her Personal "Nightmare"
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5:07S5 - E13 | Part 2Wait, the Entire Crew Thought Jessica More's Reaction to Robert Westergaard's Bali Surprise Was Anticlimactic?!
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2:45S5 - E13 | Part 3Did Below Deck Med Just Reveal Jessica More's Hidden Talent?
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4:22S5 - E13 | Part 4Malia White Reveals Why She'd Rather Be Called a "F—ker" Than "Sweetie"
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4:09S5 - E13 | Part 5Below Deck Producers Were Shocked to See Robert Westergaard Confront Malia White in Front of Captain Sandy Yawn
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3:11S5 - E13 | Part 6The Crew Share Their Thoughts on a Guest's Massive Sex Toy
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4:45S5 - E14 | Part 1The Below Deck Med Crew's First Impressions (and Impersonations!) of Aesha Scott
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4:31S5 - E14 | Part 2Robert Westergaard Opens up About Texting His Ex and Jessica More Gets Real on How That Made Her Feel
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3:03S5 - E14 | Part 3Did Alex Radcliffe Think Jessica More and Robert Westergaard's Relationship Was "Toxic"?
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4:06S5 - E14 | Part 4Tom Checketts Weighs in on Chefs Googling During Charter
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2:36S5 - E14 | Part 5The Below Deck Med Yachties and Producers Weigh in on This Charter's Infamous Spanx Fight
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4:08S5 - E14 | Part 6This Is How Christine "Bugsy" Drake Encouraged Jessica More to Shine
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2:55S5 - E14 | Part 7Below Deck Med Producers Open up About Some of the Wildest Charter Guests Ever
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4:15S5 - E15 | Part 1Wait...Christine "Bugsy" Drake and Alex Radcliffe Made Out More Than Once?!
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5:01S5 - E15 | Part 2Jessica More Calls Out Aesha Scott for Her "Inappropriate" Sex Talk With Robert Westergaard
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3:22S5 - E15 | Part 3Aesha Scott Explains Exactly What "S--tstain" Means to Her
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4:00S5 - E15 | Part 4What *Really* Caused Jessica More and Robert Westergaard's Big Blowout in Ibiza?
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3:31S5 - E15 | Part 5Malia White and Captain Sandy Yawn Weigh in on Robert Westergaard's "Rookie, Rookie Error"
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3:57S5 - E15 | Part 6Captain Sandy Yawn Gets Candid About Her Heart Attack
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3:46S5 - E16 | Part 1Aesha Scott Has a Whole New Opinion on Tom Checketts After the Cucumber Incident
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3:44S5 - E16 | Part 2Chef Tom Checketts and Captain Sandy Break Down the Infamous Cucumber Miscommunication
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2:26S5 - E16 | Part 3Aesha Scott Opens up About Struggling to Find Her Place Among the Rest of the Crew
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4:31S5 - E16 | Part 4Did Robert Westergaard and Jessica More Say "I Love You" Too Soon?
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3:16S5 - E16 | Part 5Chef Tom Checketts and the Below Deck Med Producers Break Down How Provisioning Works on Super Yachts
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2:51S5 - E16 | Part 6Was Chef Tom Checketts Freak Out Over Frozen Mussels Justified?
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3:24S5 - E16 | Part 7The Below Deck Med Crew Breaks Down What Happens When a Yacht Loses Power
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4:10S5 - E17 | Part 1Is Christine "Bugsy" Drake More Affectionate With Alex Radcliffe When the Cameras Aren't Watching?
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4:24S5 - E17 | Part 2Captain Sandy Yawn Explains Exactly Why She Pulled Malia White Out of the Galley During Tom Checketts' Meltdown
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2:40S5 - E17 | Part 3Aesha Scott Reflects on Tom Checkett's Cucumber Apology: "He Apologized, But With an Explanation"
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2:41S5 - E17 | Part 4Robert Westergaard's Message to Malia White: "Let Me Be Me"
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3:07S5 - E17 | Part 5Christine "Bugsy" Drake Reveals What You Didn’t See at the Speedo Dinner
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4:08S5 - E17 | Part 6Christine "Bugsy" Drake Opens Up About the Pressure She Feels to Get Along With Chef Tom Checketts
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2:30S5 - E17 | Part 7A Below Deck Mediterranean Producer Says They'll Never "Unhear the Sounds" of Jessica More and Robert Westergaard's Hook Up
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5:39S5 - E18 | Part 1Malia White Struggles to Balance Her Professional Life and Her Personal Life When it Comes to Captain Sandy Yawn and Chef Tom Checketts
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4:13S5 - E18 | Part 2Captain Sandy Yawn Explains Why Chef Tom Checketts Lost Reasoning in the Galley
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4:08S5 - E18 | Part 3Why Was Alex Radcliffe So Uncomfortable Getting Promoted to Lead Deckhand?
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3:06S5 - E18 | Part 4Was Robert Westergaard Too Flirtatious With This Charter Guest?
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3:36S5 - E18 | Part 5Below Deck Mediterranean Producers Reveal Moments and Fights They Didn't Know Existed
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3:00S5 - E18 | Part 6Captain Sandy Yawn Reveals Why it Bothered Her So Much When Christine "Bugsy" Drake Tried to Help Chef Tom Checketts
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3:34S5 - E19 | Part 1Aesha Scott Explains the Infamous "Butt Grab"
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5:34S5 - E19 | Part 3Jessica More's Message to Aesha Scott About Her "Butt Grab": "Wherever You're From, It's Disrespectful"
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3:45S5 - E19 | Part 4The Below Deck Med Crew Opens up About What it Feels Like to Have Cameras Filming Their Every Move
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2:12S5 - E19 | Part 5Malia White: "There"s Never Been a Preference Sheet That's Been 100% the Truth"
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4:08S5 - E19 | Part 6Aesha Scott Reveals If Jack Stirrup Ever Apologized For Cheating on Her
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4:34S5 - E20 | Part 1Robert Westergaard and Jessica More Reveal Why They Broke up After Bali: "It Was Definitely a Roller Coaster With Him"
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2:25S5 - E20 | Part 2Jessica More Was "Blindsided" by Robert Westergaard's Desire to Bail on Bali
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3:22S5 - E20 | Part 3Jessica More Opens up About Robert Westergaard and a Charter Guest: "I've Never Been So Disrespected in My Life"
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1:32S5 - E20 | Part 4The Below Deck Med Crew Reacts to Malia White's Awful Smelling Fart
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3:22S5 - E20 | Part 5Aesha Scott Tells All About Living in a Converted Ambulance With Her "Adventure Junkie" Boyfriend
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4:56S5 - E21 | Part 1Captain Sandy Yawn Defends Her Decision to Fire Chef Hindrigo "Kiko" Lorran
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4:29S5 - E21 | Part 2Captain Sandy Yawn Reacts to the Critiques She’s Received on Her Management Style
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5:42S5 - E21 | Part 3Hannah Ferrier Breaks Down Everything That Went Wrong During Chef Kiko's Vegas Dinner
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3:37S5 - E21 | Part 4Was Christine "Bugsy" Drake Becoming Chief Stew All a Set up? Nope! Here's Why...
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1:57S5 - E21 | Part 5Christine "Bugsy" Drake and Jessica More Break Down Their Radio Drama
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4:00S5 - E22 | Part 1Malia White Explains Why She Had to Tell Captain Sandy Yawn About Hannah Ferrier's Medication
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3:10S5 - E22 | Part 2Hannah Ferrier Once Tore Two Ligaments in Her Foot While Fighting a Boat Fire
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4:42S5 - E22 | Part 3Aesha Scott Almost Said "No" When Captain Sandy Called Her for Season 5
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3:17S5 - E22 | Part 4Alex Radcliffe Says He "Needs a Muzzle" to Control His Drunk Rambling
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2:34S5 - E22 | Part 5The Below Deck Mediterranean Cast Reveal What They’re Looking Forward to the Most Post-Yachting
We've seen charter guests get into all sorts of drama on the various Below Deck franchises over the years. However, the latest conflict among the charter guests featured in the August 31 episode of Below Deck Mediterranean was definitely a first.
Season 5, Episode 14 saw the return of Johnny Damon and his wife, Michelle Damon, for another sure-to-be epic charter on Below Deck Med. They didn't waste any time in bringing the party or the drama when charter guest Shanna claimed Michelle was wearing Spanx. After Michelle showed her undergarments in an effort to prove she was, in fact, not wearing Spanx, the two had a tense talk on the yacht. Shanna ultimately apologized to Michelle, and they made up.
But Malia White had no idea all of this had gone down and only heard of the incident during the Below Deck Mediterranean Season 5 After Show (clip above). "I'm surprised we missed that," Malia said. "Well, I'm surprised the deck boys weren't talking about it if it was a woman flashing her thong."
Aesha Scott, who had only joined The Wellington crew hours before the charter began, appeared to be one of the only yachties to overhear Michelle and Shanna's argument. "I think I just remember listening to their argument, and I was just like, 'How is this even an argument?'" Aesha recalled in the Below Deck Med After Show. "Most normal people, it's like, you want to avoid drama at all costs. And it's like, so someone asks if you're wearing Spanx, who cares? Just move on. Honestly, get over it. It's so over the top."
Below Deck Med executive producer Nadine Rajabi could hardly believe her ears, either. "I mean, come on! I was laughing so hard," she said in the Below Deck Med After Show. "[That is] one of those moments when you're in the control room, you're like, 'Wait, did I hear that right? They're actually fighting about Spanx?'"
Josh Brown, Vice President, Current Production at Bravo, noted that Johnny and Michelle are two charter guests who aren't afraid to speak their mind, recalling their scuffle with a yacht owner in Season 4. "They let it all hang out — and I'm not talking about Spanx; I'm talking about their feelings," he said. "You know, we saw Michelle get into it last season as well. They don't hold back."
"What I love about them, they're very gracious people, but they're also very unapologetic, and they are who they are," Rajabi added. "They're very gracious people, and they're very genuine people. So they're one of my favorites, for sure."
Want more Below Deck Med? New episodes air every Monday at 9/8c or catch up on the entire series through the Bravo app.
Check out what's coming up for the Damons and The Wellington crew in the next episode of Below Deck Med, below.


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