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This Is What Was Going on in Malia White and Tom Checkett's Relationship Before They Broke Up
The yachties shared some unexpected news about their romance at the Below Deck Med reunion.


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Malia White Admits That Having Her Boyfriend Tom Checketts Join as Chef Was Her Personal "Nightmare"
Malia reveals that part of the reason she didn't want Tom to join the crew was because she wanted to protect their relationship and be able to shine as bosun!
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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
Malia White confirmed in September that she and boyfriend Tom Checketts had decided to break up. That may have come as a surprise to Below Deck Mediterranean fans, given how close they had been throughout Season 5.
However, it became clear during Part 2 of the Below Deck Med Season 5 reunion on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, which aired on October 26, that Malia and Tom were not as solid as we thought. When host Andy Cohen asked about the status of their relationship, Malia replied, "We don't know."
Malia and Tom actually appeared at the virtual reunion together, having reunited in person in London for the first time in several months just hours before sitting down with the rest of The Wellington crew. "We're trying to maintain the best relationship we can, to say that I haven't seen Malia for five-and-a-half months," Tom explained during the reunion. "I've just done a really busy summer season, and Malia has as well. We haven't seen each other since May. So, yeah, it's crazy."
Tom added of the status of their relationship, "Like I say, we're working it out."
Tom also said that he had been dealing with "a lot of negative comments" on social media as this season of Below Deck Med aired because of his "association with Malia." "It's no secret I've gotten pretty hard backlash this season over everything. People forget that we're just normal people working in yachting and filming a TV show," Malia explained. "Yeah, the backlash has been pretty intense, but luckily, I only have Instagram."
Malia announced that she and Tom had split in a video on Instagram on September 22 after the Below Deck Med Season 5 reunion was filmed. She later explained during her September 28 appearance on WWHL that it became difficult to maintain a relationship while working and living apart for long periods of time. "I'm good. I'm focused," Malia said. "I don't want people to think this is yachting and this happens all the time. It's just distance, and it's s--t, but I'm focused on my career."
Malia said during Part 2 of the Below Deck Med reunion that she has mixed feelings on whether or not she regrets Tom joining the crew this season. To jog your memory, Tom's visit to see Malia on The Wellington this season turned into an extended stay when Captain Sandy Yawn asked him to fill in as chef following the departure of Hindrigo "Kiko" Lorran. "That's a tough one. I do regret, as in, I know what comes along in filming and social media and all this stuff, and that part of it has been really hard," Malia shared. "But obviously at the time, it was really nice to have him there and be with me."
Malia opens up more about working with Tom in the Below Deck Mediterranean Season 5 After Show, above.
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