The second a part of final week’s tumultuous Under Deck episode that includes RHONY alumni Jill Zarin aired this week, and her actions have been in some way even worse regardless of that she was solely being within the first half. She continued to present back-handed compliments, narrated the traumatic docking expertise the crew was managing, and nonetheless spoke over the first visitor. Zarin — one of many well-salaried Housewives stars — even went so far as being the primary one to hug and thank the crew when the holiday lastly ended. All that’s to say that followers weren’t the one ones who breathed a sigh of reduction when she lastly left — even Captain Kerry celebrated the top of the constitution. Nevertheless, with one “villain” gone, one other has emerged from throughout the St. David crew.
It’s not unusual for there to be some crew-on-crew combating inside this franchise, like in the course of the maligned Under Deck Mediterranean Season 8. However the feud between Chief Stew Fraser Olender and Steward Barbie Pascual is a brand new kind of pressure for followers of the fact sequence. For context, the 2 obtained off to a rocky begin initially of the season, but, Barbie regularly put in super work to show herself worthy of a crew place on board the St. David. Sadly, Fraser doesn’t appear to agree and has taken a web page out of Jill Zarin’s handbook, spending the remainder of Episode 10 complaining to everybody about Barbie’s so-called disrespectful and unprofessional conduct.
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Nevertheless, followers don’t appear to agree and have unofficially dubbed him the brand new villain of the sequence. One took to X, sharing the next:
Fraser must cease making an attempt to show the brand new stew on Barbie; omg he’s in his villain period. Poor Barbie 😭🙏🏽 #BelowDeck pic.twitter.com/XwGb3wbCYBApril 9, 2024
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Right here’s the factor, crew members are all the time going to conflict on this present,contemplating they’re working amid high-stakes and shut quarters. Nevertheless, Fraser’s therapy of Barbie this week is truthfully uncalled for. Not solely did she take the brunt of Zarin’s criticisms, however she additionally did a lot of the work on this constitution. As an alternative of staying behind to assist with an advanced lunch service final week, Fraser opted to assist arrange the seashore tour after which by no means returned to the yacht. Nonetheless down a stew, Barbie was pressured to deal with all of the housekeeping duties by herself and was instantly criticized for not doing sufficient work.
It’s no shock that she was irritated with each Fraser and her different stewardess co-worker. Maybe, Barbie ought to have voiced the considerations to Fraser as an alternative of not saying something. Although, in equity, he is had a historical past of dismissing her considerations, so it’s actually no shock she went about issues the way in which she did. As one X consumer identified, if he truly listened to her, possibly she’d really feel comfy speaking to him:
I would like Fraser to recover from his hatred for Barbie bc the woman is nice at her job. His incapacity to simply shut up and simply LISTEN to her is infuriating. #BelowDeck pic.twitter.com/wPWJ5yvvDFApril 9, 2024
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The ironic ingredient right here is that Fraser doesn’t even take his personal recommendation. As an alternative of making an attempt to have a civil dialog with Barbie to hash issues out, he corners the brand new stewardess becoming a member of the workforce and begins bad-mouthing her immediately. Fortunately, the brand new stewardess, Paris Subject, wasn’t able to take his phrase for it and selected to speak to Barbie herself. She made such a optimistic impression on followers, that some have already began hoping she’ll in some way change into the Chief Stew:
Within the 5 minutes she’s been on the present, Paris exhibits that she can be a greater Chief Stew than Fraser. He’s actually displaying his ass this season. #BelowDeckApril 9, 2024
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Perhaps if Fraser’s solely difficulty was with Barbie, his villain perspective may very well be missed. However the truth of the matter is he additionally has an issue with Chef Anthony. Regardless of beginning out as mates with him, Fraser has constantly talked behind the chef’s again, calling him unprepared and disorganized. Nevertheless, he by no means jumps in to assist when he positively can, as identified by social media commenters:
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Fraser is terrible – Who rolls their eyes as an alternative of getting in there to help Chef. He’s the one one which works by himself with out a workforce and has to tug off all of the crap for the visitors. Fraser is ineffective.#BelowDeck pic.twitter.com/alNhhxQYC3April 9, 2024
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On one hand, the crew is unquestionably relieved that Jill Zarin is not aboard. However, then again, followers could now be witnessing a fair worse villain — one who will not be leaving anytime quickly. If I am being sincere, it appears unlikely that Fraser is ever going to confess to his errors and, baring a coup from the crew members, there isn’t any manner Captain Kerry will fireplace him. Regardless, there’s nonetheless half a season left, which suggests something can occur.
In case you missed the episode or any of the present season of Under Deck (which incorporates two crew members leaving the ship in the identical episode) you may stream it now utilizing a Peacock subscription. And don’t neglect to tune in subsequent week for a brand-new episode when it airs on Monday, April 15, at 9 p.m. ET as a part of the 2024 TV schedule.
