I was worried about Adrienne Gang getting a second season at the WWHL Below Deck Reunion. At that horrific reunion Andy kept suggesting that the fans loved Sam (are you fucking kidding me?) and not Adrienne. It was like opposite day on WWHL. So color me not surprised at all that Adrienne is NOT being asked back.
And that’s not all, David Bradberry was not asked back either. You’ll recall David was the cute responsible guy who, if I recall correctly, got engaged to his boyfriend on the last episode.
God forbid we have a couple of normal decent people on the show. So far it sounds like the asshole brigade will be back, assuming CJ is not in jail somewhere. And of course they are just now letting people know if they are returning or not so in the middle of high season they now have to scramble for other jobs. I am sure Adrienne already has one and Dave has a lot of acting and modeling stuff going on.
Filming begins next month in the British Virgin Islands. As far as I know Captain Lee has not said he is NOT coming back. He better be. Even with Captain Lee, I am not sure I can stand another season of Sam and Kat and KJ and the weird looking Aleks all of whom will probably be back for season two.
She prolly wanted more money than they were willing to cough up.
Nope. Not at all. She really wanted to be on. She has been waiting to hear forever.
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Tamara Tattles
Actually, Manny, I didn’t.
-Adrienne
If Adrienne is not on I WONT be watching nor will any of my friends. Huge mistake Bravo!
And Adrienne, I was behind you all season. Poise and professionalism.
Maybe it’s b/c they were the two cast members most likely to violate the confidentiality clause in their contracts? This article could certainly be considered ‘exhibit A’
You didn’t GIVE them contracts. Which was a big mistake. Huge.
Oh my isn’t this little gem of a post interesting……tell ’em Pretty TT Woman! (I expect to eventually see you in print in Variety, Deadline, NY Mag etc. – what fool thinks this is some obscure, little read blog? Huge mistake:)
WHAT????? rotten thing to say. frankly, if sam’s on i’m not watching either.
i’ve followed adrienne and the others’ press since the show and think she and the captain and ben were class acts and did a lot to promote the show. the final shows had adrienne appear more interesting with more potentially good storylines to come. sami was a pig on and off camera. totally disgusted with this decision. i’m down to watching only one bravo show and this won’t be it.
Adrienne took the lead working hard in promoting the show…totally unfair! I’m so disappointed!
This just continues to show viewers the type of melodrama crap fighting bs that Bravo wants to show. I thought that kinda content was for Oxygen network. Guess not. I’m pretty much done with Bravo, except for RHOA.
I, too, am tired of the fighting. Was Andy responsible for this or is his replacement signing up for more of it? I got so I taped Below Deck and forwarded through anything with Sam and CJ. Even Gypsy Sisters on TLC has fist fights this season.
They’ve been showing fights on the various TLC Gyspy shows from the beginning, and especially between the sisters.
I especially don’t want to watch CJ and Sam. That might be a deal breaker for me. They both ick me out.
Ditto! Especially dislike Sam’s justifications of her behavior. Guessing she’ll her continual sense of self entitlement forever. Bravo – listen to us, don’t put CJ & Sam back on!
Oh good Lord, I must have Captain Lee to even entertain watching this again if Adrienne will not be back. If I recall it was her first time as head stew so I looked forward to how she dealt with her second season and what she learned – she was a hard worker and a class act – and not a brat. I liked Kat – she worked hard – just had some issues. I liked Dave and Eddie and the Chef – but NOT Sam and NOT CJ – I cannot take them again – ALex did not bother me one way or the other – I think he thought he should be Captain but he is no Captain Lee – he is a Captain but not in Lee’s same league.
Very disappointed that Adrienne is not returning. Wtf were they thinking?Guess they wernt.
Filming has not started yet. You can make them change their minds! WE WANT ADRIENNE AND DAVE start a twitter trend.
That is pretty lousy considering it was my understanding that Adrienne actually helped conceive the show and should have probably been given at least a consulting producer credit or something.
I would watch Lee, Eddie and the Chef again. They were genuinely funny to me. The rest of them gross me out. I also fast-forwarded through Sam, CJ and Kat because they were fake and disgusting. Adrienne and Dave seem like perfectly nice people, but too normal for a contrived hot mess like this show.
Adrienne, you are better off not being involved with this crapfest. There is no way you are ever going to get the “good edit” with this crew.
Hi T,
I can’t believe BD is even getting a second season. ITA with you on Aleks. He looks so arrogant as well. I feel like I want to knock him off his high horse!
I was going to agree with one or two of the posts, but it seems I agree with all of them. I don’t know what Bravo is thinking but they need to rethink their shows. I liked BD with captain Lee and Adrienne, the chef and Dave, but I think I have made the decision not to watch. Bravo is getting just too crappy for me and a lot of other people too. The only show I care to watch anymore is HWOB and even that one is getting funky. I like Lisa V. but some of her stuff is getting strange anymore. I hate Vanderpump Rules. Like I said Lisa is great but that staff at SUR – I would fire everyone of them. They all remind me of overgrown brats. The rule needs to be do not date people you work with. If you do – you better keep it a BIG secret. What in the world do the guests think when they see some of the drama going on, and you know they have to see at least some of it. If it is scripted even better not to watch. I can’t imagine Lisa and Ken need the money from Bravo for this show do they? Hope not. I used to love watching Bravo and most of the time that is all I watched. Not anymore it is just a mess. Watch what happens live was good too, but what is with all these guests, some of which I have never heard of. I thought is was good when they had the people in the shows on and that was it most of the time. I can’t believe some of the BIG stares that have been on that show. I guess any publicity is good publicity. Oh well., keep writing TT I love to read you. Tata for now.
So basically anyone Capt Lee said he would work with again won’t be back. and neither will I. The fun in the shaw is watching the grown ups actually do their excellent jobs while faced with the obstacles of the ignunt bunch. Take awy the grown ups, you take away the conflict and people to actually to root for. Instead you just have the ignunts metaphorically flinging monkey poo at each other.
I wish I had found this blog a year ago…I felt exactly the same way about the WWHL reunion it was like the Twilight Zone on that reunion the way they trashed Adrienne and did not even give her her closeup at the end and instead panned to the one who shall not be named’s face twice, that was the first hint something was up and production was beginning to skew this show in the wrong direction like they do every time when they get a hit. Bravo so desperately wants the not named one’s demographic and from the looks so far of season two that is what they are focusing on, making the bunks coed. I think they have their heads up their behinds because most of that demographic has to work for a living and put up with a lot of bs from customers and that was the relatable part of the show. Now we have a chief stew who wants to be a Housewife and way too much sexual tension in the co-ed bunks which is uncomfortable because every single one of these people is in a relationship so it is like watching a trainwreck, wondering which of these people will hurt someone first.
As a business owner, you cannot tell people who to date! The stuff that happens on VR is typical for those types of establishments. Now when I go to a restaurant, I think about the behind the scene drama!
I worked in a lot of restaurants when I was in college. In everyone single one, everyone was fucking everyone. It was literally musical beds. With all the behind the scenes drama you could imagine.
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Tamara Tattles
I still remember Kat getting sexually harassed and the higher ups giving her a hard time. THAT was shameful.
I will never forget watching Kat get sexually harassed to the HILT, and then getting slammed for not performing correctly. Shameful. The powers that be are lucky there wasn’t a lawsuit on that. Employers have GOT to start doing the RIGHT THING. THAT was painful to see.
Yes more EDDIE!!
Sam was a vile bitch. I wanted to reach through my television and punch her in her entitled face. I can’t believe they are bringing her back and getting rid of Adrienne. CJ is a creep through and through. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I wasn’t following Below Deck way back in 2013, but am watching reruns now of Season 1. Can someone fill me in on why Cat and Sam hated Adrienne? I must be missing something but I don’t see it. What has Adrienne done to make the two stews under her supervision be so mean spirited and hateful towards her.
I just happened to see your comment. I don’t think many others will bc this is such an old post. Sadly, I have the memory of a gnat and can’t answer your question. But, I can suggest that you re-post this comment in the most recent Below Deck Post that’s on the first page of website. Many other posts so if you get skipped over, be on the lookout for the upcoming Below Deck recap and ask yet again. Eventually someone will reply to you and give you your answer. Good luck! ?
Also, if TT decides to put an open forum discussion type post up over this upcoming weekend, ask there and someone will probably answer.
All I did was do my job and ask them to do theirs. That’s all. No real rhyme or reason to their ugliness. They are children. They were there to be tv stars, not yacht crew.
The upside is that their behavior effectively got them banned from the yachting industry. I, however, have a thriving freelance business in the industry.
Sometimes the good guys do win 😉
Best,
Adrienne
HEY GIRL HEY! xo Thanks for weighing in and saying it better than I could have. “They were there to be tv stars, not yacht crew.” Let’s keep in tounch and congrats on your continued success!
Any time! Have a great one! And as always, thank you for your support! ?
I feel like Adrienne really got the shaft. I was friends with her for a bit and we sort of lost touch. Adrienne was a real stew with lots of experience. I think Bravo just wanted to replace her with someone who was more “reality show material” and they found that in Kate. Also, for whatever reason, Captain Lee never really hit it off with her. Captain Lee and Kate are like peas and carrots and that is what makes the show work, God I had admitting that.
That doesn’t hurt my feelings. I’m not adept at the art of ridiculing, demeaning, and antagonizing people for the sake of entertainment. I’m very happy that I don’t have any “what if’s” about doing or not doing the show. I’m also extremely grateful for the positive momentum the exposure gave me and the great friends I gained (like you) out of it all.
Happily boating my life away,
Adrienne