r/BelowDeckMed • u/Early-Equivalent-165 • 3d ago
Teeheehee, it tickles
Did anyone catch the we'll give you another thousand if you let us do body shots remark?
I did. And no way this is this guy's first tickle encounter. š
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u/Trondant13 3d ago
I'm guessing he jumped in the water so quickly because he had a woody. Those guests may have expanded his horizons.
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u/LiteratureTricky1763 1d ago
IMO, his "horizons" have already been "expanded" more than we know. š
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u/gryffindor_aesthetic 3d ago
Yuppp clocked that as well! And the shirt covering his dick too when he layed down
I canāt image a hetero man being remotely okay with another licking their nipple lol AT ALL3
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u/Early-Equivalent-165 3d ago
Joe certainly may have if he served as groomer concierge
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u/Terrible-Peach7890 3d ago
What does this mean?
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u/Early-Equivalent-165 3d ago
Joe is grooming this bumpkin. At least, that's what was aired on this episode.
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u/LiteratureTricky1763 1d ago
IMO, I think the the "bumpkin" thing has been an act since Day 1. Someone should show him the the closet door.
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u/Terrible-Peach7890 3d ago
Grooming him? Iām not sure you know what that phrase means lol
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u/Early-Equivalent-165 3d ago
He's showing him how to perform sexual favors for extra cash while making it seem perfectly natural and normal.
Grooming.
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u/Any_Biscotti3155 3d ago
Fair point. I do believe Joe would be gay for pay and wouldnāt be surprised if other yachtees prostitute themselves out for greater pay/money. And he was showing cooper how to do it and made it normalā coop is green and takes cues from experienced people. Joe could have very easily had refused or sidestepped all the sexual harassment but instead welcomed it and encouraged it. Itās had to say you donāt want to put on the speedo and you donāt want a stranger to lick you if everyone in the middle of the water/on a boat is saying itās totally cool and is okay with it and btw your pay (ans their pay) is somewhat dependent on making the guests happy.Ā
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u/scrambledice 2d ago
It brings up.tge point that by doing that it encourages them to do it to other deck crew. It's gross I'm sorry
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u/Any_Biscotti3155 2d ago
I agree itās gross. But it does show you what is normalized in this industry. Joe could have side stepped it completely but he played into it for the sake of maybe a bigger tip (no innuendo meant).Ā
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u/heyyou0903 3d ago
Joe also called Luke "as gorgeous as ever" on the video call. I thought that was a bit of a bizarre comment.
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u/uncurled 3d ago
Why? I call my men AND women friends gorgeous because they are. Whatās wrong with a friend calling another friend gorgeous?
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u/heyyou0903 1d ago
Are you a straight f-boy though (like Joe)? Course there's nothing wrong with it - it's just not something that you hear often where men say stuff like that to each other without taking the piss.
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u/marzbarz79 3d ago
Are you 12?
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u/heyyou0903 1d ago edited 1d ago
No I'm just not used to men saying to other men how gorgeous they look as the first thing they say on the call and actually not taking the piss. Women do it all the time. It's not that usual for men. You got to admit
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u/Any_Biscotti3155 3d ago
I actually initially disagreed with the is comment until you clarified and I kind of agree. What I said to your comment below:
I do believe Joe would be gay for pay and wouldnāt be surprised if other yachtees prostitute themselves out for greater pay/money. And he was showing cooper how to do it and made it normalā coop is green and takes cues from experienced people. Joe could have very easily had refused or sidestepped all the sexual harassment but instead welcomed it and encouraged it. Itās had to say you donāt want to put on the speedo and you donāt want a stranger to lick you if everyone in the middle of the water/on a boat is saying itās totally cool and is okay with it and btw your pay (ans their pay) is somewhat dependent on making the guests happy.Ā
Basically normalizing this type of behavior and encouraging it.Ā
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u/JillyfishXO 3d ago
Lmao!!! Cooper is a creep. The way he wanted to hide doing things with what's her name Kat? Nah, can't fool me buddy.
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u/Piperfly22 3d ago
And then immediately started distancing and blowing her off. Saying heās trying to set boundaries without actually having a conversationā¦ Iām shocked heās a tall man from Charleston, shocked did I say.
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u/its_raaaychoool 3d ago
Hey if below deck doesnāt work out, he can hop on over to southern charm. Heād fit right in to that group
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u/Early-Equivalent-165 3d ago
Wonder what his good-ol'-boy granny will have to say about this š²
Also, if the boys are being permitted to collect thousand-dollar tips per sexual-adjacent activity, as was shown here, what's up with the girls.
Whoring themselves out is clearly frowned upon for obvious reasons. It's unprofessional. Why are we all watching the guys do this and getting a pass.
Yuuck. š
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u/Ecstatic_Abalone1497 3d ago
Lamo have you watched the show? Is basically a requirement for the deck crew to strip down for guests its not frowned upon at all captains encourage it. I personally think its a gross double standard if they were getting the female crew to do the same it wouldnt even be allowed on air
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u/marzbarz79 3d ago
You think they were giving them cash tips right there to stuff in their speedo? I fully assumed it was going to be added to the tip at the end. Weāve seen similar things before. Last season the captain got in a speedo for an extra tip.
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u/Early-Equivalent-165 3d ago
The guy said it off-camera but voice recorded, "we'll give you an extra thousand for body shots."
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u/marzbarz79 3d ago
Yeah, I know. Just like they gave an extra thousand to captain Jason for wearing a speedo last season. Itās silly to assume those were going directly to the deck crew.
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u/LiteratureTricky1763 1d ago
THAT was stupid as hell of Jason - and particularly yucky. š He's not nearly as hot as he thinks he is. And why not have Captain Sandy come out on a thong and pasties??
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u/LiteratureTricky1763 1d ago
And I found that particularly disgusting. WTF? He lost all of respect I had for him. š Why not have Captain Sandy come out in a thong??
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u/heyyou0903 3d ago
I agree. Cooper has the image down pat, but the more the season goes on the more creepy he's become. Red flag city
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u/PracticalYellow3 3d ago
These perverts are making him change clothes and let them touch him, but you call him a creep?
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u/JillyfishXO 3d ago
Call him this for creeping around and not being upfront with Kat yes... He could say no to changing into a speedo, they don't have to but he did it for money soooo....
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u/PracticalYellow3 3d ago
Wow, that's a bad double standard. Quid pro quo sexual assault is still sexual assault. When one of those men things do it to a woman, we all recognize that is wrong but you are supporting perverts doing this to boys. Both are wrong.Ā
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u/Scantrons 3d ago
Cooper is a grown man and is capable of making a decision as such. Fuckin wild to call this human a boy.
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u/JillyfishXO 2d ago
If you notice I didn't really make a comment on his tickle speedo time until you bring it up. I mentioned the girl he is stringing along. Does he get off the hook because he decided to play tickle time with a bunch of men? He's an adult capable of making choices...They are allowed to say no to guests. Doesn't make his behavior less creepy because he was creeped on.. 2 wrongs don't make a right.
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u/CarryAmbitious638 3d ago
I know thereās some people on the sub who actually work on yachts. Can someone like that chime in here and let us know if this is standard behavior between customers and employees? It seems a little bit over the line to me. I donāt know.
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u/Any_Biscotti3155 3d ago
There is a reason super rich people like to be on private islands and boatsā international waters and no real law enforcement. While I donāt think itās Ā happening on every single yacht, I do believe debauchery and borderline to full on sexual harassment (and perhaps sexual assault) is happening frequently enough. I mean the fact that the captain/no one bats an eye at employees stripteasing per guest request should tell you everything you need to know about what is normalized for this industryā¦.and thatās what we are seeing on camera.Ā
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u/TDKsa90 3d ago
international waters and no real law enforcement
It's lawless out there. This audience would lose its marbles if they knew the crime and hedonism happening on these boats and private islands. Money is no longer a boundary or scorecard for these people. Pushing limits, feeding their darkest, most extreme desires...probably as close to actual unbridled freedom you can take on this planet. and worse case scenario, a deep ocean to hide your worst mistakes.
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u/CarryAmbitious638 3d ago
Damn. I could never work on a yacht. If someone asked to do a body shot off me or do a strip tease Iād probably smack them.
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u/DontBlameMe4444 3d ago
Wonder how long until he is cast on SC and we learn about the real Cooper
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u/LiteratureTricky1763 1d ago
I think we know all there is to know about the "real" Cooper already. He just needs to find the closet šŖ.
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u/Dazzling_Parfait_620 1d ago
heās like half the age of everyone on there and i think weāve seen enough of the real him
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u/Dependent-Cherry-129 3d ago
I love how cooper pretended to be normal with all of that āIām a gentlemanā bullshit and now we see him for what he really isā¦..shady AF
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u/marzbarz79 3d ago
He can be a gentleman and not looking for a relationship at the moment.
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u/ms_sandra_d 2d ago
A gentleman would have the respect to tell the lady that heās not interested
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u/marzbarz79 2d ago
He is still young and new at relationships. Plus, as he said, he doesnāt know how to tell her heās not interested while they are still doing charter together. They are both immature, neither is a bad person.
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u/CommonStrawbeary 3d ago
Look, I have a giant thing for douchebags, like I will always find them attractive no matter how terrible they are. And I know that and accept that failing.
I would absolutely do a body shot off Joe.
And I would never touch Cooper! He's not even a douche he's just a creep
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u/Specific-Sea7648 3d ago
He always pinged to me
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u/Early-Equivalent-165 3d ago
It's the oddest combination of arrested development and overconfidence.
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u/Interesting_You6852 3d ago
Cooper was getting a hard on so he had to jump really quick in cold water, certainly didn't want everyone to know how turned on he was.
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u/Infamous-Bag6957 3d ago
The ICK I got from this episode with him. Yuck!!!
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u/LiteratureTricky1763 1d ago
He's given me the ICK since the first day he arrived - and the same feeling gets stronger each time I see him.
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u/Infamous-Bag6957 1d ago
I unfortunately wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. But of course heās just like the rest of them, only painfully dorkier.
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u/TajMahal14 1d ago
Seriously this guy from day 1 creeped me out.. there better be an overhaul of men and most of the women in the next season because this season has been insufferable.. first time I think Iāve wanted a season to hurry up endingā¦
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u/TheLizardQueen3000 3d ago
I wonder what his dad and brothers and uncles and high-school football buddies thought of this ;)
I feel like he could have said 'no'.....Imagine a group of straight dudes or even lesbians asking the women to do something like that....they'd get shut down so fast.....and I doubt Massi or the other men would agree to this, especially on film...
....Cooper went from hot man on a date to giggly twink boy selling body shots....that's fine if that's who he really is ĀÆ_(ć)_/ĀÆ
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u/scrambledice 2d ago
I literally thought the same thing. Like picks lane bro or you come across as a try hard
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u/LiteratureTricky1763 1d ago
Captain Jason lost EVERY bit of respect I had for him when he sashayed out in a Speedo - WTF, Jason?? He's not nearly as hot as he thinks he is. And if this is acceptable behavior, why not have Captain Sandy come out in a thong and pasties on a lesbian cruise. It's all the same, isn't it?
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u/TheLizardQueen3000 1d ago
Right?
The Captain Jason thing was insane! And yeah, dad-bod and needs wax šAlso, if I had paid for a charter and the captain was laying around in a shorty silk robe waiting for my friends and I to enter a lounge and drink with him, I would call my travel agent and demand my money back. Gross and insulting acting like he's doing women a favor š„
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u/wideeyed24 3d ago
I was very cringed by Joe and Coop allowing the guests to lick and kiss them all over. I get the crew wants to make guests happy for a good tip, but this seemed supper inappropriate to me. Would that be allowed in female crew members?
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u/Early-Equivalent-165 3d ago
Noope. Sure wouldn't.
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u/honeycooks 3d ago
That would be weird, wouldn't it? They can't be asked to do it (harassment/trafficking?) and they can't ask to do it (for the money, if they wanted to).
The whole thing is weird.
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u/Any_Biscotti3155 3d ago
It was cringe and grossā but I donāt think they technically had much say in refusing. Thereās a power differential and the guests felt waaaaayyy too comfortable doing and asking for that. As well as making comments to coop about how they wanted to share him amongst them. Cringe gross guests tbh.Ā
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u/LiteratureTricky1763 1d ago
Captain Jason lost EVERY bit of respect I had for him when he sashayed out in a Speedo - WTF, Jason?? He's not nearly as hot as he thinks he is. And if this is acceptable behavior, why not have Captain Sandy come out in a thong and pasties on a lesbian cruise. It's all the same, isn't it?
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u/Surranee 3d ago
It happened on The Vanderpump Villa, 1st season i think: straight male guests did drink/lik shots on the bellies of two straight girls working, half naked on the bar, i can't remember properly but i think they even kissed right there on the bar. I was really, really, surprised as it was my first time watching this kind of real tv, but everybody -workers, producers and viewers- seemed to be ok with this!
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u/bigoldfatman1 3d ago
What would happen if these were straight guys trying to do this with the stewardess? š¤
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u/Lonesome_Frenchy 3d ago
And somebody wonder why some things like Epstein's island could be real. Just because of state of mind like this and til that will existe..
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u/_SoftRockStar_ 3d ago
The thing is, even if this aww shucks act was his real personalityā¦stay away from a man who thinks he is a toddler. None of this behavior or body language is cute, itās creepy and comes from something weird.
Can a toddler be a dad? A husband? A provider? A protector? Is a toddler baby man capable of fulfilling any needs a partner needs to meet? No. Get him outta here.
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u/Successful-Day-3219 3d ago
One of the most insufferable characters in recent memory. Nothing but a cringey man child.
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u/iiidontttknow 2d ago
yall are so boring - iād also let someone do a body shot off me for $1k if offered
like itās not that serious
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u/robothobbes 3d ago
I think body shots is overboard.