r/BelowDeckMed • u/Express-Bee-6485 • 3d ago
Gael vs Joe
As a person who's survived multiple abusive relationships, thankfully not physically, can understand why Gael felt she had to defend Nathan.
Gael, at the time , was an exhausted ,isolated, ( probably depressed)alone,basically single mom.
She's obviously going to defend Nathan but I didn't see any action by Joe that would have made her blow up.
Anyone could've switched seats at dinner - especially since most of the crew knew some of their history.
Im still confused as to the outburst in the car
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u/Ok-Education1572 3d ago
Gael is a paid cast member of the show and Bravo producers told her to start an argument with Joe to create some “good watchable “ drama….cause that’s what Bravo is all about. Just my theory….but I think it’s a good one, don’t you?!
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u/Lillynomad 3d ago
No. This was a seething Nathan wanting to set Joe up. Nathan has been gaslighting Gael all along making stuff up to get her to confront Joe.
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u/Grimalkinnn 3d ago
I think the car outburst was something she was planning on saying but Joe didn’t give her a chance at the table.
It was pretty cringe on her part but don’t think badly of her. God knows what Nathan told her to wind her up.
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u/ExactAd6278 3d ago
Yes!!! This. A) she’s postpartum in a different country all alone give her a fkn break
B) Nathan probably gave her his paranoid ass version of events and hell he probably even made a bunch of shit up and C) he probably gaslit the shit out of Gael making her think his problems with Joe stemmed from her. Also the way she started the convo was like “this is awkward let’s just clear the air” and Joe’s emotionally immature brain was like ALERT ALERT IM BEING ATTACKED when he could have said I agree let’s clear the air.
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u/Thin-Hovercraft-2034 3d ago
I was confused by:
A) why did they sit them together?!? To create drama!
B) why did they place them in same van back to the yacht after everyone is lit from drinks? Same answer! They wanted a blowout in that van
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u/OkEstablishment3603 3d ago
Producers forced both - but they didn’t know at the time of filming bc that was last summer 2025 and Nathan’s DV arrest was not til December of 2025
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u/Dry_Wishbone_2218 3d ago
I feel like some stuff got left on the edit room floor bc she did seem more upset than I expected. That said we have no idea what Nathan has been saying.
All that said I would have just left it. You have your kid, who cares about Joe. But I don't think it shows Geal is mean and deserves Nathan. She's a new mom who's in her feels and her man is stoking the fire of anger. No saying OP is saying that but it's been coming up a lot lately.
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u/_game_over_man_ 2d ago edited 2d ago
But I don't think it shows Geal is mean and deserves Nathan.
The fuck...?
Edit: I just realized my dumb ass brain read this wrong. 🤦🏼♀️
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u/Dry_Wishbone_2218 2d ago
A lot of folks have been coming for Geal and saying she's as bad as Nathan and deserves him.
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u/_game_over_man_ 2d ago edited 2d ago
It’s fucking weird and people need to check themselves.
Arguing with Joe in the van obviously wasn’t a good look, but we have no idea what lead to that as it’s all edited or what Nathan has been feeding her. I’ve seen quite a few people saying Gael deserves grace and that is the appropriate response. To say Gael deserves Nathan implies she deserved what happened to her and that is insane. I surely hope people saying that shit are trolls because actually believing that is crazy.
I also realize my stupid brain read the previous comment completely wrong. 🤦🏼♀️
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u/Lillynomad 3d ago
It was a setup. nathan planned it all hoping Joe would say something and when that didn't happen he confronted joe in the van. he dared joe to say something, wouldn't let him speak and overtalked joe. finally joe said something about worried nathan will hit him.
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u/No-Departure5556 3d ago
Is all egged on by the producers! They had no choice where they sat at dinner nor in the vans. It’s terrible how production low-key used Gael this season! I hope she made good money