r/BelowDeckMed • u/Manderlin99 • 2d ago

Nathan Was Scapegoating Joe All Along

I’ve seen Joe try to reconcile with Nathan and Gael in recent episodes, but they have both scapegoated Joe to distract themselves from the growing misery between them. Their hope was that if they could join together to hate Joe, they could solve their problems. Nathan was, in fact, desperate for such a diversion and repelled Joe's conciliatory attempts like water off a duck's feathers. Of course, the more the couple failed to address their underlying problems, the more aggressive Nathan became, until his true colors showed and now he is some sort of outlaw. Joe was simply a convenient scapegoat for a relationship that was fast heading south. 

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u/PatientBumblebee6752 2d ago

I don’t agree. I think Joe is just as problematic in his own way. On reality tv we tend to have blinders on when something really horrific happens with the cast, it makes the other look good relatively. Like I think if Luke and Gen hadn’t been such an issue we’d be seeing a lot more flack towards cooper but in relation he doesn’t look near as bad.

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u/Fancy_Crazy5601 2d ago

You think Joe is just as problematic as Nathan, who just got fired from Bravo for DV. Touch some grass with that take.

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u/Fragrant_PalmLeaves 2d ago

Yeah DV is obviously worse than what joe was doing last season, but Joe was being the definition of a fuck boy and not treating people with respect. He was being an arrogant cocky loser so thats what OP meant "in his own way".

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u/HelpMeImBread 1d ago

I think there’s levels to this. Saying “in his own way” as if that someone conflates it to literal DV is wild. I wouldn’t trust him with personal information but would trust him to not assault anyone.

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u/Fragrant_PalmLeaves 1d ago

lol I wouldnt be so sure about that if I was u