Captain Kerry Titheradge‘s unruly season 12 guest might go down in Below Deck history after threatening him with the FBI after he reported her to the police.
In the course of the Monday, July 28, episode, Helen Hoey and her husband, Richard Fiore, returned to the show for a 3rd time. A few of Us have already spotted that Helen is the one who allegedly attached with Kyle Stillie, which forced Kerry to launch an investigation. But before viewers got to see that, Helen’s unruly friend Kelly caused chaos hours into the charter.
The difficulty began when Kelly drank an excessive amount of and chief steward Fraser Olender needed to ask Kerry what to do. Kerry alerted Helen that they’d need to “cut off” Kelly from access to any more alcohol, but she had already moved on to water sports.
“Kelly, you’ve had rather a lot to drink. I’m frightened about your safety,” Kerry told Kelly while asking her to “placed on” a security vest. “You’ve got two options. Come back on the boat, please.”
Kelly ignored Kerry and jumped within the water — just like Delores Flora from season 8.
“I could care less about your silly yacht,” she fired back. “You’ve got no idea how much of a superb swimmer I’m. Come chase me.”
In a confessional, Kerry explained why he needed to get authorities involved, saying, “Her jumping within the water without delay is a big f*** you. Now what is significant to me is her safety and my crew’s safety. After I ask you specifically to not do something and also you go against what I say, we’ve got got a freaking problem.”
With help from the deck team, Kerry prevented Kelly from getting back into the water. She wasn’t thrilled when the captain told her “the authorities” could be getting involved if she didn’t take heed to them.
“I can do whatever I would like. I don’t need f***ing safety. You’re f***king torturing me. Don’t try this to me,” she told Kerry. “You’re disgusting. I can do whatever I would like.”
Kelly continued: “I f***ing hate everybody. They’re f***ing assholes. They’re f***ing Democrats.”
Kerry ordered the deck team to step in if mandatory, adding, “Just make a wall and crowd her in. Try not to the touch as best as we will, but when it’s safety related, then we’re allowed to try this.”
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While attempting to deescalate the situation, Kerry urged Kelly to return to her cabin. Kelly, nonetheless, threatened that she had “connections.”
“I actually have the FBI in my family,” she told Kerry, who replied, “You want to get back into your cabin now. I’m not going to take any threats from anyone. I don’t care who you already know, it doesn’t matter. There may be one authority on this boat and it’s me. Get back to the cabin.”
He continued: “She tried to attack me and threaten me. She is amazingly drunk. She could fall and hurt herself. She could drown. I actually have to do whatever it takes to maintain her secure.”
While calling the authorities, Kerry reported a “violent” guest. He subsequently locked Kelly in a room and asked Damo Yorg to carry the door so she wouldn’t get out. By the point the police were about to board St. David, Kerry and the guests advised Kelly — who claimed she was on the phone with the FBI — to get off the boat willingly or risk being detained.
A “To Be Continued” message appeared on the screen as Below Deck viewers wait to see what is going to occur next. Before season 12 premiered, Kerry explained why he needed to get the authorities involved.
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“I’ve never called the police to assist me out,” Kerry recalled in June. “I actually have asked the police to not come due to loud music. I feel like I got it under control [in the past]. I could be in St-Tropez in France and there’s a celebration upstairs at 3 a.m. The French don’t like that, but I’ve never needed to involve the police on any issues on the boat.”
Kerry admitted he “didn’t need to” contact the police while filming.
“I didn’t need to bring reproach on the vessel. But my important job is the protection of my passengers, the crew and the vessel,” he continued. “This guest was acting unsafe — especially to herself. I used to be not able to maintain that problem internally. She wouldn’t listen. So I needed to post crew everywhere in the vessel to be sure that she wouldn’t do anything silly. I talked to the guests to attempt to get her to know. But when people have rather a lot to drink, their personality changes.”
He noted: “It was compassion. I could see she was hurting and she or he was striking out at us of her own pain. This wasn’t a spot for us to resolve her issues.”
Kerry’s biggest challenge, nonetheless, had nothing to do with the guest. “Especially since we’re on the French side, I don’t speak French,” he recalled. “So I needed Fraser to translate between myself and the police.”
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