A marriage on Below Deck Down Under became “triggering” for Ben Robinson after his own failed engagement.
Throughout the Monday, March 30, episode of the hit Bravo series, the crew was preparing for his or her primary guests to renew their vows. Ben, nevertheless, wasn’t as excited while reflecting on his own near-wedding.
“Oh, I just missed one. It was my very own,” he quipped. “Clearly, tonight’s dinner is reminiscently triggering for me, but I’m going to place my thoughts behind me.”
Ben poked fun about how he “already ruined one wedding,” adding, “And I’m damned if I’m gonna smash one other.”
Us Weekly originally broke the news in May 2023 that Ben and Kiara Cabral were engaged after greater than three years of dating. Before their planned nuptials, Ben confirmed in September 2024 that his wedding had been called off. He offered more insight on what caused the split on season 4 of Below Deck Down Under, which premiered last month on Bravo.
“I used to be meant to get married last 12 months. And I caught her — she had been seeing one in all my friends for a really very long time,” he claimed. “I’m more sensitive because everyone’s just f***ing let me down, that’s why.”
Kiara, nevertheless, offered her own version of how their relationship got here to an end.
“Every part Ben has said about me on the show is 100% false,” she said in a TikTok video posted in February. “I even have never and I’d never be romantically involved with any of his friends. That’s not the form of person I’m.”
Kiara offered her own version of how their relationship got here to an end.
“The reality is I used to be the one which left the connection — not easily, I’ll add — due to the best way he was treating me. There was lots of trauma I needed to cope with from that relationship,” she claimed. “And truthfully, I just want it to be over. It’s been over two years, and I actually feel like I’ve healed.”
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Within the video, Kiara said she felt as if the web was “blowing this up and demonizing” her, adding, “[It] is opening up lots of scars that I’ve healed. This is actually hard for me to discuss. It’s been over two years because the relationship ended, and I’ve healed since then. I really hope he has as well.”
Kiara noted that she is aware that Ben’s comments were “filmed some time ago.”
“But now that it’s airing and I’m being demonized, it is actually hard on me and it’s opening lots of scars, and I actually would really like it simply to be over,” she continued. “That is the narcissism that I’ve walked away from, and I just wanted to return on here and say that. I don’t have a platform. I’m a no one. I do know Ben has his fans, but I just actually need to be in peace. Thanks.”
Below Deck Down Under airs on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. Recent episodes stream the subsequent day on Peacock.