Under Deck‘s Fraser Olender was requested in regards to the rocky facets of his previous working relationship with Captain Sandy Yawn.
Throughout the Monday, February 5, episode of Watch What Occurs Stay With Andy Cohen, Fraser was requested to explain his former coworkers.
When requested about with Sandy, 58, Fraser replied that he realized “a lot,” however ‘type of bought damage within the making.” He added: “So thank you, Captain Sandy.”
Bravo followers are accustomed to the duo’s ups and downs that happened throughout season 10 of Under Deck when Sandy joined the constitution after Captain Lee Rosbach took a step again to deal with some well being points.
Sandy and Fraser shortly ended up at odds after she fired stews Camille Lamb and Alissa Humber. The captain then claimed Fraser was responsible for the issues within the inside division earlier than calling him a “cancer” affecting St. David.
“The fish stinks at the head and right now you are that head. What you have done is created the worst experience that I have ever experienced on a boat with a chief stew,” she stated in a February 2023 episode. “When you have insubordination and just blatant disrespect, I don’t have room for that. It started with Fraser, and it needs to end with Fraser. He lacks respect for authority and he needs to earn my respect back.”
Fraser was emotional after the dialog, which he recalled in a cellphone name together with his mom.
“I was really upset about the way I was spoken to by Captain Sandy, and I voiced my opinion to the rest of the crew. And the captain caught wind of that somehow — and has named me the cancer of the crew,” he stated earlier than bursting into tears. “If someone refers to cancer to me ever again — with what I went through with my father — it makes me disgusted. The fact that she thinks so negatively of me makes me feel utterly horrendous.”
Sandy has since walked again her feedback in response to backlash from viewers. “I had cancer and I will say this — I should have chosen different words,” she solely instructed Us Weekly in February 2023. “I’ve been a captain for many years [and] those were the terms we used. So, [in terms of] evolving, I would change my terminology for sure. [It was a] bad choice of words.”
Sandy later stood by her evaluation of Fraser as a pacesetter.
“There was a moment [where I considered firing him]. Absolutely. Because listen, the walls are thin, and [it is important to not] jump on their bandwagon. Change that narrative. That’s your role as the superior here,” she added. “You’re absolutely responsible for your team. So, I didn’t go to the [interior] team members [with my issues]. I went to the chief stew and said, ‘This isn’t happening. You hired them. Fix it.’”
Lee, 74, in the end returned to complete out the season. After his official exit from the franchise, Under Deck Journey‘s Captain Kerry Titheradge stepped up and labored alongside Fraser throughout season 11 of Under Deck.
“They’re all brilliant in their own right,” Fraser instructed Us in November 2023 about working with Kerry, Sandy and Lee. “I feel like I grew a lot this season. But I obviously was not given the perfect crew, so that was a struggle. But you’ll see it’s a disaster.”
Fraser additionally clarified the place he and Sandy stand now, including, “I saw Captain Sandy in London about three weeks ago. Of course, we get along. This happened so long ago. People think it’s all current. It happened two years ago.”
Under Deck airs on Bravo Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.