Below Deck star labels latest on-screen feud a ‘villain origin story’

Below Deck Mediterranean Season 9 saw some serious new drama unfold amongst the crew aboard the Mustique, but one particular feud is now being labeled by other cast members as a “villain origin story.”
Feuds are nothing new on the Bravo show, with even the legendary captains of the ships getting scooped up in drama, and while some felt there was absolutely “soul-crushing” upset this time around, it was nothing compared to what occurred during an unexpected love triangle.
While one person is now owning up to their mistakes and extending an olive branch, it hasn’t stopped her from becoming the newest person labeled as a “villain” on the long-running show.
Kate Chastain opened up about the drama that unfolded between Joe Bradley. Elena “Ellie” Dubaich and Bri Muller during the Below Deck Mediterranean After Show, where she and Aesha Scott unpacked what occurred between the trio.
It was there that the two both declared they felt Ellie was portrayed in a way that gave her the “villain” edit.
The drama began when Bri and Joe shared a kiss on the show, even though Ellie had made it clear she had a crush on him–though she and Joe also had their own makeout session later on.
In the after show, Kate and Aesha shared they were both “Team Bri” in the whole thing though, after Aesha admitted she felt Ellie was “too used” to getting what she wanted.
“You could see Ellie looking at Bri and being like, ‘I’m taller, I’m blonder, I’m slimmer. How could Joe possibly want you over all of this?’ And it drove her mad,” she explained. “So then it went from being a power struggle to a power struggle plus, ‘What the f–k is going on? I’m supposed to be winning in this.’ And then the confusion made her crazy and even more evil.”
“It’s a villain origin story,” Kate confirmed.
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Despite the drama, which affected the working relationship between Ellie and Bri, the two women have since seemingly put the drama behind them, admitting on their own that they think if they hadn’t let their combined feelings for Joe–who didn’t want a relationship with either one of them–get in the way, things would have been better.
“I went from kind of taking Bri under my wing and trying to help her improve at her job to her going on a campaign against me because I called her out over the Joe situation…” Ellie recalled, admitting that things got so bad they both nearly lost their jobs, “…to realizing that it actually was Joe who was the catalyst of all this drama between us because he was playing both sides.”
“I feel like we would’ve been friends if Joe wasn’t involved,” Bri also admitted.
New episodes of Below Deck Mediterranean air Mondays on Bravo.