Where Are Below Deck's Most Dramatic Cast Members Today?

It's no secret that one of Bravo's most dramatic reality series is the floating debauchery that occurs on "Below Deck." The show has been making a splash on the network ever since it debuted, with no shortage of outspoken crew members. Bravo ring leader Andy Cohen is the least bit surprised about how the series spanned into multiple different successful spin-offs over the years. "I was like, get a bunch more boats in the water, because I realized this could go on with different casts and different groups and different boats [and] as many places as we wanted to," he told Bravo Insider about the hit series.

Grow it did, taking crew members to luxurious locations season after season with over-the-top charter guests and explosive crew fights. With small living spaces, extreme work conditions, and high-paying guests, it's a perfect pressure cooker for yachties to have a breakdown. Whether it's chefs walking off the boat, secret rendezvous between cast mates in the guest cabins, or crew getting fired, "Below Deck" always keeps viewers on their toes. While some of the seasoned "Below Deck" yachties have stayed in the industry, others have ditched the drama for a more normal life on land. While some crew members' reality television careers may be over, that doesn't mean we have forgotten about their wild antics. We're taking a look back at where some of Below Deck's most dramatic cast members are today.

Raquel "Rocky" Dakota was quite a controversial cast member in Season 3 of "Below Deck." The California native has a love of all things water, being the daughter of a world champion surfer and having been a national competition diver herself. But her love of adventure got the best of her onboard, as she was constantly dodging criticism from Captain Lee Rosbach and her crew mates. She was often playing harder than she worked, and taking photos of landscapes instead of making up cabin beds. Her behavior went overboard, literally, when she attempted to quit during her season by diving into the ocean mid-charter. Rosbach even admitted on Twitter that he nearly fired the stew, writing, "Oh, it was close, so close."

Though Dakota made it through her season, she decided to leave her career in yachting after her season on "Below Deck." As per her Instagram page, the stewardess went on to spend time in Hawaii where she posted a variety of photos of her surfing and competing in water sports. Dakota has also been working as a fitness coach in California, writing in an Instagram caption of one of her classes, "This is dry land training, basic fundamentals 101. I love encouraging people to get mentally and physically stronger. Blessed to start everyone's week and empower this community." The former cast member seems to have left any "Below Deck" drama in the past. She frequently posts uplifting quotes and biblical passages on her page. 

Mila Kolomeitseva, the first female chef on the franchise, shocked viewers in Season 4 of "Below Deck Mediterranean" with her culinary skills — or lack thereof. In one scene, the chef microwaves the steaks she prepared for the chefs, shocking Chief Stew Hannah Ferrier. After the chief stew sees that Kolomeitseva prepared the guests' food too early she tries to stop her from reheating the already-cooked steaks. The chef then replies to her, "What do I do with them, then?" Ferrier admits in her confessional, "I've never seen a chef put steaks into a microwave."

But it wasn't just her questionable food that bothered the chef's crew mates. On a night out, she admitted to being homophobic when questioned by her crewmate. "I don't want to see a man kissing a man in front of me," she said. Ultimately, Kolomeitsava's less-than-impressive galley skills were her downfall, and she was fired early by Captain Sandy Yawn.

As per what the chef has been up to since her dramatic exit on the show, she keeps a low profile. A viewer admitted to seeing Kolomeitseva in France following her season. "I saw Mila at a bar in Cannes. It was called New York," the fan tweeted, adding "She was just chilling there. I asked for a picture, and she got mad. LMAO." The fan did get her picture with the chef after all, but due to the chef's lack of social media activity, it's unclear what she's up to post-yachting. 

Can't the stewardesses just get along? It's a question that remains to be seen each season as clashes within the interior department lead to explosive crew fights. During Season 5 of "Below Deck Mediterranean", Stewardess Lara Flumiani and Chief Stew Hannah Ferrier were at each other's throats from the start. One day, the two began arguing over Ferrier's directions when Flumiani was told she didn't need to clean the crew mess. "It's written there, you wrote it," Flumiani tells her boss to which Ferrier replied, "I don't f**king care." Ultimately, the Italian stewardess quit the yacht during her season, much to Ferrier's relief. 

Flumiani's questionable attitude may have given her the boot in Season 5, but she continued to work in yachting following her early departure. She led the interior department as a chief stew in Antibes, and also took a job as a second stew on a different motor yacht. It's unclear what she's up to beyond yachting, as she doesn't have any social media profiles as of this writing. As per Hannah Ferrier, she left yachting after she was fired for having drugs on board in Season 5. She went on to get married and have a family, but she still has her sea legs. She starred in "The Real Love Boat Australia" as cruise director. "Amazing and juice week of @therealloveboatau," she wrote in an Instagram photo.

Ashley Marti had no shortage of boy problems onboard the Parsifal III in Season 3 of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht." The stewardess had her eye on bosun Gary King, but the feelings weren't always reciprocated. In one scene, she tells her fellow stew Gabriela Barragán that she's having "horny problems." King was a lady magnet during the season, kissing all his female coworkers with the exception of one stew. Though the romance between Marti and King fizzled out, she was accused by fans of assaulting the deckhand by convincing an overly-drunk King to sleep with her in the guest suite during the charter. King put the rumors to bed — pun intended — however, saying that it was a mistake but that he didn't feel taken advantage of.

Marti decided not to appear on her season's reunion show, writing in a since-deleted Instagram Story, "I chose to not do the reunion because, at the time the reunion was filmed, all of the stuff with the bedroom scene was coming out," adding, "and people were being very nasty. And I just felt like I didn't want to have to deal with it during the reunion." Marti went on to start an OnlyFans account following her time on "Below Deck," with monthly subscriptions running about $10 a month. As per the looks of her Instagram page, the yachtie is living in South Florida, but it is unclear whether or not she's taken on any stewardess positions. 

Jennifer Howell came on to Season 5 of "Below Deck" and immediately clashed with Chief Stew Kate Chastain. The stewardess was constantly frazzled, getting lost when doing simple tasks and crumbling under the pressure of intense charters. One episode sees her leaving the dinner service she was helping out with due to a breakdown. "I'm being pulled in a million directions, I'm being told to do something, and I do it, and then you're yelling at me for doing what I was told," the stew tells Chastain. Howell made it through the charter season, barely, after multiple clashes with her crew mates throughout the season.

Nowadays, it seems Howell's days of climbing the stewardess ladder are behind her. As per the yachtie's Instagram bio, she works as a chief stewardess on yachts, as well as a luxury realtor. Howell may not have reappeared on another season of the franchise, but she drops in the Bravo clubhouse to give her two cents during "Watch What Happens Live." The chief stewardess posted an Instagram photo in 2020 when she appeared on a special "WWHL" episode revolving around "Below Deck." When she's not working on yachts, she's hanging out with her daughter Isabella. "While many may judge from the outside looking in I know they have never had the responsibility of raising a child completely alone without the financial, emotional or physical support of a partner or nearby family members," Howell wrote in an Instagram post.

Lexi Wilson was one of the most combative crew members in "Below Deck" history. The stew appeared on Season 6 of "Below Deck Mediterranean", and her quick temper and sharp tongue had her lashing out at all of her cast mates. In one scene, the stewardess starts drunkenly yelling at her crewmates to the point that Deckhand Lloyd Spencer walked off in tears. Wilson showed no remorse for her behavior, and tension continued to mount between her and Chef Mathew Shea throughout the season. Wilson called him a "low life" during a crew dinner, and Shea forced her out of his galley during dinner service. Ultimately Captain Sandy Yawn let the stew go in the midst of the charter season.

Since her time on "Below Deck", Wilson has come forward to call out the show's producers for giving her an unfair edit. As per since-removed Instagram Stories, she claimed a conversation with her mother was chopped up and edited to make it look like she was bashing Shea. When a producer DM'd Wilson about her claims, she responded, writing, "And the nerve of you to message me talking about how you treated me fairly #nadinerajabi when you allowed this to happen!" 

As of this writing, Wilson does not have public social media pages. According to Screen Rant the stew has been enjoying traveling since her yachting days ended. She spent her birthday in Saint Lucia following her season and then headed back to her home in Miami. 

Ashton Pienaar has had plenty of dramatic moments during his time on Seasons 6 and 7 of "Below Deck." While he's had his fair share of drunken fights, nothing was more intense than when he nearly died in the midst of a charter. In one scene, the deckhand's leg gets wrapped around a line, and he is dragged overboard in seconds. Ultimately Pienaar was rescued by the quick actions of a cameraman, whom the deckhand says saved his life.

Pienaar's troubles didn't end with his accident, however. The bosun's management skills came under fire in Season 7 when he constantly clashed with Rhylee Gerber. "He was strictly focusing on her weaknesses, and he wasn't utilizing her strengths. And had he utilized her strengths, it would have made him look so much better, but he didn't," Captain Lee Rosbach said in an interview with The Daily Dish. Though Pienaar was pushing for Gerber to be fired, Rosbach ultimately decided to keep the deckhand. "Thank you @capthlr for allowing me the opportunity to show my value onboard M/Y Valor," Gerber tweeted. Pienaar defended his actions on board, saying, "We did not get along with Rhylee because she's Rhylee, and she has the attitude that she has" (via The Daily Dish).

Since his time on the show, Pienaar got engaged to his girlfriend Sarah Calpine. He works as a personal trainer as per his Instagram bio, calling himself the "The Yo-Yo Diet Recovery Coach." Pienaar claims to "help people go from soft & sad to hard & happy without restrictive dieting or hours in the gym."

One of the most featured chefs in "Below Deck" history is Chef Ben Robinson. The seasoned head of the galley has appeared in Seasons 1, 2, 3, and 4 of "Below Deck", as well as in Seasons 1 and 4 of "Below Deck Mediterranean." His most dramatic moments have involved his on-again-off-again friendship with Chief Stew and series regular Kate Chastain. The two clashed multiple times during Season 4 over dinner times and communication with the guests. They have since put their drama to bed and are good friends. They have gone on to appear in episodes of "Galley Talk" together to dish about the drama on other seasons of "Below Deck".

Robinson's passion for cooking hasn't changed since his time on the show. He is still working as a private chef, and he continues to post Instagram photos of his decadent cuisine. "Happy Monday, my lovelies. Still loving what I do!" he captioned a photo of an oyster dish he prepared. He's also shifted focus by adding health and wellness consults to his clients. As per his website, he is "qualified as a Certified Health Consultant from the revered Institute of Integrative Nutrition, where he learned how our bodies will heal, and how they thrive, if only they were fed correctly." Robinson continues to use his sea legs, and still spends plenty of time at sea cooking. As per his Instagram post, he partnered with Virgin Voyages to offer cooking demos and multiple-course tasting menus.