It’s not in my plans. Hannah FerrierI called out the online trolling who judged her decision to return to work nearly two decades after giving birth.
“Seriously. I am so disappointed with the amount of DMs and comments shaming me for working,” the former Below Deck MediterraneanStar, 35, posted via Instagram Story earlier in the month. “If a man went to work for a few weeks, no one would think a thing of it — yet I’m a bad mother for paying my bills. It’s 2022 people, get a grip.”
Ferrier, who welcomed Ava to the world in November 2020 together with her husband Josh Roberts, which was later expanded on in the judgmental response.
“Honestly guys — please don’t comment and DM that I’m a horrible mother for going to work. Each of us have different jobs and family dynamics. Mine requires me leave. She’s nearly 2 and I’ve had every day with her since she was born,” she explained via Facebook on Saturday, July 2. “I am very used to social media abuse but questioning a mothers love for her child is taking it a bit too far. Thank you to all my lovely followers who are supportive of a woman working hard and supporting her family.”
The Australian native announced late last month that she was moving on from Bravo to start a new reality series. “Hey guys!!! I am so excited to tell you that I will be back on your screens soon! I am so excited to be joining the Mediterranean Seafarers after more than a decade of being at sea. The Real Love Boat and help all our amazing passengers find love!” she captioned an Instagram post on June 22. “I’m going to be watching them very closely and helping them every step of the way on their journeys to find their perfect match.”
Ferrier added: “I am currently filming in the Mediterranean and can’t wait to share with you the journey of our beautiful passengers finding love – not to mention my favourite back drop in the world – the Med 💗💗💗 #TheRealLoveBoatAU.”
The original recipe for the chief stew was published on Below Deck MediterraneanWhen it premiered on 2016 The shocking episode in which Ferrier was fired midway through season 5 shocked viewers. Captain Sandy Yawn. The Florida native, 57, let her coworker go after Ferrier’s roommate Malia WhiteReports state that she had Valium and a CBD vape pen inside the cabin.
Ferrier spoke out after the episode aired about her relationship to Yawn.
“She sent me a message when I announced my pregnancy and asked for an address to send something and I didn’t respond to it,” the Bravo personality exclusively told Us WeeklyIn May 2021. “I sometimes feel with her … that she’s not honest with herself. Like she says, like, ‘Oh, it wasn’t personal,’ like, the firing. I was like, ‘It’s kind of funny because Kat [Held]Prescription meds that they had received. Captain Lee had found out about and she didn’t get fired.’ There wasn’t a need to fire me for that. It was a hundred percent personal, but I guess whatever helps you sleep at night.”
Ferrier said that Yawn was a problem from the beginning of filming. “I think sometimes people get confused because I’ve felt this way and thought this way for many, many years, but the only reason I can kind of talk about it now is because I know that I’ll never work with her again,” she added.
Ferrier was let go by the captain, who for her part pointed out. “Hannah, she’s got her dream. She’s living her dream. She wanted to have a baby. Sometimes in my past, I have done things that I wasn’t aware of subconsciously because I wanted out,” Yawn told UseSeptember 2021. “But my behavior was the way out because I didn’t know how to get out. It makes me feel like she was a part of it. But I wish her the best.”