Navigating in turbulent waters Below DeckProduce Mark CroninDish to Us WeeklyAbout Bravo series, its spinoffs or whether Hannah FerrierCould be a returnee to the franchise.
“I wouldn’t have any trouble with her back on the show,” the longtime Bravo producer exclusively told UsFriday, August 5, 2010: Promoting Below Deck’sTwo Emmy nominations. “I don’t think she could work for [Captain] Sandy [Yawn], but yeah, she could work for another captain.”
Yawn, 57 and Ferrier, 35 made headlines in August 2020. Yawn was fired by the chief stew for having Valium in her cabin during season 5. Below Deck Mediterranean charter.
On Friday, Cronin weighed in on the two women’s ongoing drama which first started when Yawn replaced Captain Mark Howard for season 2 of the reality series.
“They’re two very powerful people, very opinionated, both very good at their jobs. It is possible for two very powerful, opinionated, good at the jobs people to not agree and clash and butt heads,” he explained. “Hannah didn’t like a lot of Sandy’s management style. Sandy didn’t like a lot of Hannah’s management style and they tolerated each other for a little while, but eventually it came to its inevitable end.”
Cronin added: “A captain can’t keep a person in the highest service position on the boat, who they don’t completely, you know, buy into. … It doesn’t mean I think Hannah couldn’t step onto any yacht she wants anywhere and be the best chiefs stew that yacht ever had. Sandy is a similar story. She could be the best captain of any boat she wanted. It really just comes down a personality issue.”
The Emmy-nominated producer explained that a lot happens on the yachts that the TV crew doesn’t control, nor do they want to interfere. That rule includes personnel changes like Ferrier’s firing as well as on-yacht hookups.
Cronin says that while Bravo has seen many Bravo crew members fall in love, the TV stars are well-aware of where to find privacy.
“Their cabins have surveillance cameras in them all the time. And they know that they’re not hidden cameras. They’re sitting there,” he told Use. “So it’s not like there’s a secret that there’s a camera. And that’s why often a lot of the hookups happen in the guest areas where there are no surveillance cameras.”
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