Fans were shocked when Rachel Hargrove abruptly left the cast of Bravo’s “Below Deck.”
making a nod to her famous line during the explosive moment on Season 8 of the show.
However, she did feel bad for leaving Captain Lee without a chef.
“I didn’t really want to leave Captain Lee hanging,” she said.
“I just needed a breather and needed to walk off and take a second.
Especially for everything that was happening to process it.
That was one of the craziest sheets I’ve seen in my life.
And then, I’m running as a sole chef?
But it really was, I didn’t want to disappoint him.”
“It’s really bad,” she said of their relationship.
“But I’m one of those where I just hash it out or I walk off.
I don’t care.
I’m one of those.
Where I’m like, ‘Mm.
Is it something personal?'”
However, if there was tension, they never acted on it.
On “Watch What Happens Live,” Lucas shared that he and Hargrove have since squashed their beef.
“It was annoying,” he admitted.
“But everybody’s allowed to cut loose and blow off steam.
He explained that he was frustrated about how her behavior affected everyone else on the crew.
“Should I have said something?
Yes, I should have,” he said (viaShowbiz CheatSheet).
“But I was afraid of setting Rachel off and getting her to quit again.”
Hargrove respected what Lucas had to say.
“So I was a little disappointed when he didn’t come to me and say it.
Because I really would have heeded it.
I would have apologized.”
