Below Deck’s Barbie Pascual speaks up after hearing about Ben Willoughby’s claims that she doesn’t know how to do housekeeping or laundry.
Below Deck season 11’s polarizing stew Barbie Pascual has been vocal about her time on the St. David, and now she’s lashing out at Ben Willoughby for claims she doesn’t know what she’s doing. Throughout Below Deck season 11, Barbie has struggled in her relationships with Fraser Olender and Xandi Olivier, but her time with Ben Willoughby hasn’t been as rough. Barbie’s personality may be difficult to deal with aboard the superyacht, but her interior team hasn’t been able to complain about her work ethic, as she works hard on the St. David. With Ben getting critical, Barbie’s speaking up.
In a recent Instagram Story, Ben shared that he felt Xandi “is a chief stew off the show. She knows the interior department so well, she carried the interior team as Barbie didn’t know housekeeping or laundry.” While Ben also quantified his claims by sharing the interior “were understaffed and tensions rise quickly,” Barbie didn’t take well to his criticism. She explained that she’s “been yachting for 6 years…I OBVIOUSLY know housekeeping and laundry. Ben…put down your phone.” She commented that Ben has been “dragging the entire cast,” which has become very noticeable.
Ben Willoughby Keeps Creating Below Deck Feuds
Ben Recently Slammed Captain Kerry On Social Media
While Ben has been an integral part of Below Deck season 11, he’s created several unnecessary feuds in recent weeks with the rest of the cast. First, after Captain Kerry Titheradge shared he wasn’t sure Ben would make it through the season, teasing a potentially dramatic storyline for the newly named Bosun, Ben called him out with an Instagram post claiming the Captain put his career in jeopardy. Ben then shared a post about his choice of Marie “Sunny” Marquis for the Lead Deckhand position and called the Captain and Dylan Pierre De Villiers out in his caption.
Ben has been shading the rest of the cast unnecessarily, claiming that others are coming for him and he needs to defend himself from the drama. It appears that Ben is struggling with the edit he’s getting in Below Deck season 11, as the editors have been calling him out for changing his mind or contradicting himself in past interview segments. Though Ben has every right to feel that the editing on Below Deck isn’t an accurate portrayal of the charter season, the fact that he’s felt compelled to take that out on the cast has been difficult to understand.
Ben’s time in Below Deck season 11 has been interesting, as viewers have been learning more about him and getting to know his working style more than they did previously. While Ben has been involved in stirring the pot throughout the season, the fact that he appears to be more irritated at the series for its portrayal of him than he is about seeing his actions on screen says a lot. Ben’s attitude toward the rest of the cast of Below Deck season 11 is harsh and could see his invitation to the next charter season get lost at sea.
