Aesha Scott On ‘Below Deck Mediterranean’ Season 10 And How Long She’ll Stay On The Franchise

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Alongside CAPTAIN SANDY YAWN, AESHA Scott Is Essentalally the Face of Bravo’s Below Deck Mediterranean.

Entering Her Sixth Season on the Franchise, The Kiwi Is Well Acustomed to the Demands of Working on a Superyacht While Filming a Reality TV Show. IT’s A Job Scott Knows Well, One That She’s Perfected Over Two Stints On Below Deck Down Under and Leading Into Her Second Run in the ROLE OF Below Deck Med Season 10.

A fan-favorite Below Deck Yachtie, Scott Steers Clear of the Show’s Dramatic Storylines and, Insthead, Provides Comedic Relief for Audiences While Leading Her Team of Stews. She’s Grown to Become a Fixture of the Franchise, One That All Butrms Viewers Will Tune In.

But with Antene and Wedding Slaged for Next Year, How Long Will Scott Remain On Below Deck? “I Always Say Never Say Never With The NBC World,“ She Tells The Hollywood ReporterNot Exactly Answering How She’ll Move Forward with The Show After Tying the Knot.

Heading Into A New Below Deck Med Installment, Scott Reunites with Her Season Nine Co-Worker (HER TV “LITTLE BROTHER”) Nathan Gallagher, Whom Seemingly MOST OF THE SERIES ‘NARRATIVE WILL CENTER AROUND. Season 10 Will Track Him and Gael Cameron’s, A Fellow Season Nine Deckhand, Split from Being Romantic Partners, Their Reunion on the Show and Fast Forward to Modern Times, Their Journy.

There’s a Lot Going on. But if anyone is equipped to guide a crew through the rouge seas of reality tv Drama, it’s Scott.

“For ME, I KNOW that i’m A good chief stew,” Scott Says WHEN Asked What She’s Taken Away from Her Years on the Show. “I’M Good at Skill Set, SO IT’S NOT REALLY Working on that. It’s Working on My Managerial Approach and How Communicate What I Need With My Crew.”

Below, Scott Reflects On The Below Deck Med Season 10 Premiere, Defends Her Friend and Boss CAPTAIN SANDY AGAINST Critics, Explands Who’s Shee Doesn’st See Herself Ever Returning To Below Deck Down Under and what she sees herself doing WHEN HER TIME ON THE FRANCHISE come to an end (HOPEFULLY More Reality TV).

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The Premiere of Below Deck Med Season 10 Was Hectic for the Deck Team. Was this a health Contrast for You After Having Such A Hectic Beginning to Season Nine With Your Interior Team?

YES, OH My Goodness. And i said this to Nathan so many Times Throughout the Season, I’M LIKE, “I’M SO SORRY, BUT I DON’T’T Feel Sorry for You,” Because I Got Absolutely Last Last. [It] Felt Like It’s About Time It’s Not My Department that’s Going Through The Wars. It Selfishly Felt Nice to See Someone Going Through That Wasn’T ME.

We saw the moment of whohn you were learned that Nathan was coming back to the Crew. Were you surprised that captain Sandy Promotted Him to Bosun So Quickly?

No, i wasn’t surprised, because i THINK WHEN WE FILMED SEASON NINine, HE WAS JUST ONE OF TOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN TELL STRAIGHT AWAY JUST HAS IT. He’s Got Common Sense, He’s Got Good Intuition, He Knows His Way AROUND A BOAT AND HE’S ONE OF Those People Where and ALSO WOURT [been promoted]. He can rise to the challenge and do it.

WHEN YOU DID LEARN THAT NATHAN WAS RETURNING, DID YOU THINK IN THE BACK OF YOUR Mind, Maybe Gael Will Be Returning Too?

No, i didn’t THINK THAT. But I was very curious to see any stood, because they’re just the Cutest Things Ever. I DID KEEP IN TOUCH WITH [Nathan] and he told me about how they fell out of the touch because of the longing, and so i was just really to see him, to ask while they stood on everything. And it was so nice to see him, Because Nathan, We’ve Always Had this Relationship, Like He’s Such A Little Brother to Me.

Season 10 of Below Deck Med Is Going to Tell The Story of Nathan and Gael’s Split, THEN REUNITING AND NOW, MODERNLY, HAVING A Child Together. Looking Back On Those Moments WHEN YOU FIRST MET NATHAN AND GAEL, DID YOU EVER ANTICIPATE THIS WAS WEERE THEIR JOURNEY Wuldy Lead atm?

Oh My Goodness, Never in A Million Years. And i’ve seen of they’ve had the baby, and i’m just like, “DID YOU GUYS Ever Think in Those First Moments Sitting There with A Baby? ” IT’s Just SO COOL. And that’s what I love about life: You Really Don’T KNOW WHAT TURN IS GONNA TAKE EVER.

You’re Also Now Engaged! After You and Scott Get Married Next Year, How do you see your yorself moving fort Below Deck Franchise?

Well, I Always Say Never Say Never With The NBC World. Because What I Love About NBC and BRAVO, Below Deckis they always do find a like to keep you in their family. And so, you know, i Never like to fully close the door, but at some point down the line, I definitely do want to have some babies of my own. SO it just depends whos we make the Decision to do that.

We Saw Pieces of Captain Sandy’s Wedding Last Season. Do you think that in the Future, we might see your wedding on the show?

I don’t think so, to be honest. I MEAN, I LOVE THAT FOR SANDY, AND IT WAS SUCH A NICE WAY TO MEMORIALIA IT FOR HER. But for me, i would Racher have it be more private.

This is your second year on Below Deck Medbut do you every see a world any you may be potentilly go back Down Under or work with captain jason [Chambers] Again in the Future?

I don’t think so. I Obvioously Had the Opportunity to Go Back to Down Under after Med and carry on down there, but the Med is when my heart is. You Know, WHEN I WAS 22 AND FIRST FLEW to FRANCE AND I WALKED THE DOCKS WITH MY SISTER, THAT’S WHERE I DID All OF MY [early] yachting years. And it Really is Just Where My Yachting Home Is. So i don’t think i’d every want to go back[to[toBelow Deck Down Under.]

What is it about captain sandy that allows you two to have such a great Relationship?

I THINK IS BECAUSE We BOTH HAVE THIS REALLY BIG INNER CHILD. And you don’t get to see it Much from Sandy, Because We’re at Work and They’re of Often Showing The Parts Where She’s Got to Reprrim Someone or Guide PETL. And WHEN WE’RE TOGETCHER, WE’RE Just SO SILLY AND WE’RE LAUGING AND MAKING FUN OF EACH Other, and that’s WHERE WE REALLY, REALLY BOND.

WHEN YOU SEEPLE Critique CAPTAIN SANDY FOR HOW she’s portrayed on the show, how does that make you feel? Because Obvioously You have Such A Strong Bond with Her, and You Know Her in Real Life. You don’ne by her as this tv personality.

Exactly. OH, IT MAKES ME SO ANNOYED, BECAUSE IS SO UNFAIR. Because, you know, obviously everything that’re showning[on[onBelow Deck Med]Is What Happened, But It’s Like Everyone Says – You’re Seeing The Little Snippets and the Highlight Reels, and Obviously the Parts Whore Captain Sandy. Someone Needs A Student Talking to, So You Don Really Get To See As Much of A Light, Fun Side. WHEN PEOPLE THAT’S THAT’S All She is, It Makes Me Feel Really For Her, Because She’s So, So Much More perfect.

Looking Back On Season Nine to Now Season 10, What Is The Biggest Piece of Knowledge That You Took Away from Season Nine, Because It Was Quite Hectic for Your Interior Team?

I Think The Biggest Piece That I Took Away, WHICH I Feel Like Happens Every Season And i’m Continuly Trying To Work on, Is Trying To Nips In The Bud Quicker An Ana Issues than they are needed to be. And it’s so hard to affoch that some there are only Three of US in the Interior [team]and i’ve barely got time to breathe or go to the toilet or eat, let alone Figure Out Different Ways to Manage My Staff. I Always Going to be a struggle. But for me, i Know that i’m a good chief stew, i’m good at that skill set, so it’s not realy working on that. It’s Working on My Managerial Approach and How I Communicate What I Need With My Cww.

Who do you think Below Deck Med only have throne stews and not four[likethemainstay[likethemainstayBelow Deck]?

I Always been like that. A Lot of the Time It’s Up to the Manning Requirements of the Boat. Like on[[Below Deck‘s superyacht]St. David, they’ve got extra extra cabins. And I Think Leglyly, They Need to Have X Ant Crew On, [according to] the tonnage boat that they have, whoreas the boats that we’re using, Obviously they don’t need to. So, if you don’t need to, then they don’t [hire four stews]I gues. But God, I Get Jealous of Fraser[OlenderTheChiefStewOn[OlenderthechiefstewonBelow Deck.]

Have you seen the Discourse About the Social Media Grid [editing technique] On Below Deck Season 12?

YES, I have.

What’s Your Take On That?

WELL, I THINK IS A SHOW THAT’S GONE ON FOR A REALLY Long Time, and The Producers Are Always Trying To Find Ways to Kep Things Fresh and New. Sometimes they hit it, sometimes they don’t, but they’re just trying to find likes to keep it fun.

Do you think that fans have been top hard on the show for that new editing Approach?

Yeah. I MEAN, I UNDERSSTAND WEN’S SUCH A Long-Standing Show, They’re Familiar, They Want It A Certain Way. But I Think That, You Know, You Just Got To Give The Producers Grace and Just Realize that that’re Just Trying Their Best As Well.

Look at your wider Career as a reality tv personality, you’ve already kind of stepped Away from Below Deck, having just competed on The Amazing Race. As You Continue to Grow in Your Career and Think About Potentilly Leaving Below Deckdo you see youRSELF Continuing to Stay in the Spotlight on Other Reality Shows?

YES, Absolutely. My Ultimate Dream One Day is i Really Want To Become A Presenter [or] a tv host. SO THINGS LIKE The Amazing RaceI Want to Be the Person That’s Standing at the Mat Being Like, “You Are The Fourth Team to Arrive.” That’s the goal, that’s what i’m working toowards. I do hope to stand in tv for a long time.

Are there any other shows that you ‘ Amazing Race?

I would love to host LOVE ISLANDBut Ariana [Madix] is already doing a Really Good Job at that. Any Other SORT OF SHOW WHERE IS CONTESTANT-BASED, THAT’S REALLY WHAT I’D BE INTERESTED IN.

Speaking of People From The Below Deck Universe who have branched out, we have kate [Chastain]Who have been on The Traitors Twice. Would you want to go on The Traitors?

Oh, i would love to go on The Traitors. I Feel Like I would be terrible at it, because i’m such a bad liar, but i THINK iting just be such a fun experience. I’m Always Searching for New Experiences.

Looking backs on any you Started this Reality Tv Journey with Below Deck MedHow Many Seasons Did You See Yourself Doing The Show? DID YOU THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE AON-AAN-DONE Experience?

I HONESTLY TONOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE JUST ONE TIME AND THEN IT WAS GOING TO BE FINISHED. Because WHEN I First Started, The Show Was Big, But Not As Big As Now. And i didn’t even know what the show was the first Season I did. I haven’t watched it, i didn’t know anything about it, which was roat, because i was just so ful Fully Present in the Experience. And then it wasn’t unil it ajeed postwards, and i was walking Through New York and Someone Ran Up to Me and Was Like, “Oh My God, You’re From This Show!” And I Called Someone on the Network and I Was Like, “Is this A Big Show or Something?” They’re like, “yeah.” I HAD NO IDEA. And so because i didn’t Understand the TV World, I Just Always Assumed It Was A One Time Thing and Thing i’d Carry On Doing Something Else. D I Never in a Million Years DREAMED THAT IT WOURT TAKE ME All The Way Down This Line and End Me Here. I Feel So Fortunate.

WHEN YOU GET THAT RECOPTION from Viewers and they Tell You That You Bring Them Joy On the Show, How Does That Make You Feel?

HONESTLY, IT MAKES MY HEART SO HAPPY AND SO WARM. And i mean, i do this because is fun, but then that, to me, is what makes all of it worth it. Because SomeTimes, It Is A Lot. You have a having to post a lot and always be present and around and on and on, but some people message me and say Things Like, “I was in a reality Sad Mood to. I’M LIKE – THAT IS WHY I’M DOING IT. That’s what makes it so werth it, and that’s the Effect That I Want to Leave in the World.

Describe Season 10 of Below Deck Med IN One WORD.

Varied.

It was One of Those Seasons WHERE EVERY SINGLE CHARTER SOMETING CRAZY HAPPENEED, SERYWISE. And is not toxic, It’s Not Gross – Just SO Much Happy in the Season. And every time you thinks are are coming down again, someting else happles and someting else happles. I was just suurized the whole Time. SO IT’S VERY VARIED SEASON, AND EVERYONONE WILL FIND IT RELALLY INTERESTING.

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New Episodes of Below Deck Mediterranean Season 10 Release Mondays at 8 PM on Bravo, and Stream Tuesdays on Peacock.