‘Below Deck’ Exclusive: Watch a Huge Argument Erupt Amongst The Charter Guests Over…James?!

Well, it didn’t take long for this season of Below Deck to get super awkward — but luckily, it’s the charter guests and not the crew this time (for now). On the next episode of the Bravo show, a massive argument erupts between charter guests as they fight over…James?! That’s right, deckhand James Hough causes quite a stir — and that’s before they even see him in his sparkly Speedo.

“So when we initially came on this trip, Shay had the hots for James,” charter guest Jamie says to their pal Lexi from across the dining table. “So how did you end up on the jetski with him? If my girlfriend likes somebody, I wouldn’t do that to them.”

Everybody at the table is left with their head in their hands after this girl code conundrum and cringe encounter, while several guests then get up from the table, followed by lots of “Are you kidding me right now?!”s shouted at each other inside the yacht. Oohwee, this season has officially kicked off!

“They are in a huge argument right now,” bosun Eddie Lucas reports to the rest of the crew. “It sounds like they’re fighting over James. It’s ridiculous: he’s a deckhand, not a man-toy.” Though some might argue that James is talented enough to be both at the same time, just as that banana hammock also suggests.

“We’re supposed to be f**king family and this is it?” is heard from one of the charter guests before the end of the clip, and if that doesn’t make you want to watch and see how this group got to this place, I don’t know what will. Plus, ya know, more of James in that speedo.

Below Deck airs Monday at 9pm ET/PT on Bravo. 

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