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Don’t worry, Below Deck fans — Captain Lee Rosbach will be back! When the trailer for Season 9 of the Bravo reality show dropped, many viewers were shocked to learn that the beloved captain will be absent from part of the season due to a “condition.” Luckily, he confirmed in a new interview with E! News that he’ll eventually return to the season in better spirits.
“I am much better,” he said. “The timing was mainly screwed up. Because we have such a tight shooting schedule, it was imperative that the guests’ charters start and end on time so it didn’t have a domino effect and impact every charter after that.”
Captain Lee clarified that his condition wasn’t COVID-related, and teased that Season 9 is “unlike any other season that we’ve had.”
“There was just a lot of different things this year, because of the circumstances in which we had to film,” he continued. “A lot of things we’re used to doing, we couldn’t do because we had to stay within the confines of our bubble because of COVID, so we had to improvise in some situations, which is not a bad thing. Sometimes you can improvise and get extremely creative, which I like to think we’re pretty good at.”
The Captain’s absence won’t be the only shakeup Below Deck faces in Season 9. Former cast members and occasional rivals First Officer Eddie Lucas and Chef Rachel Hargrove, while seven new yachties are joining the show: Chief Stewardess Heather Chase, stews Jessica Albert and Fraser Olender, and deckhands Jake Foulger, Rayna Lindsay, and Wes O’Dell. While Captain Lee is gone, Captain Sean Meagher will helm My Seanna.
Below Deck premieres Monday, October 25, at 9/8c on Bravo and streams the next day on Peacock. If you want to catch up on recent episodes, Season 8 of Below Deck will arrive on Peacock on September 25. In the meantime, you can watch the full trailer for Season 9 above.
