Forget maritime time. Let’s talk about violating girl code. Alissa Humber is losing friends among the Below Deck crew due to her anti-social behavior on crew nights out. With deckhand Katie Glaser hooking up with bosun Ross McHarg, it’s hard to fathom why the second stew would be openly flirting with him.
After her sly behavior was aired on the January 30th episode of the hit show, E! News spoke to Alissa to get her side of the story. Well, it seems not all the deflection of the interior departed when Camille Lamb was let go.
“I wouldn’t call it a love triangle,” Alissa said of flirting with Ross. “When I was at work, I was all about my work. I definitely wasn’t trying to flirt with anyone or sneak off into a corner to make out or anything.”
Certainly, Alissa operated without regard to Kate’s feelings. But it seems she got the green light from Ross, and if that’s true, then a lot happened off camera.
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“On the nights out, we had an understanding that neither of us wanted anything complicated or wanted to put somebody under freaking house arrest or anything,” Alissa explained. “I think Ross definitely is into open relationships, polygamist relationships, and as somebody else who is into that it’s like, ‘OK, I don’t mind if you flirt with other people.'”
Ok, but what about Katie’s feelings? Alissa claimed she discussed Ross’ actions with her openly.
Alissa continued, “The whole Katie and Ross thing is so silly to me. I asked Ross right to his face are you single? Are you and Katie a thing? And he told me ‘no’ and I went to Katie and I told her.” She added, “I flirt with Ross and he flirts with me all the time and I actually had a couple different conversations with Katie where I spoke to her openly.”
“I think it’s kind of childish for somebody to know someone for three weeks and want to put handcuffs on them. Especially if they didn’t have that one-on-one conversation with the person,” Alissa said.
Despite Alissa”s rationale, her co-stars were unimpressed with her actions. She certainly lost some friends that night. Maybe it just wasn’t worth it in the end.
“We’re good. It just seems like too much trouble. Me and Ross flirting was purely out of convenience and blowing off steam,” Alissa said. “I wish that Katie just would have womaned up and told me, ‘Hey, I do you have feelings for him. It would be nice if you didn’t flirt.'”
Alissa seems to be sabotaging herself in more ways than one. The remainder of the season is shaping up to be unpleasant for the second stew.
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