Wes Walton

The public at large is having a hard time processing Malia White’s return to Below Deck Mediterranean.  Is the reason for the outcry to do with that messy love triangle from Season 2?  Chef Adam Glick and bosun Wes Walton were vying for Malia’s affections.  Meanwhile, this girl just did her at the end of the season.  She walked off that boat like a boss and instead focused on her professional goals.

Surely Malia is more than qualified.  Last season, the show introduced the first female chef who had clearly inflated her resume and was in way over her head.  Is the reaction to Malia some kind of PTSD to the last time the Below Deck franchise pushed typical industry gender roles.  An inept bosun could result in injury or damage to the boat and that’s a much bigger issue than canned shrimp and licking steaks.  That’s a lawsuit in the making.  So my money is on Malia rocking it in her new role.

Here’s a name you haven’t heard in a minute:Malia White. She joined Below Deck Mediterranean as the resident femme fatale and deckhand on Season 2. You might recall she had a thing going on with the yacht’s chef, Adam Glick. Unfortunately for Adam, Malia also had eyes for her bosun, Wes Walton. Captain Sandy Yawn wound up promoting Malia during the charter season. Many people wondered if it had to do with her superior performance as a deckhand or her superior performance at flirting with her boss.

Listen, a girl can’t help it if she is the object of men’s affection. But a girl can help it if she’s leading several people on at once. Wes and Malia eventually parted as friends, but onion-loving Adam probably still uses her photo as his dartboard’s bullseye. She eventually apologized for her behavior surrounding the love triangle and has since moved on to bigger and better things. One of those things is a steady relationship not involving Wes or Adam. Could another be our first female bosun in the Below Deck franchise? The streets are saying it could happen.