Under Deck Down Underneath‘s Daisy Kelliher referred to as Ben Robinson out for dwelling within the visitor cabins — however was the chef truly allowed to reside there?
“This season within the galley my huge challenges [had to do with Ben],” Daisy solely instructed Us Weekly forward of the present’s return on Monday, February 2. “Ben is an fascinating particular person to work with. He’s actually enjoyable, he’s an excellent persona and he’s nice TV. However he’s positively a problem.”
Daisy acknowledged similarities between herself and Ben.
“Possibly we’re each as sort of cussed as one another,” she famous. “[Our issues were] sort of all of these issues. It was the visitor cabin, it was the best way he managed his crew and the best way he ran his galley. There have been difficulties with communication — so timing and never envisioning service the identical method. There have been truthfully plenty of difficulties and challenges.”
Regardless of their points, Daisy mentioned Ben is “a tough particular person to remain offended at,” including, “However neither of us needed animosity, and I believe each of us actually needed to present the most effective for the friends. With that being our main focus, we have been all the time in a position to come again to that and be like, ‘OK, look, we like one another. Now we have the identical purpose. How can we make this occur?’”
She continued: “However I believe towards the top of the season, I used to be getting pissed off. Now we have a number of flare-ups, and there’s positively some arguments there. It’s tough as a result of I used to be making an attempt to do a great job — as he was. Every thing was truthfully a problem.”
The season 4 trailer shocked viewers due to Daisy accusing Ben of “dwelling within the visitor cabins.” Whereas chatting with Us, she clarified the difficulty, saying, “It was mainly each evening off. He didn’t transfer in, however he strikes in mainly each evening off.”
Daisy recalled having to “choose” her battles with Ben.
“I let it go. Even [Captain] Jason [Chambers] is like, ‘Let it go and choose your battles.’ There have been so many different issues occurring. It felt like this was a small factor to sort of argue, however I suppose I simply wouldn’t let it go and he wouldn’t let it go,” she continued. “He takes a visitor gown, however he’s doing it to bother me and he makes it his personal. As you’ll see all through the season, he wears it everywhere in the boat to wind me up. So, in fact, I can’t let it go. I believe he was doing stuff to push my buttons all through the season.”
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The chief stew beforehand teased to Us the end result of her back-and-forth with Ben.
“I went into the season taking no prisoners. I knew what I needed. I didn’t need to be taken a idiot, so I very a lot got here in with that mindset,” Daisy teased in November 2025. “Ben challenged me and he’s not straightforward to work with.”
Daisy praised her time with Ben regardless of the challenges, which she instructed Us in the end led to an amicable relationship.
“I believe he additionally revered me. So, I believe I actually advanced as a chief stew and as an individual — and it wasn’t straightforward. I don’t like confrontation, however I would like it. I used to be so certain about what I needed to attain,” she mentioned on the time. “I used to be like, ‘I’m not letting any crew member get in the best way of what I’m making an attempt to do that season.’ We conflict and it’s work [drama]. Now, I used to be consuming with him on the bar.”
Extra just lately, Daisy weighed in on probably working with Ben once more.
“That’s all the time a troublesome one. In the event you’d requested me 9 months in the past, I in all probability would have mentioned no. However now time has handed,” she added. “I’d. Ben is a superb chef — whether or not he’d work with me or not. We received by means of the season and we made some nice ideas. It wouldn’t be a present if we weren’t on one another’s throats.”
Under Deck Down Underneath airs on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the subsequent day on Peacock.
