‘Below Deck Med’ Star Captain Sandy Yawn on Why She Had to Fire Tessa Budd: ‘She Just Stood Around’

<p id=”par-1_6″>Tessa Budd wasn’t pulling her weight. </p>

<p id=”par-2_41″>On Monday’s episode of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/below-deck-med-chef-jack-interior-drama-worse.html/”><em>Below Deck Mediterranean</em></a><em>, </em>Captain Sandy Yawn made the not-too-difficult decision to fired Tessa and her fellow deckhand Christian Trimino. Neither was measuring up to Sandy’s high standards, with both making mistakes that put <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/5-memorable-below-deck-charter-guest-hookups.html/”>charter guests</a> at risk.</p>

<p id=”par-3_18″>“From what I’ve observed and speaking with Nathan, it’s completely chaotic on deck. It’s not safe,” Sandy said. </p>

<p id=”par-4_24″>“We need some people who can understand direction and then take action,” she told bosun Nathan Gallagher. “That’s not happening with [Tessa] and Christian.”</p>

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-tessa-budd-reacts-to-below-deck-med-firing-it-s-their-loss”>Tessa Budd reacts to ‘Below Deck Med’ firing: ‘It’s their loss’</h2>

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<p id=”par-5_18″>Sandy was blunt when she broke the news to Tessa that she was getting booted off the boat.</p>

<p id=”par-6_47″>“I have to make a change. I’m really sorry, but I gotta let you go,” she explained. “I know you come from a big boat, which is a different type of experience, but if I may, get on small boats, because [on] small boats, you learn everything.”</p>

<p id=”par-7_28″>Tessa seemed to take Sandy’s feedback well in the moment. But in her post-firing confessional interview, she let her true feelings show, blaming her unexpected exit on Nathan.</p>

<p id=”par-8_39″>“Honestly, like, f*ck her; I don’t need her help,” Tessa said. “I feel like Nathan’s leadership style is pretty sh*t. I feel like I also didn’t get the opportunity to, like, show my skills. Good luck. It’s their loss.”</p>

<p id=”par-9_44″>“I maybe could have had more confidence on deck, but I was just so weary of, like, where I stood on the deck team,” she added. “I hope on my next boat that my bosun believes in me and has half a brain cell.”</p>

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-captain-sandy-defends-decision-to-fire-tessa”>Captain Sandy defends decision to fire Tessa</h2>

<p id=”par-10_27″>Tessa might have felt that she didn’t get a chance to shine on <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/below-deck-med-season-10-new-episodes-air.html/”><em>Below Deck Med </em>Season 10</a>. But Sandy has no regrets about letting her go. </p>

<p id=”par-11_54″>“It was interesting for me to watch the show and hear Tess talk about how she knew how boats run, but yet, she didn’t, she just stood around,” Sandy told <a href=”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/captain-sandy-below-deck-med-season-10-episode-5-1236410140/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Hollywood Reporter</a>. “There was no, ‘Let’s do this.’ Yachting is all about working it out and keeping moving. You just don’t stand still.” </p>

<p id=”par-12_33″>“We’re there to serve, your eyes are all on the guests, and that wasn’t happening,” Sandy continued, adding that she felt Nathan did the best he could with a couple of lazy workers. </p>

<p id=”par-13_39″>“I felt bad for Nathan,” she said. “I think Nathan did give direction. He wrote a list to show them how to shammy or rinse a boat. His task list wasn’t complicated. I don’t have a problem with Nathan.”</p>

<p id=”par-14_19″><em>Below Deck Mediterranean </em>airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo. Episodes stream the next day on Peacock. <em> </em> </p>

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