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Laura Bileskalne spoke out with an announcement on Instagram after being fired for inappropriate conduct amid manufacturing on the second season of Below Deck Down Under, which was filmed in 2022.
As Laura apologized to Adam Kodra, whereas blaming her unhealthy conduct on her age and stating that Below Deck is an “entertainment show,” Captain Jason Chambers, who fired Luke Jones for a similar purpose after he was caught sneaking into Margot Sisson‘s mattress whereas bare, weighed in.
“Hi everybody, I’m sure you’re digesting episodes six and seven as I am. I’ve had a flood of messages over the last 24 hours from people in similar situations, some not so lucky of the outcome, so my heart goes out to them,” Jason started in a video shared on Twitter.
“I’d like to thank the production team for breaking the fourth wall and stepping in, then reforming and allowing [Aesha Scott] to come to me in an authentic manner and us dealing with it as we would as captain and crew,” he continued. “I don’t know what goes on when crew go out. I’m not told. If it’s inadequate behavior, you’ve seen that production will actually inform me but unless a crew member complains of anything, like Adam, I wouldn’t know and as soon as Aesha brought it to my attention, I addressed it straight away so it’s real, it’s real-time.”
After noting that the incident occurred “over a year ago,” Jason stated he hopes Laura and Luke have begun strolling on a greater path.
“The people involved are all hopefully on a better journey to better themselves and less hate please and more love. But let’s send it home and know that this is not acceptable. Thank you very much,” he concluded.
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In Laura’s submit, which included a photograph of her sitting with Adam, who had a giant smile on his face as he checked out her, she provided a “sincere” apology for not solely performing inappropriately with Adam however for failing to empathize with Margot.
“My sincere apologies to Adam, I did not realize I made him feel uncomfortable and no one should be put in that position. And to Margot to not been able to empathize,” Laura wrote on August 8. “I was 29 when the show was filmed, 30 was my life-changer. I am 31 now and I am watching it as all of you, an entertainment show.”
Following Monday’s back-to-back episodes, which featured Laura and Luke’s firings, Aesha shared a video on her Instagram web page by which she inspired her followers and followers to look out for his or her mates.
“I just wanted to take the opportunity to come on here and just remind everyone of the main message that was shown on the episode, which is that women, and actually everyone, has the right to go out and have fun and feel safe and that is just the f-cking end of it,” she informed her on-line viewers. “There’s no questions or ifs or buts or maties. That is just the end of it. So please, please, just keep an eye on your friends. Keep an eye on your friends and we just need to share the love. Keep an eye out.”
As for Luke, he spoke out as effectively, saying, “It doesn’t matter what they think about you because you don’t care.”
Below Deck Down Under season two airs Mondays at 8/7c on Bravo.
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