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00:02Daisy said he's working at a snail's pace, and she has trouble hiding irritation from
00:08her face.
00:09It's Watch What Happens Live with Kate Justine and Chef Ben Robinson now.
00:23Hey everybody, welcome to Watch What Happens Live, I'm your host Andy Cohen in the Bravo
00:27Clubhouse hosting a mini Below Deck reunion.
00:30This is exciting.
00:32My first guest was a super popular Chief Stew, who joined Captain Lee back in Season 2.
00:39Now you can see her making waves on House of Villains.
00:43New episodes aired Thursdays at 9 on Peacock.
00:46Say hi to our friend Kate Justine, hey Kate, great to see you, and give it up for a Below
00:52Deck OG who's back in the galley this season on Down Under Chef Ben Robinson.
00:59Chef Ben, what's it like being back on the show?
01:03I thought it was great until I watched it.
01:06What are you learning about yourself that you didn't realize from watching it?
01:10Too much, too much to handle.
01:11It's going to take me a few months to digest.
01:13Really?
01:14Yeah.
01:14Does it make you regret coming back?
01:16No, not at all.
01:17Okay, good.
01:17No regrets.
01:18Okay, good.
01:18That's not a good way to live.
01:19You know that.
01:20And you know who else lives with no regrets?
01:22That's the lady to your right.
01:24I know.
01:24That's what I love about.
01:25Kate Justine told me before the show that she thinks House of Villains is her best show
01:31she's ever done.
01:32Better than Below Deck and Traitors.
01:35I had so much fun and I was not expecting to love it as much as I did.
01:38It's so good.
01:40Who did you bond with the most?
01:43I'm very surprised New York was my roommate.
01:45Okay, I love that.
01:47And I think she's the Lucille Ball of our generation.
01:49Yes, I don't disagree with you.
01:51I don't disagree with you.
01:53And who did you get along with the least?
01:55I mean, I was hoping for more from Tom Sandoval.
01:59Okay.
02:00He just was exactly what you would expect.
02:03I want to know what, let's talk about Below Deck tonight.
02:09Tell me what your reaction was to all those comment cards that were tough on you, Ben.
02:14Hmm.
02:16Hard lessons.
02:18I just, I think it was a much bigger boat than usual.
02:21There were lots and lots of stairs.
02:23I know there's been, you know, problems with timing and that, but I did the math
02:27and it actually takes about sort of eight to ten minutes to go up and down those stairs.
02:32Okay.
02:32I mean, it's easy to blame the chef, but-
02:35Blame the stairs.
02:36Yeah.
02:36Uh, Kate, what was your reaction to Ben's tough comments?
02:40You know, Ben is an artist.
02:41He really is.
02:42His food is amazing, but you can't expect a creative genius to also be super punctual.
02:47I don't think that those two things really go hand in hand that often.
02:51Um, if you were a chief stew, how would you have handled Daisy?
02:55Uh, how would you have handled the guest on the beach who was overheating and how long
02:59it took to help her?
03:01I mean, you have to act in the moment and you never know what's going to happen in yachting.
03:06It's very reactionary.
03:07So you just do the best you can.
03:08Give her some water.
03:09Put her in a kayak.
03:09I don't know.
03:10Go swimming.
03:11But make it a party.
03:12Right.
03:13Yeah.
03:14Chef, what did you make of Mike's attraction to Ellie and him trying to kiss her tonight?
03:20Um, gosh.
03:23Did you see tonight's episode?
03:25No.
03:26Okay.
03:27All right.
03:28Very good.
03:29Okay.
03:29That's fine.
03:30I didn't know you did that.
03:32Ben.
03:33I'm proud of him.
03:33Put it that way.
03:35Okay.
03:35Let me ask you this.
03:36This may be, tell me what you're willing to say, but your ex fiance has come out and said
03:40she didn't cheat on you with one of your friends.
03:43What's your reaction to that?
03:44My reaction is, is Chiara didn't sign up for all of this, but what I am, uh, able to
03:51say that she did sign up for, I have found a better half and I'm very happy now.
03:55Okay.
03:56Congratulations.
03:58Guys, this is blowing me away.
04:00Over at our hot chocolate bar, she won gold in the women's figure skating team event
04:05and the women's single at this year's Olympics.
04:08Plus she did the impossible made Americans feel joy in 2026.
04:14Please welcome star U.S. figure skater, Alyssa Liu.
04:21Wow.
04:22I am so excited to meet you.
04:25I rewatched your show, your, uh, MacArthur Park skate tonight and, uh, I was in tears on
04:32the way here.
04:33I have questions for you.
04:35You know, you, I want to start with MacArthur Park.
04:37It was so electric.
04:40It helped secure your individual gold.
04:42What made you choose that, that Donna Summer song?
04:46Well, okay.
04:47I was recommended by someone to listen to that song and I, so I did and it was really
04:52good.
04:52Then I found the 16 minute sweet version.
04:54Yes.
04:54It's incredible.
04:55I took it to another level.
04:56Yes.
04:57Yeah.
04:57Wow.
04:58Um, you know, people are saying, and I was marveling when I watched it.
05:02You were so relaxed.
05:04Ben, a lesson of working under pressure.
05:07I mean, is Alyssa Liu.
05:09How were you so zenned out?
05:12And also you look like you were having so much fun.
05:14I mean, I, I love making mistakes.
05:17I love falling.
05:19Uh, I also love landing and doing really well.
05:21So I feel like no matter what the outcome was, I was going to be, I was going to be
05:24cool
05:24with it.
05:25And as you were, and as you were skating, were you thinking I got this?
05:29Oh, absolutely.
05:30And when you, and when you, and when you left, when you got off the ice and you're sitting
05:35there with your coaches, did you think I have to have won the gold?
05:38What did you think that you scored?
05:41I, I had no idea.
05:42I was not thinking about the score.
05:43Even after I competed, I was just still kind of in that.
05:47Oh, I just skated my life like out right now.
05:50Yeah.
05:51Wow.
05:51I see your, uh, I see your medals there.
05:54Hold them up for us, please.
05:56Um, and I was going to ask, um, I know your original broke.
06:02Did you get the replacement?
06:03Yeah, I did.
06:04So this is the one that broke.
06:05They gave me a whole new one.
06:06Wow.
06:07I dropped it since though.
06:09Who would we be surprised to know that you bonded with the most during your stay in the
06:13Olympic village?
06:14Oh, I would say.
06:20Like, are you in the quad God friends?
06:22I'm, we're all friends in this house.
06:25Yeah.
06:25But I would say, I think my favorites are Amber and Isabel.
06:29Okay.
06:30Gotta stick with that.
06:31Um, after double gold in Milan, do you see yourself competing in the Alps in 2030?
06:36Oh yeah.
06:37All right.
06:38Give it up for Alyssa Liu.
06:41We love you so much.
06:44Uh, we know that Kate has an affinity for rocket ships, but she also loves to talk about Bravo.
06:49So let's get into it, Kate.
06:52On below deck.
06:52Uh, do you feel your Ben, your buddy Ben was too tough on, uh, Alicia in the galley?
07:00No.
07:00No.
07:01Uh, what's, who's at most at fault for the meal service tension between Daisy and Ben?
07:06Ben's a chef.
07:07So I kind of blame Daisy.
07:08You have to know how to work with chefs.
07:10How do you feel Joao, Joao is doing as lead boss in this season?
07:14I think he's doing a great job actually.
07:16Has he matured?
07:17He does seem to have matured.
07:18On traders, who do you consider to have been the single, what, what is the single dumbest
07:23move a player made this season?
07:25Oh, I feel like when the traders start turning against each other, that's net, that's when
07:29it starts to crumble.
07:30Um, who, which Scottish fashions were the best for you?
07:34Candace really brought it.
07:35I loved Candace outfits.
07:36Uh, Johnny Weir brought great outfits.
07:38I mean, and Rob looked good at anything.
07:40Whose side were you on, Candace or Rob?
07:43I mean, that's so hard because I love Candace, but Rob's so hot.
07:47Beverly Hills.
07:48Who's more responsible for the tension in their friendship, Kyle or Dorit?
07:51I'm surprised I'm saying this, but I feel like Kyle could be a little bit warmer with
07:55Dorit.
07:55Thoughts on money queen Amanda Francis?
07:57I think she should manifest, um, humility.
08:01Uh, Summer House.
08:02Thoughts on Jessie asking West if he could, uh, hook up with Sierra?
08:07Ugh.
08:08I mean, this is, uh, shut up, Jessie.
08:10I don't know.
08:11Um, Summer House, do you feel Kyle is at fault for throwing Amanda under the bus whenever
08:16he can, or should she take more responsibility?
08:18I think Amanda's one of the most gorgeous women I've ever seen, so I wouldn't blame her
08:22for anything if I were Kyle.
08:23I would try and keep her.
08:25Um, Southern Charm.
08:26What do you make of Sally's very upfront lust for Austin Kroll?
08:30I guess that's one way to do it.
08:32Um, whose side are you on in the bromance fallout, Austin or Craig?
08:36I think it's, I'm equal sides.
08:38I like Craig.
08:39I don't think he's as much of a problem as they make him out to be.
08:41Thank you very much, Kate.
08:43Ben once slid into Ellie's DMs and we've seen Jenna sliding into the galley to flirt with
08:49Ben, so I want to see what's cooking between these three.
08:53Okay, Ben, here's what's happening.
08:55Answer, uh, each of my questions by choosing either Ellie or Jenna who popped up beside you.
09:00Who was the more fun time when you were out with the crew?
09:04Jenna.
09:04Uh, who has the more fiery temper?
09:07Ellie.
09:08Who do you think Daisy likes more?
09:11Jenna.
09:12Who's a more natural flirt?
09:15Jenna.
09:16Who has a more enticing social media game?
09:19Ellie.
09:20Uh, who's better at their job?
09:23Hmm.
09:24Hmm.
09:25I can't say.
09:26We'll find out.
09:27Uh, who's accent was sexier?
09:30Hmm.
09:31Jenna.
09:32All right.
09:32Thank you very much, Ben.
09:34This season, a round of Shag Mary Kill made Ben cry, but tonight we've got a game that will
09:41make him hungry.
09:42It is time for a mouth-watering game of Shag Roulette Foodie Edition.
09:48Ben and Kate, our slot machine, will land to reveal a trio of foods for each threesome.
09:54You will decide which food to shag, marry, or kill.
09:57Here we go.
09:58Spin it.
09:59This one's for you, Kate.
10:02Waffles, pancakes, French toast.
10:04Shag French toast, marry waffles, kill pancakes.
10:08Okay.
10:08That's the game.
10:09Spin it for Chef Ben.
10:11Chef Ben.
10:12Bake ziti, lasagna, stuffed shells.
10:16Shag lasagna.
10:18Oh.
10:18Kill stuffed shells.
10:21Marry ziti.
10:22Okay, let's go with some condiments for Kate.
10:27Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise.
10:31Marry ketchup.
10:33F mayo, kill mustard.
10:36Okay.
10:37Gold medalist Alyssa Liu, will you go in this next one?
10:42Burritos, enchiladas, tacos.
10:44You will shag.
10:47I will shag tacos.
10:49You will marry.
10:50Burritos.
10:52Oh.
10:53She's killing enchiladas.
10:54Enchiladas.
10:55That's horrible.
10:55Chef Ben, last one's for you.
10:59Escargot.
11:00Shrimp cocktail.
11:01Steamed muscles.
11:02Shag muscles.
11:05Um, marry escargot.
11:08Kill cocktail.
11:09Thank you very much.
11:10Coming up more with these guys.
11:13Cheers to stopping by later this week.
11:15Don't go anywhere.
11:20Don't go anywhere.
11:25Change into your mind.
11:28Change into your mind.
11:31Change into your mind.
11:32Change into your mind.
11:33Welcome back to What's What Happens Live.
11:35I'm Andy Cohen in the Bravo Clubhouse with our pal Kate Chastain who's making me laugh.
11:40She'll make you laugh on House of Villains.
11:43New episodes air Thursdays at 9 on Peacock.
11:46Say hi to Chef Ben Robinson from Below Back Down Under.
11:50Over at the Hot Cocoa Bar, it's U.S. Olympic figure skater Alyssa Liu.
11:55The Winter Olympics may be over but the Milan Cortina Paralympics begin this Friday on NBC and Peacock.
12:03So do you basically just go back to Oakland and train for four years or do you, like, sell donuts
12:11in your spare time?
12:12I wish I could tell you.
12:13I don't know what I'm doing but I'm doing some show tours in the meantime.
12:18Great.
12:18Excellent.
12:19Drinking game reminder, if you are 21 or over, anytime you hear this word, drink until, like Daisy on her
12:25walkie, nobody can understand a word you are saying.
12:29Let's say questions for our fans.
12:30In studio, it is Trisha from New Jersey.
12:33What's your question for Kate?
12:34Hi, Kate.
12:35Hi, everybody else.
12:36But, Kate, my question is for you.
12:38So now that you've seen Ben come back after so many years on Below Deck, would you consider coming back
12:42as Chief Stew for some sort of all-star season?
12:45And if so, who would you want to work with?
12:49Absolutely not.
12:50Would I ever?
12:51I mean, I would like to go back as a charter guest.
12:53I think that would be super fun.
12:54Oh, I would like to see that.
12:56Who do I need to call?
12:57I need to send an email about that.
12:58It would be fun.
12:59But I would also, I might go back just to be like the third stewardess.
13:02I want to be down doing laundry.
13:03I want no responsibility for one week, maybe.
13:06You know, it would be interesting to see you, Aisha, Daisy, go, and our friend-
13:15Frasier.
13:16And Frasier do a Chief Stews as guests charter.
13:20Because we know the shortcuts they would take.
13:22Yes.
13:22We could catch them and be like, hi.
13:24Wow.
13:25Here's Janelle from Boston with a virtual question for Chef Ben.
13:29Hey, Janelle.
13:31Hi.
13:32Oh, my gosh.
13:32I love the both of you.
13:34But Ben, my husband's also a chef, and I'm pretty sure he's happy I'm not asking this
13:39question in person.
13:40Okay.
13:41But anyways, which of the Salt Lake City Housewives do you enjoy the most on their charter?
13:47And who do you think was the most demanding or difficult?
13:52Honestly, they were absolutely lovely to the crew, all of them.
13:55I don't really have favorites.
13:56I think they were just amazing at their jobs, which required a lot of volatility, apparently.
14:03But I think they're all lovely, and I'd definitely go for a drink with each and every one of
14:08them.
14:09Kate, what was your reaction as a big Bravo fan and obviously a Below Deck vet?
14:15What was your reaction to watching that crossover?
14:18It was the best 46 minutes of television I have ever watched when the Housewives from
14:22Salt Lake City were on Below Deck.
14:24I love Bronwyn so much.
14:25I love Mary so much.
14:26Angie with her inflatable costume getting a hand injury.
14:29Yeah.
14:30I love her, and I felt bad for her, but also I was laughing.
14:32It was just great.
14:34Tonight, Joao dropped Daisy in the sand and then dropped his drawers in a game of Truth
14:40or Dare.
14:41But to see if my guests would rather bear it all or booze it up, we are playing Truth
14:46or Drink.
14:47OK, a question will appear on the monitor, and if you don't want to answer it, take a sip
14:53of your drink.
14:53Here we go.
14:54Spin it, guys.
14:58Kate, Mary Shag Kill, Below Deck Deckhand Edition.
15:01Eddie, Joao, Mike.
15:03I'll drink.
15:03OK.
15:05Spin it, guys.
15:08Dan, in what way is Captain Jason a better captain than Lee?
15:12Um, he's younger.
15:14OK.
15:15Spin it.
15:18For both of you, what's the real reason that you two never worked out as a couple?
15:24Ooh.
15:26Naughty, isn't it?
15:27Um, I'm not sure.
15:29Right.
15:30Maybe we didn't endeavor hard enough.
15:32Yeah, we should have tried harder.
15:34Yeah, we should have.
15:34Yeah.
15:35Wow.
15:35Well, the night is young.
15:37No.
15:37It's not that young.
15:38Oh, right.
15:39Kate, are you seeing anyone?
15:41No.
15:41OK.
15:42How's your son?
15:43He's so great.
15:44He's wonderful, thank you.
15:45Good.
15:46OK.
15:46Our son's so good.
15:47I know.
15:49I always knew he would be.
15:50Yeah.
15:51Spin it around.
15:52Wow.
15:55Kate, name one person from House of Villains you would be OK with never seeing again.
16:01I mean, how much time do we have?
16:03Um, Tom Sandoval.
16:04OK.
16:05Or Tyson.
16:06Tyson from Survivor.
16:07Oh, oh.
16:09Who's hosting the podcast, so that's gonna be awkward.
16:11OK, spin it around, guys.
16:15Kate, rudest Bravo lover to you cross paths with at BravoCon this year?
16:20You know, I love him, but Jeff Lewis was like in a mood.
16:24Oh, OK.
16:25And I think that's part of his humor.
16:26Was it around the time of my Q&A with him?
16:29OK, well.
16:30No, I like him.
16:31Yeah, yeah.
16:31But that's his humor.
16:33He's like kind of insulting, but it's for fun.
16:35But also it's kind of like not that nice.
16:37Have you been on his radio show?
16:39No, I keep meaning to.
16:40And I like his humor.
16:41I like it.
16:42Yeah, I mean, I feel like you two should give it a shot.
16:45Yeah.
16:45OK, spin it around.
16:49Ben, name one way Daisy's a better chief stew than Kate.
16:54Mmm.
16:55Mmm.
16:58I'll drink to that one.
16:59Yeah.
17:00Smart man.
17:01OK, spin it, guys.
17:03I forgot we could do that.
17:04For both of you, which former Below Deck crewmate you hope never to cross paths with again?
17:09You know, I respect Rocky.
17:11I think she's great entertainment, but she does not seem to enjoy my presence.
17:15OK.
17:15So I would prefer not to be in a room with her again.
17:18Chef Ben.
17:19I've been fortunate enough to not cross paths with most of them, so I'm happy.
17:24All right, we're going to leave it there.
17:25We'll be right back after this.
17:27Alyssa's going to give us our Watch What Happens 5.
17:42All right, welcome back to Watch What Happens Live.
17:46I'm Andy here with Kate, Chef Ben, and Alyssa at the bar.
17:54Oh my gosh.
17:56OK.
17:56Ben, Grace K wants to know if you had any idea at the time that it upset Alicia as much
18:01as
18:01it did that you and Ellie got along so well in the galley.
18:04I think the differentiation is that Ellie asked questions before she leapt.
18:10Alicia did not, and I think that attributed to our congeniality.
18:15Millie T wants to know, Kate, would you ever dare slide into the DMs of a fellow below
18:20Decky like Ben did with Ellie?
18:22I don't slide into DMs.
18:24I have DMs slid into.
18:25Oh.
18:27Fair comment.
18:28OK.
18:29Very good.
18:30Ben, Kelly W wants to know, watching it back, what do you think you could have done differently
18:34to make Alicia feel more comfortable in the galley?
18:37Actually, I think I won by not making her feel comfortable, to be honest.
18:42To be honest.
18:43Kate.
18:45She didn't know what an onion was.
18:47That's the problem.
18:49Melinda G wants to know, Kate, how would you have reacted had you been Chief Stu for the
18:54Below Deck Salt Lake City crossover?
18:57Oh, my gosh.
18:57I would have been having a time of my life.
18:59Why not?
19:00Well, we did have the Housewives of Atlanta come.
19:02Yes, that's right.
19:03Yeah.
19:03And honestly, we've had like other Housewives come over the years.
19:07But the Salt Lake, wow.
19:08Yeah, that was amazing.
19:09It is time for Watch What Happens 5.
19:11Not only is Alyssa the it girl right now, thanks to her flawless performances.
19:19But the music she skates to is also going viral from Donna Summer's MacArthur Park to Pink Panthers' remix of
19:28Stateside.
19:29So to see what's next on Alyssa's playlist, she is counting down the top five songs she wants to skate
19:35to next.
19:36Okay, what's number five?
19:37Okay, number five is Fire In My Heart by Escape From New York.
19:41All right.
19:42Have you heard of it?
19:42I haven't.
19:43Okay.
19:44You're going to make me hear of it.
19:46All right.
19:47You want number four?
19:48I do.
19:49Okay.
19:50Chihiro by Billie Eilish.
19:52All right.
19:53Yes, yes.
19:54Do you know, have you met Billie Eilish yet?
19:56I have not.
19:57Okay.
19:58But I've been to her concert.
19:59Okay, great.
19:59Yeah.
20:00Well, you are the concert now.
20:02Yeah.
20:03Okay, number three.
20:04Yeah.
20:05Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
20:07Oh.
20:08There you go.
20:09Classic.
20:10Beautiful.
20:10Yes.
20:11Okay.
20:12Star by Mitski.
20:14Uh-huh.
20:15Mm-hmm.
20:16And then, first one, Capable of Love by Pink Panthers.
20:20All right.
20:21Oh, another Pink Panthers.
20:23Another Pink Panthers.
20:25Did you do this after you skated?
20:27I did.
20:28She's so nice.
20:29Yeah, I bet.
20:30I was like, what?
20:30I bet she was very excited.
20:33I was excited.
20:34Yes.
20:34Yeah.
20:35Yeah, I bet you were.
20:36Well, thank you so much.
20:38You really made America so happy and joyful, and it's really an honor to meet you.
20:45Thank you so much.
20:47Thank you so much.
20:49Chef Ben and Kate also for being here.
20:53The word of the night was Ellie.
20:55We said it six times.
20:56We've been playing our drinking game.
20:58No driving.
21:00Tomorrow, Tom Sandoval, your buddy, is going to be here with Chris Hahn, Commander Bump Rules.
21:06We're gonna do a quick after show.
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