The Below Deck Storyline The Cast Actually Thought Was Fake

Publish date: 2024-04-01

One of the most important rules the "Below Deck" casts have to follow is a total ban on narcotics. True fans will remember that one of the most dramatic moments to date came back in 2020 when Hannah Ferrier was accused of hiding drugs on board her ship. She was reported by another cast member, Malia White, who allegedly saw her take a Valium and later found the pill stash in her room. "I think in that moment when she asked for Valium is when it really hit me that those were the pills that she was taking every night all season," said White on an episode of "Watch What Happens Live" (via People). "That's when it became a real serious thing for me." Ferrier maintained that the Valium was a legal prescription she had every right to have on board.

That's just one of the many times the cast has allegedly broken the "no drugs rule." Speaking to Showbiz Cheat Sheet, series producer Mark Cronin recalled finding a heap of narcotics on the boat while filming Season 1. The cast, reportedly already suspicious of the crew, thought they may have planted them for some drama. They were so outraged that the entire cast briefly quit. "I had to sit everybody down and said, 'We did not put drugs on this boat,'" Cronin said. Eventually, Cronin convinced the cast to believe him, and filming continued as usual.

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