Under Deck Down Beneath‘s Daisy Kelliher known as Ben Robinson out for residing within the visitor cabins — however was the chef truly allowed to reside there?
“This season within the galley my huge challenges (needed to do with Ben),” Daisy completely 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 a terrific persona and he’s nice TV. However he’s positively a problem.”
Daisy acknowledged similarities between herself and Ben.
“Perhaps we’re each as form of cussed as one another,” she famous. “(Our points had been) form of all of these issues. It was the visitor cabin, it was the way in which he managed his crew and the way in which he ran his galley. There have been difficulties with communication — so timing and never envisioning service the identical approach. There have been truthfully a whole lot of difficulties and challenges.”
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Regardless of their points, Daisy mentioned Ben is “a tough particular person to remain indignant at,” including, “However neither of us wished animosity, and I believe each of us actually wished to present the very best for the company. With that being our main focus, we had been all the time in a position to come again to that and be like, ‘OK, look, we like one another. We’ve got the identical aim. How can we make this occur?’”
She continued: “However I believe towards the top of the season, I used to be getting pissed off. We’ve got just a few flare-ups, and there’s positively some arguments there. It’s troublesome as a result of I used to be making an attempt to do job — as he was. The whole lot was truthfully a problem.”
The season 4 trailer stunned viewers due to Daisy accusing Ben of “residing within the visitor cabins.” Whereas talking to Usshe clarified the difficulty, saying, “It was principally each evening off. He didn’t transfer in, however he strikes in principally 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 form of argue, however I assume 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 all around 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 outcome of her back-and-forth with Ben.
“I went into the season taking no prisoners. I knew what I wished. I didn’t wish 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 simple to work with.”
Daisy praised her time with Ben regardless of the challenges, which she instructed Us finally 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 simple. I don’t like confrontation, however I would like it. I used to be so positive about what I wished to attain,” she mentioned on the time. “I used to be like, ‘I’m not letting any crew member get in the way in which of what I’m making an attempt to do that season.’ We conflict and it’s work (drama). Now, I used to be ingesting with him on the bar.”
Extra lately, Daisy weighed in on probably working with Ben once more.
“That’s all the time a troublesome one. Should you’d requested me 9 months in the past, I most likely would have mentioned no. However now time has handed,” she added. “I might. Ben is a good chef — whether or not he’d work with me or not. We bought by 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 Beneath airs on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the following day on Peacock.