Dr. Nichols on Below Deck Sailing Yacht primary dubbed 'most obnoxious charter guest' ever
Dr. Nichols, Below Deck primary guest, drinks, demands and displays way too much in episode 11
Bad news for the Parsifal III crew: it looks like Charles Sanders and Erica Rose have officially been dethroned as Below Deck Sailing Yacht 's most nightmarish guests of season three.
Meet Dr. Nichols, a Connecticut-based dermatologist who charters the boat with her husband Chris Cabanillas and their friends in episode 11 of Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 3 . Already short-staffed by the departures of deckhand Tom Pearson and second stew Gabriela Barragan , the crew is quickly swamped by Nichols and her group's relentless requests and constant complaints.
"He's very particular," chief stew Daisy Kelliher warns her coworkers about one of the guests, who gripes about both the bacon and shrimp in his Bloody Mary: "A little weak on the bacon...you need two stalks of bacon. I asked for two jumbo shrimp, look at the size of these things."
"If a guest is going to complain about something like this at the beginning of a charter...I know there's more coming, it's not going to end," Chef Marcos Spaziani worries.
The demands extend beyond the kitchen, with Dr. Nichols and company wanting every item of clothing steamed, requesting more sun loungers than the boat physically had onboard, loudly complaining about how much the charter costs ($60,000, FYI) and asking for Daisy to "juice grapes" for a bar concoction called a "Transfusion."
"I definitely don't think these guests realize we are a stew down, but even if they did, I don't think they'd give a f*ck," the chief stew says in a confessional.
Things hit a new low during one particularly drunk dinner, which the group requested to have at 10pm, keeping the entire crew up late. Wearing a very revealing top, Dr. Nichols is immortalized as "Dr. Nipples" thanks to an ill-timed wardrobe malfunction at the dining table while Chef Marcos relays that evening's menu. The group gets progressively drunker and at one point, one guest physically tosses money at Daisy as an "apology" for their behavior.
Get the What to Watch Newsletter
The latest updates, reviews and unmissable series to watch and more!
"These people have no respect for me," Daisy says in a confessional. "I have physically, mentally and emotionally drained."
Fans have plenty to say about Dr. Nichols, Below Deck Sailing Yacht primary
These guests… no. Hate everything about ‘em. Everything. And the primary complained about the charter fare… on air… so the tip will be little to nothing. #WalkThePlank #belowdecksailing #BelowDeckSailingYacht #BDSY @BelowDeckSailng May 10, 2022
These guests SUCK. Sadly anyone who’s ever worked in the service industry has encountered 💩 like this. @daisykelliher87 deserves a medal. #belowdeck #belowdecksailing #belowdecksailingyacht #bravo pic.twitter.com/JRqFkfeURO May 10, 2022
Maybe the guests should have brought their handmaids along to steam their clothes and make bacon, since they are so demanding. #belowdecksailing #belowdecksailingyacht May 10, 2022
Gawd, these ppl are gross.I heard that ppl act like pigs on these shows hoping that if they're outrageous they'll get offered a reality show of their own. Best of luck folks, you are as appealing as a week-old pool of dog vomit.#BelowDeckSailingYacht May 10, 2022
#BelowDeckSailing#BelowDeckSailingYacht I'm willing to bet Dr Nichols & friends will leave a sh*tty tip bc they have no class May 10, 2022
Just started #BelowDeckSailingYacht and I already hate these guests! What a time to be down a stew! #belowdecksailing May 10, 2022
Here is a tip, #DrNipples: Just because you are successful, doesn't mean you have class. #BelowDeckSailingYacht #belowdecksailing pic.twitter.com/Pvygnbatyb May 10, 2022
I'd fake my own death if I had to deal with those douchebag charter guests.#belowdecksailing #BelowDeckSailingYacht #Bravo #BravoTV May 10, 2022
You can watch Below Deck Sailing Yacht every Monday at 8 pm ET/PT on Bravo in the US and on Hayu the next day in the UK.
Christina Izzo is the Deputy Editor of My Imperfect Life. More generally, she is a writer-editor covering food and drink, travel, lifestyle and culture in New York City. She was previously the Features Editor at Rachael Ray In Season and Reveal, as well as the Food & Drink Editor and chief restaurant critic at Time Out New York.
When she’s not doing all that, she can probably be found eating cheese somewhere.
How to watch Hysteria!: stream the horror-comedy series online for free
The Old Man season 2 episode 7 recap: revenge or freedom?
Netflix adds powerful documentary which already has perfect RT score and Oscar hopes
Most Popular
- 2 How to watch Hysteria!: stream the horror-comedy series online for free
- 3 The Old Man season 2 episode 7 recap: revenge or freedom?
- 4 Matlock season 1 episode 2 recap: Matlock and Olympia clash
- 5 The Bold and the Beautiful recap for October 17, 2024: Bill gets a shock
Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, sweepstakes, and more!
Dr. Contessa Had a “Horrible” Mishap on Below Deck Sailing Yacht That Didn’t Air
Married to Medicine 's Dr. Contessa Metcalfe dished on an unseen moment from her time on Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5.
During the Season 5 premiere of Below Deck Sailing Yacht , Married to Medicine 's Dr. Contessa Metcalfe made a star appearance as co-primary charter guest for the first charter of the season but behind the scenes, things weren't exactly ship-shape during her trip.
How to Watch
Watch Below Deck Sailing Yacht on Bravo on Monday, October 7 at 9/8c and next day on Peacock . Catch up on the Bravo app .
As Contessa revealed in an exclusive interview with The Daily Dish , she had "a bit of a situation" onboard. "My luggage did not come," she said. "It was horrible, [but] everybody was so sweet."
Basically, while Dr. Contessa's entire group made it through their layover, her luggage didn't.
So, to remedy this, she borrowed some clothes and shopped around at some "cutesy little shops close to the pier" to build her vacation wardrobe.
The new Season 5 crew also came in clutch. "Everybody was so nice. They even offered to go out in town and go shopping for me," Contessa shared. "I just have to just sing the praises of everybody."
Chief stew Daisy Kelliher got a special shoutout, too. Why? Because she loaned Contessa her very own skirt. "Daisy was great," the doctor noted. "It was amazing."
Here's What You May Have Missed on Bravo:
What Daisy Kelliher's Been Up to Ahead of Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5 (EXCLUSIVE)
Meet the Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5 Crew Taking on Ibiza (PHOTOS)
Daisy Kelliher Shares the Latest on Her Egg Freezing Journey: "I Have Decided..."
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe's experience on Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5
All in all, Contessa said her and trip was a blast. "We just had so much fun. Everybody was just so awesome. We didn't want to get off the ship," she recalled.
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe Shares Big Career News Ahead of Below Deck Sailing Charter: "A Blessing"
"We love to travel in style, so this was absolutely amazing. I've always wanted to go to Ibiza, and I had this belief in my heart that I was kind of approaching the age of being too old to go, so it was nice to kind of be able to do it in an elegant fashion, so to speak," Contessa continued. "Because when we go on vacation, we believe in really letting your hair down."
Because the doctor and her friends live such "buttoned-up" lives at home, they like to let loose on vacation.
"The idea of going to the biggest party place in the world ... I've always wanted to go, but almost felt like I was missing my opportunity. So when this came about, it was like, 'Oh, we've got to do it.' And then to be able to do it on a yacht — a huge sailboat — that's just icing on the cake," she concluded. "And being catered to every moment of every day, it was just an exquisite experience from the moment we stepped on the yacht. It was just luxury, from the beginning to the end."
- Contessa Metcalfe
- Daisy Kelliher
Below Deck Sailing Yacht
- Married To Medicine
Related Stories
Contessa Reveals “Least Favorite Part” of BDSY Involved Chef Cloyce
Daisy Sheds New Light On the “Hard to Watch” Dinner Disaster
Daisy Has a Hilarious Reaction to Season 5's Chef Being 22
Daisy Reveals a Behind-the-Scenes Below Deck Sailing Secret
Are Daisy Kelliher & Colin on Good Terms? See His Last Text
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe Shares Career News Ahead of BDSY Charter
What Daisy Kelliher's Been Up to Since Last Season
Daisy Kelliher Shares an Update on Freezing Her Eggs
Meet the Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5 Crew
Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5 Trailer, Cast, Premiere Date
Did Daisy Kelliher Play a Part in Lindsay's Pregnancy News?
Daisy Shares an Update on Her Sister Following an Accident
Trending videos.
Tamra Judge Says Shannon "Destroyed" Her Friendship With Jennifer Pedranti
Tamra Judge Gives More Context to Her "Background Check" on Ryan Boyajian
Does Shannon Storms Beador Live Beyond Her Means?
Heather Dubrow Defends Her WWHL Appearance: "I Don't Think I'm a Mean Person"
Alexis Bellino Clarifies Her Involvement in Shannon's 2018 Defamation Lawsuit
Shannon Storms Beador Opens Up About the "New Man" in Her Life
Emily Simpson Thinks There's a Double Standard in the Group
Larsa Pippen on Why She Didn't Hesitate to Bring Marcus Jordan to the RHOM Season 5 Reunion
The RHOSLC Season 5 After Show Kicks Off with a Bombshell Revelation
Lisa Barlow Says Her Relationship With Angie Katsanevas Is a "Total Mind F---"
Meredith Marks Is Surprised to Be Welcomed Into Angie Katsanevas's Home
Shannon Beador Throws Some Shade at Alexis Bellino: "She's Just a Friend"
Latest Videos
Emma Crouch Makes a Serious Error with the Bow Line
Chef Cloyce Martin Shows Off His Secret Rapping Skills
Gary King Crashes a Tender
Recommended for you.
Bravo Fan Fest Is Heading to Miami in November
Where Did the MDLLA Cast Go to College?
Shop "Receipts! Proof! Timeline! Screenshots!" Merch
Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission.
Below Deck Sailing Yacht Recap: Good-bye, Gabriela
Below deck sailing yacht.
Before we get into the entree of this week’s episode, I’d like to serve up an amuse-bouche. While the crew is away, Captain Glenn will play, meaning he will watch an eel documentary in bed while munching on a midnight snack. Meaning that he will call his mom and tell her about his insomnia and dreams about buying donkeys. Meaning that he will nibble on a crunchy cracker in tranquility. Did Bravo reward the crew by granting them access to a villa for the day, or was that simply a ploy to give Captain Glenn some solo R&R that I’m sure is laid out in his contract? Judging from the looks of the next episode, the new deckhand is on his way, which means Captain Glenn will once again have a roommate. I am so proud of our captain for soaking up his solitude while he can. Preserving one’s inner peace is vital for surviving life at sea.
Speaking of preserving one’s inner peace: Gabriela officially disembarks the Parsifal III . I mean, we all saw this coming. We all read the blind items. And yet … I was impressed by Gabriela’s self-awareness throughout this episode (and season!) and disappointed when she sniped at Marcos at the villa. I know she’s better than this. I was rooting for you ! But after a phone call with a friend — Cookie — she decides enough is enough. And I respect that.
Like, you can’t say that you don’t trust anybody onboard and you refuse to drink with them in one scene and then be chugging Champs straight from the bottle in the next. And Gabriela knows that! Which is why she quit!
It’s not until the last ten minutes that the departure drama unfolds, and it’s actually not dramatic at all. Gabriela asks Captain Glenn for a chat and remains calm and clear throughout their conversation. She is poised and powerful! She has a script, and she’s sticking to it: “I think that I’m not in an environment that’s conducive to my mental well being. I love my job. I love what I do. But I have some work to do with my interpersonal relationships while living and working on a boat, and I know that. But I don’t want to disappoint you or let anybody down. I want to be a part of the crew. I don’t want them to feel uncomfortable around me. I don’t want it to affect them either. I’m feeling like it’s the healthiest thing for me to leave the boat … I don’t want to quit right before a pickup, but I think it’s the best thing for me to do.”
Honestly, I’m going to bookmark this for the next time I quit a job. Captain Glenn is of course beyond understanding. He says he’d normally be disappointed but, under these conditions, Gabriela is making the right decision, and the crew will cope without her.
I feel bad that Gabriela was allegedly forced out, but I am also hopeful that our two new crew members will give us a mid-season revamp. I am so sick and tired of the Gabriela-Marcos bickering and the Gabriela-Ashley-Gary love triangle. And to be clear: I don’t blame Gabriela, even though she’s the common denominator. I would have been more than happy to sub out Ashley for a new stew, for that matter! But we need a fresh face, and as a viewer, I don’t really care how we get it.
On the love triangle front: Gary and Ashley hook up, which I knew was going to happen the second Gary flirts with Daisy on their way to dinner. To recap: Gary tells Daisy her ass looks good in her pants, and Ashley passive-aggressively jabs: “Will you guys just fuck already?” To play my favorite role, armchair psychologist, I think a lot of her behavior stems from her rocky relationship with her sister, who, if we believe Ashley, famously went after all Ashley’s crushes and boyfriends in high school. Daisy is her new big sister. Gary is Ashley’s crush. Thank you, Psych 101.
Anyway, Gary, Ashley, and sweet Kelsie share a cab home from dinner, and readers, I got scared for a second. Gary (jokingly? or not?) suggests a threesome, and I was truly scared shitless. I prayed. I said to God: Do not let me witness a threesome between these people! Luckily, all that happens is Ashley flips over the middle row, flashing the camera in the process, and a chaste kiss between Ashley and Kelsie. Back onboard, Gary heads for the hot tub, and Ashley joins him.
Gabriela and Colin shine at this moment. They sit back and observe the trainwreck that is Gary and Ashley. These two are the comedic relief, the narration, the voice of reason.
“Ashley’s desperate for Gary — like, it’s out of control how desperate she is,” Colin says. Gabriela, in an incredible flash of self-awareness, agrees but adds, “I have no place to say anything.” I would watch these two sidebar all night and am bummed we don’t get more of them throughout the season.
A quick digression: Colin is nothing if not consistent. If someone’s hooking up with Gary, Colin’s going to express equal parts shock and awe every time. “It’s seriously like he has this magic wand and he can cast a spell on these girls. He might actually, accidentally, sleep with every girl on this boat without really trying,” he says later in a confessional. To be fair, even Gary is slightly confused by girls who want to sleep with him. At the villa, Gary says to Daisy, “Who would have sex with me on a normal basis? Let alone when I’m paralytically fucked?”
Back to the hookup: Gary leaves in the middle! He just gets up and goes! I almost feel bad for Ashley. He tells Ashley he’ll be right back (he won’t), goes back to his room, and promptly passes out. He remembers none of this in the morning. According to Ashley, and the footage, the two head down to the guest cabins, she gives him a massage, she blows him (?), and the two have sex. As Ashley summarizes the next day, “I gave him an actual back massage … and then somehow his pants came off.” And so it goes!
Will their love saga continue? Well, we get a glimpse of the new stew, Scarlet, and I’m not so sure what will happen to our dear Ashley and Gary. It looks like Scarlet will be giving Ashley a run for her money in the race for Gary, which is objectively a laughable race. Do any of these girls ever pause and think, We’re fighting over Gary? Who knows. Also giving the crew a run for their money will be next week’s charter guests. In her requests, primary guest Dr. Kim Nichols demands the crew refer to her as “Dr. Nichols” for the duration of the charter. In girlboss we trust!
From the Galley
• Daisy displays expert-level Irish-dancing skills. Why didn’t she perform this at the talent show earlier in the season?
• Kelsie flosses with her hair, again, in public, despite Gabriela reminding her that she found real floss.
- below deck sailing yacht
Most Viewed Stories
- Love Is Blind ’s Alex on the Crucial Tim Convo the Cameras Didn’t Catch
- Cinematrix No. 207: October 19, 2024
- He Never Stood a Chance
- The Old Taylor Swift Reputation Bodysuit Can’t Come to the Phone Right Now
- The 12 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend
- The Verdict Is in on The Lincoln Lawyer Season 3
- A Guide to the Many Lawsuits Against Diddy
Most Popular
What is your email.
This email will be used to sign into all New York sites. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us.
Sign In To Continue Reading
Create your free account.
Password must be at least 8 characters and contain:
- Lower case letters (a-z)
- Upper case letters (A-Z)
- Numbers (0-9)
- Special Characters (!@#$%^&*)
As part of your account, you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York , which you can opt out of anytime.
Who is Dr Kim Nichols? 'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' charter guests' nip slip distracts chef Marcos
With stewardess, Gabriela Barragan deciding to quit 'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' mid-charter season, the interior team comprising of chief stewardess Daisy Kelliher, Ashley Marti, and chef Marcos Spaziani , were pretty much left to fend for themselves. Unfortunately for them, the new set of charter guests are turning out to be the perfect nightmare guests with their erratic demands and obnoxious behavior, leaving Daisy fuming and Marcos blushing.
The primary charter guest- Dr. Kim Nichols, a dermatologist from Greenwich Connecticut, decided to charter Parsifal III with her husband Chris Cabanillas, and their friends. Right from the get-go, the guests began behaving in a difficult manner as they placed their drink orders. While one guest ordered a drink with bacon, another guest demanded a drink called 'transfusion'. When Daisy pointed out that they didn't have any grape juice (one of the ingredients for the transfusion drink), the guest got really upset and complained about bad service. Later, he enquired if there were any grapes available in the pantry, when Daisy said yes, he got her to juice the grapes and make his drink for her.
RELATED ARTICLES
Erica and Chuck Rose tip only $6500, 'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' fans dub them 'classless'
How much does it cost to charter Parsifal III? All about 'Below Deck' sailing yacht
But that was just the beginning of the charter, and Daisy was already feeling exhausted. Chef Marcos too wasn't spared from criticism as the guest who ordered for bacon with his drinks was unhappy with the portion of meat and complained about it. Marcos quickly realized that it wasn't going to be easy to please the guests, so he decided to pull out all the stops and whip up an elaborate spread so that the guests wouldn't have any opportunity to complain about the service or the drinks.
The guests once again managed to trigger Daisy when they showed up late for the dinner. As the dinner service began, chef Marcos decided to pop up and describe the dishes he cooked to the guests. As he began explaining, he suddenly noticed that the primary charter guest Dr. Nichols' (who by the way insisted in the preference sheet that she be addressed as Dr Nichols at all times) nipple was peeking through her dress. Marcos was so distracted by her nipple, that he began fumbling for words and struggled to string a sentence together. He later hurried back to the kitchen and told the whole crew about Dr. Nichols' nipple situation and joked about it.
Sadly for Daisy, things just got increasingly worse as the night progressed. The drunk guests began demanding for drinks, music, and blankets. Since she was the only one managing the service, she struggled to cater to everybody's demands. The guests noticed that and once again began complaining about the poor service on the yacht. Finally towards the end of the night, one of the guests walked up to Daisy and pulled out some cash saying that it was a little something on behalf of the 'aggravation' that she had to put up with from the group. When Daisy refused the money saying she couldn't accept any tips, the guest got annoyed and thre the money at her face and angrily stormed off. He was later heard complaining about how awful the crew was while Dr Nicols lamented about paying $60,000 to be on the yacht!
Considering all the efforts that the crew is putting in to please the guests, we hope that they are tipped generously to reward their efforts.
'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' Season 3 airs every Monday at 8/7c on Bravo.
IMAGES