The Below Deck Crew Member Captain Lee Says He Won't Work With

He often comes across as laid back, but Below Deck fans know that Captain Lee Rosbach isn't afraid to crack the whip when he needs to. Anyone wondering whether Below Deck is real or staged can count on one thing: Rosbach has the very real authority to fire whoever he pleases, mid-charter or otherwise. To that end, he's made it clear there's one crew member who won't be climbing aboard for season 8, should the popular Bravo show get renewed for another season. Captain Lee appeared on The Jenny McCarthy Show alongside chief stew Kate Chastain to spill the beans… and he said that he's basically had it with one particular Below Deck star. When it comes to bosun Ashton Pienaar, there's no coming back from his shocking behavior during the most recent season. Not only was his managerial style called into question, but Pienaar was widely accused of being a misogynist, too. In fact, Pienaar's behavior was generally considered so terrible he was forced to post an apology video on his Instagram story. But the sincerity of Pienaar's apology was called into question when he began deleting negative comments from his posts while simultaneously liking the comments that stuck up for him and his dodgy antics on the show. On After Show, Chastain reckoned he wasn't all that remorseful at the end of the day. She even responded to a news story about how bad Pienaar was feeling about the whole thing with a snarky Tweet, writing, "OH REALLY Ashton, YOU DONT SAY. ... I'm Incandescent with LOL." Now it seems like the Below Deck star has burned his bridges for good. Captain Lee told Jenny McCarthy, Rosbach admitted that he hadn't spoken to his ex-bosun since the show aired, particularly after he learned of Pienaar's aggressive and drunken behavior towards Chastain. In fact, Pienaar's action even led to the chief stew briefly quitting. McCarthy confirmed that Pienaar apologized directly to Chastain for his conduct, but the Below Deck star clarified "I think he's sorry because he's embarrassed for himself. I don't think he's sorry because he cares about any mental duress that he may have caused me." Rosbach clearly agrees. For his part, Pienaar tried to take the high road, writing a lengthy Instagram post in January 2020 that read, "2019 is gone, long live 2020. A new year, a new decade and with it fresh opportunities. Synonymous with the new year is a fresh start, a chance to improve, refine and tweak, off the back of lessons of old." Captain Lee had a bad feeling about Pienaar from the get-go, noting that his drinking habits simply didn't bode well for a good working environment. As he told The Sun, "Anyone that can be that explosive, that continuously gets blackout drunk, has no place on a boat that I run." He also remarked on his former bosun: "I have an inherent distrust for people who constantly refer to themselves in the third person or have to make up a pseudonym for how they behave." What's more, the Below Deck star also blames Pienaar for some of deckhand Rhylee Gerber's bad behavior on the show. In another interview with The Sun, Captain Lee said, "[Ashton] had in his mind from the time Rhylee stepped on board that it wasn’t going to work. And anytime you go into something with the attitude that it’s not going to work. Guess what you’re right. It’s not." Captain Lee thinks Pienaar has an underlying issue with alcohol that he's refusing to deal with, and said this alleged problem could impact job opportunities, particularly if Pienaar injures himself while under the influence and can't complete a job. In fact, Captain Lee openly wondered: "What good is a one-handed bosun to me?" The issue likely hit him even harder considering Captain Lee lost his own son to drug addiction in July 2019. He admitted nothing makes it better, no matter how many months go by, explaining that "You hope that through time you might be able to develop better skills to cope." Still, Captain Lee is hugely grateful for the opportunities he's been given in life, telling The Sun: "I have the best goddamn job in the world... And I'm very appreciative of it." Watch the video to learn about The Below Deck Crew Member Captain Lee Says He Won't Work With! #BelowDeck #CaptainLee