Jill Zarin of The Real Housewives of New York City is coming to add some spice to the second half of Below Deck season 11.
On Monday, Bravo dropped the midseason trailer for the popular reality show and teased the arrival of the RHONY original cast member, 60, who starred on the show from 2008 to 2011. In the clip, Zarin appears as a demanding charter guest who pushes the yacht’s staff to their limits.
“This is a buffet meal,” Zarin says in the new clip. “It shouldn’t be a three-hour meal. Make it better.”
She goes on to tell the staff that her “burger’s cold,” and the video then cuts to Chef Anthony Iracane voicing his confusion and frustration over the situation with the Real Housewives of New York City legend.
“Can I have a translator in the galley, please?” he says. “Because I have no idea what the f**k is going on right now.”
Last month, Capt. Kerry Titheradge and chief stew Fraser Olender spoke with US Weekly about Zarin’s appearance on the show and said that she was certainly one guest that fans would enjoy watching, even if that meant trouble for the crew.
“She’s sweet. She’s very lovely and very funny — but demanding,” Fraser said. “[But] all guests are demanding. They’re charter guests and they’ve got their preferences and sometimes they can be frustrating.”
The rest of the nearly three-minute trailer promises tears, hookups and a tense moment where Titheradge tells one member of the St. David’s staff that they do not have a future working on the yacht.
“I’ve done everything I can for you to succeed. The issue is, you are not thriving,” Titheradge tells a staff member who is not seen on camera. “If you’re not all-encompassing, adding value to the rest of the crew, I can’t have you here.”
Also on board in the last nine episodes of season 11 is a new steward on the St. David who shakes things up for the crew members and the established relationships already underway prior to the new arrival showing up on the scene.
“She’s an attractive girl,” deckhand Kyle Stillie says.
“Bloody hell, I’m in trouble,” adds deckhand Ben Willoughby.
Below Deck airs Mondays at 9 p.m. on Bravo.
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