Below Deck’s Captain Sandy Reveals She Almost Fired Fraser Olender During Season 10, Admits She Regrets Calling Him a ‘Cancer’
27.02.2023 - 23:55
/ usmagazine.com
A learning experience. Below Deck‘s Captain Sandy reflected on her working relationship with Fraser Olender — and revealed that the chief stew was almost let go in season 10.
“There was a moment [where I almost fired him]. Absolutely. Because listen the walls are thin and [it is important to not] jump on their bandwagon. Change that narrative. That’s your role as the superior here,” Sandy, 57, exclusively told Us Weekly on Monday, February 27, while promoting her book Be the Calm or Be the Storm: Leadership Lessons. “You’re absolutely responsible for your team. So I didn’t go to the [interior] team members [with my issues]. I went to the chief stew and said, ‘This isn’t happening. You hired them. Fix it.'”
The Florida native continued: “Like, if you need help, ask me. But until then, I stay out of it. I will only help if I see that the client is suffering in service. If I see something going wrong or there’s disharmony on board in my eyes — that’s when I step in.”
During season 10, viewers saw Fraser and Sandy struggle to see eye to eye after she temporarily replaced Captain Lee. After firing Camille Lamb and Alissa Humber, the Below Deck Mediterranean star raised eyebrows when she referred to Fraser as the “cancer” affecting St. David.
“I had cancer and I will say this — I should have chosen different words,” Sandy admitted to Us on Monday. “I’ve been a captain for many years [and] those were the terms we used. So [in terms of] evolving, I would change my terminology for sure. [It was a] bad choice of words.”
The Be the Calm or Be the Storm author addressed what she felt the England native could have done better in the interior.
“We all need humility in our roles. So, humility isn’t [about] being humiliated. It’s just being