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Below Deck followers have been left feeling dismayed after it was revealed earlier this 12 months that OG Captain Lee Rosbach wouldn’t be returning to the hit franchise that made him a family after 11 seasons of showing on the present.
Rumors swirled that he was retiring, nonetheless, Captain Lee simply revealed that the choice to not come again was made for him.
“I didn’t stop. I didn’t retire,” he advised The Sun-Sentinel. explaining, “I used to be simply not invited again.”
Followers shouldn’t fret although as Captain Lee isn’t fairly completed with Bravo simply but, and even hinted {that a} attainable return may very well be on the horizon.
“We got here to an settlement, and I’m going to be performing some issues for them within the subsequent 12 months. Then, Season 12?” he advised the outlet. “I think about they’ll see what occurs with Season 11, with any person new making an attempt to take over for me, see how they do. If it’s too costly for them, we’ll see what occurs. If the numbers take a tank, would I’m going again? Yeah.”
Nonetheless, Captain Lee defined that after his lengthy tenure and time spent with the franchise, he didn’t admire the best way he discovered about his being let go.
He defined {that a} producer referred to as him over the cellphone to tell him that he was not going to be requested again for season 12, which left him feeling a tad harm. Nonetheless, he says he finally understood their determination.
“I assume I can see their perspective. They actually couldn’t get a straight reply from anybody on how my well being was,” he stated.
Season 11 of Under Deck noticed Captain Lee having to step away from the boat and his captain duties as a result of ongoing well being points. He was controversially changed by Below Deck Mediterranean’s, Captain Sandy Yawn. Captain Lee later returned to complete out the season and praised Bravo for accommodating his well being points.
“Manufacturing was actually nice about it. They acquired me a bodily therapist down there, a therapeutic massage therapist, a medic got here in to stretch my leg each day. I needed to have any person assist gown me. We did every little thing we might to make it work,” he stated.
Captain Lee said that he’s nonetheless underneath contract with Bravo, so followers must wait and see what the community has in retailer for him.