Kyle Stillie‘s possible hookup with guest Helen Hoey will seemingly remain one of Below Deck‘s biggest mysteries after the deckhand’s conflicting comments about the alleged incident.
The drama started when the season 12 trailer premiered in April, where Bravo viewers saw Kyle was seen potentially hooking up with a guest at the beach in full view of his coworkers. In the footage, Captain Kerry confronted Kyle, who wouldn’t confirm what happened. Kyle asked producers whether his comment about “f***ing” a guest whose husband was on charter was “a joke,” and an offscreen producer asked him the exact same question back.
“We’re going to see how it all develops on the show. If one of my staff is with a married person on the boat, they’re not going to stay on the boat,” Kerry teased to Us Weekly at the time. “You’re breaking a boundary there that you can’t cross.”
After catching wind of the rumors, Kerry confirmed to Us that he took matters into his own hands.
“There was an investigation done. I’m not too sure how much of that will be shown but I did a thorough investigation before I made my decision,” Kerry said, while teasing whether Kyle was fired for the situation. “It will be interesting to see what happens after I interviewed each of the crew members — including what was actually said behind [my back].”
Kerry noted that he could only get involved once he was made aware.
“I don’t get to see what’s going on Below Deck because I’m in the wheelhouse or I’m over here and I can’t be everywhere,” he explained. “I don’t micromanage. I allow my crew to grow and I like to be here and to help encourage people. There’s a lot I don’t see and there’s even more I don’t want to see.”
Leading up to the confrontation between Kyle and Kerry, most of Us saw the interactions between Kyle and Helen border flirtatious but not cross any lines. In fact, all cameras remained on Kyle as he carried Helen around in the water at a topless beach — in full view of her husband, Richard.
Imagine the crew — and Us‘ — surprise when Helen departed St. David and Kyle started to tell everyone that he secretly had sex with her in public. He claimed he “stuck it in” while they were in full view of everyone and that made it back to Kerry. By the time Kyle sat down with his boss, he walked back the comments he made and claimed he was just joking around.
Viewers at home, however, were left conflicted based on Kyle’s confusing behavior off screen. Keep scrolling for a breakdown of every comment Kyle made about whether he did — or didn’t — hook up with Helen:
