Courtney Veale and Zee Dempers first met during Season 6 of “Below Deck Mediterranean” and seemed to instantly hit it off. Although the pair clearly had chemistry, viewers were unsure if their connection was more than just a close friendship. During an interview with Decider in 2021, Veale briefly touched on the subject and said, “I thought Zee was great. I’ve been in sticky situations on boats before with boatmances and I didn’t really want to get into that.” She was seemingly unaware that Dempers had a crush on her until she watched the show back. “I didn’t know about this crush that I’ve seen now, these clips that he’s speaking about me and stuff. Obviously, it’s really nice to see but yeah, I thought it was more of a joking thing for him as well.”
Based on past experiences, Veale clearly didn’t want to mix business with pleasure. And although the pair did kiss, Veale seemingly blamed it all on the alcohol. She told the outlet, “Literally, I had no recollection of it which was really bad.”
Veale and Dempers appeared to maintain a strong friendship despite their complicated past, but viewers still perpetuated some heavy online drama over the situation. One fan tweeted, “I’m just not a Courtney fan. I hated how she treated Zee last season.” And when Veale was ultimately picked as lead deck hand, it inevitably made things worse.
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