Kate Chastain has been one of the leading faces behind Below Deck since the show’s inception, though she has not been very forthcoming about her love life over the years. Back in season 4, we learned that Chastain was in a relationship, though things got a little rocky between the two following the season finale. So does Chastain still have a girlfriend?
Inside Kate Chastain’s romantic life
Prior to the fourth season of Below Deck, Chastain refusedto talk about her love life outside of the show. That all changed in season 4when the Below Deck star revealed that she was in a relationship withone Ro Hernandez.
While talking to her co-stars, Chastain revealed that this washer first relationship with a woman. She also said that she only agreed to dateHernandez after they hung out on several occasions.
By the time Chastain started filming season 4, she and Hernandezhad been together for at least one month.
Although things were going good, Kate Chastain’s romance hit ahuge snag following the end of season 4. According to Distractify,the relationship hit a tipping point after Chastain was charged with stranglingHernandez during a fight in Florida.
Chastain later admitted that filming the show put a lot of stresson their romance. The time apart also did not help and only drove them furtherapart. Following the domestic violence charges, the pair decided to part waysfor good.
The Below Deck star is now a single woman, though it isunclear if she will ever open up about her relationship status again.
Chastain talks about her sexual preferences
While Chastain is usually a fairly private person, she opened upabout her sexuality after her relationship with Hernandez was made public.
Despite dating another woman, Chastain does not identify as alesbian. Instead, the reality star likes to stay away from labels and is notinterested in being called a lesbian.
In fact, Kate Chastain revealed that her romance with Hernandez was completely out of her comfort zone. She also stated that she probably won’t be dating women ever again.
That said, Chastain confessed that she is happy to pursue arelationship with anyone who makes her happy, so having another girlfriend isnot completely out of the question. When it comes to sharing her personalexperiences, it sounds like Chastain is going back to her old ways.
Last year, the chief stew told fans that she is definitely goingto proceed with caution when talking about her romantic life. She also saidthat she and Hernandez have not talked in a long time and probably won’tanytime soon.
What about Kate Chastain’s season 6 boyfriend?
As fans will recall, Chastain sparked up another romance inseason 6 of Below Deck. While her fellow crew members were looking forlove during the charter season, Chastain was holding back because she wasdating a man back home.
The two kept up their relationship when Chastain went off tofilm, but, once again, the distance proved too much for the couple.
At one point in the season, Chastain realized that she did notwant to keep dating the guy, who she discovered was actually kind of a weirdo.
According to Bravo,what really turned her off was how he constantly gave her gifts that featuredher dog, halo. This includes a portrait of Halo for her birthday and a t-shirtwith the pup’s face on it.
After seeing the screen-printed tee, Chastain realized thatenough was enough.
“I remember exactly where I was. I was in the stew pantrywithJosiah [Carter], and I was like, ‘Ooh, I got a text from the guy I’mseeing.’ And it was a photo of my mom holding up the T-shirt with my dogscreen-printed,” Chastain shared.
Once she returned home, Chastain broke up with the mystery guyand has not regretted the decision one bit.
She has also dipped her toes back in the dating pool, though shestill has not found her perfect match. With season 7 of Below Deck nowunderway, Chastain recently made some interesting remarks about Ben Robinson,sparking rumors that they may have hooked up.
Unfortunately, nothing official has been confirmed so fans willhave to wait and see how that one shakes out.
Watch Kate Chastain in action when season 7 of Below Deckcontinues every Monday night on Bravo.
