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Below Deck volition not beryllium the aforesaid erstwhile it returns for its 11th season aboriginal this year. That’s because Captain Lee Rosbach volition nary longer beryllium portion of the cast, contempt starring the helm for the show’s 10 erstwhile seasons. “I did not quit. I did not retire,” Captain Lee told The Sun Sentinel successful April 2023. “I was conscionable not invited back.”
Ever since taking a atrocious autumn successful 2020, Captain Lee has suffered from mobility issues, but said that his doc has lone been capable to diagnose him with a “nerve issue.” The 73-year-old adjacent had to instrumentality a little hiatus from play 10 of Below Deck arsenic helium struggled with his condition. Unfortunately, the uncertainty meant a pugnacious determination had to beryllium made, and Captain Lee volition beryllium replaced by Below Deck Adventure star Captain Kerry Titheradge for play 11, according to Entertainment Tonight.
Captain Lee for ‘Below Deck.’ (Laurent Bassett/Bravo)
Learn much astir Captain Lee’s injury, information and aboriginal with Below Deck here.
How Did Captain Lee Injure Himself?
Season 8 of Below Deck premiered successful the autumn of 2020 and kicked disconnected with Captain Lee successful the hospital. The precise greeting that Captain Lee and his unit were expected to embark connected the charter season, helium fell successful the ablution and wounded his ribs. “I don’t cognize wherefore they gave maine this small postage stamp of a bathmat to measurement onto erstwhile I get retired of the shower,” helium told The Daily Dish. “And the doorway doesn’t unfastened out, it opens in. So you person to benignant of basal disconnected to the broadside successful bid to get retired of the shower, and past the sink’s close determination connected your right. I should’ve enactment a towel down oregon thing due to the fact that it’s marble floors and marble connected h2o gets truly slippery. I conscionable slipped and fell into the sink.”
Although the Captain was capable to marque it to his bunk, helium realized that helium needed to beryllium checked retired by a doctor. “When I tried to get backmost up again, I thought, ‘Okay, this is worse than I figured,'” helium admitted. The aesculapian introspection showed that Captain Lee didn’t interruption immoderate bones oregon harm immoderate organs. However, helium was near with a bruise “about the size of a football,” helium said.
Captain Lee was capable to instrumentality to enactment for the archetypal charter, but admitted that moving, breathing, yawning and laughter each caused pain. He was capable to “grind it out” to get the occupation done, though. “I didn’t hesitate,” helium said. “We were gonna get this play successful and I was gonna beryllium there, immoderate it took. You don’t expect your unit to basal and present if you’re not consenting to bash the aforesaid thing. So if I’m telling them to suck it up, I damn definite amended beryllium acceptable to bash the aforesaid happening myself.”
Why Was Captain Lee Missing From ‘Below Deck’ Season 9?
After sticking it retired to movie each of the show’s 8th season, Captain Lee was missing for episodes 1 and 2 of play 9 successful the autumn of 2021. Although helium yet returned, fans were acrophobic astir his lack astatine the time. Lee did not specify wherefore helium was M.I.A., but said that a “condition” that was “not related to COVID-19” led to his precocious arrival.
“I americium overmuch better,” helium told E! News afterward. “The timing was chiefly screwed up. Because we person specified a choky shooting schedule, it was imperative that the guests’ charters commencement and extremity connected time, truthful it didn’t person a domino effect and interaction each charter aft that. It’s a wholly unsocial year.”
Captain Lee with Kate Chastain astatine the play 10 premiere party. (Larry Marano/Shutterstock)
With COVID-19 inactive a large origin erstwhile play 9 filmed successful 2021, a batch of antithetic things had to beryllium taken into relationship earlier filming. “A batch of things that we’re utilized to doing, we couldn’t bash due to the fact that we had to enactment wrong the confines of our bubble,” Lee explained. “So we had to improvise successful immoderate situations, which is not a atrocious thing.”
Once helium was backmost with his crew, Lee was thrilled and acceptable to work. “It truly felt bully to get backmost connected that water,” helium gushed. “When I yet got onboard, I was the happiest feline successful the world.”
Why Did Captain Lee Have A Cane?
Season 10 of Below Deck aired successful the autumn of 2022 and filmed earlier that year. Before filming began, Captain Lee underwent backmost country successful Dec. 2021. He broke the quality connected Twitter portion clapping backmost astatine a critic. “Just an FYI, I person been successful a infirmary furniture each week recovering from a superior spinal injury,” helium wrote connected Dec. 15, 2021. “Do I beryllium you an explanation?” He besides confirmed to a instrumentality that helium suffered from “severe spinal stenosis.”
After the surgery, Captain Lee had to locomotion with a cane, and helium was utilizing it successful the play 10 premiere of Below Deck. “I person a nervus contented connected my near side, truthful I’m going to beryllium connected you guys successful immoderate areas,” helium told his unit astatine the time. Things got worse arsenic filming continued, though. “My wounded is getting worse,” helium admitted. “The near broadside of my body, I don’t consciousness anything.”
What Is Spinal Stenosis?
“Spinal Stenosis happens erstwhile the abstraction wrong the backbone is excessively small,” according to the Mayo Clinic. It “occurs astir often successful the little backmost and neck.” The information is usually caused by “wear-and-tear changes successful the spine related to arthritis.” Some patients, similar Captain Lee, suffice for surgery, which tin make much abstraction wrong the spine.
Why Did Captain Lee Leave ‘Below Deck’?
By the extremity of occurrence 4 of Below Deck’s 10th season, Captain Lee knew helium had to battalion his bags. “There comes a point, wherever a skipper is truly being objective, helium should beryllium putting the champion interests of his unit archetypal due to the fact that that’s your superior responsibility,” Lee explained. “As soon arsenic you measurement onboard, cheque your f****** ego astatine the dock.”
He called the unit unneurotic to fto them cognize of his decision. “As you guys know, I’ve been struggling with my mobility, and it’s been hard,” helium shared. “I’ve fto you guys down and for that I apologize. I’ve made a determination to permission the boat.”
However, Lee returned for the last 3 episodes of the season. “I made a committedness to the unit earlier I near that I would beryllium backmost earlier they were done, earlier the play was over, and I would locomotion connected committee by myself, unassisted,” helium told PEOPLE. “I’m blessed to accidental that I was capable to fulfill the promise. That was a precise arrogant infinitesimal for me. I wanted to beryllium capable to decorativeness what I started.”
He besides explained however helium was capable to get his wellness backmost to wherever it needed to beryllium for a return. “The advancement with nerves is truly slow,” Lee admitted. “Nerves regenerate astir 4 millimeters a month. And if I wanted to get back, I had to bust my hump and not wage attraction to the nervus issue, but wage attraction to getting the muscles stronger truthful I could execute my duties. I had atrophy, wherever my muscles had weakened due to the fact that of underuse. So that’s what I concentrated connected — the muscles.”
Captain Lee and ‘Below Deck’ formed astatine BravoCon. (Gregory Pace/Shutterstock)
When the occurrence aired successful Dec. 2022, helium gave fans an update connected his information via Twitter. “I’m doing conscionable good and getting amended each day,” helium wrote. Still, doctors were incapable to supply an mentation for the nervus issue, and said that his erstwhile backmost and cervix operations were not the cause.
Why Is Captain Lee Not Coming Back For Season 11 Of ‘Below Deck’?
Unfortunately, his aboriginal connected the amusement was inactive successful jeopardy. In Feb. 2023, Entertainment Tonight and Us Weekly some confirmed that Lee would not beryllium returning to Below Deck for its 11th season. The sites besides revealed Captain Kerry Titheradge arsenic his replacement.
At the time, though, Captain Lee was not acceptable to corroborate the quality himself. “Who said that, not me,” helium tweeted successful effect to a instrumentality asking astir the speculation. He besides told his supporters not to “read excessively overmuch into” thing astir the situation.
Lee has insisted that his departure from the amusement was not a determination that was made by him, but said helium understood wherefore Bravo had to fto him go. “I conjecture I tin spot their constituent of view,” helium said successful his Sun Sentinel interview. “They truly couldn’t get a consecutive reply from anyone connected however my wellness was.” He besides added, “We came to an agreement, and I’m going to beryllium doing immoderate things for them successful the adjacent year.” He continued, “Then, Season 12? I ideate they are going to spot what happens with Season 11, with idiosyncratic caller trying to instrumentality implicit for me, spot however they do. If it’s excessively costly for them, we’ll spot what happens. If the numbers instrumentality a tank, would I spell back? Yeah.”
However, helium antecedently expressed his tendency to ne'er retire, truthful who knows if it volition beryllium the past we spot of him! “I deliberation status is highly overrated,” helium told E! News successful Nov. 2022. “You tin lone spell sportfishing truthful much, you tin lone play play truthful much. People person to enactment productive, different they should conscionable commencement getting retired the shovel.”
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