After new stew Cathy Skinner joined the crew on Below Deck Mediterranean Season 10, tensions grew between her and stew Kizzi Kitchener not just professionally, but personally as well. The first sparks flew between Cathy and deckhand Max Salvador during Episode 8, and after a flirtatious dinner during the crew night out, Cathy decided to take the plunge.
“I want to kiss Max. I’m so gonna kiss him tonight,” Cathy confided in Kizzi during the supersized Nov. 17 episode.
But as the Bravado crew hopped in the jacuzzi later that night, Kizzi ended up next to Max, and made a surprising move—passionately kissing the object of Cathy’s affections.
“What the f—k?” Cathy asked dumbfounded in her confessional interview.
As Kizzi and Max’s public hookup continued, Cathy declared to chief stew Aesha Scott and chef Josh Bingham, “I’m out. I’m done.” Aesha tried to reassure her, but Cathy added, “I checked out. As much as I like, joked about it—“ She trailed off as she angrily got out of the jacuzzi and headed inside.
Cathy Skinner opens up about connection with Max Salvador on Below Deck Mediterranean
Although Cathy was faced with several eligible bachelors upon joining the Bravado crew, she was drawn to Max. As Kizzi flirtatiously jumped into Max’s arms in the crew mess during the Nov. 17 episode, cameras captured Cathy looking visibly annoyed.
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During the crew night off in Barcelona, Kizzi confessed to producers her intentions for the evening. “Now that I am single, and I’ve got these three very sexy deck boys, I’m just ready to have some fun,” she said referencing Max, bosun Nathan Gallagher, and deckhand Joe Bradley.
Cathy mentioned to Kizzi in the car, “Max literally matches me perfect,” but Kizzi ignored the hint, and replied, “I literally didn’t even think he was hot, and now I’m like, ‘You’re so f—king sexy.’” Cathy agreed, saying, “Yeah. Right?” Kizzi then foreshadowed the events to come by adding, “I feel like the drama starts now.”
Max and Cathy turned up the heat as the crew sat down to dinner out in Barcelona during the Nov. 17 episode. At one point, Max flirtatiously fed Cathy a piece of bread, and she moaned her satisfaction.
“Do you feel like you’re deep into a relationship?” Aesha asked her, and Cathy suggestively replied, “Yeah. I also feel like it could be deeper though.”
As Max got up to leave the table, Cathy asked Max if her hair looked okay, and he playfully gripped her shoulders. “This is the best part of you. Because you’re a bit like sassy, but at the same time, you are classy. This is what I love,” he told her as he stroked her arms.
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Cathy confessed that she was developing feelings for Max. “Max and I are just gravitating towards each other. And it feels like we’re at our own separate table. I can feel this connection, and I can see how the night is going to unravel,” she said, and then added coyly, “Maybe my clothes.”
Cathy decided to ask Kizzi’s thoughts about the flirty vibes coming off of Max as they sat next to each other at dinner in the Nov. 17 episode.
“Do you think, like, this is reciprocated?” Cathy asked of his behavior towards her. Kizzi reassured her she wasn’t imagining it, and insisted he was “100 percent” interested in Cathy.
“I don’t think it’s just in my head,” Cathy added, and Kizzi again reassured her by replying, “You’re f—king stunning.”
Details on Max Salvador and Kizzi Kitchener’s surprising kiss
Max continued to put the moves on Cathy as the crew headed home, by sitting with her legs on his lap in the car, and then carrying her onto the boat. So when Cathy appeared confident in the jacuzzi, and poured a shot of liquor into Max’s mouth, she was shocked to see him hooking up with Kizzi just a moment later. Producers ended the episode with an ominous “To Be Continued.”
Much has changed since Kizzi got back onto dry land following Below Deck Med Season 10 filming, including her relationship status. Don’t miss photos of her stunning engagement ring from pro rugby player Tom Whiteley.
