On Season 11 of Below Deck, Kyle Stillie came on board St. David single but ended up embarking on a whirlwind romance with stew Barbara “Barbie” Pascual. Now, the Scottish deckhand is sharing more about what happened between the two after cameras stopped rolling.
“The girl I met last year—f—king tried to make it work, but I was like a lost little puppy, mate,” Kyle explained to deckhand Damo Yorg on the Season 12 premiere of Below Deck, which aired on June 2. “I really just f—king went for it.”
“What happened to me and Barbie after St. David? When I got to Miami, we linked up and had a beautiful relationship,” he continued in a confessional. “And I think part of me still does love that girl.”
Noting they’re “very different people,” Kyle added, “Our core—we don’t connect.”
But, Kyle shared he’s now ready to move on after the relationship ended. When asked by chief stew Fraser Olender if he’s single, he replied, “Of course, mate.”
Later, as producers showed a Season 11 flashback of Kyle kissing Fraser, Kyle admitted, “I’m a little bit like last year.”
Does that mean Fraser is ready to lock lips with single Kyle for a second season?
“Bit touchy-feely?” Fraser asked of Kyle’s mindset. “Yeah, I like that.”
Why did Kyle Stillie and Barbie Pascual end their relationship?
Things started to fall apart between Kyle and Barbie in the Season 11 finale when they got into a disagreement on the last crew night out. Barbie became annoyed when Kyle jumped into the water naked.
“I am in the wrong. I am in the wrong,” Kyle said at the time. “I’m trying my heart out here, and I’m sorry I’m being such an idiot. I am being an idiot. I’ve not felt like this in a long time, and you know that.”
The two followed it up with “I love you “declarations, and Kyle even told his mother on a phone call that he’d fallen “in love.”
But then the two once again fell out, when Barbie didn’t feel Kyle was defending her enough from other stews on the St. David. She decided to end their relationship for good, and confirmed on the May 13, 2024 episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen that she and Kyle were no longer an item.
Barbie Pascual reflects on Kyle Stillie relationship
During the same 2024 episode of WWHL, Barbie admitted that she looked back at her time with Kyle fondly.
Discussing Kyle’s declaration that he was falling in love with her, Barbie shared, “You know, I actually thought it was really cute.”
“One of the fans commented on my picture saying [they felt like] they’re watching the real-life Titanic playing out on TV, like he’s Jack and I’m Rose,” she continued. “And it’s kind of cute, honestly.”
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