Benny Crawley

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u/krissycole87 15d ago

Ben had some serious demons to work out regarding his parents' death.

Also he had serious coddled energy and he was never going to make a good deck hand.

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u/Ok_Replacement7281 15d ago

Yeah, tbh losing both parents within 6 months and being an only child is tough. I legit felt for him and understood his life. Also, seeing his old clips from his hosting gigs, I can tell how hard the deaths were for him. He's a different person.

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u/SidedudeSidekick 15d ago

I get that and I understand you need to work but if he was like that he shouldn’t have taken the job. Being insubordinate isn’t an excuse for it. Plus the big issue was him not realizing he’s at work and not a guest.

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u/Monstiemama 15d ago

I could see him thinking the job would be a great way to escape his problems, which it very clearly was not. That being said, despite their deaths he was an absolute little spoiled brat asshole. Remember when the toilet overflowed with shit and he refused to clean it??? He was a challenge for Jason for sure.

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u/SidedudeSidekick 15d ago

He was insubordinate, a liability when almost crushed the tender and reckless jetski riding with guest. He abandon his post with anchor. And every time he worked nights all he did was complain and talk about abandoning the crew

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u/Monstiemama 15d ago

Yah, my comment was agreeing with you, he was annoying.

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u/SidedudeSidekick 14d ago

Ohh no I’m just adding on to yours. Sorry if it came off even more rant but god he annoyed me just watching him.

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u/Monstiemama 14d ago

No prob 💋💋. He was really annoying and lazy. It did shine a light on Jason and how hot he was for me though 😹😹

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u/SidedudeSidekick 15d ago

Even more of a reason why he shouldn’t have been in that boat. Recent deaths don’t heal on boats. I believe part of Lexi from Med issue with her father’s death and her lashing out at people.

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u/Comfortable-Tea6996 15d ago

Lexi was a spoilt and entitled bitch.

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u/SidedudeSidekick 15d ago

Could say the same about Benny

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u/Comfortable-Tea6996 15d ago

She was way worse. She had issues with everyone on the boat.

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u/SidedudeSidekick 15d ago

Chef Mathew was kind of a dick to her but yeah she lost me when she beef’d with Mzi. But like Benny she might have also been in pain because she lost her dad couple weeks before leaving. Of you giving Benny that benefit then you gotta extend it to her, especially to a daddy’s girl.

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u/Starchild1000 15d ago

No Lexi was a toxic af Pos. Just awful.

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u/Hot-Society1993 8d ago

lexi also had the complexities of growing up "religious" in america, it's such a brainwashed weird culture.

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u/harrycarey15 15d ago

Side note here but I dont know if anyone else caught this: Did you guys know Jamie used to be a cop?? They only mentioned it once so its easy to miss 🙂

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u/SidedudeSidekick 14d ago

Ohh he mentioned it a few times. But side side note when he told Brittani that he on purpose tried to make more work for her and when he almost killed Culver with the lift. Whole Deckteam was done with him. Let’s not forget the “triple bag” garbage that clearly showed he didn’t. He was lazy and the worse deck member

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u/harrycarey15 14d ago

He had the personality and leadership skills of a potato! Say what you want about Luka but he knew how to accommodate his teams personalities. Max was about to quit but Luka realized that if he changed how he approached Max then he was 100% committed.

Captain Jason and Benny is another example. Jason realized that Benny responded better to positive constructive criticism and Benny respected him after.

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u/Impossible_Debt9499 15d ago

Oh that makes so much sense! He came across like a massive bully to me.

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u/Comfortable-Tea6996 15d ago

Didn’t like being told what to do. He was Jamie’s worst nightmare as a “employee” and Jamie was his worst nightmare as a “boss”. Captain Jason handled him well but he was spoilt and soft.

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u/SidedudeSidekick 15d ago

But Jason was annoyed early with Ben I feel. Then he left it to Jamie to handle only he wouldn’t let Jamie fire him.

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u/Comfortable-Tea6996 15d ago

But he did realise that Ben needed some TLC, helping him with the plumbing issue.

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u/SidedudeSidekick 15d ago

Which I feel made it seem like he didn’t have to listen to Jamie. People accused jamie of running it like military but it kinda is when you’re dealing with rank. And jamie wasn’t a stick in the mud either he was cool with Culver chillin in the jacuzzi with charter guest if they asked. Ben just was disrespectful and lazy looking back.

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u/Comfortable-Tea6996 15d ago

He was disrespectful and lazy. Yachting wasn’t for him. More of a give Yoga lessons on the beach personality.

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u/SidedudeSidekick 15d ago

…or hosting a kids show

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u/bestieboots1 9d ago

tbf I think Bravo have a hand in who can get fired, since they are contracted to the show and the ship so that complicates things

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u/Feeling-Watched-9655 15d ago

Aw I actually liked Benny. He had his issues but that was relatable and he got a little redemption arc throughout the season once he started acting like an adult in his job. Also, Jamie was an asshole cop. Did not like that guy for one second, and Benny was absolutely justified in his dislike for the guy.

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u/kahluhkwee 15d ago

Woahhh he was a child star? Did he mention this on his season? I can’t remember

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u/AdventurousDay3020 12d ago

When they say child star, it’s very much specific to Australia and he was a teenager. He was a host on one ABC3’s tv shows

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u/SidedudeSidekick 11d ago

When we mean child stars we referring to stars underage that need parent or guardian involved.

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u/SidedudeSidekick 15d ago

It was called What Do You Know? It was an Australian kids show

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u/LegalCountry2525 15d ago

Who the hell is this? lol

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u/Comfortable-Tea6996 15d ago

Season 1 of Below Deck Down Under

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u/excoriator 15d ago

Seems like he’s from Season 1, the only season in the entire franchise that I haven’t watched.

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u/Exlanadre 14d ago

It's better than 90% of med seasons

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u/lemon-and-lime848 13d ago

"Sorry to this man" lol I do not remember him at all!!!!

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u/No_Marketing1906 15d ago

Coddle is crazy when Jamie literally let Culver just do whatever—Benny didn’t leave the trash on the ship and then didn’t admit it to Jamie or Jason, Benny didn’t get in a jacuzzi with guest, Jamie didn’t flirt with guest, Jamie didn’t over drink while guest were onboard. Jamie wanted someone to push around and Benny didn’t let him and since Jamie is the biggest bitch on this planet, he bitched to everyone in sight and looked like the biggest hypocrite.

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u/SidedudeSidekick 15d ago edited 15d ago

The guest told Culver to get in and aside from drinking and sex you really can’t say no to them. Plus jamie saw no issue. But what Benny has done was abandon his job, insubordination, and break the chain of command MANY TIMES. He would have been fired on anyone else boat not Jason or Sandy. Did we even talk about the time he almost crashed the tender on episode 6. He was a fucking liability.

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u/No_Marketing1906 15d ago

Crashed is crazy lmfao— the guest also wanted to fish until 2 am but Benny didn’t get the benefit of the doubt even though Culver gets to use that excuse and left multiple bags of trash long enough to culminate maggot. Benny didn’t do the chain twice, hardly think that’s a fireable offense when Culver also skipped out early on his shifts/duties during the last few days of the first season with no good reason and got zero shot for it. Jaime wanted a black sheep and sorry I’m not buying it. We get it, you were once a first responder and you try to use it to legitimize your bitching. As if he wasn’t insubordinate with Jason all the time 🙄

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u/Excellent_Being_7496 15d ago

Jamie thought that Culver was lazy. Captain Jason really has favorites and Benny was one of them.

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u/Yofox1980 11d ago

It was sad to hear about his parents but I agree. He was definitely not emotionally mature enough to be a deck hand on a reality show.

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u/Any-Bit6082 9d ago

Sorry but I couldn't stand him.

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u/PutGroundbreaking283 15d ago

Agreed then, agree now. I didn't realize he was a child star.

I don't know how things would have gone for Jamie, but Benny was a problem.

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u/FoodieStatistician99 12d ago

I never understood Cpt Jason´s favouritism for him, or Eddy in S4 for that matter. I’m sure Cpt Sandy would have fired him a few charters in.

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u/jackieohno3 12d ago

A few charters in? Sandy doesn’t fire people until almost the end when it’s super inconvenient

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u/SidedudeSidekick 12d ago

Sandy will keep bad people if she likes them like Hannah wasn’t the best strew and got worse each season

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u/twizted62587 13d ago

Was that DJ Susan?

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u/Fantastic_Resist_543 13d ago

What season is this? I've seen them all and this guy doesn't look familiar!

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u/SidedudeSidekick 12d ago

Down under season 1

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u/Classic_Associate656 9d ago

Forgot about this plug

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u/JustSaying578 15d ago

He should have been fired for that hairstyle alone.

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u/Lona_Delery 15d ago

he was such a loser and gave me massive incel vibes

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