Beneath Deck‘s Captain Kerry Titheradge poked enjoyable on the prospect of taking off his shirt.
Through the Monday, September 8, episode of the hit Bravo collection, the final visitors of the constitution season requested deckhands Kyle Stillie and Damo Yorg to “be shirtless” earlier than taking them on a trip within the water.
Kerry confirmed his assist for the request.
“Properly we’re right here to please, proper?” he mentioned earlier than elaborating in a confessional. “I’m loving their power. They’re flirty and enjoyable however I don’t see them crossing the road.”
Kerry added: “If I didn’t have a dad bod, my shirt can be off too.”
Season 12, which premiered in June 2025, provided some uncommon perception into Captain Kerry and his private life. A June episode talked about his girlfriend, Ghönül Bihan, when he mentioned how they initially met.
“My girlfriend, they get in the future off every week [on their boat],” he informed stew Barbara Kulaif. “She labored for me after I was married. Just a few years later, I mentioned, ‘How about we exit for dinner?’”
Captain Kerry joined Beneath Deck in season 11 after beforehand starring on the short-lived Beneath Deck Journey spinoff. He took over for Captain Lee Rosbach, who was on Beneath Deck because it initially premiered in 2013.
“That got here proper out of left discipline. I didn’t see that one coming in any respect,” Lee solely informed Us Weekly in Could 2023. “[I was told], ‘We want to transfer in a brand new route.’ However I imply, that’s type of a cliché that everyone makes use of after they discover themselves in that scenario the place they’re going to let anyone go. ‘I’m going to maneuver in a brand new route. We wish to freshen it up a little bit.’ [They are] drained clichés that get overused.”
Kerry, in the meantime, was grateful for all of the Beneath Deck captains for welcoming him into the franchise.
“All people [reached out]. On the best way right down to Grenada, I used to be chatting with Lee within the automobile. He was speaking concerning the boat. He talked about Fraser [Olender] and Ben [Willoughby],” he defined to Us in Could 2024. “[Captain] Jason [Chambers] reached out. [Captain] Glenn [Shephard] reached out. We choose on one another quite a bit, so he calls me his stunt double. It’s an enormous household. We genuinely are. It’s nice.”
Kerry beforehand mentioned taking on after Lee led the present for 10 seasons.
“I do know I’ve huge sneakers to fill — however I prefer it that manner,” Kerry mentioned throughout a 2024 episode of the present. “All of us have good days filled with rainbows and unicorns after which we now have some unhealthy days. I anticipate perfection. You’re employed arduous, you can be rewarded. You f*** round, and I’ll f***ing flip in a heartbeat.”
Beneath Deck airs on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the subsequent day on Peacock.