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CAPTAIN Sandy Yawn fired Alissa Humber for being “disrespectful” on tonight’s episode of Below Deck.
She is the second crew member to leave so far in season 10 after Camille Lamb was also sent packing.
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Captain Sandy, 57, who briefly replaced Captain Lee Rosbach, finally decided enough was enough with Alissa, 23.
Tensions have been building on the St David for weeks, with Captain Sandy slamming chief stew Fraser Olender as a “cancer” during the previous episode.
But Alissa really crossed the line when she failed to correctly address Captain Sandy recently.
“Alissa, when you said, ‘Yes, Sandy, I mean Captain’, that was the f**k you in my face,” she explained.
“No matter what job you work in, respect for hierarchy is a must. I’m letting you go.”
Alissa didn’t put up much of a fight as bosun Ross McHarrg was charged with escorting her off the boat.
While the Florida native made her way down to the cabin to tell her colleagues the news, she said to herself: “That is so funny.
“I can’t be even upset about it because I really didn’t do anything.”
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‘DICTATORSHIP’
As she packed up her stuff, Alissa described the mood onboard as “quite a dictatorship” under Captain Sandy.
“I do feel like I’m a scapegoat,” she began. ”I’m the only person that had the balls to speak up and defend our team, besides Fraser.
“It’s impossible to replace Fraser so she had to get the next best thing, and that’s me,” she claimed.
But Captain Sandy did express some sadness over the decision to let go another employee.
“It never feels good to fire a crew member. You’re ending their income, and as a captain, I have to make the hard decisions and I have to live with them.”
‘POWER TRIP’
Below Deck fans were divided over Captain Sandy’s decision, and took to social media to debate the firing.
One accused the Captain of being “desperate for relevancy and fame” and of sacking Alissa for a “storyline.”
Another chimed in to say that Captain Sandy is on a “power trip” after she also fired Camille.
But a third disagreed, writing: “Alissa has been straight up disrespectful to every person above her.”
“Captain Lee would’ve done the same thing… so I don’t blame her one bit for doing that!” wrote another.
‘MALICIOUS’
Captain Sandy hoped that Alissa’s firing would be a lesson for the rest of the interior team, whom she previously caught gossiping about her leadership.
During a sit-down, she told the crew: “It’s about a respect. Your personal opinion is your opinion but you have to respect the hierarchy and the position.
“I don’t like malicious gossip, it starts to infect the vessel. I guarantee you, you’ll have lighter steps, you won’t have that chatter,” she added.
During a later rant, Captain Sandy told chef Rachel Hargrove that Alissa’s lack of respect had been “intolerable.”
Below Deck airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on Bravo and is available to stream on Hayu the same day.
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