All The Flings Gary King Was Involved In On Below Deck Sailing Yacht

Delivering five-star service on a moving vessel where guest expectations exceed reality is not a career for the faint of heart, just ask any seasoned deckhand or stewardess. Add in the added pressure of tight-living spaces, unpredictable weather, and 14-hour workdays — and the stress could make just about anyone crumble. What keeps yachties going are fat tips and spending time in some of the most luxurious places in the world. Another factor is the carefree — and generally attractive — twenty-to-thirty-something crew members that choose to make money aboard a floating hotel. Hookups are bound to happen, even in the smallest of bunk beds, making the charter season more bearable or a downright disaster — depending on how things play out.

 Lucky for us viewers, we get to watch it all go down on Bravo's "Below Deck." The docu-series follows the ins and outs of yachties aboard some of the chicest motor yachts in the world. The popular series also spanned several spin-offs including "Below Deck Mediterranean," "Below Deck Down Under," and "Below Deck Sailing Yacht." From multi-course meals adorned with flakes of gold to elaborate-themed parties where no request is too extreme, "Below Deck" delivers drama year after year. When they're not serving guests, many of these yachties are blowing off steam by hooking up with each other. No one knows it better than "BDSY" alumni Gary King, who has had his fair share of love affairs. We're taking a look at all the flings Gary King was involved in on "Below Deck Sailing Yacht."

It was a turbulent season for bosun Gary King on Season 2 of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht." The New Zealander dove right into the drama on his debut season, stealing the hearts of not one but two of his coworkers. While he didn't waste any time having a one-night-stand with his co-worker Sydney Zaruba early on in the season, King's affections quickly shifted to Alli Dore. After establishing with Zaruba he didn't want to pursue anything further, his relationship with Dore began to heat up.

The stewardess ultimately found out about King and Zaruba's hookup, however, — and chose to break things off with the bosun. "I felt like I had no choice. I couldn't continue to act on something that I didn't feel was right," she shared on Instagram Live (via Reality Blurb!). Despite trying to steer clear (pun intended) of her feelings for King, their relationship picked back up again towards the end of the season. The two of them remained on the yacht after the charter season ended to assist in the boat's crossing. 

"Yeah, Alli and I, actually, that's where we built our relationship up, and we actually, I'd say, became a couple, if I can say that, Alli, for the crossing until we got to Palma," King revealed on the reunion episode. Ultimately distance did not make the heart grow fonder, however, and Dore and King called it quits upon the stewardess returning to Australia. 

While Gary King may have moved on from Sydney Zaruba early on after their hookup, she didn't take too kindly to their romance fizzling out. Zaruba made digs at Alli Dore throughout the season after King made it known he had feelings for the stewardess. Zaruba opened up about her actions on "Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen" saying, "All I know is things that happened in this season and things that I said were not indicative of who I am, and I'm very upset about the way that I portrayed myself because I was hurting and feeling rejected on national television."

Dore revealed during the reunion episode that Zaruba slept with King knowing that the bosun had a long-term girlfriend at home. King later admitted he was unfaithful to his ex-girlfriend and broke things off, saying, "I couldn't live with myself for knowing what I had done." The messy love triangle between King and the two yachties played out on television, and Zaruba's hurt feelings strained any hope for a friendship with Dore. "You've only cared about how you've looked on TV. You haven't, like, one-on-one, tried to contact me and say, 'I'm so sorry for the things that I said.' You really hurt my feelings. I'm just really emotional about it," Dore revealed on "WWHL." While Zaruba apologized to Dore during the reunion episode, she admitted she hadn't reached out sooner because she was still processing and self-reflecting.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks, just like you can't expect Gary King not to hook up with his crew members. Season 3 of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht" proved to be just as messy for King as Season 2, as he once again couldn't resist the temptation of the stewardesses onboard. He quickly caught the eye of Ashley Marti, who made her attraction for the bosun known almost immediately. 

Marti and King ultimately spent the night together, but their drunken tryst quickly became the topic of viewer backlash. Fans criticized the stewardess for what they felt was her coercing a heavily intoxicated King into hooking up with her. King shut down the rumors on "Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen." When asked whether or not he felt assaulted, he responded, "I don't, and I appreciate everyone standing up for me, but I've got a voice of my own and I could use it if I felt I was assaulted."

As per Marti, she skipped out on the reunion episode amidst the controversy. "'I did not have the energy nor the desire to continue to be a puppet for Bravo, in addition to feeling like I would not be able to fully tell my side of the story due to editing," she wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post (via Daily Mail). She did cash in on her OnlyFans account, however, tweeting, "I love waking up and seeing that in a couple hours, I've made more money than #Bravo paid me for 6 weeks."

Ashley Marti wasn't the only stewardess Gary King had his eye on in Season 3 of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht." Gabriela Barragan had her own flirtation with the bosun while onboard Parsifal III. Marti, who seemingly had more feelings for King than he had for her, was less than thrilled with her two co-workers getting cozy. In one clip, Marti confides in Barragan about her sexual frustrations onboard, when King interrupts the stewardesses' girl chat by flirting. Barragan tells the bosun, "We're all way out of your league," to which he replies, "I know you are, so don't kiss me again." King then goes on to admit that he had kissed all the women onboard, except for one female deckhand. In her confessional, Marti is put off by the situation, admitting, "This whole Gabriela-Gary situation is f***ing frustrating — like I could have f***ed Gary already."

With King in the middle of the stewardesses' love triangle, the shade-throwing between Marti and Barragan got even more tense as the charter season went on. King and Barragan's fleeting romance was ultimately cut short after the stewardess chose to leave mid-charter-season after struggling with her mental health. On "Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen," Barragan admitted she was shocked to see Marti diss her behind her back when episodes aired. "I honestly did not know how much she hated me until I saw the episodes ... to my face she wasn't so nasty."

When Gabriela Barragan called it quits in Season 3, stewardess Scarlett Bentley joined the Parsifal III crew to save the day. The blonde bombshell was an immediate distraction for Gary King, who had already involved himself with co-workers Ashley Marti and Barragan while onboard. They say the third time's the charm — but as far as stewardesses go — King's attraction for Bentley only caused more drama.

During Season 3 Episode 13, Bentley admits that King's constant flirting leaves her worried about her working relationship with Marti. "He is fun to flirt with. I love it. But there's tension with Ashley and I don't want any drama ... like I feel like I have to keep it good. It's so annoying," Bentley says in her confessional. In the preview clip, King eventually makes his move on Bentley in the most romantic of places — the laundry room. After allegedly looking for his shorts, the two wind up making out. "You know, I don't know what is about Scarlett that I'm attracted to," the bosun says in his confessional, "I mean she's definitely flirting with me, and I'm going to flirt back because I'm quite a flirtatious person." 

Ultimately, their romance burned out as bright as it began, with mounting tensions with Marti being a major factor. Bentley eventually found love off of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht," and lives in San Diego, as of this writing. She frequently posts Instagram snaps with her personal trainer boyfriend, Joey Lennon.

Ever since Gary King and Daisy Kelliher made their debut in Season 2 of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht," fans have pushed for them to be together. They've maintained a close friendship — that sometimes leads to drunken make-outs — throughout their time together on the series. Kelliher has always downplayed her relationship with King as platonic, even if Parsifal III's Captain Glenn Shephard doesn't agree. "I wasn't surprised at all," Captain Shephard said of their hot tub makeout during the reunion. "There's obviously something going on there."

Season 4 promises to shake things up between the two yachties. After Kelliher hooks up with King's best friend and Chief Engineer Colin Macrae, King is forced to re-evaluate his feelings for the chief stew. "I'd say to a certain extent I was a bit jealous," King told Us Weekly. "Daisy and I, we do have a connection regardless of whether she denies it or not," he added. "And I think anyone in this world will be a bit jealous if they see the person that they've got a connection with hooking up with someone else. I mean, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous."

As for Kelliher, she told Page Six, "Why did he care? He had three years to come and get me, and he never did, so like, f**k off." She went on to admit she felt it was King's hurt ego, and less of his hurt feelings, that caused his reaction to the hookup.

Is there ever a charter season in which Gary King doesn't find himself attracted to one or more stewardesses? From his track record over the last three seasons, his hookup streak shows no sign of stopping. Season 4 of "Below Deck Sailing Yacht" saw returning cast members as well as new faces, and the chief officer wasted no time getting cozy with the interior department. Stewardess Mads Herrera has been the object of his affection for this charter season — when he's not flirting with his good friend and chief stew Daisy Kelliher.

Herrera and King hooked up shortly after the season began. The news put deckhand Alex Propson in an awkward position, who also was interested in the stewardess. In an Entertainment Tonight preview clip, King interrupts a flirty conversation between Propson and Herrera to define his hookup with the stewardess. "Now that we've hooked up twice, I just want to know what you want out of it?" he asks. "If you want a casual hook-up, by all means, I'm all down for that," he says in the clip. "I'm fine with that," Herrera replies while giggling. The chief officer goes on to jokingly call her out for flirting with other crew members.

Despite King's protests, Herrera has a mind — and flirt — of her own. "I don't want anyone to, like, hinder me," she revealed in her confessional. "I'll flirt with Alex if I want to. Tell me what to do, I'll tell you to f**k off."