After a firing in Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5 sounded, Chase Lemacks, a Season 4 veteran, walked back onboard this series. Danni Warren immediately took notice of Chase, as did her fellow stew, Diana Cruz. However, Danni won the spot on his arm, as she was the more assertive woman of the two.
But Danni and Chase still faced other obstacles. They could not talk about their post-filming plans without miscommunicating their expectations. And when their pasts entered the equation, whew, MESSES happened.
Then, when BDSY Season 5 wrapped, we learned that Danni and Chase officially dated. But where do these two now stand? And what happened onboard the Parsifal III that made their romance revelation so shocking?
Danni Warren and Chase Lemacks meet onboard BDSY Season 5
Poor Emma Crouch. This deckhand got the axe in Episode 8. Her firing was valid, as she often failed to remember basic skills, such as knot tying and tender driving. When Emma finally walked the pier, Chase slid in to take over her vacated position.
But when Danni and Diana saw Chase, their white serving gloves came (somewhat) off. First, they both exclaimed how hot Chase was. Then, in her confessional, Danni stressed that she would not turn Chase down. She also noted that when she wants something, she “will fight to the death for it.”
As for Diana, she quipped, “Danni has had her chance with [so] many guys. Just step aside and give me a chance. It’s my time to shine.”
Back to Danni, she now wants to “climb him like a tree.” But Diana notes, “Welcome to the war.”
Over Chase? Really?
By Episode 10, both girls were giving Chase their best. However, the favor swung to Danni after she and Chase got sent out on an excursion to procure Rosé for their guests. They worked well together, Danni noted. Diana also tried to spend quality time with Chase, but Danni kept interrupting their chats, as she wanted that newly arrived fresh meat all to herself.
As we all know, Danni won this weird war.
A rocky boatmance forms between Danni Warren and Chase Lemacks
As Danni took her flirtatious moments with Chase to the next level, Daisy Kelliher, her boss, started seeing red. When guests are onboard, her stews must work, not cuddle in random corners of the yacht. But Danni also called out Daisy, telling her department head she was taking the joy out of yachting.
As Danni and Chase grew closer, the dynamics between Daisy and Danni remained off. But Danni and Chase shared equally frustrating vibes, taking the joy out of yachting for all of us.
Danni and Chase only knew each other for a handful of days, and Danni was already smitten. Several days in, she began asking questions about where they stood. As Chase stated, however, they agreed not to label this flirty boatmance. He was not yet ready to commit himself to anyone, especially not someone he had only known for two weeks.
This frustrated Danni. She had been romanticizing their romance in her head this entire time. But as Chase reminded her, they had plans after their cameras went down. And their plans were happening on opposite sides of the world, so making things work was borderline impossible. But instead of running away, Danni persisted, arguing that they could still make fetch happen.
Danni and Chase spent the rest of this season in an on-again, off-again-styled routine. They were either flirty friends or annoyed acquaintances. But in the finale, Chase finally admitted that he held real feelings for Danni. Yet, their schedules were not in alignment, so hopefully, they could at least leave this season on a positive note, he said.
As for Danni, she ended BDSY Season 5 with a joke. When asked about her plans after leaving this series, she said she wanted to make a boy fall in love with her. UGH.
Post-filming, Danni Warren and Chase Lemacks lived together on a sailboat, where their romance sank
As BDSY Season 5 wrapped, we learned that Danni and Chase went on to date. This reveal was shocking, as in the finale, Chase told Danni that he wanted to see her soon. However, he had plans to score a yacht master training certificate, which would then launch him into a five-year circumnavigation course via his boat. Chase had no time for a relationship, but Diana must have been like, wanna bet?
In a postscript update, the producers revealed that Danni prevailed. Even though Chase had plans to further his career, Danni took a risk and visited him on his boat. Things between them must have gone well because production stated they went on to date and sail together for roughly an entire year.
But sadly, production had tea more to spill. Danni and Chase eventually called their romance off. This note stopped here, failing to explain why Danni and Chase ended their relationship. And as this franchise is a tough one for reunions, this tea left us with many questions.
Thankfully, our inquiries were just (somewhat) answered.
Toxic rumors mount regarding the newly-failed boatmance between Danni Warren and Chase Lemacks
Unrelated, I love the combination of Daisy and Aesha Scott. Luckily (for me), these Chief Stews just appeared on Watch What Happens Live together. And now, all I want is a spin-off series featuring ONLY the long-term yachties from this franchise.
While Andy Cohen had these legends in his clubhouse, he noted that something must have happened recently between Danni and Chase. Andy suspected something was off, as when Danni was on WWHL a few weeks ago, her answers to his pre-planned games came across as less than favorable for her beloved deckhand.
So, Andy asked Aesha and Daisy if they had heard anything about this romance. “I’ve heard rumors,” Daisy answered. Throwing shade into her voice, Aesha then parroted this same statement. Choosing her voice as the narrator, Andy asked Aesha to elaborate.
“Apparently, they were on a sailboat, and things [got] really dark and toxic. And then they weren’t paying their sailboat repair man, so they had to flee town. And it got all really dark and twisted, and then they broke up,” Aesha explained.
Meanwhile, Daisy sat in shock, laughing and listening while wearing a WTF expression. She was only aware that their romance had turned toxic, she added.
But on Reddit, a fan of BDSY claimed to have intimate knowledge of this situation. “Chase and I have a few mutuals in common[,] and these mutuals have said Danni and Chase dated for 8 months after the season ended. Apparently[,] it was an extremely toxic relationship for Chase[,] and he ended it. There may have been some infidelity[,] and they did not end on good terms,” this thread read.
Yikes. This boatmance is now a bust.
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