Francesca Rubi: Last News

The My Seanna staff was ever-changing during season 8 of Below Deck, but (almost) all of the crew members were able to reunite with Andy Cohen for the reunion on Monday, February 22.

COVID-19, the cast of season 8 still has a lot of drama to unpack at their reunion — and ET has your exclusive first look! Captain Lee Rosbach and his crew, chief stewardess Francesca Rubi, Bosun Eddie Lucas, chef Rachel Hargrove, stewardesses Elizabeth Frankini and Ashling Lorger, plus deckhands James Hough, Izzy Wouters and Shane Coopersmith, virtually connect with Andy Cohen in the  clubhouse to dig into all the ups and downs of one of the rockiest charter seasons the franchise has ever seen.Fans can expect to see Shane, who was fired just a couple of charters in, rattled by his co-workers' commentary about his time onboard, plus a deeper look into why Rachel temporarily quit her position. The crew takes Rachel to task for abandoning

Defending herself. Elizabeth Frankini was cut from the crew during the Monday, February 8, episode of Below Deck.

Below Deck, and ET has your exclusive sneak peek! Second stewardess Elizabeth Frankini corners chef Rachel Hargrove out on the deck, asking her for advice on how to handle chief stew Francesca Rubi, who has made it no secret that she’s disappointed in Elizabeth’s work ethic on board motor yacht My Seanna.«Francesca, you know, she has a perception about me and an opinion now, and a belief, and it could be hard to change that,» Elizabeth laments to Rachel. «She’s not gonna want to have someone on her team that she feels that way towards…»“Go and talk to Captain Lee [Rosbach],” Rachel advises.

Below Deck, becoming the series' new chief stew — the first person to replace Kate Chastain.«First of all, she probably has smaller feet than I do, because I'm taller than her,» the Australian native jokes with ET over video chat. «From what I've seen Kate do on the show, and how she works, she’s a fantastic chief stew.

Captain Lee returns to one his favorite destinations, the Caribbean, for season eight of Below Deck, which will set sail November 2 at 9PM ET/PT on Bravo.The highly-anticipated season eight will welcome back series veteran and experienced bosun, Eddie Lucas, and the addition of six brand new crew members.Captain Lee will be forced to wrangle some of the unruliest charter guests yet, while, unexpectedly, braving the early days of the coronavirus pandemic at sea.Fans are most eager to meet longtime Chief Stewardess Kate Chastain's replacement, Francesca Rubi who prides herself on running an extremely tight ship.