“Below Deck Down Under” heartthrob Captain Jason Chambers is setting the record straight on fellow Bravo star Heather Gay’s hookup claim.
On Monday’s episode of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” Chambers initially played coy but ultimately denied the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star’s story.
When host Cohen asked the Australian captain how he felt when he heard Gay say they “had knocked knees,” he replied, “We hung out in Sydney, as you know, down there for Bravo. You’ve been to Sydney before for the Mardi Gras. What happens in Sydney stays in Sydney, you know?”
“Below Deck Down Under” star Captain Jason Chambers is setting the record straight on Heather Gay’s hookup claim.
On Monday’s episode of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” Chambers initially played coy but ultimately denied the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star’s story.
Fellow guest Daisy Kelliher, who will appear on the upcoming season of “Below Deck Down Under,” took that to mean confirmation of the tryst, but Chambers quickly clarified, “No, it’s not true. It’s not true.”
“But what a friendship,” he made sure to add. “Beautiful people.”
“So, so funny and had such a good time hanging out with them, and I’m glad that the friendship built so that they wanted to come on the boat for a charter,” he continued.
“What happens in Sydney stays in Sydney, you know?” the Australia native said.
Fellow “WWHL” guest Daisy Kelliher took that to mean confirmation of the tryst, but Chambers quickly clarified, “No, it’s not true. It’s not true.”
Gay, 51, made the claim on a recent episode of “RHOSLC,” which showed her organizing a yacht trip to the island of Canouan in the Grenadines with her co-stars to film with the “Below Deck Down Under” cast.
At one point, “RHOSLC” cast member Britani Bateman, who had shown interest in Chambers earlier in the episode, called Gay out for “canoodling” with him.
“Jason and I are friends. We have a history,” Gay explained during the alcohol-fueled exchange. “We’ve f–ked around before. It’s, like, there’s nothing there.”
Gay made the claim on a recent episode of “RHOSLC,” which showed her organizing a yacht trip to the island of Canouan in the Grenadines with her co-stars to film with the “Below Deck Down Under” cast.
Gay claimed during an alcohol-fueled exchange that she and Chambers had “f–ked around before” but later begged producers to not air the comment.
When a shocked Bateman asked Gay to specify what she meant by “f–ked around,” the latter replied, “We’re friends. I’m saying we’re friends, so there’s latitude.”
Gay seemed to regret spilling the tea, as she insisted during a confessional that she had no recollection of the conversation and begged producers to cut it from the episode.
“I said that? Serious face? You can’t use that,” she pleaded. “I don’t know why I said that to her. Delete. Delete.”
Chambers previously gushed over Gay and “RHOSLC” star Whitney Rose.
“I had to spend four days with them. … Those two together … it’s like a comedy show,” he said of the duo. “I could not stop laughing. We had a lot of fun. It made everything a whole lot better.”
Chambers, 52, shared details on his time in Australia with the “fun” ladies when he stopped by the Page Six Studio in New York City in February.
“I had to spend four days with them. … Those two together … it’s like a comedy show,” he said of Gay and Whitney Rose. “I could not stop laughing. We had a lot of fun. It made everything a whole lot better.”
He added of Gay, “She’s a crackup. She’s funny.”
It’s been a while since the Golden Knights have gotten off to anything but a rousing start to the season. Each of the last five years, Vegas has won at least nine of their first 15 games, and in three of them, they reached double digits. This year’s team is the first one since 2018-19 (Year 2) in which the team has lost more games than they’ve won in the first 15.
Record Through 15 Games
25-26: 7-4-4, 18 points
24-25: 9-4-2, 20 points
23-24: 12-2-1, 25 points
22-23: 13-2-0, 26 points
21-22: 9-6-0, 18 points *Coach fired after season*
20-21: 10-4-1, 21 points
Even more concerning is the record at home, which has taken a major hit on this 1-3-1 homestand. It ends with a final game against the Islanders on Thursday. VGK’s 4-3-2 record is tied with the 2019-20 (Year 3) for the worst ever.
Home Record In First 9 Home Games
25-26: 4-3-2
24-25: 8-1-0
23-24: 7-1-1
22-23: 6-3-0
21-22: 5-4-0 *Coach fired after season*
20-21: 8-2-1
19-20: 4-3-2 *Coach Fired Midseason*
18-19: 5-2-1
As unfamiliar as this is to the Golden Knights, it’s even more unfamiliar to Bruce Cassidy.
Cassidy Teams Record After 15 Games
25-26: 7-4-4, 18 points
24-25: 9-4-2, 20 points
Cassidy’s teams have reached the playoffs each of the previous nine seasons, and only once have his teams failed to win more games than they’ve lost in his first 15 games. In Cassidy’s first season in Boston, the team started 6-7-4 and was in 27th place in the NHL after six weeks. Then, they ripped off 43 wins in their next 60 games to finish with 112 points, ahead of the inaugural season Golden Knights.
All of this isn’t to say the sky is falling in Vegas after the 7-4-4 start. It’s not. The Golden Knights still hold a .600 points percentage, which would be plenty good enough to qualify for the playoffs. In fact, no team in modern NHL history has ever failed to reach the playoffs with at least a .600 points percentage.
What this is saying, though, is that they are on much thinner ice than they’re used to at this point. The last few seasons, VGK have experienced what we’ve dubbed a “midseason malaise.” Last year’s team went 11-11-5 from January to mid-March. The year before, they went 12-17-2 from mid-December to early March. And even the Stanley Cup champion team was 16-16-4 after the nearly perfect 13-2-0 start.
There’s a reasonable chance that when the Golden Knights hit the ice next, they’ll be on the outside of the playoff cut line looking in. It’s a long season, and playoff spots aren’t awarded in November, but there’s no denying the fact that the pressure ramps up on teams with high expectations that aren’t in the position they believe they should be.
This team will feel it.
They need to start channelling it into better results soon.