Kyle Viljoen and Natalya Scudder were frenemies but turned into all-out enemies after a night out. As the group was gathered around the crew mess, deckhand Max Salvador told Viljoen that he considered himself part of the LGBTQ+ community despite being straight. Viljoen, who is gay, asserted that Salvador couldn’t lump himself in with the group and stated, “Support your straightness and show your allyship for us. That’s it.” When Scudder tried to defend the deckie, her fellow stew went off. “I don’t give a f**k about our friendship. Our friendship’s never been real. You’ve been a fake-a** b***h, talking s**t behind my back since day one,” he yelled. When he wouldn’t stop with the vitriol, Scudder walked away. The next day, she told Captain Sandy Yawn what had happened and made the decision to quit mid-season.
In a surprising twist, Scudder came back before the season ended and crashed a crew night out. She and Viljoen talked things out, during which he apologized to her for his part in their fight. He confessed that he took out his anger on her, which was really aimed at Salvador. Viljoen told the cameras later that he felt a sense of closure from the drama, but things heated up again when the two yachties reunited at BravoCon.
