Michelle and Johnny Damon Return to ‘Below Deck Med'-But Their Friends Are Already at War and One Guest Jumps Ship
Michelle and Johnny Damon are back aboard Below Deck Mediterranean, but their latest charter gets off to a rocky start before the yacht even leaves the dock. What begins as a tense reunion among friends quickly spirals into a full-blown feud, culminating in one guest demanding to leave the boat altogether.
Johnny and Michelle are no strangers to the franchise, but this return comes with far more drama than they bargained for. Long-simmering tensions between two members of their group threaten to derail the entire trip, leaving both the guests and crew scrambling to keep the peace.
As the guests boarded the yacht, one of Damon's friends, Josef, growled at Adis to "get the f-k away from me." Adis shot back, "Love that," while continuing to taunt him. The tension didn't ease once they got onboard. Josef continued complaining about Adis and later became agitated with the crew when Bosun Nathan Gallagher asked guests to move inside during departure.
Johnny attempted to calm Josef down, urging him to take things down a few notches, but the guest remained fixated on Adis. Later, Michelle admitted to Johnny and another friend that she was "afraid of what's happening downstairs" between the two. Meanwhile, Josef bragged about being rich and good-looking, despite Adis repeatedly telling him to "stay away" from her.
"But she can go f-k herself," Josef told the other guests.
Michelle later shed some light on the situation while speaking with Chief Stew Aesha Scott. According to Michelle, Adis had complained that Josef was being obnoxious at a restaurant before the group arrived on Akira One, explaining why tensions were already running high when they stepped aboard.
The conflict eventually reached a breaking point. Adis told deckhand Joe Bradley that she wanted off the yacht, prompting Captain Sandy Yawn to instruct the crew to get the anchor down so they could "get her off immediately." As the crew rushed to accommodate the request, Josef continued taunting Adis, repeatedly urging the crew to remove her from the boat as quickly as possible.
But as Adis departs the yacht via tender, Josef tells the other guests that he really liked her. Michelle isn't buying it.
"If you say I actually liked her one more time, I'm gonna throw you off the boat," she warns.
With Adis gone, you'd think Josef would finally settle down. Not exactly. After getting caught lying about how many cocktails he'd consumed before attempting to use a jet ski, he becomes irritated when the crew tells him he'll need to sit this activity out.
Instead of focusing on Adis, Josef turns his frustration toward the crew, prompting Chief Stew Aesha Scott to remind him to treat them with respect.
"I've never seen someone like this," Aesha says in a confessional before bringing Captain Sandy up to speed on Josef's behavior.
Captain Sandy ultimately pulls Josef aside for a conversation, and he finally appears to cool off. However, the captain's concerns don't end there. She's also worried about how Nathan handled the escalating situation after becoming visibly frustrated by the way Josef treated him.
Unfortunately, Josef continues with his insults, making inappropriate comments about the crew as they served him dinner. And at this point, Captain Sandy is over it.
And as the guests retreat to their rooms, Josef sits on the bow, drunk, talking on the phone to this lawyer. The charter is only starting, and Josef seems determined to get under Nathan's skin, who is in the bridge doing anchor watch. As Josef lays into Nathan, the bosun says in a confessional, "I'm about to get fired" because he's at his tipping point.
Below Deck Mediterranean is on Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.
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This story was originally published June 22, 2026 at 8:59 PM.