


Money can’t buy you class — but it can buy Jill Zarin a tropical getaway aboard the Below Deck yacht.
Following Monday night’s (Feb. 5) Season 11 premiere of Below Deck, Captain Lee Rosbach‘s successor Captain Kerry Titheradge and chief stew Fraser Olender appeared on Watch What Happens Live, where they teased some choppy waters ahead when it comes to this season’s charter guests.
As it was previewed, Zarin is set to make a splash aboard St. David — and according to Olender, the former Real Housewives of New York City star was “one of” the most challenging guests he encountered.
“Without giving too much away, what can you tease about having Jill Zarin as a charter guest? Was she high maintenance?” one fan asked during WWHL’s virtual Q&A, to which host Andy Cohen sarcastically replied, “No, she’s super low maintenance.”
Olender then added, “I really don’t think I need to answer it. I’m going to go with — without spoiling too much — probably one of the toughest charters this season.”
The yachtie echoed similar sentiments when he spoke with Decider ahead of the Season 11 premiere.
“That was one of the harder charters, if not the hardest,” he teased. “I’m going to leave it at that.”

He again referred to the reality star as “the most difficult guest” while chatting with Entertainment Tonight. While he knew who she was before she came on the boat, he said, “I don’t think I needed that to know very quickly what we were working with.”
Zarin has been known for her unique vacation habits. Last year, she went viral for packing a suitcase full of Diet Coke for her European getaway out of fear she would only have access to Coke Light and Coke Zero.
Although she didn’t pack her own supply for her Below Deck stay, Olender joked, “She may as well have with the complaints she had about the Diet Cokes.”
The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip star is hardly the first Bravolebrity to appear on Below Deck. The hit reality series previously welcomed The Real Housewives of Orange County‘s Alexis Bellino, The Real Housewives of Atlanta‘s Cynthia Bailey and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City‘s Heather Gay.
Watch What Happens Live airs Sunday through Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock.