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Drama is brewing across Bravo shows! Below Deck's Captain Lee Rosbach is opening up about his falling out with Summer House's Carl Radke.
On the Wednesday, June 5 episode of his podcast, "Salty With Captain Lee," he spoke about how an unreleased podcast episode was the catalyst for their rift.
"I'm going to say something. Carl and I used to be close. I gave Carl an opportunity to be on the podcast and tell it as he saw it," Rosbach shared. "[If] there was a question he wanted taken off, we took it off. If there was something he didn't want to answer, we didn't put him on the spot."
Radke's name came up due to the headlines surrounding his split from ex-fiancée Lindsay Hubbard, a storyline currently unfolding in season 8 of Summer House. Their engagement ended in November 2023, with Radke breaking things off on camera during the filming of the show.
Rosbach explained that they invited Radke on the podcast to share his side of the story after the breakup. "We didn't hang him up to dry — it was a softball interview if I have ever seen one. Because I never would have done anything intentionally to put Carl on the spot," he said.
Rosbach continued to recount where things fell apart. After announcing that Radke would be a guest on the podcast, Rosbach received a phone call from him.
"Usually we release a tease on Tuesday, which we did. Then I got a phone call from Carl and he just went off on how I was taking advantage of him and trying to put him on the spot," the Below Deck star went on. "His publicist was there — as was mine. I was blown away. I don't know what made him go off the way he went or what he was thinking."
He continued: "I don't know what he cared about. We didn't air it because he asked us not to — or demanded that we no. We never aired anything about Carl and we never had a discussion about him before now. The only reason we are having now is because of the stuff I am reading. I don't believe everything that I read but I do believe some that I see."
Rosbach's podcast cohost, Sam DeCavalcanti, also chimed in about how he "felt blindsided" by Radke's actions.
"He was well aware of the conversation. It didn't paint Lindsay in a bad light or him. It actually was complimentary in that time," DeCavalcanti said. "It was almost like [Dr.] Jekyll and [Mr.] Hyde. It came out of left field."
DeCavalcanti went on to claim that they gave him the "best possible interview from anybody that he was ever going to get."
He continued: I gave him the opportunity to tell his side of the story the way he wanted. He didn't have to say anything he felt uncomfortable with... He ended up hanging up on me after accusing me of deceiving him. So Mr. Radke, you were not deceived by me."
As for the Summer House star, he has not commented on the feud between them.
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