Eddie Lucas says he was ‘not invited back’ for season 10 and says Below Deck stars aren’t paid well

Eddie Lucas of Under Deck fame is dishing on the sequence after revealing he won’t be returning for the present’s tenth season. 

The reality TV star, 37, mentioned his unceremonious exit from the sequence in an interview with the New York Post. 

‘I used to be not invited again to do one other season,’ he stated. ‘I truly didn’t even get a telephone name from them saying they employed another person — which type of goes to indicate what the manufacturing entails. Everybody on Under Deck is expendable.’ 

Lucas additionally mentioned the salaries on the present. 

‘There may be any person monetizing off of the present, but it surely’s positively not us, ‘ Lucas stated. ‘Under Deck — no matter it being the most well-liked present on Bravo — we’re the lowest-paid forged members.’ 

He continued, ‘Whereas we do receives a commission higher than a traditional yachtie, in fact, we’re nonetheless not getting paid what individuals just like the Housewives are making, which is a bit irritating, as a result of they’re not likely working — they’re simply going out to dinner and preventing.’ 

Members of the crew additionally reportedly should get specialised licenses for what they do whereas many different actuality stars don’t. 

And not using a present to movie for the primary time in years, Lucas purchased a home in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, for over the asking value of $330,000. 

‘The objective has at all times been to calm down, put some roots down, purchase a home,’ he stated within the interview. ‘But it surely’s been troublesome to have the ability to attempt to try this and for lots of people my age and my technology, with housing costs the best way they’re, scholar mortgage debt at an all-time excessive, it’s troublesome.’ 

‘The yachting trade that I did gave me extra of a basis to have the ability to attain these targets, however I nonetheless have scholar loans to repay,’ he continued. 

Eddie Lucas was a forged member on the present from seasons 1 to three earlier than rejoining as a primary officer in season 8 and 9. 

He was a part of an argument throughout the newest season after one in every of his co-stars, Heather Chase, used the N-word on digital camera. 

Although some accused Lucas of shifting previous the incident as a result of he by no means introduced up the incident on display screen, he claimed he was informed ‘to not speak about it and never deliver it up anymore.’