Below Deck's EJ Jansen (on Captain Lee, Kate Chastain & All Things Below Deck)

BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

David Yontef

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3.9 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Below Deck’s EJ Jansen steps Behind The Rope. Checking in from his home in Victoria, Canada, EJ is here to tell it all. Let us start at the beginning. EJ knew our fearless leader Captain Lee for several years before Lee appeared on our TV sets on the hit Bravo show. EJ talks about how he met Captain Lee and how that working relationship and friendship began. He explains how he got involved with Below Deck, yes it was because of Captain Lee and an unexpected source, Jay Z, yes Jay Z, what filming the show was like and just how “real” is Below Deck. EJ discusses his first impressions of Kate Chastain, how those impressions changed over the course of the season, and what the status of their relationship is like today. He discusses the level of actual “work” Kate did in her job as Chief Stew during their season together versus being treated like a reality television personality filming one of Bravo’s top rated TV shows. EJ analyzes why he thinks Below Deck is one of the highest rated Bravo shows of all time and sheds light onto just how hard that show is to film logistically. EJ shares stories of real life charters with Billionaires, Millionaires and famous faces such as Paris Hilton and Dennis Rodman. He also explains the power boat owners have to demand the staff act and look a certain way and just how behind the times the yachting industry may be in terms of, not only the “me too” movement but also diversity and inclusion. Finally, amid Covid, EJ provides a ground breaking way to film the next seasons of Below Deck / Below Deck Med, an idea we deem brilliant that you must listen to to believe!! Tune in now. @etothaj @behindvelvetrope @davidyontef Bonus Episodes Available at - https://www.patreon.com/behindthevelvetrope Merch Available at - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/behind-the-velvet-rope?ref_id=13198 This episode is brought to you by Firstleaf Wine https://page.firstleaf.club/quiz?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=q4-2020-behindthevelvetrope&utm_medium=audio&utm_content=29.95-quiz&voucher=velvetrope This episode is ALSO brought to you by Duke Cannon. Go to https://www.dukecannon.com and enter promo code VELVETROPE for 10% off your next order! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the true story of a New York City boy with big town hopes and small neighborhood
0:12.8	dreams of becoming BFFs with the real housewives and other robber leveries.
0:18.3	Then one day that dream actually came true.
0:23.4	Let me take you behind the velvet rope.
0:36.5	Hey everyone, this is David. Welcome back behind the velvet rope.
0:40.2	Let's just get right into it today because we are joined by the one the only from below
0:47.0	deck. One of the best Bravo shows out there.
0:50.2	EJ Janssen. You better believe it baby coming straight from Canada.
0:56.6	So you're in Canada, okay? Well, it's COVID lockdown time there David, you know.
1:02.7	It's not fun is it? Both are just tied up to the dock.
1:07.2	No one's leaving the dock. Caribbean is closed down.
1:11.6	It's what do you do? Nothing. I mean, I so you're just like there's
1:17.6	no work, right? Like there's no charters. There's no boats. There's nothing.
1:23.1	Well, there is boats and there is a few little private yachts, but I also run a company
1:27.7	up in BC, Canada, which I do through the summer month.
1:31.3	And in the winter months, I would go down to the Caribbean or Florida and charter on boat.
1:37.9	But with the border being shut down, kind of and everybody's like, don't go to Florida
1:43.1	dude. It's fucking it's not down there, right? With, you know, the COVID and it's running
1:47.7	rampant. So it's just kind of like, well, I guess we're going to batten down the hatches
1:52.2	this winter, you know? It's a year, you're in BC, Canada.
1:55.9	Yeah. And how is it? And how is it there? I mean, is there, I got them even now, because
2:01.5	I don't watch the news anymore, like is COVID out of control there? Or is it pretty in control?
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