Millionaire Barrie Drewitt-Barlow called ‘nightmare’ after Below Deck demands
MILLIONAIRE Barrie Drewitt-Barlow has been criticized for his behavior on reality series Below Deck: Sailing Yacht.
The British businessman appeared in season 2 of the show, which first aired in 2021 but has just been added to Netflix, with his ex-husband Tony, their respective partners and five of their children.
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Barrie and Tony came into the spotlight in 1999 after becoming the first gay couple to have children through a surrogate mother.
The couple made their money through a transatlantic surrogacy business and a global medical research company.
They split in 2019, but still live together and have remained good friends.
The family made a splash as soon as they arrived on the sailing yacht, as 10-year-old twins Dallas and Jasper arrived on the boat wearing an ornately patterned three-piece. to take.
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They had many demands on the staff, including refusing to be served buffet meals and requesting to be served only by leggy heartthrob JL.
Barrie shared on Instagram an offensive message that a troll sent to him after seeing him on the show.
A look into Barrie’s unconventional life
Barrie and Tony, who became civil partners in 2006, made history in 1999 when they became the first same-sex couple to be listed on the birth certificate as ‘parent one’ and ‘parent two’ instead of ‘mother’ and ‘father’ . of their twins.
The fathers won a historic lawsuit to have their names listed.
Twins Saffron and Aspen were conceived using both men’s sperm and a donor egg from the US.
Since then, the family have spent £1million on breeding their brood, with Orlando born in 2003.
Orlando is technically triplets with older siblings Saffron and Aspen, but the egg and sperm were kept on ice.
Then came twins Jasper and Dalllas in 2010.
Barrie and Tony married in 2014 but split three years later – with Barrie getting engaged to his former PA, Scott, and Tony meeting his new partner Brent.
Scott is the ex-boyfriend of the couple’s daughter, Saffron.
Barrie and Scott’s daughter, Valentina, who was conceived with both of their sperm, was born in 2020.
Romeo was born on August 12, 2022 via caesarean section.
The troll said, ‘I saw you below deck.
“You are the biggest f*ing ahole people I’ve ever seen.
“Asking the impossible, difficult, insulting”.
“You deserve to be treated like shit for the rest of your life.
“You and your family can fuck yourselves.”
In response to this post, Barrie replied, “They see you on a reality show and think you’re literally easy goal LOL.
“I mean, come on, is it outrageous to ask for your meal to be brought out at the same time?
“And don’t forget, it’s a reality show, with thirty cast members all fighting for airtime, you mug!
‘Like flowers don’t get anything.
“Wake up! @natashadebourg [the Below Deck chef] and I’m actually very, very good friends”.
During the episode, staff on the boat struggled to meet the family’s demands, with Barrie complaining about portion sizes and only drinking from crystal glasses that had to be hand washed.
“This is a fucking nightmare,” said Chef Daisy.
Barrie moaned to the wait staff, who were taken aback, that the family had been served at slightly different times.
“We can’t eat like this,” he complained.
Chef Natasha appeared to be furious at Barrie’s demands.
“I’m a chef, I’m not a clown, I don’t do magic,” she said.
Although Barrie was not impressed with the service on the boat, his trip still ended on a high note.
On the last night of the trip (which was also Tony’s birthday), Barrie proposed to his boyfriend Scott.
The family seemed overjoyed by the proposal, even Barrie’s daughter Saffron, Scott’s ex-girlfriend.
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