Below Deck Sailing Yacht fans may finally get the answer they’ve been wanting on the season 2 reunion on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, as Dani Soares opens up about the father of her child for the first time. The second stewardess shocked viewers when she announced her pregnancy in the middle of the series’ run, giving birth just weeks later, as her boat-mance with deckhand Jean-Luc Cerza-Lanaux started to play out onscreen. Bravo watchers were quick to assume that Jean-Luc (aka J.L.) was the dad, drafting up timelines that made the parenting pairing plausible, but Dani stayed mum… until now.
“He thinks it’s not his child and he doesn’t want to have anything to do with it,” Dani tells Andy of the father of her daughter, as third stew Alli Dore says her “heart breaks for Dani.” Then, Andy asks Dani point-blank, is J.L. the father? “Well, let’s put it this way…” Dani offers, but the teaser cuts out before she gives her full answer. The clip then cuts to a separate one-on-one interview Andy did with J.L., who for some reason couldn’t be present during the conversation with the rest of his co-stars.
“What do you say to that?” Andy asks J.L., seemingly about Dani’s comments. The deckhand starts to get emotional, telling the host, “Oh man, you’re gonna make me do this now, aren’t you?”
