Kyle Viljoen speaks out amid ‘incredibly painful’ Below Deck Med Season 8 and Natalya Scudder exit
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Below Deck Med star Kyle Viljoen has spoken out amid an “incredibly painful” Season 8 and after Natalya Scudder exited the show.
The past two episodes saw Kyle coming for Max Salvador and Natalya after a crew drunken night out.
Although Natalya definitely shouldn’t have butted in, Kyle took things way too far, which resulted in Natalya finally leaving after a lot of back-and-forth drama with her boyfriend, AJ.
Kyle took a brief social media break amid this chaos but returned to share a message to fans about what he’s been going through during and since the season.
He shared several slides with writing on them to speak his truth, kicking it off by letting people know each day is still challenging for Kyle.
“This season has been incredibly painful to watch and relieve. I have had to drag myself out of bed each day during these months just to get by,” he shared in part of one slide.
The stew continued to reveal he has not only received death threats but had people tell him to kill himself, as well as homophobic slurs, all while he asked for some “understanding and respect.”
Kyle Viljoen speaks out amid ‘incredibly painful’ Below Deck Med Season 8 and Natalya Scudder exit
In the next slide on his Instagram Post, Kyle reminded people he is human.
“I have no idea when it became so right to bash people on and offline for the sake of a reaction. I have been so isolated from individuals in my own community,” Kyle wrote before saying he had strong family support to help him.