João Franco seemed to have high hopes that he and Brooke Laughton would be able to stay together and work out their issues after this season's Below Deck Mediterranean reunion. "After this, I will, depending on how we are, we'll probably get on another boat together or look for something we want to do together and go as far as we can to make this work," João told The Daily Dish backstage right before filming the reunion, which you can check out in the clip, above. But if you watched the Below Deck Med reunion Tuesday night, you know that João and Brooke's relationship didn't exactly seem to be in good shape following the bombshell that he may have continued to flirt with Kasey even after the season ended. In fact, João later confirmed to The Daily Dish that his relationship with Brooke is officially over. João told The Daily Dish in late August that his plan now is to move forward with his yachting career. In addition to traveling around New York and Europe, he has been taking some courses. He also said that he's been looking into working with animal sanctuaries and organizations in Zimbabwe and Zambia. As for whether or not he's started dating again, João said that he's "very single but definitely not available." The other members of the Talisman Maiton crew similarly have some major life updates since this season of Below Deck Med ended. Press play on the above video to find out who's still in yachting, who just got into the fashion game, and who's "basically the modern-day Johnny Appleseed." Watch the Below Deck Med crew reflect more on the season, below.<doc-sep>A lot of tea was spilled backstage at the Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Clubhouse. Sign Up for Free to View Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, sweepstakes, and more! How Does the Below Deck Mediterranean Crew Feel Going into Reunion? An epic Season 3 of Below Deck Mediterranean may have just come to an end with a shocking reunion (complete with a João Franco walk off), but a lot more went down backstage you didn't get to see. So before you say goodbye to this charter season, get all the details on the drama, from surprise guests to unexpected announcements and more! 1 . Adam Glick brought an unexpected guest Digital Original There Was an Unexpected Guest at the Below Deck Mediterranean Reunion... bravo Insider Exclusive! Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, sweepstakes, and more! Sign Up for Free to View His dog, Tex! 2 . Captain Sandy picked her outfit specifically for the Clubhouse Digital Original The Below Deck Mediterranean Crew on Their Reunion Looks bravo Insider Exclusive! Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, sweepstakes, and more! Sign Up for Free to View Since she's always chilly whenever she stops by Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen to chat with Andy Cohen, she opted for long sleeves. 3 . Everyone went into the reunion with a lot of questions for João Digital Original Below Deck Mediterranean Reunion: Who's Got the Most Explaining to Do? bravo Insider Exclusive! Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, sweepstakes, and more! Sign Up for Free to View It was pretty unanimous across the board that the lead deckhand had the most explaining to do this season. 4 . Some of the crew have fallen out of touch Digital Original Who Does the Below Deck Mediterranean Crew Keep in Touch with Today? bravo Insider Exclusive! Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, sweepstakes, and more! Sign Up for Free to View Brooke Laughton and Kasey Cohen no longer speak due to their issues over João. 5 . One of the crew members is in a new relationship Digital Original What's the Below Deck Mediterranean Crew's Current Relationship Status? bravo Insider Exclusive! Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, sweepstakes, and more! Sign Up for Free to View Jamie Jason may have found love, and according to her, people would be "very surprised as to who it is." Does that mean it's a familiar Below Deck Mediterranean face? We'll just have to wait and see... And if you're sad this season has come to an end, never fear! Below Deck is returning October 2 at 9/8c when Captain Lee, Kate Chastain, and a new crew set sail in Tahiti. You can get a sneak peek below:<doc-sep>Last night was the Below Deck Mediterranean reunion, and Captain Sandy Yawn wants us all to know she wore her boss pants. Joao Franco, on the other hand, wore a diaper. The set of these WWHL Reunions is so depressing, isn’t it. Like getting married in a Vegas chapel with a liquor store next door. It just doesn’t translate to ‘daytime’ activities. Who wants to bear their soul in front of a rhinestone Snoopy or a photo of Ramona Singer doing Turtle Time in a satin dress? I guess Joao’s nervous breakdowns don’t discriminate? You know, some secret part of me has always had a soft spot for Joao and wanted to give him a chance to redeem himself. I’m pretty sure that makes me an armchair Brooke Laughton, like that’s exactly why SHE kept allowing him back into her life to invade her dignity. And maybe it’s because Brooke seems to be a nice girl and I didn’t want Hannah Ferrier to be right and smirking that all her predictions about Joao breaking Brooke’s heart came true. Of course Hannah was right! Of course it happened exactly like she said it would. But at least Hannah had the decency not to pop a bottle of champagne and start doing a victory dance. Couldn’t you just see her jabbing a manicured nail in Brooke’s face and yelling, “HA! Told’yer he was an arsehole? !” Brooke reveals that after seeing Joao’s behavior on the show, she does regret not listening more to Hannah’s concerns. “I was genuinely just trying to be protective of someone I care about,” Hannah explained. Hannah and Brooke do appear to still be friends, or at least on good terms. Oh, in case you were holding a candle for Hannah and Conrad Empson‘s love story, they’re done. Once they left the boat it was so over. Hannah admits that everything about their ‘affair’ was embarrassingly over-the-top and describes “boat relationships” has cramming a year into six weeks. Meaning emotions move at warp speed, and that explains their rapid cycle of love to hate. Hannah and Conrad swear they won’t be hooking up after the reunion – do we believe them? It also seems like Conrad’s yachting career might be over, or at least he’ll never work in Captain Sandy‘s town again! Sandy is still seething mad because Conrad an awful lot of time smoking with Hannah instead of putting toys in the water, but it was also his flippant attitude about authority that she can’t stand. Sandy actually told Conrad he’ll never amount to anything because he doesn’t respect captains. Actually what she said was, “When most of these people were in the birth canal, I was navigating the Suez Canal.” Which Andy Cohen thought was the most brilliant piece of metaphor he’d ever heard and which I took to mean that they should all recognize that she’s the boss. Except oftentimes Sandy behaves like a petulant teenager which sends mixed messages! I thought Sandy’s judgement of Conrad was this was a little harsh. I also agree with Conrad who pointed out that Sandy is projecting her anger at Hannah onto him. The reality is this: Sandy knows she’ll have to work with Hannah next season, but Conrad is likely a one and done! Conrad said his biggest regret of the season was not cultivating a better relationship with Sandy, so maybe not? ! When it comes to Joao, who for some reason Sandy respect, she insists she doesn’t have to be his “moral compass” and micromanage his personal life to explain away all his appalling behavior. I disagree completely – his behaviors were often wholly inappropriate, often making other staff uncomfortable – it is SANDY’S JOB, as leader, to provide guidance on the type of environment she deems acceptable and set the standards. Sandy was having some sort of crisis of authority wasn’t she? Much like Joao. She said she would have preferred to have him be bosun, which means we can expect to see him back next season eventually majorly butting heads with her, because they’re too similar! Hannah, by contrast, was oddly humbled last night. As if maybe she’s found a 65-year-old billionaire to marry her and is leaving yachting for a career on Real Housewives Of Melbourne? Or maybe she just wants to revamp her public image after leaving us with the everlasting nightmare of her groaning and grunting in Conrad’s arms? Whatever the case, she admitted that Brooke had often picked up the slack while she was going through her emotional breakdown or smoking with Conrad, and also apologized for not being a better leader. She also admitted that perhaps she had dismissed Kasey Cohen and decided against helping her after learning Kasey lied on her CV. “I came into the season not my best,” admits Hannah. “I wasn’t in a good place when I started the charter season.” Is Hannah in therapy? She seemed so, I dunno, self-aware last night. I’m sure she knew what criticisms would be lobbed at her, and interested in a redemption, had prepared in advanced how to take ownership for lack of leadership and laziness. Kasey sucks though, I’ll give Hannah that. First of all, what the hell was she wearing at this reunion? She looked about 15 years older and like a contestant in some Trophy Wife pageant! Maybe her dress was what became of all the tacky table decorations from Talisman? The shark bait earrings were especially silly. The whole thing was just … well, it made me feel bad for Kasey. Didn’t she say she majored in psychology… perhaps she should have been seeing a psychologist instead! All season I’ve believed Brooke was the desperate one, but seeing them sitting there side-by-side; Kasey in some tacky wannabe New Jersey Housewife get-up, Brooke looking understatedly pretty – it all made me feel sad for Kasey. Clearly she has some terrible messaging about how women are valued. And clearly she was dressed to make Joao see what he was missing. Kasey was all too eager to throw in Brooke’s face how Joao had never stopped contacting her.<doc-sep>There was A LOT to discuss during the supersized Below Deck Mediterranean reunion show. And while Captain Sandy’s canal stories and the Joao-Brooke-Kasey love triangle were explored in-depth, there was only one question we needed the answer to, and host Sir Andy Cohen was sure to deliver. Once the conversation turned to Hannah and Conrad’s relationship on the yacht, Cohen’s inquisitive side took over as he set up the question we’ve all be wondering about since last week’s finale episode when it was revealed that the two hadn’t been truly physically intimate over the course of their time on the boat. “So you two were having an affair for around six weeks?” he confirmed with the bosun and chief stew of the boat. “So you’re saying in those six weeks, I mean, I’m sorry to ask you this, it’s very personal, but you never had sex or had blow jobs in six weeks?” As the two shook their heads and answered with “no”s, Cohen followed up with a simple, “Why?” “Because there’s cameras everywhere,” Hannah laughed. “We’ve had other seasons of Below Deck where they’re doing it in the laundry room,” Cohen pressed. “I don’t know, we just didn’t,” Hannah offered. “It was something that was supposed to be waiting until we got off the boat.” And while Hannah especially owned up to a lot of her mistakes over the course of the season, both she and Conrad counted their last night on the yacht’s coital celebration as a regret. “That’s not really something I want on TV. It’s 24 hours honey, just keep ’em closed and do what you need to do when you get off the boat,” was the advice she offered to her past self. But finding out this was the case for the relationship makes it even sweeter, really. That these two really enjoyed each other’s company with clothes on is nice to know; that it wasn’t just the motion of the ocean putting them in the mood for romance. They probably both had expectations that once they actually were physically intimate it would be special and nice. So that things turned out the way they did, all hasty and rushed, of course that’s not going to be a fulfilling experience for anyone, really. Sure, maybe it’s a bit pervy that we wanted all the details (and hey, Andy’s the one that asked so we’re not alone!) but we were invested in them this season. And honestly, at this point, they’re lucky the relationship didn’t end in a total shipwreck, making a regrettable bang basically seem like a happily ever after. 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Brooke Laughton experienced an intense end to this season of Below Deck Mediterranean, to say the least. Not only did her drama with Hannah Ferrier come to a head in the Season 3 finale, but some new information about João Franco's post-season relationship with Kasey Cohen also came to light at the reunion, causing the second stewardess to question the future of her romance with the deckhand. But now Brooke is looking toward the future with a positive attitude. She reflected on this season of Below Deck Med in a post on Instagram following the reunion on Tuesday night. "So many messages about [tonight's] reunion and I just wanted to say this year has been crazy to say the least," she wrote. "I hold no grudges and understand to grow it is essential to let go of any bitterness or hard feelings towards ANYONE on the show and will continue to try and see the potential and best in everyone I meet. I have made a lot of mistakes throughout this year and I really just appreciate the support I’ve had from friends, family and fans. So excited for my next chapter." The Instagram post also featured a quote from Nicole Lyons: "She's an old soul with young eyes, a vintage heart, and a beautiful mind." You can find out more about what's next for Brooke and the rest of the Below Deck Med Season 3 crew in the above video. João has similarly made peace with this difficult season of Below Deck Med. "Although I wish I knew before the reunion what I know now, it’s done and over and there is no need to look back.... I couldn’t be happier, to be free and in the best head space! It’s surprising how the people I least expected to be there for me have been ever since!" he shared on Instagram ahead of the reunion. "Thank you all again for the support! Next adventure." Photo: @joaograntfranco/Instagram Brooke and João officially ended their relationship after the reunion, João told The Daily Dish at the end of August. He said that their friendship is currently on hold as well. "She has apologized, which I'm very grateful for, and I have apologized, too. I just said that we can't talk for now because I love her, and I still have these feelings for her. And I feel that if we spoke, I would go back to not giving up in trying to be with her, and she needs her space. So I'm gonna give her that, and if she wants to sort things out, I don't know," he previously explained to The Daily Dish. "At the moment, anything can happen, so I'm not saying that I'm gonna wait for her, I'm not saying that I'm not, I'm just at a point where I'm happy with where I am, I'm happy with what I've learned throughout the show, and I'm happy to move forward, whatever that may be." See more of Brooke and João at this season's Below Deck Med reunion, below.