Below Deck exit in emotional scenes, amid a string of health battles.Viewers have watched the 73-year-old struggle on deck since season 10 kicked off last month, after he underwent surgery on his back.In the first staff meeting of the series, he announced that he would be ‘depending’ on his crew – including chief stew Fraser Olender and chef Rachel Hargroves – more while getting back on his feet.However, it all became too much for the Bravo favorite who was forced to take a back seat.In the latest episode, he sat his crew down to share his next steps, telling them: ‘My injury, it’s getting worse. The left side of my body, I don’t feel anything.’He continued: ‘I expected a lot more progress than I’m experiencing, and the most frustrating part about it is, I can’t do a God damn thing about it, and it’s hard.’and insisted that he’s not going anywhere.

‘He’s always coming back. Captain Lee will probably be on Below Deck for as long as the show is on,’ she vowed on Brandi Glanville’s Unfiltered podcast.‘There is a saying that every good captain goes down with the ship and metaphorically Captain Lee would do that.’‘Coming up on the new season of Below Deck – airing this fall on Bravo – there is a change that happens, that has never happened before in prior seasons,’ she cryptically continued.‘Captain Lee may or may not be the captain some of the time.’Below Deck airs on Bravo in the US and is available to stream on hayu in the UK.Got a story?If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.