Cathy Skinner and Max Salvador Reveal the Shocking Reason They Broke Up
Below Deck Mediterranean‘s Cathy Skinner and Max Salvador revealed what went wrong after Season 10 wrapped.
Stewardess Cathy Skinner and deckhand Max Salvador left M/Y Bravado together on the Below Deck Mediterranean Season 10 finale, but they’ve since stayed quiet on the status of their relationship after the charter season ended — until now.
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Dish, Cathy revealed she and Max are no longer a couple.
“Today, we have a friendship — we check in with each other — but Max is on his own path and needs clarity and happiness within himself before being able to share that with someone else,” Cathy explained.
Though Max was set to visit Cathy in London after filming, “he cancelled just a few hours before his flight, which was incredibly disappointing,” Cathy said. “I’d spent a lot of money preparing the house — stocking food and buying men’s toiletries. I wanted him to feel comfortable and supported. He sent me a very long message explaining that he couldn’t be exclusive and wasn’t ready for a relationship…as he had only recently broken up with his ex and hadn’t healed from that.”
Later, when Max apparently asked her to visit him in Bali instead, she declined. “I wasn’t willing to fly across the world for someone who couldn’t get on a short flight to London,” she explained.
Max, for his part, told The Daily Dish that he’s prioritizing his career at the moment. “I wanted to go and develop my online hypnosis clinic in Bali, but instead, she wants to stay in the UK,” he said, also joking that “women are from Mars and men from Venus.”
Is there a chance that Max Salvador and Cathy Skinner will get back together?
Despite the breakup, Max told The Daily Dish he still sees a romantic path forward. “Relationship-wise, I still would love our path to continue together because there is no millions that can replace a woman like her,” he said.
But Cathy was more vague about her future with Max. She told The Daily Dish that she and Max “have seen each other” since filming ended on Below Deck Med Season 10, “but only when [they] happened to be in the same place for work.”
“Everyone we know tells me he always speaks very highly of me and has a great deal of respect for me,” she said, also acknowledging that Max was a support system for her when her stepfather died while she was on charter. “I’ll always appreciate him for being there for me during one of the toughest times of my life.”
Max Salvador and Cathy Skinner’s relationship timeline on Below Deck Med Season 10
Cathy was a late addition to the Below Deck Med Season 10 crew, joining in Episode 7 after a double firing. By Episode 8, sparks were flying between her and Max, and they were soon kissing in the back of taxis and declaring their feelings for one another.
Cathy admitted she saw a future with Max during Episode 18. “I think Max is on the same page. But I can never be too sure. With the roller coaster that our relationship has been like, I can see us breaking up by the time we get to the end of the dock, or him proposing at the end of it,” she confessed to producers in the Jan. 26 episode. “But, we don’t have to define it. We can just see what happens.”
Max told producers he felt the same way: “I love conversations with her, because I feel like I’m a better person around her. With Cathy, the sight is clear, I want to see where we’re sailing.”
The couple made their feelings known to each other on the final crew night out and agreed to keep seeing each other. “I’ve realized I wouldn’t mind seeing what this crazy French person is like on the outside world,” Cathy admitted.
She continued, “Meeting Max and having this connection, it’s been amazing, and I cannot wait to see where this goes. I’ve just been sucked into the French love train.”
For his part, Max called Cathy at the time, “a little anchor for me, like, just to settle down.”
Although they’ve since moved forward as just friends, Cathy did reveal she had no regrets during an interview with Reality Tea on Jan. 5. “No matter what happens, I always believe people come into your life for a reason, whether that’s for a long time or a short time, that we were meant to meet,” she said. “He helped me through the hardest time of my life. So, no matter what happens, we will always have such respect for each other.”
