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Millionaire Barrie Drewitt-Barlow branded ‘f***ing nightmare’ after family’s ‘impossible’ dinner demands on Below Deck
Barrie's trip on the yacht ended with a romantic surprise
MILLIONAIRE Barrie Drewitt-Barlow has been slammed over his behaviour on reality series Below Deck: Sailing Yacht.
The British businessman appeared on season 2 of the show, which first aired in 2021 but has just been added to Netflix, with his ex-husband Tony, their respective partners and five of their children.
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Barrie and Tony shot into the limelight back in 1999, after becoming the first gay couple to have children via a surrogate.
The couple made their money from a trans-Atlantic surrogacy business and a global medical research company.
They split in 2019 but still live together and have remained great friends.
The family made an impression as soon as they arrived on the sailing yacht, with ten year old twins Dallas and Jasper arriving on the boat in ornately patterned three piece suits.
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They had lots of demands for the staff, including refusing to be served buffet food and requesting to only be waited on by long legged heartthrob JL.
Barrie took to Instagram to share an abusive message that a troll had sent to him after viewing him on the show.
Inside Barrie's unconventional life
Barrie and Tony, who became civil partners in 2006, made history in 1999 when they became the first same-sex couple to be listed as "parent one" and "parent two" instead of "mother" and "father" on the birth certificate of their twins.
The dads won an historic court battle to get their names listed.
Twins Saffron and Aspen were conceived using both men's sperm and a donor egg from the US.
Since then, the family have spent £1 million growing their brood, with Orlando, born in 2003.
Orlando is technically triplet to older siblings Saffron and Aspen, but the egg and sperm was kept on ice.
Then came twins Jasper and Dalllas in 2010.
Barrie and Tony married in 2014 but separated three years later - with Barrie going on to become engaged to his former PA, Scott, and Tony meeting his new partner Brent.
Scott is the ex-boyfriend of the couple's daughter, Saffron.
Barrie and Scott's daughter, Valentina, who was conceived using both of their sperm, was born in 2020.
Romeo was born on 12th August 2022 via emergency C-Section.
The troll said: "Saw you guys on Below Deck.
"You are the biggest f*ing ahole human beings I've ever seen.
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"Asking the impossible, difficult, abusive".
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"You deserve to be treated like s**t for the rest of your lives.
"You and your family can go f*** yourselves";.
Replying to this message, Barrie shot back: "They see you on a reality show and think that you are literally an easy target lol.
"I mean come on, is it outrageous to ask for your meal to be brought out at the same time.
";And remember it’s a reality show, with 30 cast members all fighting for air-time you mug!
"The way flower gets none.
"Wake up! @natashadebourg [the Below Deck chef] and I are actually very very good mates".
During the episode, staff on on the boat struggled to keep up with the family's demands, with Barrie complaining about the portion sizes and only drinking out of crystal glasses that had to be hand washed.
"This is a f***ing nightmare", said chief stew Daisy.
Barrie moaned to the waiting staff, who were being rushed off their feet, that the family had been served at slightly different times.
"We can't eat like this", he complained.
Chef Natasha appeared to be enraged by Barrie's demands.
"I'm a f**ing chef, I'm not a clown, I don't do magic", she said.
Despite Barrie being unimpressed with the service on the boat, his trip did end on a high.
On the final night of the trip (which was also Tony's birthday) Barrie asked his boyfriend Scott to marry him.
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The family seemed overjoyed by the proposal, even Barrie's daughter Saffron, who is Scott's ex-girlfriend.
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