{"id":63318,"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=63318"},"modified":"2026-09-22T09:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:19:10","slug":"all-the-evidence-below-decks-cooper-and-joy-are-now-dating-because-theres-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/09\/22\/all-the-evidence-below-decks-cooper-and-joy-are-now-dating-because-theres-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"All the evidence Below Deck&#8217;s Cooper and Joy are now dating, because there&#8217;s A LOT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poor Kat&#8230; It looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/09\/15\/wait-is-the-real-reason-kat-is-beefing-with-chef-joy-and-cooper-after-below-deck-med\/\">Below Deck<\/a>&#8216;s Cooper and Joy are dating, based on a lot of evidence they&#8217;ve left on social media. They&#8217;ve been pretty cosy, and whether they&#8217;ve been spotted holding hands on what looks like a date, or are just posting romantic selfies, it&#8217;s obvious!<\/p>\n<p>Rumours they were dating began a few months ago, when they were seen holding hands in Corfu, Greece, during filming. Joy posted a photo recently of her white heels in-between white trainers, and if you look at the snaps of them filming, it appears to be the same shoes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/BelowDeckMed\/comments\/1wlryy2\/might_be_a_stretch_but_cooper_joy\/\">Might be a stretch but Cooper &amp; Joy<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/RazzmatazzNext9024\/\">u\/RazzmatazzNext9024<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/BelowDeckMed\/\">BelowDeckMed<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Joy posted a photo of them lying down together and smiling at the start of September, which definitely looked like more than friends. Then just a few days ago, they were posting photos cosying up on a yacht with their fellow crew members, as well as out for dinner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc96F_CiBaM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc96F_CiBaM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by CHEF JOY (@chefjoykerjan)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script> Cooper even said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/in-bed-with-below-deck-mediterraneans-cooper-dawson\/id1847718762?i=1000782493750\">Yacht Mess podcast<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/18\/daisy-kelliher-finally-addresses-whether-below-deck-has-any-cast-member-production-plants\/\">Daisy Kelliher<\/a> a while ago that he had a connection with Joy on the boat and that he likes older women, while Kat, who he had a boatmance with on Below Deck, revealed that she and he had cut things off between them.<\/p>\n<p>Kat said they are on &#8220;zero talking terms&#8221;. Oh dear. However, Cooper and Joy haven&#8217;t actually confirmed they are dating. And then again, it&#8217;s known that Cooper always allows the girls on the show to hang on his arm &#8211; the same way Joy was doing while they were in Greece.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@steviee92\/video\/7678395045443144982\" data-video-id=\"7678395045443144982\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@steviee92\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@steviee92?refer=embed\">@steviee92<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Just my favourite tv show of all time but whatever \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f <a title=\"belowdeck\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/belowdeck?refer=embed\">#belowdeck<\/a> <a title=\"belowdeckmed\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/belowdeckmed?refer=embed\">#belowdeckmed<\/a> <a title=\"bravo\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/bravo?refer=embed\">#bravo<\/a> <a title=\"filming\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/filming?refer=embed\">#filming<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c Jet2 Advert - \u2708\ufe0fA7-BBH | MAN \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Jet2-Advert-7398162320411429664?refer=embed\">\u266c Jet2 Advert &#8211; \u2708\ufe0fA7-BBH | MAN \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gen has also been open about alluding to a cast member &#8220;betraying Kat,&#8221; which is suspicious. That paired with Cooper telling the Yacht Mess podcast, &#8220;I have a very good connection with Joy, very wholesome, she is [beautiful],&#8221; addressing that she&#8217;s 37 and he&#8217;s 26.<\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i> on <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m so here for 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