{"id":66053,"date":"2026-11-05T12:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T12:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=66053"},"modified":"2026-11-05T12:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T12:40:45","slug":"we-just-spotted-a-major-casting-clue-that-blake-from-love-is-blind-is-joining-below-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/11\/05\/we-just-spotted-a-major-casting-clue-that-blake-from-love-is-blind-is-joining-below-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"We just spotted a major casting clue that Blake from Love Is Blind is joining Below Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wait, is Blake from <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/tag\/love-is-blind\">Love Is Blind season 11<\/a> about to be on Below Deck? We just spotted a MAJOR clue in Blake&#8217;s comment section that has us thinking he might be joining the cast of Below Deck.<\/p>\n<p>On an Instagram post from May 2025, Jake Kelley, a casting director for reality TV, dropped a comment on Blake&#8217;s post about crossing the Atlantic Ocean: &#8220;Sent you a casting!!&#8221;<\/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\/reel\/DJroW9IoPxc\/?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\/reel\/DJroW9IoPxc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Blake Carver (@tropicanacoyote)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One viewer was thinking what we&#8217;re thinking and replied: &#8220;sounds like Below Deck.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Blake unfortunately didn&#8217;t respond publicly to Jake&#8217;s comment, but that doesn&#8217;t mean he never saw his DM.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And Jake has LOADS of reality TV credits under his belt, as a senior casting producer for <a href=\"https:\/\/aintthatsomethingentertainment.com\/our-team\/\">Ain&#8217;t That Something Entertainment<\/a>. According to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jamesfranciskelley\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>, Jake &#8220;recruits for various projects for networks like Netflix, ABC, and FOX, including Dance Moms and the Real Housewives of Miami.&#8221; He also &#8220;enjoys working with diverse and talented candidates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a yachtie, Blake <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/10\/15\/meet-blake-carver-the-yachtie-who-sails-all-over-the-world-from-love-is-blind-season-11\/\">sails all over the world<\/a>. He\u2019s a captain with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sailingcollective.com\/captain\">Sailing Collective<\/a>, and \u201ctaught himself to sail on the lakes of Wisconsin on the family sunfish,\u201d his bio reads.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn&#8217;t always destined for the ocean, though. He actually started his career on Wall Street and then &#8220;started the world\u2019s first carbon-neutral distillery in California.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blake has \u201csince run charters in Croatia, Greece, Italy and the Caribbean.\u201d Sailing Collective \u201cleads low-impact, immersive sailing voyages exploring the world\u2019s coastlines and communities for wide-eyed travellers.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Based on his tagged photos, he participated in Yacht Week 2026 in Croatia this past summer. It&#8217;s &#8220;the original floating festival,&#8221; according to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theyachtweek\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For now, we&#8217;re left wondering whether Blake will actually appear on Below Deck or not.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like&nbsp;<\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<\/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><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is this the crossover we never knew we 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