‘Below Deck’ Cast Reacts to Jean-Luc’s Paternity Reveal: ‘I Knew All Along’

Not that stunned. After months of hypothesis, Under Deck Crusing Yacht star Jean-Luc Cerza-Lanaux confirmed that he fathered Dani Soares‘ child — however the duo’s fellow forged members weren’t shocked.

“I had no response to the information, as I all the time knew Jean-Luc was the daddy,” Daisy Kelliher solely instructed Us Weekly on Thursday, January 20. “I knew all alongside.”

Earlier this week, Jean-Luc, 27, returned to Instagram after a seven-month hiatus to substantiate the paternity of Dani’s daughter, Lilly, who was born in Might 2021. He beforehand claimed that he didn’t know whether or not he was the daddy.

“A brand new yr in 2022 begins with excessive ambitions and positivity,” he wrote on Wednesday, January 19. “My silence on social media has been intentional and far wanted. I used that point to deal with what was essential to me and my psychological well being.”

The deckhand added that he couldn’t let the yr “go any additional” with out sharing some information about Dani’s child. “I’m comfortable and proud to say candy and delightful Lilly Rose is my daughter,” he wrote, including that he took a DNA check to substantiate his relation to the baby. “Dani and I’ve been working and speaking collectively to one of the best of our means; given Dani is a full time mom and employee, and I being gone for prolonged durations of time not figuring out when I’ll step again on land.”

The 33-year-old Brazil native, for her half, referenced Jean-Luc’s announcement in a press release to Us, noting that “actions converse louder than phrases.”

The duo started a romance throughout season 2 of Crusing Yacht, which aired in 2021. The second stew stunned followers in April of that yr when she introduced that she was anticipating her first baby. On the time, she didn’t determine the daddy, however Bravo viewers started to invest that it was Jean-Luc.

“I simply don’t suppose that’s related for my scenario, that’s all,” Dani instructed Us in Might 2021, explaining why she determined to not title her baby’s father. “I perceive that individuals are inquisitive about it, and I perceive that I’m on a TV present and everyone needs to know. I simply don’t suppose it’s anyone’s enterprise proper now.”

Throughout the Crusing Yacht season 2 reunion, which aired in June 2021, Jean-Luc instructed Dani that he was keen to coparent along with her, however he nonetheless wished to take a DNA check.

“I perceive why she took it poorly as a result of in her thoughts I may be the one particular person she’s ever been with,” he defined throughout the episode. “If that’s the case, I instructed her, I actually do apologize, however for my peace of thoughts I simply wished to know.”

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With reporting by Diana Cooper