Luka Brunton‘s time on Beneath Deck Mediterranean has been riddled with romantic connections — and never all of them have taken place on board.
In 2023, Bravo followers have been launched to Luka on season 2 of Beneath Deck Down Below the place he briefly obtained caught up in a love triangle with Jaimee Neale and Culver Bradbury.
Captain Jason Chambers later really helpful Luka to Captain Sandy Yawn and he was provided a place on the deck staff for season 8 of Beneath Deck Med, which aired months later. Nevertheless, Ruan Irving forging his paperwork helped Luka transfer up the ranks from a provisional bosun to main the outside staff.
All through the season, Luka was in a position to steadiness his job and his love life with shocking success. He developed a flirtationship with Natalya Scudder nevertheless it didn’t get far as a result of she was making an attempt to determine her open relationship with an offscreen boyfriend.
From there, Luka turned on the allure with Jessika Asai, which turned a season-long boatmance. Luka’s previous with Beneath Deck Med alum Katie Flood additionally got here to gentle whereas he was nonetheless on the Mustique.
Luka later confirmed to Us Weekly that he didn’t really didn’t find yourself with anybody within the Beneath Deck universe.
“I’m in a relationship in the intervening time. [I’m] again with my companion that I used to be with earlier than the present,” he revealed to Us throughout BravoCon in November 2023. “We break up up [before] the present and we’re again collectively now. I don’t assume she’s watching [this season]. It’s most likely good.”
Hold scrolling for a information to each connection Luka made throughout season 8 of Beneath Deck Med:
A Lengthy-Lasting Flirtationship With Natalya Scudder
It didn’t take lengthy for sparks to fly between Luka and Natalya throughout season 8 of Beneath Deck Med. Regardless of being desirous about one another, Natalya was really hesitant to take it additional due to a complicated open relationship along with her then-boyfriend.
Natalya and Luka made out a couple of occasions however finally parted methods when she left early to determine the problems in her private life. The pair saved in contact although by way of flirty messages, which Luka didn’t inform Jessika about amid their fling.
“Simply because [Jess and I] are hooking up and possibly I don’t need to be in a relationship doesn’t imply I don’t care about her. Everybody has their emotions,” he stated in a January 2024 episode. “I by no means stated to Jess that I needed a relationship. So there’s no strings. Think about if individuals discovered I used to be texting Natalya.”
A Boatmance Fling With Jessika Asai
After Luka realized he wasn’t going to hook up with Natalya, Jessika abruptly caught his eye. The twosome shortly moved from simply flirting to an informal relationship all through season 8. Nevertheless, a scarcity of communication created points when Jessika discovered about Luka being in touch with Katie.
“This entire state of affairs is absolutely annoying. However on the similar time, it’s not my enterprise on who he’s speaking to,” she instructed the cameras in a January 2024 episode. “I’m not going to deprive myself of getting enjoyable. I’m simply going to enter all of this with my eyes open.”
Luka, for his half, wasn’t sweating the drama as a result of he wasn’t anticipating a future with Jessika.
“Clearly I like Jess slightly bit greater than a pal. We aren’t in a relationship. I’m not f—king courting Katie Flood. We’re simply mates. Simply mates. Even when I used to be texting her as greater than a pal,” he stated in a confessional earlier than reducing himself off. “OK. Properly, yeah. I don’t know.”
A Mysterious Previous With Alum Katie Flood
Beneath Deck viewers have been thrown for a loop when Luka randomly revealed he was on pleasant phrases with Katie, who appeared on a previous season of Beneath Deck Med. Luka instructed everybody — together with Captain Sandy — that there was nothing romantic between him and Katie.
“I’ve recognized Katie for like 4 years. She used up to now certainly one of my mates and I do know that she’s labored with Sandy prior to now,” he stated on a December 2023 episode. “My historical past [with her]? We don’t actually have any historical past. We’ve frolicked a couple of occasions. What are you making an attempt to get at?”
The jury continues to be out on whether or not Luka was telling the entire reality about his platonic bond with Katie.