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Ben Willoughby leftBelow Deckfans wondering well-nigh the status of his relationship with Camille Lamb on the Flavor x finale that aired on March 20, but thankfully, he's now setting the tape straight.

Ben and Camille'south Dominican Republic Trip

The deckhand took to Instagram on March 21 to share two posts featuring Camille: one that revealed they had indeed met up in the Dominican Republic one time filming on the show wrapped, and the other sharing what went down while they were there.

"[F]ollowing my middle ever has [led] me to where I am at present," Ben began his initial post, a photo of the two at the beach. "Camille and I spent 10 days in the Dominican Republic and honestly, I fell in honey with this wild spark."

He continued his musing in the explanation of a video montage of the trip, first noting that it was "something we both needed," and that he and Camille "genuinely had a spark," though it was "comparable to that of a primary schoolhouse beat."

The Fate of Ben and Camille'due south Relationship Revealed

"Sadly soon after we decided that this wasn't meant to exist," Ben'south caption continued. "[A]nd existence honest[,] that was a very tough pill to swallow. We are non together anymore [simply] in a perfect world it would accept been something of a fairytale. Nosotros both organically fell in love with i another and had many, many memories to share throughout this whole [Below Deck] journey."

He concluded the post with a piece of "advice" for fans: "[F]ollow your eye in any direction [it] may pb[,] fifty-fifty if you know information technology may hurt."

Ben and Leigh-Ann's Relationship

Leigh-Ann Smith and Ben shared a steamy brand-out session on theBelow DeckFlavor 10 finale, but he stopped things from going any further considering, as he revealed on the prove and in his Instagram posts, he wanted to follow through with his programme to meet Camille in the Dominican Republic. However, it turns out that Ben and Leigh-Ann'southward story didn't stop there either.

Ane of his followers commented to ask if he e'er got "back in touch" with Leigh-Ann, to which he responded, "[Y]es! But didn't work either."

Leigh-Ann opened upward about their post-bear witness relationship in an Instagram mail service of her own, get-go explaining that she wasn't fully aware of Ben and Camille'south connection when she came aboard. "Some of the coiffure establish us to be more compatible and that they were not very serious," Leigh-Ann wrote. "I spoke to Ben about their relationship too and he brushed it off easily and continued to flirt with me and atomic number 82 me on."

And then, after they spent the night together, "Ben decided that he wanted to run into Camille and explore their connection further later the show wrapped," she continued. "Manifestly, I felt hurt and messed around as I was being dragged into this dearest triangle. Still, I fully supported him and wished him the best in his determination."

Leigh-Ann added that she even apologized to Camille. Ben eventually left and "pursued his connectedness" with her, but Leigh-Ann said that just three weeks afterward, he "reached out to me to say that things ended betwixt them."

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According to Leigh-Ann, she and Ben then rented an apartment and lived there together for a month. "I was there for him as he was getting through his breakup and was a shoulder to lean on," she wrote. "I did everything in my will to put a smile on his face every day even though information technology was killing my ain mental wellness. We as well spoke about working and traveling together and Ben possibly coming to [South Africa] with me."

Ben, however, ultimately took a job elsewhere. Leigh-Ann said they stayed in touch for a while, simply she has however to hear from him in recent months. Initially injure, she has "come to peace with non getting an reply."