“I feel like I’m being painted as one kind of drug addict.”
Hannah Ferrier speaks out about her surprise in Monday’s episode of “Under Deck Mediterranean.”
The reality star was fired from The Wellington’s crew by Captain Sandy Yawn after undisclosed Valium and a CBD vape pen were found in her belongings.
“I’m actually just disturbed,” Ferrier told Decider. “I’m mainly thinking of seeing how it plays out. I know I’m very confrontational at the moment. It’s very shocking. I’m mainly thinking of just saying things like, ‘Is she rinsing the drugs?'”
“I’m, why would I take my medication? But it would not have occurred to me to flush Valium because I do not think I’m doing anything wrong. It’s anti-anxiety medication. It’s five milligrams of Valium! It was just disappointing. “
She said she felt “painted like a kind of drug addict.”
“Which is just so sad because there are so many people in the world who suffer from mental illness,” Ferrier continued, “and it’s 2020. We should not make people feel like an inferior to taking medication no one for mental illness. “
Although her CBD vape pen was also used for anti-anxiety, Ferrier said she would have handled the situation differently if she had had a chance to do it over.
“Of course I would have explained the medication when I went on board,” she explained. “If I had known it would go that way, I probably would not have done it this season.”
In connection with co-star Malia White – who reported the drugs to Yawn by taking a photo of her – Ferrier said she thought the move was in retaliation for an argument the couple had over room assignments.
“She went into my cabin after we had the fight over cabin arrangements,” Ferrier claimed. “Then I went through my handbag and took a picture of my prescribed medication and legal CBD and sent it to Sandy.”
As for hearing from Yawn after the end of the season, Ferrier said the captain had reached out when he heard the news of Ferrier’s pregnancy.
“It was very, ‘Oh, can I get your address? I want to send something for the baby,'” Ferrier told ET. “Unless you send me my career back, I’m really not interested.”
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