Below Deck Mediterranean’s Gael Cameron is discussing how she’s coping after ex-boyfriend Nathan Gallagher’s 2025 domestic violence arrest.
“I’ve been sitting here trying to find the perfect quote to encapsulate this photo, but I realized there isn’t one. Just the water and him. Two things that can get me through absolutely anything in this life,” Cameron, 30, captioned a Sunday, September 6, Instagram carousel that showed her in the surf with son Kayden, 14 months, whom she shares with Gallagher, 28. “In this moment I feel happy again 🩵.”
Cameron, who Us confirmed filed an Apprehended Violence Application against Gallagher in Australia in December 2025, also noted that the photos were snapped after her fellow Bravo star’s arrest. “@seathroughthelensphotography you are a legend and [a] half for capturing these in the middle of winter for bub’s first birthday,” the reality star continued. (An AVO is an Australian legal order that protects a person from someone who makes them fear violence, intimidation, harassment or stalking, per the New South Wales’ Government’s website.)
All four images in the carousel captured a bikini-clad Cameron smiling as she held her son in the crystal-clear water. She also disabled comments on the post.
The snaps arrived one day after Cameron, who began dating Gallagher in 2024 after meeting on the series’ season 9 charter, broke her silence over her ex’s arrest. Us confirmed last month that Gallagher was arrested and charged with “assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intentionally chok[ing] a person without consent and common assault,” according to a police memo.
“Hey guys, I just want to say thank you so much for the support you’ve shown for Kayden and I,” Cameron wrote via her Instagram Stories on Saturday, September 5. “It’s been a tough season, but I have been using the past few months to quietly heal and rebuild for little man and myself.”
She continued, “I really appreciate the love you have sent our way, especially while everything that’s come to light, and I’m really working on finding myself again and moving forward.”
The police report obtained by Us further stated that neither party sustained injuries. Gallagher was eventually granted conditional bail. It is not clear how he pleaded. (Gallagher was convicted of three domestic violence offenses on Tuesday, September 1, after failing to appear in a Sydney, Australia, courtroom, per records viewed by News 24.)
Gallagher broke his silence surrounding his arrest in an August 26 statement to Rolling Stone. “I’m not claiming I was perfect. I wasn’t. I made mistakes and I will take responsibility for my own actions,” the statement read before adding that he would “not accept being portrayed solely through one person’s account of a relationship when there is another side and evidence relating to it.”
He added at the time, “I have contemporaneous video footage from the night in question, as well as messages and other records, which I believe provide important context.”
The statement, which also confirmed that Cameron and Gallagher had quietly split, continued, “There are also other matters surrounding the relationship that I have never discussed publicly, including circumstances surrounding the breakdown of our relationship, previous allegations she made about a former partner and financial matters relating to the purchase of an apartment in Sydney.”
He concluded, “My priority is being recognized as [Kayden’s] father, establishing a relationship with him and ultimately finding a way for both of us to move forward and coparent peacefully. I’m not looking for revenge, and not asking anyone to take my side. I simply want the opportunity for the other side to be heard and for the evidence to be considered.”
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support.
