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B&B’s Exec Prod & Head Writer, Brad Bell Teases Next Gen and New Ingenue, ‘Braylor’ Romance, and Sheila’s Next Move

By Michael Fairman

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This month, The Bold and the Beautiful has been celebrating their 9000th episode milestone. Quite an achievement for any daytime drama series to get to.

Recently, Michael Fairman TV caught up with the series long-running executive producer and head writer, Brad Bell to gain insight into the trajectory of the series as it heads towards the summer, and where the scribe sees some of the key characters and components moving forward.

As fans of the show have seen, RJ Forrester has returned with a new actor taking on the role in Joshua Hoffman, Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Taylor’s (Krista Allen) friendship could be heading for more than that, or are they?

Meanwhile, Brad and his writing team have continuously found ways to keep the evil Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) viable, and given this past Friday’s cliffhanger there is something dangerous afoot.

Here’s what Brad had to share on a few of these burgeoning story points and characters, and how that could shake up the show.

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When you look at B&B now, and the history of the show, how do you think it stacks up comparatively?

BRAD: I feel like we are in a good spot right now. I think the cast is excellent. We have a right mix of love and romance, and then Sheila brings action and adventure. However, this summer, we are going to be introducing the next gen. We started with Joshua Hoffman as RJ.  The show began in 1987, and now we have the next Ridge Forrester that can take us to the next 9,000 episodes.

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So, is there a new ingenue coming?

BRAD: Yes, we are building out our 20-something part of the cast.

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Do you have a hard time or not, trying to figure out how to keep Sheila on the canvas? You keep coming up with ways for Sheila to escape prison and not truly paying for her crimes.

BRAD: Sheila is very elusive, very cunning.  She has nine lives and she has used them up, but I am guessing she has eighteen! Kimberlin Brown is just so great at being bad, and the character always works when we throw caution to the wind, and you do things like have her shoot her son (Finn) and her daughter-in-law (Steffy). I thought, “Well, maybe that’s the end.  She can’t come back from that.”  She did, maybe because she’s misunderstood. (laughs)

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There has been speculation, and certainly it seemed to be teased on-air, of a potential romantic pairing between new bff’s, Brooke and Taylor. Were you toying with the idea?

BRAD: I was, actually. I was thinking “What if we went this direction?” I was just kind of watching the actors and seeing if the chemistry is there, like we do with everyone, really. So, at this point, we know that Brooke and Taylor can be friends, and we know that they are connecting on a whole new level. So, maybe that could be something.  It might happen.

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What do you think your father, the legendary Bill Bell (who created B&B along with your mother, Lee Phillip Bell), would say to you if he was here  to celebrate the 9,000th episode milestone?

BRAD: I think my dad would be very proud.  He used to call me after every episode of B&B and it was always one of two things, either, “I watched the show and it was fabulous!” or “I just watched the show and it was horrible! It was terrible!”  It was never, “It was OK, today.”  I loved those calls. He was a man of passions, and he really loved carrying the torch from one thousand episodes to another thousand, to another, I saw his great sense of accomplishments. I think he would be very thrilled that we hit 9,000 episodes with the show. We never thought we would.  It’s great and we are going strong, and hopefully, we will make 10,000.

What do you think of Brad’s remarks on what to look forward to in the near future on B&B? Excited to see the next gen? Would you be all for a Brooke and Taylor romance? As for Sheila, she obviously is up to something by the mysterious visitor she received while in jail on Friday’s cliffhanger.  Who do you think is the visitor? Jack Finnegan, James Warwick, or someone else? Let us know to all in the comment section below, but first check out Sheila’s mysterious visitor shocker scene.

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Sheila’s visitor is Jack, James, Eric, Connor Davis or Justin Barber. I hope day after day that Sheila stays on the canvas long-term!!!

No m tired of her
It’s really getting old
I’m sorry

Long-standing fans of Y&R and B&B will recall that Sheila DIED in Genoa City YEARS ago when she had surgery to look like Phyllis – or at least portrayed herself to mirror her image. Lauren shot her. Kimberlin is a fantastic actress however the character Sheila is overdone.

It time for Sheila to go, the actress can come back as someone else, I also feel that character Sheila is over played. She could come back as an heiress with money start buying things up and make the current actors get them back….

I absolutely agree.. move on to something else.. so many great actors on the show that you can make a good story about them.. love the show, but very bored with SHEIA!!

I don’t think I have ever been so bored with a story line. The same with Hope & Thomas. Heaven forbid Brooke & Taylor taking a relationship with each other, Sick??? The world has just about made this one sick issue in life. Especially parents deciding to allow children whether they are a male or female. This is also a stupid stage of life!!
Please have a new decent story line and regroup the future of the show.

Never between Brooke and Taylor..you can do better than that

Agreed. It is not necessary or exciting to go “there” with Brook and Taylor because it’s ALREADY been overdone on so many other shows… Not needed… Not wanted… Don’t do it

I think I’d stop watching the show if they have a Brooke and Taylor romance! Totally disgusting, come on writers are you really perverted

I totally agree with you Rs Murphy

If they put Taylor and Brooke together..I will never turn B & B on again. That would totally ruin Taylor for
me and I love watching her the way she is now..I think a lot of long time viewers will go.

I agree…Im tired of her
..she needs to go!!

Totally agree, the Shelia character is played out… Let her fall off of the cliff at Steffy and Finn’s, be in a coma for a while and wake up with complete amnesia…

I remember that but just assumed she recovered her injuries and her former looks.

Amen, so am I.

Me too. You are going to loose a generation of viewers.. at least make some stories we can get on board with!!

I agree that this story line I’d “old”. It’s actually creepy and I fast forward it!
Thank you.

I agree time for her to go

Agree. Sheila’s scene is getting old.

Yes done got old, they need to really kill her off permanently. I’m sick of her.

Sheila is getting very old and we are sick of her! Get rid of Sheila, especially since it took forever to cage the evil woman. Be done with her

I soooo agree! It’s become boring. Move on.

I agree with Rosie the story of Sheila is getting verrryyy old

I AGREE!!! So sick of Sheila!

I just fast forward if the story is about Sheila, some of my friends have stopped watching the bold and the Beautiful.

I agree. I have seen enough of Sheila. Put her in prison for life.

Yes

I agree its time for Shelia to go ..its no reality to allowing her to continue to. wreak havoc in the lives of innocent people with no consequences…

EXACTLY!!

Agree, I’m getting tried of her in this vein. Chop it up a little bit…let Sheila stay in jail for a while and have a few interactions with some inmates.

Sheila is old news. I can’t stand her. Same old story every time.

Get her off the screen!

I am so frustrated with Sheila!! She does what she wants and she is never stopped totally! Why is her character so unstoppable! With everything going on in your world today, let us at least see in this soap opera that evil people will be caught and shut down!

i have too agree i’m so sick of Shelia always finding a way outta everything instead of paying for the crimes that she has committed .. i honestly think this time there should b NO way out for her

Right

WE DO TOO!! She truly adds spice and excitement to the show!!! My Mom and I watch just to see what thrilling thing Sheila will do next!!!

She is amazing. Watched her as young lad with Grandma who is of no more… Still love Sheila Carter

Sheila needs to go.

No so sick of seeing her! Get a new storyline!

Time for Sheila to rot in prison with no visitation rights and off the camera at Bold and the Beautiful!

Let’s have some reality. She jumped off the balcony and get up to drive?
She’s in prison they said and have old visitors face to face. Is she in a hotel?

And NO to Brooke an Taylor romance together.

If they do that storyline I’m done and no Hope Thomas romance either.

Amen!!!

I totally agree. Put Brooke with Ridge and Taylor with Bill.

I agree absolutely NO to Brooke/Taylor.

I agree no to a romance

Totally agree! That’s nonsense

I agree. Will stop watching if that happen

Agree…no to this pairing up…

No to Brooke and Taylor romance leave them as friends
Find a new male love interest for Taylor.

I agree ì don’t want Taylor and Brook as a couple. No, no…

Totally agree that is a definite NO. Put Brooke back with Ridge where she belongs.

Now that you suggest it, I think it’s Jack, Doctor Finn’s father!

Yes I am tired of Sheila, but all of them is getting tired. Please no Brook and Taylor romance together. Liam’s and Hope over Thomas. Katie and one who’s always whinny about someone wife. Put some new people in the show. Stephanie and finn need to find more to do in a regular marriage. Find a new spin on the show, give Wyatt a new love. Thomas need a love to make Hope come clean about her feelings. Need new faces both Male and female.

Jack. I like Shelia because I see her as an actress that’s doing a great job. Brooke can get on my nerves at times. But I really like her. Taylor is better being a mother to her kids. She just isn’t a good dr. Sure she looks the role & is a good actress but seriously I think she’d be best with Ridge. But the friendship between the girls would be sickening to me if it got romantic. But that’s just my opinion

I like Sheila also and hope she stays around. She is a diversion from the love triangles that are not so interesting when that is all there is and no action or intrigue is going on. IMO

I thought the scene where Shelia fell backwards off the balcony and able to drive away was crazy and insulted the intelligence of it’s viewers. No, I don’t want Brooke and Taylor having a romance. I’ve read a lot of comments on other sites that feel the same way.

Agree!!! Do NOT have Taylor and Brooke get romantic!!!!!

Totally agree
Just let them be bestie’s pls

Brook and Bill . NO Taylor and brook

Katie and Bill please. Carter needs to leave town He tried Paris and herr sister and Quinn. Katie 4th try.

TOTALLY agree! Katie and Bill are forever! She mellows his stallion side beautifully!♥️

Carter is a joke he always go after somebody else’s wife or partner. For him to be a lawyer in the hunk that they try to portray him as he should not have to go after all these men dirty seconds!

No Brook and Bill any other man not Bill there are other men out there not her sister ex

Agree!

No,I’d like to see Bill/Taylor together.

NO WAY !! Brooke likes the men too much to be gay , don’t insult our intelligence again, to suit your story line

Exactly what I was going to say. Taylor, maybe. She’s repressing something (when it was portrayed by Hunter Tylo). I love the friendship between the two strong women. I also hope that when the inevitable happens, Brooke getting back with Ridge, that it’s done in a sensitive manner with Taylor’s feelings being considered. I would love to see the friendship survive Ridge. I love the new Taylor. Less uptight, a hell of a lot sexier and so much fun.

I agree!!! Why dangle insult with misery for the sake of a new modern storyline as you call it? Enjoy your show but if it goes in the opposite direction of romance…it will be so easy to discontinue.

Agreed No romance btwn Taylor and Brooke
Would stop watching show and have watched since very first episode started!!!!

Totally agree with you on that one!!!

No way hosea

Agree. At one point I stopped watching Bold and the Beautiful for years when they changed Ridge from Ron Moss. And lately I am asking myself, is it time to stop again, because it has been becoming down right stupid, and a waste of time. I am starting to fast forward entire episodes. I don’t like the storyline of Hope having feelings for Thomas. The Sheila storyline, Brooke and Taylor, Ridge is not all that, he is slimey, and no Quinn. Quinn is the biggest loss! Not the same since she left. Just a big waste of time. So tired of Sheila!!!!

I agree. They really missed a great opportunity by not utilizing that master artist by not having better storylines for her.

Agreed, there is little enjoyment in totally unbelievable storylines such as the “Sheila” saga

I think if the writer’s go there, they will lose a good portion of their loyal fan base that have been tuning in for decades. Myself, included.

I hope in the near future that the writers of this show try to push this show forward and stop letting everything drag out I can come on a Monday and by Friday they even saying the same thing over and over again and that’s very sickening I started turning this show off because it doesn’t never change need to work on your storyline because for me it is very boring so I can go away for a week not watch your show come back and ain’t a damn thing change let’s get with the program and do a better storyline!

Agree 100%!!

Agree

Please no Baylor romance..

No Brooke an Taylor relationship no romance for them Brooke and ridge forever

Please no … give Taylor a real chance at a good relationship with a real man …

I agree a Brook and Taylor romance would be too much. It would push me and many others away. In Everyday life they push that lifestyle down our throats like it or not. I would not want to see in our story. PLEASE DON’T do that.

Agree

Rosie, et all,
I agree and I hope Mr. Bell reads some of these posts and realizes what he’s doing if he makes Brook and Taylor a couple. I’ve quit watching a couple time over the years due to an obnoxious S.L so no big deal, plus Hope wanting to act like mommy is another thing. One of her is enough. She might also lose her son if she starts chasing after his dad.

No please don’t

I agree, the way Shelia looked after she fell off the balcony no way could she have driven off. Brook and Taylor romance would make me stop watching

Both insulting storylines

I feel the same way. She should have ended with the balcony fall. Noone gets up from something like that. And no on Taylor and Brooke. Have Taylor and Finns dad get together if your not putting her with Risge. Brooke and Eric. Move on from the Ridge,Taylor,Brooke crap. Bring back Rick,Bridget. And that kid of theirs. Has a Taylor and Deacon thing been done ever?

1 agree on both counts

Totally agree!

I hope that don’t put Brooke and Taylor together as a couple lesbian it’s sickening yuck After 35 years I’ll stop watching B&B – Adios

Good! There’s no place for your hated!

Judy,
Just because a lot of us don’t like the idea of Brooke and Taylor jumping into bed together, it shouldn’t be called hatred. How would you like to be called sickos because you like the idea. We just think it’s inappropriate and in poor taste.

Agree

Totally agree
It was completely informant it’s as if the writer’s are on life support
As for the tell of Taylor and Brooke can we just have one shoe that doesn’t sell out to the deviant’s and those whom think their not being represented enough
Bc you all have I thought I’d never herd some of the other soaps writing into the narrative
Be you and let us enjoy our 30 or 60 min escape without the political agenda we all get it
Like everyone in the auS you can be and live anyway you want
Do stop acting and pretending your not

Agee

I don’t want Taylor and Brooke to have a romance. B&B has been very boring for several months, now. And plz, a Rich man, Dollar Bill, would want a young beautiful woman, not a woman his age. And, lighten Hopes hair.

I agree about Hope’s hair LOL I would love it if she went totally blonde.

Please..no Brooke & Taylor, will not watch!

I agree,if they do I’m out

They did insult our intelligence for sure ! She should have broken legs, arms, head !!

ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!!! NO BROOKE & TAYLOR ROMANCE! JUST LET THEM BE FRIENDS, PUT TAYLOR AND BILL TOGETHER OR HOW ABOUT THIS, BRING JN NEW ACTORS, LOVE INTERESTS, AND GET RID OF THE SAME STORYLINE! I THINK WE ARE ALL EXHAUSTED WITH SHEILA!!!!!! LET HER GO,

ABSOLUTELY NO to the Brooke/Taylor romance!!! IT’S TIME FOR SHEILA TO GO!

I totally agree!

No I don’t want Taylor and Brooke to have a romance like them to stay friends

Agree

I’m SICK to death of Sheila! I will no longer watch the show if Taylor and Brooke become involved.

Why mess up a friendship for Brook and Taylor?Let them be friends!

Brooke and Taylor REALLY when that romance starts that’s when i stop watching

I agree! Totally ridiculous for her to fall from a high 2nd story building without even a scratch or bump. Then when Brooke and Taylor were getting all cozy I was so afraid it was going that way. I may have had to quit watching if that was the case.

I will also quit watching if they have a Braylor romance. Do not cave to the “woke” media!!!

Agree completely

For God’s sake, don’t do Brooke and Taylor. Brooke goes to Ridge. Sick of Sheila. Don’t let Hope get with Thomas. Guess I figure out something else to watch.:

Totally agree about the hook up
No to the same old same old let Brooke stay single for awhile allow her to realize like Taylor that she doesn’t always need a man
As for hope she’s always had to pretend she’s got higher morals she proved that to be wrong by doing a married man getting pregnant like her mother let her be her
Let Thomas tho pump the brakes
Give her a realty check
Keep them as friends let Liam be wrong about Thomas this one time
Let hope get the mental health help she really needs bc living with a woman always sleeping around and making excuses has to mess with any kids mental health
She is a good person but is she a healthy one ?
She tried getting help then stopped in midway
Never made sense as it was never resolved b&b writer’s never the storyline
It was a good one bc it actually dealt with how promiscuity, betrayal to her own daughter’s and never apologizing for messing with their psyche’s

Agree on all parts

Tired of Wimpy Liam. The same conversation over and over and over with Steffy. B O R I N G
STOP IT

Liam stick to talking with your brother and dad. Why draw Steffy into your insecurities? She is happily married to Finn! Know your boundaries !!!

I agree that Liam is a wimpy and a bad actor. His eyes roll around and he acts like he can’t figure out what to say. Does he ever work? He wonders around town discussing his problems with Steffy and then his brother. Hope loves her kids so much but we never see them. They have a sleep over every night lol

I agree that Liam should not be such a wimp, I Know a Man can be calm at times but there is no way a man have to keep saying over and over again about Thomas. He doesn’t come from a cloth of weakness because his father is strong and his mother wasn’t a joke either. So please give that man more heart and put his foot down on this situation as far as his wife. I just really want to know when are you folks going to stop with the fake ass stories in the way you have people being betrayed if this is the rich life I rather just be a mediocre ass person with a mediocre family at least we be true to life

Agree 100%

Can’t these writers let Brooke and Taylor be friends and keep slimey haired, scruffy, unkempt Ridge for the likes of Shauna? Ron Moss was the best Ridge, much better looking, better actor and so handsome! Even now with grayer hair he is charming! There was true chemistry between him, Brooke and Taylor.

If they spin Taylor and Brooke I will never watch BB ever again!!!!! ….and they did that on Y&Y and I stopped watching for a while and now I just ff….

I am tired of Sheila, leave her in prison. No, I wouldn’t like to see a Brooke and Taylor intimate relationship. Would like to see Katie reunite with Bill.

Yes totally agree pls
So tired of Carter
He’s going through all the women on b&b
He’s like Brooke who had to try and find someone to be with at the expense of everyone else
Dang he didn’t even take a breath after they wrote Quinn off
Wow that relationship wasn’t obviously deep enough for him bc if it was love you’d think he’d take a brake go after Quinn as bc find out why she lf
After all he had no problem tracking her down and professing he wanted to be with her so much

Leave Sheila in jail. Bring on a new, mature man for Taylor—maybe a doctor or lawyer. Let Ridge be jealous and realize what he let slip through his hands by not marrying Taylor when he could. When he goes back to Brooke, let her be slow to take him back. The women should be in charge of their love lives. Taylor and Brooke have a good friendship. Let it just be that. They’re in their 50’s.

Leave Steffy & Finn alone. No more Steffy with Liam. Give Thomas a beautiful model to pine after. Thomas is too interesting for boring Hope. Make Hope realize she really is attracted to Thomas, even though she still loves Liam. I’m tired of the old triangles. Old storylines need to rest and be retired. Deacon should get a love interest, not Taylor or Li or Sheila again. He should date some young models and interesting women.
Don’t let Katie return to Bill. He abused and betrayed her. Keep her with Carter. Keep Eric with Donna.

Please bring back Quinn!!!That was the true hot love story with Carter. None of the women he has dated can hold a candle to Quinn. Maybe she can come back entangled with a man that is not who she thinks he is! That would be an interesting plot!!!

I agree would love Quinn back she was an awesome character even with Eric she made him way more exciting to watch than Donna.
Katie shouldn’t go back to Bill they never work too boring together why not Taylor and Bill for a change !

Oh please, Quinn was a slut sleeping with Carter and chasing after Ridge before the ink on her marriage license to Eric was dry.i suppose a lot of people thought this all was so sexy, well I thought it stunk, especially having Eric say it was all his fault and giving his consent. Lousy writing again I think. Maybe Mr. BELL is acting out his sexual fantasies.

Agree

Brooke has (possibly) bedded every Forrester male barring her own son. Do we really want to see her bed Taylor, as well? Not really. Let’s let them have their girl “bromance.” Women can be extremely close without sex. These two fought about Ridge for years. Let them stay bosom buddies without actually inserting boobs! If we want a gay, romping, same sex romance, let’s start with RJ & his mysterious “project” at which he keeps hinting. That sounds intriguing.

We’ll said
Tired of all the crap honestly snd we’ve already had all of the above minus the two women relationship
The RJ storyline is already boring he’s boring
Sorry

They are hinting that RJ may further bridge the gap between ridge and bill or further break the bond by going to lead the new failing media group the Wyatt and Liam just bought for Spencer publications

Couldn’t agree more. This RJ is awful and don’t want to see him lead a story line.

OMG, leave the kid alone, he’s only 23. Bad enough he’s got a sex crazy mother and sister.

I am not in favor of a romance between Taylor and Brooke. They make good friends. But, I don’t see the romance chemistry between them. I was hoping Taylor and Bill would connect. As for Taylor and Brooke being more than friends doesn’t jive.

Don’t copy Y and R
Create your own storyline

Well as a long time viewer I certainly hope Brad can somehow redeem Sheila and get her the mental therapy she needs but at the same time she needs to take responsibility for the vicious things she has done over the many years since Genoa City..if Phyllis can be redeemed certainly Sheila can be especially since she’s a mother! Her children shouldn’t have to worry about her destructive habits. Let Taylor and Brooke build a foundation of friendship, don’t start a romance now, it’s fantastic seeing them bond!RJ should chart his own course for now, then use his influence online to expand Forrester creations globally with Gen z followers! Bring back Thorne and his sisters!

I want Li & Bill together…please….!

I also want to see Bill with Li.

Yes!! Bill and Li!!!!

That might be worth watching!

YEA!!! BILL AND LI!!! They have nice chemistry.

No Brooke and Taylor romance please. I think this would hurt the show and they would lose fans!!! Please!

Brooke and Ridge belong together (destiny)
Find Taylor a hot amazing Psychiatrist Boyfriend who challenges her and takes her mind off of Ridge!!

Bring back James Warwick to have a romantic relationship with Taylor.

Nooooooo romance between Brooke and Taylor pleazzzzzze!

Don’t want to have to stop watching, but I will

If Taylor and Brooke are suddenly gay? I am DONE with this show

If you put Brooke and Taylor together romantically, I’m done watching. We’re having enough of this rammed down our throat. Enough

I’m sure you can find episodes of Andy Griffith or Bewitched to watch. Wait, you know there were (closeted) gays on those shows. Wait, that’s probably how you prefer it.

While Brooke & Taylor as a couple might be a bit odd based on history, it’s about time a show based on fashion in Los Angeles has gay characters.

I’m not a homophobe. I have people in my family that are lgbq. Even have a daughter who just married a woman. I’m a Christian. I believe the Bible, God’s Word. It’s enough of it on TV. I’ve been watching since the show started. You don’t have to do what everyone else is doing. What happened to Brooke and Ridge being each other’s Destiny?

Awww,glad you feel that way, and yes, Im being facetious. It would behoove the writers and producers to introduce and write in gay characters,NOT turn established characters.

Big NO to Brooke and Taylor romance!!

Li and Bill sound good
No brook and Taylor please

Bet Sheila is pregnant..and as for a Braylor romance kinda though they would come up with that must be running out of story lines at least Sheila brings something to the show

Sheila is in her sixties. She can’t get pregnant.

If they make it to where Brook and Taylor get romantically involved I will quit watching the show and I have been watching it since it started. PLEASE DON’T DO THIS

Please, please, no Brooke and Taylor. Y&R does it and is sickening to look at. I FF through that part. Sheila story is getting extremely old. Someone that mean, nasty, hateful, etc deserves prison. Like watching a repeat of a repeat. Viewers are smarter than that. I love Katie and Carter together.

I agree, no Brooke and Taylor romance plz!!, And we need Quinn back the show isn’t the same without her !

A lot of anti-gay people on here. Your bigotry is quite apparent. You do realize that Michael Fairman is gay. Take your bigotry elsewhere you homophobes.

I agree with you! I am wondering if it is just one person with a bunch of accounts posting their agenda of the show over and over.
I’m ready for some changes. I have watched this show from the very start.
I’m over Sheila. Get her gone again please.
Totally down with Hope being ok with being herself, thinking for herself and taking care of herself. I think it would be great to find she always loved Thomas and felt she wasn’t allowed because she would be looked down on being Brooke’s daughter. Let it happen!
Taylor/Brooke, sure let’s try it. Larry’s try it and make them the next grand couple that makes it long term. It’s 2023 not 1987. I honestly know and love more gay/bi people as I do straight.
I’m straight. I am not offended by those who are not. Let’s reflect some real life lifestyles already!

Thank you! Too much hatred out there!

I would rather not see a Brooke/Taylor romance and it has nothing to do with being “anti-gay”. Nothing in either of their histories would lead them to a relationship and, to me, that storyline would feel forced. But that’s just my opinion.

I’m gay and the thought of Brooke and Taylor getting romantic makes me sick. Not because I’m anti-gay but because I’ve watched the show since day one and know without a doubt that these two women LOVE men. I’d be happy with someone else on the canvas getting into a same-sex relationship; perhaps Thomas:)

I’m not anti-gay at all. I just don’t think either Brooke or Taylor are remotely interested in each other in that way. They both have slept with every man on the show and are both deep down in love with Ridge. Another poster suggested Thomas in a same-sex relationship which I think is a great idea. He doesn’t have a great track record with women so it would probably work.

Don’t want to see Braylor…..they are too old for that….it’s

If Braylor happens, I’m done watching…..

I’d love a Brooke/Taylor romance. Bring it on.

I stopped watching young and the restless because of Mariah and Tessa. I will do the same for bold and beautiful if brook and Taylor become a couple.

The 1950s called, you and some other posters are welcomed back there. This is the 21st Century. Stop the homophobia.

Braylor romance not happening. I would fast-forward quick. Just let Brooke and Ridge be together,this for good. And Taylor with Dr. James Warwick.

No! No! No! To Brooke and Taylor! Friends only please!

Please no love connection for Brooke and Tayor!I love their frienship, but afraid you will lose lots of viewers if you allow a gay relationship between them.Lets see them both with a new man!I love Ridge and Taylor together, but like Brooke and Taylors friendship more.How about Taylor with Bill and Brooke with Deacon?And maybe Ridge with Li?As for Sheila, I’m really tired of her and would like her to just stay in jail!I have been stuck on this show from the beginning and hope it will be around for many more years to come!

Brad, it’s your dad here texting through Paul… the show is terrible. It’s time to rest Sheila in the ground. Be adventureous and create a new Sheila. Someone fans see turn evil. Not know you’re evil. Give them an adventure to watch and change things up.

If you plan on the next generation than start fixing this generation. I’ve seen you flesh out the cast a few times and then get bored with those characters. Where’s Maya? Where’s Rick? As a matter of fact Where’s Zende? Or Paris. You have characters you are neglecting and have become bored with. Flesh them out. Don’t have them connected to the soap families on now.

It’s fashion, son. Where are the gay men? It’s LA, son, where are diverse characters? It’s LA, son, why is everyone working at Forrester? Where r the actors m?

Disgusted idea to pair Brooke and Taylor.

Please No Taylor and Brook Romance. just let them be friends and nothingore!

Apparently Sheila must have been immaculately resurrected since Lauren KILLED HER many years ago on The Young and the Restless. And all the ways she gets away with are so far fetched!!!! No wonder viewership on soaps is down with all of these unbelievable storylines!!!!

This Shelia storyline is so redundant..I know several people who is just tired of this storyline..especially with the climate of our world today..Shelia should pay for her crimes and let’s move on.

Sheila is the most entertaining. The show is supremely boring during the years she is off-screen.

If Brooke and Taylor form a romance, you’ve lost a fan! We, of course, want Ridge and Brooke back together! Send Taylor back to Africa!

Get rid of Sheila for good!

No way, Sheila is the only exciting character

I agree I’m a SHEILA fan. And please No Brooke and Taylor I’ll stop watching also

I’m sick of Sheila – let her rot in jail where she belongs and lets move on. Bring back Deacon’s son, “little D’ and what about Bridget’s son, Logan? The love triangles are so lame. Leave the couples the way that are. How about more about the fashion and business? And please….no Braylor.

Brooke and Taylor’s bestie fest has been a joy to watch! They have so much chemistry…Their characters are evolving so if they were to explore a romantic relationship, it would stem from growth and honesty. Go for it!!

No romance for Brooke and Taylor I want to see Brooke and Ridge back together.

It got to be someone else that went to visit Shiva because of that head and my nose in that chin it’s definitely somebody else it’s not fun it’s not stuffy it ain’t none of them it’s definitely somebody else that’s not Liam it ain’t reach it ain’t bill it’s not Carter it ain’t Eric Forrester so I got to be somebody else

If Brooke and Taylor become romantic, I will be done with Bold and Beautiful for good.

Braylor together = dead end what would be their story ?
Just like Brooke and the Logan at FC is a huge mistake : There’s no more a major rivalry like Stephanie and Brooke : boring
The show needs rival fashion houses
Brooke should create her own company maybe with Bill to get revenge on Ridge after he chooses again his first family.
Taylor can’t do that alas unless Nick or Thorne are brought back.
Sheila is a dead end too. Even if she gets out of jail WHY would anyone interact with her ?

Please don’t ruin this show with a Brooke and Taylor romance. I have watched from the beginning, I would stop watching.
Lurs

You will loose two long time viewers me and my mom put Sheila on house arrest and community work but definitely don’t put Brooke and Taylor in no romance

I stopped watching in March. Kountry Wayne skits on Facebook are better than these soaps. Tired of Sheila. Brooke and Taylor’s new found friendship is boring and both are corny. Making them bi is not the answer. There has to be another love interest for Thomas besides Hope. You all are recycling old storylines. Lazy writing.

While I don’t care for her acting, Paris and Thomas could be an interesting pairing. They DO have a nice chemistry, and she seems to be on his corner in all of his shenanigans.

No DONOT HAVE BROOKE AND TAYLOR HAVING A ROMANCE THATS JUST DISGUSTING. Brooke and Ridge belong together and always have put Taylor with Bill or Deacon or bring someone new put her with Hollis and put Ridge and Brooke back together. Nobody wants to see same sex crap.

I loooved Brooke and Nick together. He was real w/ her and didn’t take a lot of crap from her. Bringing Bridget back along w/ her surreal family would be nice.

Either redeem Sheila and make her finally sane after all these years, or get rid of her all together for good. As for Brooke and Taylor, keep them friends and nothing else.

Love me some Sheila. I think her visitor is one of the men she killed who’s very much alive which would allow Sheila to now be released from prison. I’m gunning for yah Bill Spencer .

The Brooke and Taylor friendship is boring and silly. It is an insult to women. Shiela is boring.

I totally agree!

I would stop watching if a romantic relationship was developed between Taylor and Brooke!

I thought a few weeks again, that was where the Brooke/Taylor friendship was going. That’s not a bad idea. As for Shelia she really has to leave, once and forever. She can do reoccurring visits as a ghost or spirit. I say Goodbye to Shelia

I love Shelia, it’s not boring, and Brooke and Taylor would be interesting, because it happens in real life..soooooooo I’m good with the new line anything but the same old..Brooke, Steffi, Liam,Hope, Carter,..sleep kiss,breakup..story line

Please put Brooke and Taylor together!

I stopped looking at the show because it makes you believe that people can get away with anything..yes I believe in second changes but to do things with malicious doings NO WAY..so where is the JUSTICE?

ICAM that’s why Brooke shouldn’t be rewarded for her life of backstabbing family members
Ridge is no prize but she doesn’t deserve her HEA after she destroyed so many marriages
She DARES to pass judgment ? When she betrayed her sister again not so long ago and lied about kissing Deacon. At least Thomas attacked Brooke bc she threatened him with the CPS call and bc he wanted his family reunited
Brooke hurt people including her mother sister and daughter just bc she was horny for unavailable men

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B&B’s Sydney Bullock Weighs In on Future of Dylan and Will: ‘I Think She Can Hold on to Him for Awhile’ (Exclusive)

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It appears that Melissa Dylan (Sydney Bullock) has thus far successfully been able to swing Will Spencer (Crew Morrow) over to her side, and have him actually develop strong romantic feelings for her.

The one problem in her way is Will’s mother, Katie Logan (Heather Tom), and there is always the possibility that Will and Electra (Laneya Grace), who were each others first loves find their way back to one another.

However for now, Dylan’s portrayer, Sydney Bullock is confident that her soap opera alter ego’s got her man and that she can handle anything that can come her way Speaking on the red carpet with Michael Fairman TV at the recently completed 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards, Bullock explained where Will and Dylan’s relationship is at now on the CBS soap opera.

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“Dylan is our lovable anti-hero. She’s messy, but she’s a human,” shares Bullock. Adding about keeping Will Spencer as Dylan’s guy, Sydney commented, “I think she can hold on to him for awhile. I think she’s got it in her.”

When asked how it is sharing the screen with young leading man, Crew Morrow, Sydney joked, “Crew, what a doll! It’s a hard job, my goodness! How do I do it?”

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In the last few months, Bullock received an on-screen mom when General Hospital and The Young and the Restless alum, Kelly Sullivan (ex-Kate/Connie, ex-Sage, respectively) joined the show as Darcy Dylan.

“I love working with Kelly Sullivan,” said Bullock enthusiastically. “She’s always down to break down the scenes with me, and we go through so much, and she’s really like my mom on set. She’s so amazing.” Sullivan visited the Michael Fairman Channel for a live chat after her B&B debut here.

So, what’s ahead for Dylan and will be exciting? Hold the phone! Sydney explained, “Oh, man! Is it going to get exciting?! Dylan, she’s a survivor and we’re just going to keep seeing her surviving. She finds a lot of ways to do that.”

In the end, Bullock has high-praise and love for her B&B character: “I think she’s super strong and I’m really honored to play her.  I’ve been rooting for her, and as for the fans, I think they will be (rooting for her) too.”

You can check out our Daytime Emmys red carpet chat with Sydney Bullock below, and for more interviews with your favorite stars from the 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards, click here. 

In addition on Wednesday, BBTV posted a new video with Crew Morrow and Sydney Bullock about the pairing of “Dill.” You can also check that out below.

So are your rooting for Dylan to keep Will all to herself? Do you think she will have to fight and claw to keep her man? Are you enjoying Sydney Bullock’s portrayal of Melissa Dylan? Let us know in the comment section below. 

 

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‘General Hospital’ Favorite Amanda Setton Talks Brook Lynn and Chase’s Divorce, Jude Jacks, Baby Phoebe, and What’s Next (Exclusive)

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On General Hospital, Brook Lynn Quartermaine’s (Amanda Setton) life as she knows it has turned upside down. First, she and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed divorce papers while in  the Dominican Republic. As much as they loved each other, they just couldn’t get past all the trust issues between them.

Then, right after that, Jude Jax (Wil Traval) shows up at the Q mansion and demands to see his daughter, baby Phoebe! Brook Lynn is thrown for a complete loop. Is this guy claiming to be the biological father of Delilah Wilson’s daughter, which had been adopted by Brook Lynn and Chase, telling the truth? Brook Lynn is on her way to getting to the bottom of his claims.

Meanwhile, Brook Lynn’s portrayer, Amanda Setton just celebrated her first-ever Daytime Emmy nomination, and in the very competitive Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category. While Amanda ultimately did not take home the gold statuette, that honor went to The Young and the Restless’ longtime veteran, Beth Maitland (Traci Abbott), she was in great spirits when Michael Fairman TV caught up with her on the red carpet.

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THE END OF THE LINE FOR BROOK LYNN AND CHASE

When asked how she felt about Brook Lynn being the first (between her and Chase) to put pen to paper on their divorce papers, Settton recalled, “She did. But I’m like, ‘Did she or did he kind of?’ They did it (both of them).”

Getting a new co-star and cast member can go one of two ways, great or not so great, but Amanda had nothing but high praise for Wil Traval’s entrance and performance as Jude Jacks!

THE ARRIVAL OF JUDE JAX

“Wil Traval is fabulous to work with. His debut was so amazing the other day, wasn’t it? He was just such a force and everybody’s faces and reactions when he says that he’s, ‘Jude Jacks, Jerry’s son.’ It was so good and well-played! Wil’s awesome. I’m excited for what’s to come. We’re going to have a lot of stuff together.”

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According to Amanda, Brook Lynn will have her hands full in the months to come: “There’s a lot of stuff coming down the pike with Baby Phoebe. Will Chase and Brooklyn work together? Will they not? Is it really Jude’s daughter? Lots of questions!”

GRATITUDE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY HER PEERS

For Setton, being an Emmy nominee meant the world to her, and to finally be acknowledged by her peers in a television career that spanned daytime and primetime including her performances as Kimberly Andrews on One Life to Live. But most importantly for her work in 2025 in the emotional rollercoaster of a story where Brook Lynn learns Gio (Giovanni Mazza) is her biological son.

“It means so much to me,” expressed Amanda. “It really does. I keep using this line, but I really mean it. It feels like a big hug. You know, not everybody who votes for these categories works with you. It’s really a very humbling feeling to know that your work actually touched someone and moved someone enough for them to vote for you. And getting to play the storyline that I got to play was such a privilege. It really was, with the actors I got to play it with. To be a little rewarded for it feels so nice.”

You can check out our chat with Amanda Setton on the red carpet at the 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards below. Then make sure to check out all the Michael Fairman Channel red carpet interviews from daytime’s biggest night here.

So, do you think Brook Lynn and Chase will unite to keep baby Phoebe away from Jude Jacks? What do you think of Wil Traval’s performances thus far as Jude? How do you see this story for the custody of baby Phoebe playing out? Were you rooting for Amanda to take home the Supporting Actress gold? Let us know via the comment section below.

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B&B’s Crew Morrow Talks Will and Dylan Romance, Heather Tom’s Success, and Dad Joshua Morrow’s Inspiring ‘Y&R’ Performance (Exclusive)

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The Bold and the Beautiful’s Crew Morrow (Will Spencer) is one of the brightest younger male leads in the world of daytime drama. Crew has quite the soap pedigree being the son of The Young and the Restless’ long-running star, Joshua Morrow (Nick Newman), but similarities aside, is forging his own path and success.

Currently on the CBS soap opera, Will is falling for Dylan (Sydney Bullock), after continued interference (by many) put a wrecking ball through this relationship with Electra Forrester (Laneya Grace). Now, it seems Will has softened towards Dylan, despite his mother, Katie Logan’s (Heather Tom) warning of mistrust of the young woman.

Michael Fairman TV caught up with Crew on the red carpet at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards  where he weighed-in on: the future of Will/Dylan, finding out his on-screen mom, Heather Tom, had the opportunity to become the winningest actress in Daytime Emmy history, and his thoughts on his dad’s touching performances in Nick’s drug addiction storyline.

Crew Morrow and Sydney Bullock

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WILL’S SECOND CHAPTER AT LOVE

When asked if it’s real love brewing for Will with Dylan, Morrow expressed, “Love is a tricky thing. He does love her. It’s been a journey for Will moving on from Electra. That’s always the most difficult thing is acceptance, and the courage to move on, because it’s so easy to be comfortable with someone. Everybody has fallen in love. Everybody knows what it feels like to be in love.”

Crew added, “And that was Will’s first love and as it was Electra’s, as well. So, we’re in a new chapter for Will. He’s found new love and not without its own difficulties. because now he’s got to convince his mother (Katie) that Dylan is not a bad egg.”

Speaking of momma Logan, Crew was surprised to learn that on-screem mom, after winning six gold statuettes, was in the running for what would be be her record-breaking 7th on Emmy night! Heather’s career has spanned roles on The Young and the Restless (ex-Victoria Newman) to One Life to Live (ex-Kelly Cramer) to The Bold and the Beautiful.

Heather Tom and Crew Morrow

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LEARNING YOUR TV MOM IS ONE STEP AWAY FROM THE EMMY RECORD BOOKS

“Wow. That like almost makes me tear up,” an emotional Morrow shared. “That’s so amazing. I’m so proud of her. I came upon a scene of her and my father from Y&R. It’s just the weirdest thing in the world, because I do see the resemblance, and my dad had some swag back then. But, he doesn’t anymore (laughs), but he used to have swag! I’m just kidding, he does!”

Next, Crew shared a behind the scenes story of an exchange that went down between father and son; just before Joshua Morrow took to the sound stage to perform the scenes where Nick admits to his father, Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) that he has a drug addiction.

Crew recalled, “In the drug addiction storyline, I was just telling my dad, it it was one of the most inspiring pieces of television that I’ve seen in a long time. And I don’t know if it’s because I’m so close with him, and I feel a lot of the same things that he does, but the scenes where he confesses that he has a drug issue to Eric Braeden as Victor were amazing.”

Nick and Victor

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CREW AND JOSHUA MORROW TALK THROUGH NICK’S ADMISSION TO VICTOR

The Nick/Victor moment is one of the most memorable moments from the soaps thus far in 2026. Crew shared just how proud of his dad he truly was. “I was with him that day and we were talking about it and I was like, ‘What’s the process like?’ And we just began talking about it and I asked him, I go, ‘Dad, what if I had a drug issue? What if I was addicted?’ He looks at me and he says nothing and that was it. Then, I saw him go out to set and perform that scene, and he looked at me the same way that he looked at Eric Braeden, and it was just really special. He was incredible.”

Check out our conversation below with Crew Morrow from the 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards now on the Michael Fairman Channel.

Then let us know: are you rooting for Will and Dylan at this point as a couple? What did you think about Crew’s reaction to learning some Emmy factoids about his on-screen mother, Heather Tom, plus the exchange Crew had with his dad Joshua Morrow, before the moment Nick admits to Victor he has a serious drug addiction? Let us know via the comment section.

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