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EXCLUSIVE: B&B's Katherine Kelly Lang Chats On Joining The Cast Of Dancing With The Stars Italy!
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The Bold and the Beautiful’s Katherine Kelly Lang is putting away all the romantic and familial drama of Brooke Logan Forrester for a few months, and putting on her ballroom dance shoes! That’s right! Katherine is set to be one of the contestants on the new season of Ballando con le stelle Italy, or as we say here in the U.S. – Dancing with the Stars Italy!
In this exclusive conversation with On-Air On-Soaps, Katherine telsl us that she is taking a break from the CBS soap opera to try her luck on DWTS Italy, where international soap fans know, Katherine and B&B are number one! Will the judges and Katherine’s fan keep her in the competition week in and week out? Will Katherine come back to the States with a Mirror Ball Trophy in hand? If Katherine’s determination and athletic prowess are any indication, she just might be one of the celebrity contestants to beat!
So, is the soap superstar nervous? What did B&B executive producer Brad Bell have to say when she decided to take part in the series for a few months in Europe? What might happen to Brooke in the meantime? Here’s some Intel from Katherine on her upcoming DWTS experience and more!
Katherine, this isn’t your first foray on Ballando con le stelle (Dancing with the Stars Italy). You had been on previously for a guest stint, but now you are a full on contestant for the new season! How did it all come about?
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KATHERINE: I did do one episode of Dancing with the Stars Italy about six years ago, or so. I didn’t want to do it longer at that time, because I didn’t want to take time out from The Bold and the Beautiful. But this did work out this time where I could take off the time in between contracts, so I said, “O.K”! Dancing with the Stars Italy has been calling me to do the full show, and I didn’t want to do what Ronn Moss (Ex-Ridge, B&B) did, and go back and forth from Italy each week, and all that craziness. I am going to go and stay in Italy for the duration, instead.
Do you know who you’re paired with as your pro dance partner yet?
KATHERINE: I don’t know what pro dancer I will be paired with yet, but the first airdate is October 4th live. So every episode is live on Saturday night until I come back to Los Angeles in December!
What happens if you get booted off the show?
KATHERINE: They don’t like do to that! (Laughs) But of course, someone is going to get booted off. And you don’t want to get booted off, but even if you do, you get another chance to get back on. So the contestants still stay, and they still have to rehearse two more dances, and then perform those dances the next week to try to get voted back in the running. So no matter what happens, the show kind of keeps you going.
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Are you nervous about learning all the different dances in the competition … or are you excited?
KATHERINE: I am really nervous, because I haven’t really done anything like that in awhile. I feel my body is different, because I have been training for the “Iron Man”! So I have this sort of heavy clumsy body right now! (Laughs) And that is just for the “Iron Man” style competition. So I need to get more elegant and graceful, and stretch more, and get more in shape that way. It’s totally different muscles, the dance muscles. I love dancing and it will be fun, but stressful for me when it’s live!
Do you know Italian well to handle the language barrier on the live show?
KATHERINE: I know it from being in Italy for awhile, and when I come back, I pick it up again. I have studied the language through the years. But honestly, I understand the language better than I speak it!
You will probably exit The Bold and the Beautiful on-air in four weeks or so. How do you think the series will exit Brooke from the story to facilitate your time away to dance on Ballando con le stelle?
KATHERINE: I think Brooke might go to Forrester International to help run the business and to clean up the office over there! (Laughs) And the international company is based in Milan, and so maybe there might even be a remote in Italy … we don’t know yet.
How was B&B’s executive producer and head writer, Brad Bell about you exiting the series for three months to go to Italy to appear on Dancing with the Stars there?
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KATHERINE: Great! Brad was super about. He was saying, “I would go over there and do that if I were you!” (Laughs) This is a perfect tie-in for the show, too. And you know half way through Dancing with the Stars I will get homesick, and I will miss playing Brooke! And that happens! Sometimes I will be like, “I need to have my time off,” and a week later I am like, “Hmmm. I kind of miss Brooke!” I have been doing her so long that it has become a part of me. So it’s weird when I am not playing her, and having that to do on the soap. I mean, I will be competing on camera, but it will be different. I am so looking forward to the experience though!
So, what do you think about Katherine heading to Europe to compete in Dancing with the Stars Italy? Excited to root her on from afar? Let us know your thoughts! And here’s the link to the Ballando con le stelle website!
Good Luck! 🙂 You’ll be missed while you’re away.
dear Katherine, many of your fans do miss you when you are not on the airtime of b&b. maybe bb will bring bill over to Italy for brooke and bill to have a nice lavish wedding with a very elegant honeymoon and reception. that would work for all of your brill fans. good luck Katherine you do have a lot of competition in dancing with the stars. I found this page through google to find you. please sent links to facebook and twitter for your brooke fans to keep up with you they already miss you and want your Italy links to see how you are doing.
sincerely Elaine.
Why not do the American version? O right three months in Italy—sounds like a nice gig half vacation, half work– she can eat all the great food then dance away all the calories- LOL
Good Luck. I wish I could watch you on it.
Same here!
just go to google and tyipe in dancing with the stars Italy this should bring up Katherine Kelly lang and her dancing and being judged. Katherine you come back to b&b when you get done a lot of your fans do miss you on that show. we do love you.
sincerely elaine
B&B Brookefree: BEST NEWS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe it will last 🙂
Yeah right. Brooke’s the only reason you watch the show. Even while she’s gone, you’ll do nothing but bitch about Brooke all day and how everything is her fault.
i didn´t bitch about her, not worth it! i watch because of all the other stars. there are others on the show. realize it, you brookelover!
sporrester…SO TRUE!!!!! But…you know what would make me EVEN HAPPIER…a Hope-free show!!!!! LOL!!!!!! Yep.
And the entire time Brooke is gone, you’ll be bitching about her. You and sporrestor, like all the other Brooke-haters, claim to watch the show for the other characters, like sour moon face Katie or Crisco-haired rapist Ridge (and their snooze-worthy romance, during which they’ve talked about nothing but Brooke, Bill, Brooke, Brooke, Bill, Brooke and Brooke), but you watch so you can whine about Brooke and you all know it.
Good Luck with the dancing..I will be rooting for you!!! I must say I will really miss you while you are gone!!! Also I hope those writers get Liam and Hope back together real, real soon!!! Show those people in Italy how to dance..You Go Girl!!! <3 🙂
you will be missed very much..what will B&B be like without the Brooke???
Congratulations on getting to be on Dancing with the Stars Italy while taking a break from Brooke!!! I won’t watch B&B while Brooke is away in Italy unless there’s a remote and she’ll actually have some scenes, but I’ll definitely watch Ballando con le Stelle all the more. I’ve missed seeing you dance. You’re such a fantastic dancer and you definitely have it in you to win the whole competition! I can’t see anyone else beating you. You’re the best!!!
I wish you would consider Dancing w/the Star in America. Good luck you will be missed.
I’m very happy for Katherine! She did well on her last appearance on DWTS. Considering she carries B&B, and has for years (though Bad Smell, aka Brad Bell, doesn’t have enough sense to realize it), she definitely deserves a little time off. But to the ever-hardworking KKL, time off means “preparing for DWTS,” which is very intense. She loves to be physically active.
How much fun is that,ENJOY!
I think it great.but I will miss see you on B&B.all the. Best. 🙂
Someone I would love to see on Dancing with the Stars is Michael Muhney. I think he’d be perfect.
Hey Katherine if you are going to leave for 3 months do everybody a favor and take Hope, Liam & Wyatt with you. We need a break from this triangle. Please!
I am very happy for her. She is my favorite character on B& B. Without her I probably will take a break from B&B myself. Not very happy with new casting.
I’m wondering if there is any way that we could watch this in the US? Does anyone know?
I watch it on the dish cable TV. Italian RAI station
You will certainly be missed, but this was a good way to exit off the show for a rew months….giving yourself time to think about all that Bill Spencer has done in these past few months and always hounding you to get married despite what he did to Ridge. Also the writers were clever in writing you out saying you are going to the Milan office to get things straightened out. Enjoy this experience. You only live once, and this will certainly be a memory that will live on for you for many years to come thereafter. Ciao.
she already got voted off, I don’t think this was a good experience for her
So now what is Katherine Kelly Lang going to do for the next few months?
hopefully, she will return to B&B sooner than planned.
Heya we are for that major time frame here. I found this kind of panel and that i to discover It genuinely useful & that helped me to available a great deal. I’m hoping to provide one important thing yet again along with aid other folks just like you made it simpler for everyone.
Beyond the Gates
‘Beyond the Gates’ Emmy Winner Ambyr Michelle Wants to Compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’: ‘Pick Me’ (Exclusive)
Soap opera fans are always clamoring for when Dancing with the Stars reveals their cast each season, that they would include a familiar face from daytime drama, but it rarely happens, if ever, anymore.
Over the last several years, the series has leaned heavily into casting celebrities with massive TikTok or Instagram followers, which in turn, have helped this season and last have their best ratings numbers in years.
But, how about for next season’s cast of Dancing with the Stars, that it could include newly-awarded Daytime Emmy winner, Ambyr Michelle (Eva Thomas) of Beyond the Gates?
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LOVE OF DANCE TO LOVE OF ACTING
Michael Fairman TV spoke to Michelle about her dance background and if she would love a shot at lifting the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy during Wednesday’s November 11, livestream chat on the Michael Fairman Channel.
Ambyr explained to fans (who joined in on the live chat), how she began her show business career. “I started off as a dancer, first and foremost. Acting wasn’t really something I wanted to go after. I did plays when I was younger, but it was just something we did in school, but I really wanted to be a dancer. I moved out to LA to dance, and I fell out of love with dance, which was so weird.”
This year’s Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series winner, added, “I was like, ‘What is going on?’ I moved all the way out here for dance. I found I was forcing myself to go to dance class, and I just didn’t have the passion for it. I was working at this restaurant at the time, and one of my coworker was like, ‘What about taking an acting class out here?'”
Next, Ambyr took the coworker up on the idea. “So, I took an acting class and I fell in love with it that day,” shared Michelle. “I was like, ‘I want to do this for the rest of my life.’ I thought, I would love to book a role, of course, as a dancer, but I think acting has a little bit more longevity.”
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A SHOT AT THE LEN GOODMAN MIRRORBALL TROPHY
When the talked turned to if Ambyr would consider or be interested in appearing on the ballroom dance competition series, she piped up with, “I would love to do Dancing with the Stars! Pick me!”
As those in the live chat rallied around this idea, it made us think, Ambyr could be the first contestant from Beyond the Gates, and someone representing the soaps. It checks off so many boxes! To which Ambyr replied, “That would be beautiful.”
You can check out the full conversation with Ambyr below.
So, what do you think soap fans? Can we make sure Ambyr’s name gets in front of the producers and casting director for next season’s Dancing with the Stars? Would you like to see her in the competition? If so, who would be your dream pro professional dance partner for her? Let us know in the comment section.
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
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Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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