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Is Elisabeth Hasselbeck Finally Leaving THE VIEW?

By Michael Fairman

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Within the past 48 hours there have big changes and rumblings that will alter ABC’s morning talk show, The View, forever!

First came word that co-host Joy Behar had decided to call it quits after 17 years with the series relating,“It seemed like the right time. You reach a point when you say to yourself, ‘Do I want to keep doing this?’ There are other things on my plate I want to do — I’ve been writing a play, I’ve been neglecting my standup.”

On the heels of that announcement came some controversy about another ‘View’ co-host, Elisabeth Hasselbeck!  According to Us Weekly, Hasselbeck is going to be shown the front door because being the series resident conservative, and after market research, it revealed that Elizabeth just isn’t popular with TV audiences and is “too extreme and right wing!”  However a spokesperson for The View told Us Weekly, “Elisabeth Hasselbeck is a valued member of The View and has a long term contract.”

What do you think ABC should do with The View if Behar and Hasselbeck are both gone? What do you think of Hasselbeck … not your cup of tea, either?   Can the show survive if it was just  Whoopi, Barbara Walters, and Sherri Shepherd? Who would you bring in to replace Hasselbeck and Behar? Many questions, but let us know your thoughts!

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I like Elizabeth. Joy can go. Elizabeth is the only rep. with the rest dem. She gets the raw end all the time. They pit her against the rest with Joy just being an obnoxous idiot. So Michael I love Elizabeth & I am a registered dem.

I’m just going to co-sign this. I did not like Elisabeth a first, but I think she has really grown a lot on the show. I am also a registered democrat and think there’s a place for Elisabeth on The View. On the other hand, I think Joy mostly phones it in, isn’t funny and the show really would be better without her.

I am so hopeful that foul-mouthed, vulgar Joy Behar might leave the view. She is disgusting and a disgrace to women everywhere. I hope Elisabeth can move on and find a better forum for her talents. She is a classy lady who embodies family values.

I think them losing Joy is a big loss……but as far as Elisabeth….it’s about damn time! I have NEVER been a fan of hers. Bring back Lisa Ling and get rid of Elisabeth…LOL

Ditto. Anytime Elizabeth opened her pie hole I changed the channel. Quickly! Shudder at the thought of her obnoxious blabbering. At least ABC finally got a clue about something.

Now bring back our soaps. lol.

Ditto!

the thing that bothers me about elizabeth is that she comes across like a know-it-all…every subject that is discussed she tries to overtalk everyone else to get her point of view heard…she’s not one i’d be sorry to see go…she’s never been a favorite of mine.

I agree w/Abby!

It’s called The View for a reason. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Elizabeth having her own point of View, even if some others don’t agree with her. We are not all the same. We have different beliefs and Views and its nice to have someone with a voice back those views up, no matter what your views are. It would be pretty damn boring
if they all walked around agreeing with eachother.

Good for Joy. She is a funny lady and she will be missed by many, I am sure. I wish her luck in her new endeavors.

Well, even-tho Joy Behar said;
” You reach a point when you say to yourself, ‘Do I want to keep doing this?’ There are other things on my plate I want to do — I’ve been writing a play, I’ve been neglecting my standup.””

I don’t believe it, nope and I think they backed Joy into a corner and ABC has another of their firing conspiracies going on to let her go..
She is not telling the truth! why she is leaving, nope, it’s ABC and the producers of the view in a conspiracy to ruin the View.
Can’t trust a word they say !

((LOL sarc.. 🙂

If Ms. Hasselbeck, I may finally watch again. Haven’t in years because of her over the top extreme right wing sentiments.

I agree with you about Ms. Hasslebeck ‘s extreme right wing sentiments!

I hope so…. she’s always known… she wasn’t “popular”…. well liked.

geez! Babs… honestly? your show is tanking… has been.

i really hate to see joy leave the show – i actually can not tolerate elizabeth so i only watch when they have a guest on that i really like…..

She was the only one I could stomach elitist women gossiping and yelling there points of view have seen there day. The beginning of the end

I don’t watch the View!!! But… it is pretty sad that out of 5 plus women sitting discussing any issue… viewers can’t tolerate having at least one conservative in the discussion!!! How very sad!! I like Elizabeth and wish her good luck if she wants and cans stay or if she goes elsewhere where she is appreciated!

I’m an Independent and don’t watch The View because the intolerance of three out of the five women infuriated me when I did watch. We’re all entitled to our opinions. Too bad every time I tuned in it was a scream fest in an attempt to silence opposing view points. Note to Barbara Walters & ABC: close to half the country vote Elizabeth’s way. Pretending they don’t exist or that their beliefs are stupid alienates a lot of viewers.

elizabeth expressing her conservative views isn’t the problem….its her being a jackass about them that bugs people

It is about time! I do not know how Elisabeth has lasted this long,

Me either!

Hasselbeck’s offensive. I remembe one brilliant (I say this with sarcasm) question she asked to actor Jason Biggs, who is Roman Catholic. She asked him if “it bothered him that people thought he was Jewish…” THAT stupidity and touch of anti-semitism was enough for me.

The View needs a change. Too much talking over each other and half of the time, it sems the hosts do not like each other. That is fine for behind the scenes, but it shouldn’t be that obvious on the screen.

Bring back Meredith and add an entirely new panel.

I think its time for this show to call it a day. Barbara Walters is long past retirement. Watching a group of women bitch about politics they know NOTHING about is embarrrassing and absurd day after day. I hope Elisabeth could go on to more serious journalism. Sherri can act or do comedy, as can Whoopi. As for Joy, i suggest a LONG retreat into menopause OFF camera.

I agree.

If the show is called “the view”‘ then leave Elizabeth alone. He values and options make for a good show.

I disagree..

I would say replace it with our lost soap but really do not trust ABC.The Veiw has seen its better days years ago.The salurated talkers have taken there toll.Seems three more next year.ABC line up is all talk and cooking except for GH.Seems like they would see people are being turned off by non stop talk show.Katie is struggling in the young demo so why isn’t she cancelled.Other shows are cancelled for this reason.

I think unless you have all points of view represented on the show, you need to change the title to The Spew because all it turns into is spewing a certain invective and imposing one particular viewpoint.

This show would not be missed by me. They are all annoying. Just the sound of Joy Behar voice is annoying. I really do not understand why so many people watch this show. They are bunch of uneducated people giving their opinions about things. Barbara is the only person worth listening to because she has lived long enough to have experienced many things in life. “The Talk” is even worse. I have decided that the people who watch these shows have no choice, they don’t have cable.

These are quite the shakeups on the daytime talk show landscape. It’s great that useless behar could be leaving. It’s greater that dull probst got axed. It’s the greatest that uncharismatic blanderson cooper was fired! Right wing fox news would probably hire hasselbeck and give her a talk show of her own w/c would be her conservative platform where she wouldn’t be attacked by tolerant liberals from hollywood like whoopi and rosie. That would be ideal for hasselbeck. It’s commendable that she lasted on the view especially bec she’s its lone conservative battling against strident liberals like joy and especially rosie who didn’t triumph against hasselbeck and even had to quit. Those rumors abt hasselbeck being too right wing and not popular for the view’s paltry audience are hilarious. There wouldn’t even be a show w/o hasselbeck’s contributions to it bec she provides conflict. Heck she’s not only the lone conservative on the view but she’s probably the only openly conservative woman from all the daytime talk shows. Reformatting would be good for the view. They only need to replace hasselbeck. They should cast a Latina american who is a conservative to replace hasselbeck should she quit. There would be no conflict on the view if there’s no conservative personality. There’s really no need to even replace behar who can’t even carry her own talk show on al gore’s channel. Her talk show was really low rated on al gore’s flop channel. Wasn’t gore’s unprofitable channel purchased by a corporation w/c wasn’t environmentally friendly? If they replace behar then they should hire a Native american personality for even more racial diversity. If behar and hasselbeck do leave then it would be great if their replacements were racial minorities. Talk shows severely lack racial diversity. The Talk is successful bec it’s the most racially diverse. While the lack of racial diversity on probst and horrid blanderson cooper’s failed talk shows definitely hurt their already pathetic ratings.

And that old broken record plays on. yawn…i need a nap!

You do have a right to express your own opinion here and any where else but could you once in awhile play a different song? I do like the way you express yourself and i even agreed with you about diversity but soon no ones going to listen to you repeatedly sing the same tune.

I quit watching the View 5 years ago because of Elisabeth. I enjoy intelligent conversation when people have different opinions. But Elisabeth was shrill and rude. She always seemed to have a chip on her shoulder. I have tuned in from time to time but as soon as Elisabeth went into one of her shrill rants I would change the channel. I really liked Joy. If Elisabeth leaves and they bring in some good replacements I will consider viewing again. Sheri could go to . She is just fluff. The Talk is fluff the View needs to go back to intelligent panelist.

I think The View would be mighty boring if everyone agreed on everything. However, with The Talk sometimes beating them in the ratings, maybe ABCfigures pointless but somewhat entertaining chit chat might be a better way to go. Personally, I like The View when things get heated and serious.

I used to love the View. Watched everyday. I stopped about 2 years ago because of Elizabeth. I got tired of her b.s., her perfect life, her perfect children etc, etc.. She just doesn’t know when to shut up. I get it that this was the whole point of the show different people different views. But she is just to over the top. . I would get so pissed it was just stupid so I stopped watching. I am however very sad to see Joy go, She is a very funny and smart lady. She will be missed. I will watch again until Joy leaves and then I will stop again until the high and almighty Hasselbeck is gone.

Don’t really care. Never liked the show after Meredith left!

I personally do not mind Elizabeth. I just believe that no matter everyone’s personal beliefs each side (liberal and conservative) should be heard. I do not believe Elizabeth is any more “extreme and right wing” than Joy and Whoopi are left wing, and in my opinion, not that I watch regularly, that’s sort of what makes the show interesting.

Ready for a change. Keep Joy. Love Barbara, but she is not as sharp as she used to be . We all get old! She needs to be on less often. Sherry not as funny as she used to be. Elisabeth is boring and self -ritious. Used to watch the view regularly but have stopped watching . Whoopi is good buT she is boring also since abc censors her too much. Bring in Allie Wentworth. She is hilarious . Time will tell if abc gets it right…….

Love Joy Behar, will miss her! Good riddens to hasselbeck tho’.

I agree with you.

After all these years they are finding out that Elizabeth is a right wing racist. Duh. What is wrong that it would take all these years for ABC to figure it out?

I agree about being a far right wing!

I didn’t care for Joy Behar. I like Eliz. I think they should close the show. It has had its run.

The only thing worse than listening to Elizabeth’s yammering is replacing her with Ann Coulter.

I will miss Joy. She and Whoopie are the ones who keep me tuning in to the show.

Wow Michael biased much? You don’t talk about Joy Behar’s extreme liberal views.
Elizabeth was never vile and mean spirited in her opinions like Joy was. Liberals love
to be tolerant and open-minded until you disagree with them. I know that there are people on both political parties that are awful but let’s be honest, If you’re liberal you can be as hateful as you want in the media and get away with it. For example a certain general hospital star uses her twitter account to vilify republicans, bully Bristol
Palin and talk about wanting to physically hurt Sarah Palin with no backlash. But when another actress says she supports a republican for president she’s stupid, evil racist, homophobic when those accusations are totally unfounded. It’s so hypercritical.

Amen ron right on!!!!

Elizabeth is just…. plain out dumb…

even i wouldn’t want her representing…. ????

she’s dull… uninteresting… and it’s embarrassing to watch her “break bread”.

Don’t care for her either…

To Ron: Thank you!

It took them THIS LONG to realize Hasselback isn’t popular?? SMH

I agree!

Whether she leaves or not, the show is still horrible. It should be kicked off of the air. Elisabeth and Barbara’s horrific choices have killed it for me. All it is are women of an adult age (supposedly) yelling and arguing with each other.

I stop watching the view because of Elizabeth. So… if it was true.. I would watch it again. I’m sorry that Joy is leaving. She was fun to watch.

I am happy to see Joy go, and would be sorry if Elizabeth leaves. Then again, I don’t watch The View anymore…..I prefer The Talk.

I a just the opposite I like Joy and NEVER cared for Elizabeth”s off the wall opinions. She is too prissie for me…

Does it really matter? Who cares what they do with it. Talk shows survive with one host so i see no problem with three. Hardly watch it anyway.

I think Joy has outgrown The View, having hosted 2 of her own shows on prime time. I loved her on her HLN show. I don’t mind Elizabeth, but can understand if audiences were not warming to her conservative convictions. I actually only watch because of Whoopi and Sherrie.

I actually stopped watching the view because of Elizabeth. I enjoyed watching her when she was on Survivor and was looking forward to seeing her on the View; that is until she actually started talking. If she ever leaves, I will watch the View again.

I’d be happy for Elizabeth to leave. Her shrill voice makes me cringe. Don’t care what her views are; it’s the presentation that makes me switch the channel.

It’s her presentation that bothers me. She acts like a spoiled child and gets so indignant when anyone disagrees with her. All views should be heard but surely there is a more intelligent, better spokesperson for the right. And I am glad to hear others think she is shrill

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is the ONLY person on “The View” whom I DO like. Her departure would affect the Program adversely. Behar’s absence would improve the Show in Content, Appearance and Politics.

I agree 100%.

Never cared for Elizabeth! I like Joy! Don’t care for Elizabeths policial opinions. Elizabeth is the only Rep. of the bunch!

I agree. Her departure would improve ratings, not kill them as the OP stated.

Joy and Whoopi are the only two co-hosts to tune in for, in my opinion. I’ve always found Joy hilarious, especially when Barbara Walters and Sherri Sheperd are so dull, it’s nice to have her boisterous personality, along with Whoopi’s, to keep things lively. Elisabeth is horrific, I don’t know know why she was ever even hired to begin with, let alone how she lasted this long.

Don’t care for Sherri or Elizabeth! Sherri thinks she is the head honcho of the show.
Sherri talks the most in my opinion & she thinks she knows it all & when there is a
eating segment she is the first one at the table , to fill her mouth up w/food. And she is alway’s talking about Jeffrey this, Jeffrey that ! And I don’t want to see her
in a bathing suit…I like on The View is Whoopi,Joy, & Barbara…

That show is way too liberal. I’m a gay man and I’m saying that. LOL. They need a voice of reason like Meredith Vieira. Elizabeth irritates me, but so do the rest of them.

I agree 100%! For a proper “View” the show should have a balance….two liberal hosts, two conservative ones and two moderate or in the middle hosts.

Also the host should change every few years.

I agree, and I’m also gay. I’d rather see all the hosts as moderate who tell it like it is, with no spin. Personally, though, I think the show should come to a close.

From celebrity worth ;

yearly–
Barbara Walters makes $12 mil,
Joy Behar makes $3 mil,
Whoopi Goldberg makes $2 mil,
Elisabeth Hasselbeck makes $1 mil,
and Sherri Shepherd makes $0.75 mil

Mother Earth Blues…- Babs herself…. the salt of the earth… rest on her laurels… word up… 12 mil? give me a break already.

it’s time for her flock to reel it in and pull up stakes…. The talk surpassed them eons ago…. the Talk doesnt’ take themselves seriously and lets their individual person’alities shine…. the view is dimmer than Babs nonsensical mumbling…

Thank you Joy Behar…. it must have been a chore at times… to overlook the script and/or agenda of left and right wing politic’ing… both you and Whoopie innately… surmissed the obvious and with your innate person… witted and hoopla’ed it up for the obvious… that… it was all steered… and we have the last laugh.

enjoy that Jewish Marriage and cross over with abandon….

Hasselbeck’s presence on the show makes it impossible for me to sit through more than a minute of it.

I actually HATE Elizabeth. Her uninformed and biased rants based on Fox news talking points have made me unable to tune in. I haven’t watched since Rosie left.

I never liked Elizabeth. Liked Joy Behar . And I don’t care for Sherri Sheperd either… Sherri seems to me that she is the head honcho on the view..She seems to me she talks the most & when there is an eating segment she is the first one there to fill her MOUTH with food & alway’s talking about Jeffrey! And who is interested in seeing her in a bathing suit (please)! Like Whoppi too! & Barbara but not Elizabeth & Sherri! Don’t watch The View for about 2-3 years now. Because I am not interested in watching Elizabeth or Sherri. They need to replace those two..

Could not agree more with you two!

I really love the “The View” and I really like Joy. She brings some humor and wit to the heated arguments. I will miss her …

Joy Behar was the only reason I would tune in to “The View” about once a week. Elizabeth Hasselbeck, for a conservative prude, really wasn’t that bad.

I mean she wasn’t wanting to de brain wash all gay people like Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum and all the other Repubs. So in my book Liz wasn’t too awful.

Rumors have brooke shields replacing hasselbeck and no one replacing progressive loudmouth behar. Giggles! Grossly valued behar doesn’t even need a replacement w/c i previously wrote. Fiery brooke could be good on the view. It would be great for the view bec shields does not cower from confronting a listers. her acting career is pretty much anemic. the view would be something not ideal for an actress. But actresses love the attention. And being on the view would provide some attention to brooke.

Never really watched, but my mom did, and stopped watching when this idiot appeared. Elizabeth is just too extreme. I doubt she’ll be missed by many. I’d rather see the show be cancelled though.

Replace them with Betty White.

That’s all I have to say. Ha!

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Kelly Sullivan Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’s’ Maura West Recalling When Ava Shot Connie (Exclusive)

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It was just over 13 years ago on General Hospital when Ava Jerome (Maura West) shot and killed Kate Howard/Connie Falconeri (Kelly Sullivan) in an effort to keep her quiet from revealing that Derek Wells was actually Ava’s back-from-the-dead brother, Julian Jerome (William deVry). It’s a crime that somehow Ava never has quite paid for either.

The episode back aired on August 13, 2013 and viewers had to say goodbye to Kelly Sullivan who played Kate and her alter, Connie. In the story, just before she died, Kate/Connie scrawled the letters AJ in her own blood, initially making the PCPD and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) think that it was AJ Quatermaine (Sean Kanan) who did the deed.

Now, Sullivan recalled sharing scenes with the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning West, during a live conversation on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel. Kelly was the special guest talking about her recent return to the soaps in her new role as The Bold and the Beautiful’s Darcy Dylan.

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MAURA WEST

Speaking of her final GH scenes and working with Maura West, Sullivan gave her then GH co-star major props. “If you’re going to be shot by somebody (on the soaps), you want to be shot by Maura West, c’mon!”

Maura West debuted back in May 2013 as Ava, and Sullivan remembered when the As the World Turns favorite began on GH. “I remember when Maura West first arrived at GH. She walked in with this cute little bob (hairdo) and she’s just delicious,” shared Sullivan.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

Kelly revealed more about Maura, adding “I think she’s amazing! I remember right before I left the show, someone suggested, and I would still love to do this with her, if she ever want to, but someone suggested that they wanted to direct the stage play A Streetcar Named Desire with Maura and I, where I would play Stella and she would play Blanche! Wouldn’t that be great?”

Speaking of the Ava/Connie showdown scenes, Sullivan expressed, “On television and on General Hospital specifically, Maura West is able to play a character who does the most horrendous things and you still care about her and that’s the mark of a really great actor. In other words, you’re able to be liked in the midst of the most horrendous things, and as a performer not shying away from that, and to just have the courage to do what’s on the page (in the script).”

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KELLY SULLIVAN PARTING THOUGHTS AS SHE LEFT GENERAL HOSPITAL

Kelly also shared her sentiments when she walked off the set of General Hospital after her run back in August of 2013. “I really was honored. Every day I would go to work and I would say a little prayer, which is I want to do justice for my character, explained Kelly. “It’s between me and my character. I get to walk this path with her and to leave the show on that note, which is, I left every out there. I just gave it my all and again what an honor it was to play Kate/Connie.”

You can catch the full conversation with Kelly where she talks about her time on General Hospital, The Young and the Restless where she played Sage Warner and now The Bold and the Beautiful below.

So, do you remember the Ava and Connie scenes where Ava shot and killed her? What did you think of Kelly Sullivan’s sentiments about Maura West? Share your thoughts via the comment section. But first, watch the reveal where Ava recalls murdering Connie below!

 

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Steve Burton Reportedly Signs Three-Year Contract with ‘General Hospital’

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The question of will Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) stay awhile at General Hospital after his recent extended hiatus from the show earlier this year, has reportedly been answered.

TMZ via court documents obtained in Burton’s ongoing legal battle with his ex-wife Sheree Gustin, shared that Steve actually inked a new three year deal with the ABC soap opera back in June.

That is significant because it was June when Burton returned back to work as Jason. In addition, the court filing confirmed that Burton had already moved back to California from Tennessee.

Steve Burton

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STEVE’S HIATUS AND HIS RETURN TO PORT CHARLES

GH fans will recall, it was back in February of 2026, that Burton announced via his Instagram that he was stepping away from his role of Jason Morgan for short break and pointed to wanting to spend quality time with his new wife, Michelle Lundstrom Burton with whom he tied the knot back on May 17, 2025.

Steve expressed at that time, “I’m newly married and looking forward to spending some quality time with my family.” It was back on March 25 that viewers saw Jason carted away by the WSB after taking the fall for Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) who shot then WSB Director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).

Burton returned to work on June 1, and due to General Hospital taping roughly six weeks ahead of air, made his on-screen comeback on the July 13 episode.

GOING FOR GOLD AT THE UPCOMING DAYTIME EMMYS

Then, Steve and his enduring fans got an extra special treat on the same day, when it was revealed on Extra that he was nominated for the upcoming 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series category.

Steve previously won in the Supporting Actor category for his work as General Hospital’s Jason in 1998 and as The Young and the Restless’ Dylan McAvoy in 2018.

Now with Jason and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship seemingly hitting the skids, plus Jason’s commitment to staying out of mob life to focus on being present for his son Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn), what does the future hold for the fan favorite character? Stay tuned.

So, happy to hear that Steve Burton signed a new three year deal with General Hospital? Knowing that, what storyline would you like to see Jason get involved and with who? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.

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Jess Walton Memoir ‘The Young and the Rest of Us’ Set for Release in 2027

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The Young and the Restless enduring favorite and two-time Daytime Emmy-winning actress, Jess Walton (Jill Foster Abbott) is set to release her memoir!

Kensington Publishing has revealed on their website that Walton’s book The Young and the Rest of Us is now available for pre-order while listing an April 27, 2027 release date. In addition, in June of 2027, Walton will mark her 40th anniversary with The Young and the Restless and her debut as Jill.

The official log lines for the memoir share, “Emmy Award-winning actress Jess Walton, known to millions as the iconic Jill Abbott on the #1 soap opera The Young and the Restless, shares her extraordinary journey to stardom, sobriety, true love, and self-discovery in this startingly candid, intimate, and star-studded memoir.”

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CAKE FIGHTS AND CORPORATE INTRIGUE

The book description for The Young and the Rest of Us adds,  “In June 1987, Jess Walton walked through the artists’ entrance at CBS for her first day on The Young and the Restless,where she had just been hired to play the recast role of Jill AbbottTwo Emmy awards, four decades, and countless onscreen affairs, marriages, corporate takeovers, and cake fights later, she’s a beloved icon with an astonishing tale to tell.”

“In her refreshingly candid style, Jess shares her journey as a young actress from Toronto theaters to Los Angeles, where she found herself at the center of a Laurel Canyon circle that included the likes of Neil Young, David Geffen, Laura Nyro, and Joni Mitchell. Landing a Universal contract and a steady stream of guest starring roles, Jess embraced everything 1970s L.A. had to offer—including Hollywood parties fueled by limitless booze and drugs, and trysts with stars. She recounts with candor and gratitude the surprising path that eventually led her to sobriety, true love—and ultimately, to fictional Genoa City, Wisconsin, and the role of a lifetime.”

“Brimming with behind-the-scenes drama and celebrity cameos to delight fans, The Young and the Rest of Us is also rich in personal, relatable truths about marriage, motherhood, empty-nesting, self-discovery, and finding the courage to start over—as often as it takes. In a voice as fearless and frank as Jill’s, but with, humor and grace all her own, Jess Walton looks back on a life as unpredictable, and adventure filled as anything she has portrayed on screen.”

WHO ELSE PLAYED JILL FOSER ABBOTT?

Fans of The Young and the Restless know that Walton became the fourth actress to take on the role of Katherine Chancellor’s original nemesis Jill Foster back in 1987. The OG Jill was played by Brenda Dickson, also Deborah Adair, Bond Gideon and Melinda O. Fee played the part.

This year, Days of our Lives star Lauren Koslow (Kate Roberts) filled-in for several episodes for Walton who was unavailable to travel from her home in Oregon to Los Angeles where Y&R was taped. Walton is still with the long-running soap opera as Jill.

So, excited to learn of Jess Walton’s upcoming memoir, ‘The Young and the Rest of Us?’ Will it be it a must-read for you? Drop a comment below.

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