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Susan Walters Returns to The Young and the Restless as Diane Jenkins
In a highly-anticipated ‘back from the dead”, The Young and the Restless revealed today that none other than Susan Walters has returned to the CBS daytime drama as bad girl, Diane Jenkins!
The character of Jenkins, last played by GH’s Maura West, was killed-off when Nikki axed her in self-defense back in 2011.
As for Walters, she played Diane from late in 2001 to 2004, and then made a brief return to the role in 2010. Alex Donnelly also previously played the role.
In story, Diane Jenkins now calling herself “Taylor Jensen” is interested in buying Keemo’s house and she will be sharing screen-time with Jack’s granddaughter Allie played by Kelsey Wang. So, is Diane also the one that has been texting Jack (Peter Bergman)?. Will she pass herself off as Diane’s twin?
Following the reveal today, Y&R released this teaser of what’s to come now that Susan Walters is back on the top-rated soap.
So, are you excited to see Diane back on the canvas? Comment below.
The ultimate bad girl is BACK! 👏 Are you ready for it? #YR is new this week…don’t miss it! pic.twitter.com/IYWMnNaCJh
— Young and Restless (@YandR_CBS) March 23, 2022
To answer the question above.Why would anyone be excited to see this horrible woman back on the show? It was bad enough the first time with her marriage to Victor and devious conniving with Jack resulting in Kyle’s birth. Beware Devil Woman!
Oh Violet! They need to add another category to the Emmys: WORST REGURGITATION OF A BAD PLOT. How many times? Is this all they can come up with? I call it Creative Bankruptcy.
Exactly! What a horrible character to bring back.
So does this mean that Michael Mealor will return as Kyle Jenkins Abbott, Jack and Diane’s son?
I hope so! Michael as Kyle is terribly missed. The show needs a young jolt especially since Abby and Mariah are married and pregnant etc. I would’nt mind if Summer stays in Milan and a lonely Kyle hooks up again with a also returned Lola! Either way it seems there’s a new energy at y n r , I just hope it lasts!
Ask Keemo LOL. They never brought him back, and suddenly Diane Jenkins is crawling out her grave. Bwa-ha-ha. Y&R got jokes.
Yes. According to SOD, Michael Mealor will reprise his role as Kyle with his Mom back in town and very much alive. Kyle will be none too happy that Diane lied all of these years.
Wow. Kudos to Y&R for actually pulling off a surprise return. Love Susan Walters, great idea to bring her back to spice things up. Especially because, at the moment, Ashland seems to be the only villain on the show.
I agree. Walters is the main reason I’m currently watching.
Lisa & Sonny… I wasn’t watching Y&R when Diane did her original damage. Wasn’t sure if I could get interested in her. But watching her now, she has a slithering, silky way of putting herself where she wants to be. And Susan is very good playing the new and improved Diane who wants to be redeemed. Caution!!!
I read that when Ava was Diane that Diane was killed?
I really don’t recall- before my time.
I thought Diane was dead..
Or–
did she kill someone?
Anyways– anything concerning Jack will be a sleeper.
Jack is simply a dull gullible dud, IMO lol
the 3 G’s–
Time will tell.. I’ll be hopeful 🙂
SuOOO
Hi there. Yes, Diane was supposedly killed by Nicki and I can’t wait for her explanation as to how she’s still alive. I don’t know how much Kyle knows about his mother and her terrible reputation. I think she slept with every man in G.C. she will bring enough excitement to the show without Jack. OH, she is 10 years younger than he is, by the way. You asked about Keemo in another post. Once he was gone I don’t remember any communication between he and Jack, like Jack is telling it now. At least Diane’s arrival will provide us with some much needed entertainment.
Hi Violet 🙂
Thank you!
Looks like Y&R will be intriguing, finally.
I’m looking forward to the new storyline.
Jack will, without a doubt, forgive her or some such stupid thing.
He is quite gullible, indeed.
Hey- it would be great to live in soap- we’d never die LOL 🙂
Violet, be safe take care–
Diane slept with about as many men as Phyllis and Nikki have over the years.
I agree with the above – “why would anyone be excited to see this horrible woman back…”
I hate back from the dead storylines; regardless of how this plays out and who she is, this sl sounds ridiculous. Having not heard Keemo mentioned in years, all of a sudden we are in the middle of a “Keemo related” sl. Can’t the writers do better than this? Obviously not.
Much as I love Jack, and am always happy to see him on the screen, I would much rather see him in a major business sl. We hardly ever hear about Jabot and have not seen the offices in a long time.
Thank you, JenW. I was wondering if Devon bought Jabot when I wasn’t looking! I so prefer boardroom to bedroom stories and I enjoyed when Gloria created GLO-ON-THE-GO years ago. At least it was an attempt to represent a cosmetics giant. Also, Adam needs to cut his losses and leave Newman; I fear his progress toward being a kinder, gentler Adam is going to be left in the dust. But that would fit the show’s pattern… the same thing over and over.
Don’t understand this. I didn’t watch when Susan played Diane.
Momo
I think you will prefer Susan better than Maura West’s version.
I agree Susan Walters was better than West in the role. However, Alex Donnelley, the original actress to play Diane, was the best portrayer. I would have preferred to see Donnelley return rather than Walters.
Barbara from Atlanta
I had completely forgotten the fact that Alex Donnelly was the first Diane, for 3 or 4 times actually before Maura West .I do like Susan Walter’s version though.
Hmmm, this is a GH move, clearly seeing a character die and miraculously bringing her back to life! So what, at least Jack has a love and Kyle gets his mother back! Lots of drama!.
Yandr needs to get it together Diane is one of there worst characters of all time. Even when Maura west came over it was a bust. Bad idea while it’s great to see the return of the best actor ever to play Kyle it’s a shame they are bringing Diane back. This writing team needs a big change
Agreed, Richard. You know you’re in trouble when the brilliant Maura West can’t make a character viable or interesting. What a debacle that was. Can’t wait to see how Diane survived having her head bashed in. But at least we have the return of the handsome and talented Michael Mealor. Now Adam and Noah have some eye candy competition. Lucky us!
I’m glad Diane is back . I would have been happier if it was Maura West. This show needs drama, villains , psychos . It has been painful the last 7 years . Still not ready to watch . Bring back original music scores please!! Put more money into the sets !! Have actual dramatic scenes . I feel like I’ve been watching a cheesy hallmark movie. Any fans should watch clips from 90s to early 2000s and see what it used to be and can be.
Please let this not be a resurrected Diane Jenkins. She’s dead. And that’s OK. She is not missed. Y&R (Was it Maria Arena Bell who penned the story?) had Maura West (!) and prime opportunity to craft an enduring vixen who would always be present as she is Kyle’s mother. Blew it by having Nikki kill yet someone else. Please let this not be a lame atempt to recreate Sheila storytelling. Lightning rarely strikes twice. I don’t mind her conning her way into Genoa City but again, no GH or DOOL madness. Y&R never played by that rule book. This said, I do like Susan Walters. She is a beautiful actor and was so good on Loving. Guess we wait and see.
Boy she’s good! Almost forgot why she was so hated back then, but the flashbacks helped. She seems sincere now but we know what they say about Zebras.
When I want a predictable, romantic time out without Diane, Esme, Carly and guns I go to the Hallmark Channel. So FYI…If you are looking for Summer 1, Hunter King, she will be staring in Hallmark’s “Hidden Gems” tonight in my market. Right now Ryan Paevey is on “A Summer Romance.” Seems soap actors can make a little extra change on Hallmark.
It looks like the current run of Lucas Adams (Noah) and Tamara Braun (Sienna) on The Young and the Restless is coming to an end, after the Monday, August 3 edition of the CBS daytime drama revealed that Noah and Sienna are leaving Genoa City and heading back to Los Angeles.
In the storyline, Noah informed his mother, Sharon (Sharon Case) and half-sister Mariah (Camryn Grimes) that he and Sienna made the decision to move back to the West Coast to put distance between themselves and Matt Clark (Roger Howarth). Although Noah did not say it was a permanent move, he did assure his mom that once Matt is hopefully gone from Genoa City they could return.
However, as previewed already on the video teaser for this week’s episodes of Y&R (see below), it appears Noah left Genoa City’s The Shadow Room to be run by a returning Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian). So with that, coupled with today’s episode, it would appear the move could wind up being more permanent.
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COMINGS AND GOINGS
Adams made his Y&R debut on November 4, 2025 as the successor to Rory Gibson who last played Noah on-screen in April of 2023. Earlier in 2025, Gibson took over the role of Michael Corinthos on Genera Hospital replacing Chad Duell, who stepped away from the part after 15 years.
Braun who played Adam’s mother on Days of Our Lives when she was Ava Vitali and he was Tripp Dalton, first appeared on Y&R back on October 14, 2025, where we soon learned she had become Noah’s lover as the new character, Sienna Bacall. It should be noted, Adams was on contract with the number #1 soap, while Braun has been on recurring status.
With Josh Griffith now exited as head writer of The Young and the Restless, and the newly announced co-head writing team of Jamey Giddens and Dan O’Connor having taken his place and starting their new tenure this week, it will be interesting to see how the duo resets the show, and if a Noah and Sienna return is in the cards for the future or not.
So, what do you think about the seeming departures of Lucas Adams and Tamara Braun from The Young and the Restless? Weigh-in via the comment section. But first, check out our recent live chat with Tamara and Lucas on the Michael Fairman Channel.
Rosie O’Donnell revealed that she plans to head back to a seat at the table of ABC’s morning talk show The View.
The announcement came during Monday’s episode of The Tangle Podcast where she shared she will participate in “in whatever way they want” her or “just as a guest” for its upcoming 30th season.
The View’s season 30 will kick-off this fall in September. O’Donnell explained, “They’re bringing back all the hosts, I think. And, you know, I’m pretty proud of that show, what it’s become and how it really speaks to the people and to politics.”
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ROSIE ON HER PREVIOUS GO-ROUNDS ON THE VIEW
As fans of The View know, O’Donnell famously had two different one-year stints on the talk show in 2007 and again in 2014- 2015. She often feuded with then co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck.
However, during her discussion with host, Kyle Ridley on The Tangle Podcast, O’Donnell also noted she often had tense moments with longtime moderator and anchor, Whoopi Goldberg.
O’Donnell also expressed, “Many, many people got the short end of the stick there. It was, you know, it was a factory where people were being churned in and out and their tenuous security, nobody got to be calm. It also was a show at the time that was run by a man. A show created by a woman, for women, about women, and the man was deciding what we should talk about. And that didn’t sit right with me, you know.”
Back in 2023, Brooke Shields had asked Rosie on her podcast, Now What? with Brooke Shields, about how she felt on her two stints at The View and all the controversy that surrounded it. Rosie at that time, stated, “I know this, it’s not the best use of my talent to get in a show where I have to argue and defend basic principles of humanity and kindness. It was not something I’d ever do again.”
You can check out the clip with Rosie and Kyle Ridley discussing her return to The View in some form for its upcoming 30th season below.
Then weigh-in: Would you be excited to see Rosie, even for a one-day or a week guest stint on the upcoming celebratory season of The View, or not so much? Let us know via the comment section.
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General Hospital Fan Club Weekend brought out many of your favorites to the four day event; with the main cast gathering on Saturday, August 1. Fans near and far attended the weekend held this year at the Burbank Marriott Hotel. Whether it be the main cast event or the smaller more intimate events featuring two or three cast members a great time was had by all.
Some of the cast participating in the main cast event included: Cyrus Hobbi (Yuri), Gary James Fuller (James), Bradford Anderson (Spinelli), Viron Weaver (Wiley), Paige Herschell (Jacinda), Chris McKenna (Brennan), Josh Kelly (Cody), Kayden Brenna Tokarsi (Scout), Cassandra James (Terry), Laura Wright (Carly), Dominic Zamprogna (Dante), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane), Rick Hearst (Ric), Adrian Anchondo (ex-Marco), and Chloe Lanier (ex-Nelle).
In addition to, Van Hansis (Lucas), Cameron Mathison (Drew), Ryan Paevey (ex-Cassius), Easton Rocket Sweda (Leo), Maurice Benard (Sonny), Kristen Vaganos (Molly), Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Kate Mansi (ex-Kristina), Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth), Cynthia Watros (Nina), Kristina Wagner (Felicia) and more.
Take a look at some of the snaps from the main event arrivals below:
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GH’s Rick Hearst with on-screen daughter, Kristen Vaganos, plus Nancy Lee Grahn, and Kate Mansi.
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GH’s Maurice Benard on-hand to meet the fans.
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Jack Brennan in the house … Chris McKenna.
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Adrian Anchondo, Van Hansis and Anchondo’s boyfriend, Days of Our Lives, Colton Little.
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GH’s Josh Kelly and his gal, the former Nelle Benson of Port Charles, Chloe Lanier.
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Who is James’ father? Not Cassius or Spinelli, actually. Actors Gary James Fuller, Ryan Paevey and Bradford Anderson!
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One of General Hospital’s newest cast members, Kayden Brenna Tokarski attends her first GHFCW event.
Check out some more arrival images featuring: Laura Wright (Carly), Cassandra James (Terry), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane) and more in the gallery below.
Michael Fairman TV will be adding more images to this post in the day ahead.
So, were you glad to see so many of your GH favorites attending this year’s General Hospital Fan Club Weekend? Let us know via the comment section.
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