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The Stacy Haiduk Interview – The Young and the Restless

By Michael Fairman

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Who has been consistently captivating soap opera audiences with her mesmerizing performances of Patty Williams and Emily Peterson, and let’s not forget, when Patty was pretending to be a woman named Mary Jane Benson?  Who kept us on the edge of our seats through most of 2009, and into 2010, not knowing whether we were going to scream in horror, or cry for her sad existence?   Who got snubbed for an Outstanding Supporting Actress nomination for the 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards?  And finally, who is really the cat’s meow?  Well, the answer is quite simply, actress Stacy Haiduk from The Young and the Restless.

Now, with Patty locked up and regressed to a little girl, and Emily falling apart at the seams trying to get her own life back, and Adam’s “murder” still not close to being solved, Stacy Haiduk is still turning out riveting performances.  On-Air On-Soaps caught up with Stacy to talk about: Kitties, Emmy reels, competition, the heartbreak of playing Patty, working with her co-stars, Doug Davidson (Paul) and Peter Bergman (Jack), and how her actor husband, Bradford Tatum, was a calming and steady force during some of Stacy’s most traumatic on-set days.

And in the end, find out who does Stacy think is truly the better psychologist, Emily or the deranged Patty?  Her answer may surprise you.  It’s always great to speak with the emotionally raw and edgy Ms. Haiduk, and I hope you will enjoy her even more after reading her revealing comments below.

MICHAEL:

Ok, Stacy let’s get right to this.  Your Emmy snub is probably one of the most talked about in the history of the Daytime Emmy nominations.  Everyone was certain that you were a lock for your performance as Emily/Patty/Mary Jane this past year, and unfortunately it did not happen.  How are you feeling at this moment?  It has to be extremely, extremely disappointing for you.

STACY:

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It was shocking, and I was really disappointed.  I was excited about it because I really wanted to be a part of this group this year.  And you have to also know it is what it is.  I always have to say that I still won in my own mind because of the people I got to work with, and it’s continuing, and that is a success right now.  I know that is not the disappointing part of how I am feeling, but I try not to go into that part of it.  It’s hard.  You sit there and go, “Was my tape not good enough?  Or, what happened?”

MICHAEL:

What reel did you decide to submit for Emmy contention?

STACY:

I submitted the remote with Eric Braeden as Victor, and Peter Bergman as Jack, and I had the gun   Patty was getting upset with Jack for not seeing her as his wife and loving her, and feeling how could he do that?  I thought it had enough emotional levels to show where I could go as an actress.  It sucks that you can’t have two shows to show your work.  One show is not easy to do to choose from.  You have the build up in one, and the finale in the other, which is why I like the idea of two tapes.  However, I thought this is enough to get me in.  I am working with two leading actors, and I thought it would be a good enough tape to show people.  You just kind of go, “OK.  Or, maybe the wig scared them!”  You know, the blonde wig! (Laughs)

MICHAEL:

This whole Emmy judging process is as much of a game as about the performance itself.  Do you think it hurt you that perhaps the blue ribbon panel could not follow the story, as it is taken out of context?  They do not know what happened before or after those scenes.

STACY:

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Right.  No, they don’t see the arc, and don’t see what is going on.  A lot of times you have your friends who have been working to be nominees for so long, and they finally get in, and it’s like, you know what?  They deserve it.  Maybe next year, it will work for me.

MICHAEL:

I think you have received more emails, letters, and have certainly become talked about more than anyone ever online, about someone not getting a nod.  Somehow, the Emmy snub got you more publicity than someone who was nominated for Lead Actress!

STACY:

The publicity has been more than if I got a nomination.  It’s crazy, isn’t it?  You know what I love?  It’s when I went on facebook and just read so many people’s thoughts, and how they love the character, and you can’t beat that.  I have to go back to why I do this and the process of it all.  Yes, it would have been fun to get all dressed up, and hope you can win one of the most beautiful awards.  It’s one of my favorites, actually.  But, I have had a really good time and it continues again.  The fans see that, and that is really what this is about.

MICHAEL:

If you were to have been nominated, would Mr. Kitty have accompanied you to Vegas?  Last year, you wore him as a shoulder bag to the red carpet.

STACY:

Yes.  I would have come with Mr. Kitty, and we could put him on wheels.  It would have been awesome.

MICHAEL:

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But, let’s talk about these recent amazing scenes that aired.  Did you like how they resolved the end of the Patty/Emily final switcheroo?

STACY:

I finally ended up watching it.  Usually, I don’t because I am very critical of myself.  I finally watched it because somebody said to me, “Have you seen your scenes?”  And I said, “No, I haven’t,” and so I did.  And I was sad!  I was sad the last time Patty went to an insane asylum. I like Patty, even though she is crazy and whacked-out. The wig was scary. (Laughs)

MICHAEL:

Patty regressed back into her little childhood self.

STACY:

Didn’t it just break your heart?  Me, too.  It did also when Mr. Kitty died.  You have to understand, when they told me Mr. Kitty, in my script, gets chewed up by Zapato, I went like, “You’ve got to be joking with me?”  I mean, I literally went through withdrawals because I had been working with that cat for so long.  I know that sounds silly.  But, I get heart to heart with my co-stars, and here it was again.  I love working with Doug Davidson. He is such a joy, and Peter, also.  And, when I got to look at him in the end, my hair looked like crap, and it was all going to one side, but there was this look.  When you are in it, you don’t see what other people are seeing.  So, when I was able to see it from the audience’s perspective, I went “Oh, my God!  That poor thing, and what she went through.”  All she wanted was that man to love her, and how desperate and sad she is at the same time.  I got weepy.

MICHAEL:

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I said to Doug Davidson recently, that if you were to take your story with him, as a brother and sister, as an isolated story, you could see that as a motion picture.  It is such a beautiful story.

STACY:

I think that is why they continued it.  It taps into so many people’s relationships with family.  I look at his eyes when we work, and there is that love… that brotherly and sisterly love…and we root for each other.  So if one makes a mistake in the line, the other one of us tries to figure out what the person is going to say.  It’s wonderful!

MICHAEL:

And now on-air, Emily is having all sorts of psychological problems!  Is this now just an adjustment issue for her?  I mean, she is so pissed off that Jack can’t tell the difference between her and Patty in bed, which I think is great!

STACY:

I know, it’s so crazy.  Thank God.  I am so glad they brought that up.  I mean, how can you not?   Even Patty says it in my Emmy tape; she says to Jack, “How could you not know I was your ex-wife?  Are you that blind?” And then here, Emily says pretty much the same thing to him, “How could you not know that was not me?   How could you do that?”  Emily now has to take some time and figure this out.  She gets screwed from every which way, from all the stuff that Patty did.  She is trying to hold it together, and she is not one to just emote, while Patty is the most emotional and runs with it.  Emily is stoic and trying to hold it together.

MICHAEL:

Do you think Emily is even a good psychiatrist?  Or, is Patty a better one? (Laughs)

STACY:

I think Patty was. “Go to your Happy Place!” (Laughs)  The woman playing opposite me, who was one of Emily’s patients says to Patty, “What do you mean? Go to my Happy Place?  As Stacy, “I went, yeah; go to your Happy Place. What else do you want to do?”  That is what a therapist would say, except, maybe, “I understand.”  (Laughs)

MICHAEL:

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Will we see Patty again, perhaps more and more?  Is the doppelganger story really over?

STACY:

Maybe.  All I can say is that I love Patty, and doppelganger may not be over. We shall see.

MICHAEL:

You must have gone home to your family completely exhausted some days, after the emotional toll it takes on an actress to play very complex dual roles that border on insanity or the edge of insanity.

STACY:

When I was going through all the stuff with Patty and Emily at the end, and the whole knife thing, that was the first time Peter and I were going to get off work early.  I am referring to the scene where Patty stabs the portrait of Emily.  She goes to town. We were jamming through the scenes, and the last part where I open the dang cutter I cut my hand!  So, I had to go get stitches.  So, Peter and I are at the doctor’s office.  Even the stage manager said, “And, you didn’t stop the scene?  You kept going with it?”  And I go, “I can’t stop.”   But now the stitches are out and healing and I am fine.  But, that was the first time I had to call my husband and say, “I just want you to know, I won’t be home by ten today.  I am going to the hospital to get stitches.”  And, he is like, “What?”  I said, “Well, they had this box cutter, and you know me with props.”  I have this thing where I go with it.  And even before they gave me the prop on set, they said to me, “Are you going to be OK with this?”  You see, I have a tendency to go overboard, like when I was stabbing the little picture with the baby scissors in the hospital scene.  That time, I ended up stabbing the baby scissors into my hands.  The prop guys were like, “Um, Stace. You’ve got to know…”   I am going to be so conscious of it, but it’s hard when your adrenaline is going.  I get done with the scenes, and then I go, “Oh, God.”

MICHAEL:

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What did your husband, actor Bradford Tatum, think of all this?  Was he a big support to you during the emotionally draining material?

STACY:

He has been a big support.  I come home, and yeah, we don’t have long, long evenings because of the emotional dynamics of these two characters, Emily and Patty, and because when I come home I have to work on my script for the next day.  I mean, I would literally call home and say, “Honey, I need cuddly.  I need you to be tender with me because I am so fragile.”  But I love going to these places, and sometimes it’s really difficult, but it’s a good challenge, and I am sure you do this, too, Michael.  You like to see how far you can push yourself.

MICHAEL:

Yes, I do push myself.  But you are super competitive, right?

STACY:

Your body and your mind want to work well, and so yeah, I am competitive.  And my husband laughs at me about it.  But, I think that’s what keeps me going, and doing what I do.

MICHAEL:

Will you be on-air as Emily for a while?   Many fans are concerned of where the Y&R writing team will go next with all of this.  Could that spell the end for Stacy Haiduk on Y&R?

STACY:

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No, you are not losing me as Emily.  I think it touches people.  It’s this beautiful balance of creating something from the writer’s point of view, the actor’s point of view, and it’s all-creative, and that is what is so amazing.  I think people feel that from the outside, too.  It’s not just watching something and going, “Yeah, that was a great performance”.  These are daily performances and I think people love to watch Emily or Patty and what she will do next.  It’s very complex.

MICHAEL:

OK, so if I was producing a Stacy Haiduk tribute reel of the best moments of your performance last year on Y&R, and I had three and half minutes to feature you, tell me what would be on that?  What would you choose?

STACY:

You have to start out with Mr. Kitty, and having that performance with a dead stuffed cat was pretty fabulous.  I really like that kind of material.  I would go in to this January with shows where Patty goes back to the switcheroo, when she puts Emily into the nut house and then looks in the mirror and dyes her hair. And still one of my other favorite scenes is the remote with Kitty Kitty.  It was with Paul and Patty.  She is turning herself in and she has to give up Kitty Kitty.  I know they are silly scenes, but they get to me sometimes.

MICHAEL:

What about the great Patty and Adam scenes?  There were so many great ones towards the end before his “murder”.  And, we still never know if Patty has something more to reveal about what went on the night Adam was “killed”.

STACY:

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Everything’s a possibility, and you just never know.  I like working with Michael Muhney (Adam).  We have a good time. Michael and I click with each other, because we were both new to the show.  I was thrilled to have scenes with him in the potting shed, and those were fun.  I even liked when I go to Adam in the hospital and Patty is pretending to be Emily and she pinches him in the hospital and says, “You know, I just want to see if you are faking it or not.” I love those scenes. I love the way Michael plays right off of me. I have a soft spot for Michael because of that.

MICHAEL:

As we end this little chat, tell me what can I relate back to the many, many fans and admirers of your work, day in and day out.  Are you really doing OK?  We all want to give you a giant hug!  So, since I am here with you now, here is a hug representing everyone’s embrace of your outstanding performance this past year.

STACY:

I am doing great.  I got through my disappointment.  I am here to support The Young and the Restless. I am thrilled that the actors I work with on a daily basis both got nominated. (Laughs).  No, really I am.  So, maybe we will see what happens next year with that, but right now when I work, I am happy.

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Thanks for another great interview MF! I got to see a side of SH that we never get a glimpse of. She really seems like a nice, down to earth, funny and all around cool person. I’m STEAMING about her Emmy snub too! Ridiculous!.

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Brava for so, so many brilliant performances this past year, Stacy. You have become the one to watch on The Young and the Restless and I’m horrified that you didn’t get the Emmy nom. Shame to the academy for this outrageous snub!!!! You are a brilliant, beautiful actress!

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Well, the Emmy pople blew it again. Stacy has been mesmerizing. To pull of dual roles is so demanding and exhausting, it’s a wonder the actress doesn’t go bonkers. I hope she gets the satisfaction next year at least. I don’t know how she can even top this role. An actor dies for such a role! Kudos to Stacy for convincing us she was mentally ill and then believing she was this pschiatrist who treated ill patients. I have been enthralled when she is on the screen and couldn’t take my eyes off her. So, congratulations, Stacy, for your great performances

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Love, LOVE, LOVE her.
She certainly did deserve the Emmy nomination and the Emmy. Patty/Emily/Mary Jo has been one of the few reasons to stick with Y&R with all the silliness going on there.
I hope Emily and Patty are around for a while and we get to see more from Stacy.
Thanks for the great interview! It’s really interesting to hear the actor’s thoughts on the characters and the scenes and some of the behind the scenes chemistry.

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Love her! Glad to hear she will be sticking around Y&R. She definitely should have been nominated. I think a lot of these award shows are more about politics than who actually deserves the award.

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love her !!!!!!!!!!!!!! glad she coming back

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Days of our Lives’ Conner Floyd Talks Dominic Marino Mystery, Chad and Belle, and Susan Seaforth Hayes (Exclusive)

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Fasten your seat belts Days of our Lives fans, as the mystery of Dominic Marino continues to unravel on all-new episodes of the Peacock streaming soap opera. Last week, Chad DiMera (Conner Floyd) learned that he may have a half-brother, who may be the biological child of his father, the late Stefano DiMera (the late Joseph Mascolo) and Dr. Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall), giving him great pause, because he knows Stefano had kidnapped Marlena for four years back in the late 80s and early 90s.

Chad has already been hunting down clues with his current girlfriend Belle Black (Martha Madison) in Italy and Salem, which revealed a photo of a young boy with Stefano with the date 1992 on the back of it, hidden inside Stefano’s chess set. So, what’s next?

Conner Floyd chatted on the Michael Fairman Channel in a new virtual interview released on Sunday, October 18, where he spoke on what the new addition to the DiMera family could do to the already dangerous sibling rivalries, the state of Chad’s relationship with Belle and much more.

EJ and Chad

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DIMERA RIVALRY

After finding out from EJ (Dan Feuerriegel) that Dominic Marino could be the never-before-heard-of child of Stefano and Marlena, Conner Floyd explained, “I think it blows Chad’s mind a little bit. I think there’s a lot of things working there with old Chad. Obviously, bringing in another DiMera could cause some noise and the whole situation with Marlena’s a little awkward as well because he’s dating Belle, so this could cause a little tiff there. I think his head’s spinning and he does not know what to expect, but I also think he kind of expects that from Stefano, for sure.”

As to how this will change and color Chad’s relationship with EJ, Floyd responded, “Chad knows EJ’s not happy about it and I think he’s going to be real upset if this gets in his way of doing what he wants to do with the DiMera legacy and all that. However, for Chad, I think he’s just going to keep a sharp eye, see what this guy’s about, see if he’s here to cause some trouble or here to be a friend and kinda play it by ear.”

Belle and Chad

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BELLE OF MY HEART

With Chad and Belle already being sleuths, Floyd says, you can look for the duo to continue getting to the truth. “I think Chad and Belle are committed to this. They’re going full National Treasure, Nicolas Cage,” says Conner. “They’re going to follow the clues. They’re going to get some answers.”

Since beginning in the role of Chad in June of 2025 and debuting on-screen back in April of 2026, the former Y&R star (where he played Chance Chancellor), says it was Madison who helped him get comfortable in his new surroundings.

“Martha is phenomenal. I couldn’t have asked for a better person to get tagged up with when I started here, just because she knows everybody,” shares Floyd. “She knows where to go, who to talk to. She’ll get the tea if you want, and so it was kind of cool. Martha took me under her wing, showed me the ropes. She’s a sweetheart.  I love working with her too. She’s a great actress.”

But, is Chad in love with Belle after such a tortured past with his beloved Abigail Deveraux DiMera? Floyd thinks so! “I think he’s into it. They’re such good friends and they have such a rich history. I think he’s in for the ride. You know, it’s one of those things you probably overlook at first and then they reconnected, and it feels easy and they’re going on these fun adventures.”

MAKING CHAD HIS OWN

Conner had the arduous task of being the successor to Billy Flynn in the role of Chad.. Flynn had played the part for 12 years before deciding to exit and head to Y&R. So, how did Conner approach learning the ins and out of Chad? Floyd shared, “I really dove into Chad when I first got this job. I liked that he kind of walks this tightrope of DiMera and not DiMera, you know. He want to so honor his family roots and really do something for the DiMera family, but he doesn’t want to fall into that trap that all the other DiMera have found themselves in. Chad is a DiMera at heart. He’s got those demons, but he’s just trying to keep them contained.”

Susan Seaforth Hayes

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ICONIC

When Floyd got to DAYS, it was none other than Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) who most surprised him in the most delightful way, given that he knew Hayes was a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and the current longest-running cast member on the canvas.

“I love working with Susan Hayes! I love her. She’s a sweetheart. Susan is one of the nicest people there. I just thought she was cool and it’s Susan Hayes, you know?  We’ve had a lot of scenes together, which is nice,” explained Conner.

“We’ll go to her dressing room, we’ll run our scenes, and then we’ll spend about an hour just talking about life and she’ll tell me about a book she’s reading. She’s such a history buff, which blows my mind. She’ll start dropping all these historical facts on me. I learn something new by the time I walk out of her dressing room every time!”

Now below, check out the full conversation with Conner Floyd via the Michael Fairman Channel.

Weigh-in: Do you like Chad and Belle as couple? Do you think Chad will get to the bottom of the Dominic Marino mystery? If so, do you think Dominic is truly Stefano and Marlena’s son … and what about Rita (Maggie Carney) in all this? Let us know your theories in the comment section.

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‘General Hospital’s’ Tabyana Ali Weighs In on Who She Thinks is Trina’s Stalker (Exclusive)

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On General Hospital, as Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali) has launched a music career alongside Gio Palmieri (Giovanni Mazza), it was recently revealed that she actually has what seems like an “obsessed” stalker! How do we know? Well, there is a collage of the young woman that said person is continuing to add more photos to as the weeks and months roll on.

There have been several obvious suspects in the way GH has presented the characters. Chief among them music executive, Simon Craft (Grady Eldridge) who continually has made statements and has been shooting daggers at anyone getting in the way of his prized recording artist.

At the same time the stalking started, Kai’s friend and former college football teammate, Quinn (Jequan Jackson) showed back up who previously had a falling out with Trina. Might he be playing nice, but wants revenge on Trina?

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KEPT IN THE DARK

Fast-forward and now General Hospital fans learned that two-time Daytime Emmy winner, Alley Mills is on her way back to the show as Heather Webber, who previously was known as”The Hook” killer at one point, and is the biological mother of Trina’s sworn enemy, Esme Prince (last played by Avery Pohl).

Esme perished went she went overboard with Trina’s boyfriend, Spencer Cassadine (last played by Nicholas Alexander Chavez) a few years ago into the steely waters below. Could Esme be the one obsessing over Trina, or could it be someone else completely?

In a brand new video interview out on Tuesday, September 29, Tabyana Ali visited You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel and weighed-in on who she thinks could be the culprit! However, Tabyana shared she actually has no idea who it actually will turn out to be.

“The crazy thing is that everybody knows who it is except for me! They’re keeping that secret from me,” revealed Ali. “They want me to be as oblivious as Trina.”

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THOSE WHO WENT OVERBOARD AND PRESUMED DEAD

After looking over the potential suspects and with all the theories that have floated about, Tabyana had her top picks! “I would love for it to be Spencer. I would love for it to be Esme. Mostly because I also just want my friends back on set, too. I would love to just see them and hang out with them. I think it definitely could be one of those two,” speculated Ali.

“I think everybody thought it could have been Quinn, or could have been Simon. I think we were all pointing in that direction for a minute, but I thinks that’s too easy”, declares Tabyana. “I think they’re just trying to throw me off, and trying to make it seem like it’s one of them. Now, nobody told me one way or the other about them.”

As soaps go, it’s usually not the first string of suspects who turn out to be the actual person behind the stalking. Tabyana agreed, “If you just know writing in general, if you just know TV in general, if you know soaps in general, you know that’s a game. You know, they set up, set up, set up, and then they really show the reveal. So. I was like, ‘This is just the setup to the reveal, right?'”

As for it being Spencer, it may not because his motives are bad. Ali shared, “It could be Spencer trying to fight his way back to Trina, or Heather trying to get revenge for her dead daughter Esme, or Esme herself. Those are all good ones, I was also playing around with what if it’s Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober)? That would be kind of fun. Don’t know what his motive would be. I know he passed away. He’s dead because of Joss (Eden McCoy), but it’s like everybody comes back alive on soaps, so…”

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FROM KAI WITH LOVE

Some fans theorized it could be Trina’s boyfriend, Kai Taylor (Jens Austin Astrup) or one another option being that the real stalker takes him out. “I think that’s kind of happened to all of Trina’s boyfriends,” lamented Tabyana. “They’ve all kind of gone that way. So, hopefully it doesn’t happen that way. Would it be easier if Kai was the stalker? Okay, yeah, maybe. He’d go to jail for a couple months or whatever. Come on out and then what? He would had to have had a brain-eating amoeba that made him do it. Who knows?” (Laughs)

In the end, are Trina and Kai truly in love? Ali shared her viewpoint and gave a tease, “I think they have love for one another, but to love someone it does take gradual time. I think it’s getting to that point. I think with this music situation as well, it is really proving to Trina that Kai is willing to be there with her every step of the way.”

She continued, “He is supporting her 10 toes down, making sure that she has everything that she needs, to going to every live show. I think this portion of their lives will definitely guide them somewhere else. I think, an ‘I love you,’ might come just around the corner.”

You can check out the full conversation with Tabyana now on the Michael Fairman Channel below.

Then weigh-in, after hearing Tabyana’s thoughts on the matter, who do you think will be proven to be Trina’s stalker? Let us know via the comment section below.

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‘The Bold and the Beautiful’s’ Heather Tom Talks Daytime Emmy-Nominated Scenes and What’s Behind Katie’s Deep-Seated Issues with Dylan (Exclusive)

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September 11, 2026

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The Bold and the Beautiful’s Heather Tom (Katie Logan) is heading into the 53rd annual Daytime Emmys next month with a chance to win not one, but two gold statuettes to add to her collection of six!

Heather is once again a nominee for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama Series, and for the first time a nominee as part of B&B’s writing team in the Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Drama Series category.

Currently, Heather is tied with One Life to Live icon, Erika Slezak (Ex-Viki) as the actresses with the most wins in Daytime Emmy history. An acting victory by Tom would break the tie, although Slezak’s wins have all been for Lead Actress, while Tom literally grew up before our eyes over 35 years in daytime, and has won in all three actress categories: Younger, Supporting and Lead.

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Whether Tom wins the gold this year, next year is looking even like stronger lock with Heather delivering some of the best work of her career, over the last several months. Who can forget Katie’s showdown with her sister Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) over the creation of her own fashion house named Logan, that slap from Brooke, and eventually being disowned from the Logan family by Brooke and their sister, Donna (Jennifer Gareis). 

This fall, Katie is in full momma bear-mode and being overprotective of her son Will Spencer’s (Crew Morrow) heart and pocketbook. In story, Katie has a massive distrust of Melissa Dylan, who has made her move on her son, while Will is still trying to deal with the break-up with the love of his life Electra Forrester.

During a live chat this week on the Michael Fairman Channel, Heather opened up on a myriad of subjects, including why Dylan gets under Katie’s skin in such a major way, and what scenes earned her a shot at Lead Actress gold at the October 30th Daytime Emmy ceremony.

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HEATHER TOM’S DAYTIME EMMY SUBMISSION

In daytime, Heather Tom does it all, she acts, directs and writes for The Bold and the Beautiful. When deciding what material to submit for Emmy competition with its eligibility rules of episodes from 2025, it relayed heavily on scenes with her longtime B&B scene partner, Don Diamont (Bill Spencer).

“I submitted material having to do with the Luna (Lisa Yamada) storyline and having to do with Katie and Bill. I love that Katie and Bill have been really trying to find their way back to each other for, honestly, five years. He’s been trying to woo her back. Katie’s been like, ‘No.’ However, they come together, especially over their son, Will (Crew Morrow) and they have a very real relationship-type of discussion. It wasn’t an argument. It was more about, ‘I know you. Don’t do this.’ That’s always kind of been Katie’s relationship with Bill. The scenes with Don Diamont were about Katie and Bill’s history, the pain, and the drama, and especially about their son, seemed very familiar to me.”

Heather added, “There’s also a couple scenes with Will and Luna, when Katie finds out that Luna is pregnant. Katie was like, ‘Nope! Our son is having a baby with somebody, and we’re going to figure this out. We’ve got means and the ability to do this. I don’t care if we have to take this baby away from Luna because she’s crazy, we’ll figure it out.’ They were some really good scenes that I felt very proud of. I thought to myself, “OK, this is Katie really taking a stand for her son, and having these conversations with Bill where I just felt they were real and honest.”

In conclusion to standing by her choices of scenes, Heather explained, “It was nice to see Bill and Katie operating as a parental unit and have her be like, “Yep, we’re not doing this. You know, you can’t force Luna to do anything, so let’s just figure out how we’re dealing with this.” Katie was kind of the adult in the room. Then, the scenes where Bill says to Katie, “You have to come back to me and I need you,” while Katie shed a few tears, she still didn’t take him back, not yet.”

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DYLAN BROKE THE ‘GIRLFRIEND CODE’

There are specific reasons why Katie has it out for Melissa Dylan. In fact, Dylan went so far as to get her mother Darcy Dylan to town to shut down Katie’s suspicions of her, but it still isn’t swaying Katie away from her stance on the matter. Heather revealed how she is playing the scenes.

“So, here’s the deal. It’s multifaceted,” began Tom. “This girl pushes Katie’s buttons. She reminds her of her sister, Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), and what Katie’s going through with her sister right now is very unpleasant. I think she looks at this girl and says, “This girl is going to crawl over anyone to get what she wants. And right now, she wants my son, and she’s willing to throw her best friend (Electra) under the bus.”

Heather also said, “Honestly, there’s something known as the ‘girlfriend code.’ Would you like to know what the girlfriend code is? ‘The girlfriend code’ is if your girlfriend, who is also your best friend, dates a guy and is especially in love with him, it doesn’t matter if you break up, that guy is off limits. You need to find yourself another guy.”

KATIE’S TROUBLES WITH BROOKE AND DYLAN MAKE HER TAKE A STAND

Katie clearly draws a similarity to her sister Brooke and Melissa Dylan which is also driving her attitude, which Heather confirmed. “So to Katie, it’s like Dylan broke that code. She is someone who follows her heart just like Brooke and leaves carnage in her wake,” said Tom.

She continued, “I think Katie looks at her and goes ‘Okay, one, you were living in your car. You didn’t call your mother who clearly loves you and ask her for help, but you were more than willing to take help from this, lovely rich guy.’ I think Katie feels like the fact that Dylan has been so expressive of how in love she is with Will, I think she finds that a little weird.  She’s telling him that she’s e in love with him, and he doesn’t say it back to you. So, clearly he’s in not in love with you.”

In story, Katie can’t trust a young woman, who knows her son doesn’t feel the same way about her and yet is still hanging around. Heather shared Katie’s viewpoint to Dylan: “He’s clearly in love with your best friend. So, isn’t it a little unsettling that she kind of keeps saying she’s in love with him? So that’s my multifaceted reason why Katie doesn’t like her. It really has nothing to do with the fact that she came from humble beginnings because Katie did too. That being said, the Spencers are billionaires, so she would have to also look out for that. However, I don’t think that’s the main reason why she doesn’t like this girl or doesn’t trust her. I really don’t.”

You can check out the full conversation from our livestream conversation on the Michael Fairman Channel below.

Now let us know, are you rooting for Heather Tom to win the Lead Actress Daytime Emmy? What did you think of the scenes she submitted? Will Katie be proven right about Melissa Dylan, or will her distrust blow up in her face and she will wind up respecting Dylan when all is said and done? Weigh-in via the comment section.

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