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The Young and the Restless’ Michael Mealor Says of Summer/Kyle/Claire Storyline, “It’s Going to Get Nasty”
On CBS Daytime’s The Young and the Restless, Kyle (Michael Mealor) seems to be spending more time with Claire (Hayley Erin) much to the chagrin of Summer (Allison Lanier). All this has gone down since little Harrison was held captive along with Claire by Jordan (Colleen Zenk) and rhe
While Summer has told her concerns over and over to Kyle, that she doesn’t like Claire getting so close to the little boy, Kyle seems to be somewhat smitten with Claire, or is he?
Michael Fairman TV caught up with Michael Mealor on the red carpet at last week’s 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards to get his thoughts on this possible love triangle, where in reality, everybody might be running a con on the other.
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Mealor revealed that coming up on Y&R between Summer, Claire and Kyle that, “It’s going to get nasty. I gotta say that. No one trusts anyone, which makes good TV.”
To that end, it looks like no one in the Abbott family trusts Kyle either, to which Mealor replied, “Jack (Peter Bergman) doesn’t trust Kyle. Summer doesn’t trust Kyle. Diane (Susan Walters) doesn’t trust Kyle. Claire may be the only one, and I (may) have her fooled.”
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Fans have been speculating that Claire isn’t the now “good’ girl she seems to be and that her psychotic tendencies may take over. Mealor says, “That’s a testament to Hayley (Erin) and how amazing she is because she plays this lovable character, but you just kind of go, something may be off here.”
Recently, Y&R aired the two-person episode featuring Kyle’s on-screen dad, Peter Bergman and Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) where Jack tries to get Nikki to stop her bender and sober up, but ultimately loses his own sobriety and almost loses his life. Mealor shared he saw the unbelievable performances when it was being filmed.
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Michael expressed, “God, that’s such a fantastic episode. They showed up for that and they filmed that over two days – split the episode in half. I was there on set shooting other scenes, but just watching them pour it out on the monitor. It was incredible.”
Watch our red carpet conversation with Michael Mealor below.
Now weigh-in; Do you think Claire will ultimately take to underhanded tactics to get Kyle and Harrison in her clutches and away from Summer? Let us know your theories via the comment section.
I still think Claire is a psychopath. Y and R due a new young one lol
Are Y&R reading the comments on people. It’s the same characters with the most airtime and screen time. It’s how I feel with Summer and Kyle last year by the drama with Phyllis & Diane. That were boring as a couple, and not as a couple. Now with the kidnapping storyline, and then a storyline with Claire that people aren’t thrilled with. More airtime,
more pushes. No no no triangles with them. Summer should focus on Chance completely, instead of sidelining him without a story. I see they have huge fans! Love Lauren and Michael. Put Kyle in a different road of story with other characters. Why drag Summer all the time. I’m sorry, so irritated. Many characters like Noah, Allie, Jeremy, and Ashland were wasted already. Sharon, Tessa, Abby, Mariah, Lauren, Michael are left with no stories to tell. Elena is gone. Only seeing Connor and Harrison as the focus on main. Soon we see Johnny, Faith, and Katie but for how long? What about more with them, Reed and the children of Lily back.
Oh, I read that Vicki’s kids are returning and will not like Claire, the jealousy thing I guess. Just what we need, more kids.
Yeah I read it too agreed, more kids, but I have doubts knowing Griffith about staying. Hopefully, they keep them.
About Claire: I don’t like what she did, but she doesn’t know her family history based on crimes, too. We all shouldn’t forget the Newman’s weren’t sweet and sugar. Always bad happens and something need to be done to cover up. Like Harrison after kidnapping, Claire was a victim under Jordan’s claws too. With Jordan’s case, it’s linked to the family. What Kyle needs is growth, and raising his son on his own without having Harrison many mothers, Newman involvements, love interests, nanny, custody paper and battles with discussions. I just came to the conclusion with that I like it that way. A good emmy material for Michael Mealor with that.
Here is a young woman who grow up unloved and raised ɓy a psychopath. She has no self esteem or social skills and should be in intense therapy. She is a prime candidate for exploitation by a friend. The show needs a male villain to sweep Claire off her feet for her family’s money.
Sorry, don’t agree. She’s had enough crap in her life and enough done to her, just by her crazy aunt alone. I say, let her enjoy her new found life, certainly not what you are describing.
It can get nasty all it wants but I’m sorry Kyle and Claire have no chemistry whatsoever so what are we getting The hand that rocks the cradle no thanks
I’m not saying that Claire should be with Kyle,I’ve never liked his cocky, self-centeredness and now maybe he’ll get put in his place by Victor.
Wow, that EP sure has the actors out their selling his schlock. The proof was in the Emmy Awards…how many did Y&R walk away with??? Two? Both for acting. Nothing for the behind the scenes work, nothing for production. And in some categories they didn’t even pick up a nomination in a 4 horse field. Y&R has hit rock bottom where it counts. Heck, even on this website, there are no stories about Y&R, while news at GH, B&B and Days still dominates. The show is on neutral. There needs to be a big change while they can still afford it. Love to see Y&R dominate again.
Kyle is apparently falling right into Victor’s clutches with his not so subtle way of getting him away from Jabot and over to Newman. Maybe Kyle and Diane will appreciate each other more when he’s gone.
Someone needs to lock Victor in a cell! Maybe Claire’s Aunt will escape and give him a taste of his own medicine.
Lew, Trust me!
They need to cool down with Summer and Kyle’s airtime/scenes. Both are boring, but Kyle need to stand up more with spine, instead letting Summer control demands on Harrison because she doesn’t like Claire. It’s annoying when you try to enjoy other characters. I hope it comes out what Victor did. What are your imput on Connor’s storyline?
Hi Stella, I don’t really know about the Connor storyline. He is rarely on, and I am not sure if this is a story for him or to push Adam and Chelsea together again. Which may push Sally to.Nick (UGH!)
Hi Lew,
Agreed on Connor’s screen time, and I don’t want Sally & Nick to reunite either. That was horrible. I’m not too impressed with Connor’s SL.
Happy Michael Mealor is getting a love story!
He’s wasted on all these forced workplace plots.
Not sure about him and Claire but atleast it will bring him and Summer maybe back together by the end. I hope Chance also gets some airtime with Summer on this one too. He’s been m.i.a it seems recently
Kyle needs a good woman, not Summer who is such a conceited, spoiled brat.
Damian,
What bothers now that it’s the same stuff over and over again with Summer and Kyle. Alison Lanier nor Michael Mealor were never given other heavy materials with other actress and actors that they both can act with. Summer with Chance, her carrying a baby of his with difficult complications the baby survives on the end, fighting for Chancellors business and more SL with her family. Kyle with someone else, SL with his family, or determined to raise Harrison on his own. That are potential Emmy to summit, and if they’re going to summit an Emmy Awards based on the same where AL And MM didn’t stand out enough for me because this is the only performance they have. That really will disappoint me as a huge fan, and viewer. I want to see more than this.
I wonder why no one in the community hit the pain point because this is the storyline they came up with.
Nothing wrong with trying to get characters on front but problem is Claire was born in the nineties and summer and Kyle 2,000 if you are going to go back in history you need to get it straight . Peck was great back then but he has aged just like we all do . Absolutely no chemistry at all between he and AH . And let’s just put Victor and Jack on hold neither one has chemistry anymore with anyone if you want to write case out so do it I dare you.
Tell’em Kay!
Guess they will be giving Sharon Case some new/old material, with her, going off the deep end again. Was hoping they would write some new material for her, meeting someone new, thriving in her new business and family, not going back down the Rabbit Hole, maybe out to make Daniel pay for what she thinks was his fault for Kassie’s death. Those of us that watched that horrible SL, know it wasn’t Daniel’s fault for the accident, it was Kassie herself, who insisted on driving when she’d been drinking herself. Not looking forward to being put through all that again.
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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