Read the whole interview and see what she says about the new actors coming on I love this woman. JFP won’t push her around like she did Anna Lee/Lila. Go Jeanne!

Her response to never playing someone with Alzheimer’s reminds me of the famous “grandma clause” where Eileen Fulton prohibited the writers from making her a grandmother.

While I do understand where Jeanne is coming from with that kind of a storyline as there really aren’t many places you can go with the disease except down, I just see the contrast between her feelings and that of Peggy McKay on DAYS who took the news that her character would have the disease with such grace and such a positive stride- like an opportunity rather than a story with one inevitable outcome. Has DAYS done the illness justice? They started to and then went an idiotic “special treatment” route. What they should have said is that this is a progressive disease, have Caroline be diagnosed with an MCI (mild cognitive impairment, which is not quite yet Alzheimer’s, and could be years before it gets to that point) and aimed to properly represent someone who has dementia does not become an invalid after a few weeks, or even after being diagnosed; someone who can live a full and healthy life dementia or not. BUT at least the show and actress were brave enough to go there, which I really give kudos to because it really isn’t an easy illness to portray or play out long term. They didn’t go the predictable or “comfortable” route of a brain tumor.

But that’s DAYS.

As I said, I don’t begrudge Jeanne and I can absolutely see from an acting standpoint, and a woman as vibrant, sassy and sharp as she is, who wants to remain acting in the job she’s held for a gazillion years, would rather abandon ship altogether than have to pretend like she has a permanent brain deteriorating condition. But from a creative standpoint, I obviously think this was a tired, boring, uninspired and frankly, cowardly way to go. I also think that with Nikki’s MS, Jack’s addiction and Sharon’s bi-polar disorder, there are way too many medical related storylines happening right now that to me speaks to a lack of direction that, forgive the pun, seems a little bit schizophrenic. These, in the soap world, are called plot points- drama for the sake of creating drama, rather than having an organic and natural progression of story flourish into another story.

Oh well, it is what it is. I’m not even really a fan of Y&R but as someone who has a personal a professional interest in this kind of an illness, it would have been nice to see on screen.

I Agree I don’t wan’t the writers Useing Alzheimer’s For Kay They Played it too Much On All the other Soaps And It Didn’t Play Out So Well.. I Hope Kay’s All Better There where Lot Of People In Canada With The Flu This year The Hospitals Where Over Crowded , And people Are getting Sick All Over again It’s A HARD One To Get Over This Year.
So Kay -From ,TORONTO- Her,e” Get Better Soon” We wan’t To see yea – Back GIRL At Action Fighting With JILL We Miss That lolol. We See it In Your EyE’s How Much You Love Playing The Roll As Kay C But I Agree The Sickness Part’s have Gotta Stop Who Need’s To Deppressed all the Time and Feeling Down And Where’s “MURPHY” we Don’t see him Much Any More ? He’s in One Day Gone the Next Kay yea Need Some Romance Girl. You Need it – I Think The Writer’s Should Shake This ILLness Off. And, Have A Romance With Katherine & Murphy They Been Playing All Around The other Actors Kay Need’s Some Happyness To So Mr. Fighter Pilot Time To Fly Kay Off To Some Where Special She Needs it. So Yea hear That Y&R WRITER’S Get Out Those Billionare Travel Plan’s Kay Need’s It And Bring Her friends In For A Surprise From The Dinner That Made her Feel Great , Thease are Stories -you should be working on.What’s Most Important To Her . Do Any Of you Writer Ever –Take The Time And Really Really Listen To The Fans . I Seen the Writers Sitting At That Big Table Not to Long Ago “SNAP” Outta It. You Wanna Be Number One On TOP again Listen to whats Most Importtant From The Heart you’re Fan’s Know Best.

Mrs C is one classy woman, I wait on the show to see which
Outfit she will wear , love mrs C

I love her!

I’m so glad it’s not Alzheimers. TV is escapism. We don’t want Mrs. C to have that. I want her back in business.

Many of us that have followed this show, have become seniors and truly have the fears of many illnesses we may have as we age. I don’t think I, being one of those, don’t think it is good to have us worry so much about :Maybe I have that. 🙁 Would not be a good show for all the women to come down with something wrong with them. Show them strong and needed in the family, but not as weaklings, Nikki with MS and now Katherine with an illness she is so ashammed of telling anyone, it is frightning. People do crazy things when they fear a dreadful life. 🙁 Katherine is much needed in the show as a super strong, smart, and beautiful woman. Thanks

no we cannot have jeanne leave the show!!!!!!or it will not be worth watching .i love everything about her.

God help us JFP w how she is going w this now w our beloved Mrs C..bless you Jeanne praying so hard….

RIP Jeanne. You will be missed by all of us.

I will miss Jean Copper so much I have watched and loved her for over 30 years . I have such respect for
Her acting skill and hard work . She was my favorite on the show. I would have loved to have met her in
person. God bless her family.