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Y&R's Kristoff St. John Releases Statement On The Tragic Death Of Son Julian
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Daytime Emmy winner and long running series star of The Young and the Restless, Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters) has released a statement today via Entertainment Tonight on the tragic death of his son Julian who died before the Thanksgiving holiday.
St. John shared: “It is with deep sorrow and overwhelming heartbreak that I regretfully share the news that my beautiful, talented, 24 year old son, Julian ‘Jewels’ St. John, passed away on November 23. He suffered from schizophrenia for many years and tragically lost his life just a few days before Thanksgiving, and two weeks before his 25th birthday. His legacy will live on in our hearts and for those that continue to suffer from this insidious disease. My ex-wife Mia, Julian’s sisters Paris and Lola and I, are all devastated beyond words and belief. We mourn the loss of our son, brother, artist, poet, and a giant of a young man. A beautiful life gone much too soon. Julian will forever be remembered as he now takes flight with angels.”
Meanwhile, reports have surfaced via Radar Online that while it has been believed that Julian died in an apparent suicide their source, Assistant Chief Coroner, Ed Winter detailed that: “Julian was found by a staff member at a facility in Long Beach on November 23.” The item goes on to say that Julian was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathroom. And although the incident is listed as a possible suicide, the official cause of death has been deferred pending additional testing and a toxicology report. No official report is available yet.
On-Air On-Soaps heart goes out to her dear friend Kristoff St. John through this ordeal, and we are thinking of him, and his loved ones, as it is always difficult to have to report news on something of this nature.
Share your thoughts on Kristoff’s heartfelt statement on the loss of his son Julian in the comment section below.
Sorry for you loss Kristoff. The loss of a child is tragic and I pray you and your family can get through this together.
Sorry for your loss I understand what it is like to lose a child and I also know time hills all wounds. Praying for you and your family.
Hey I also sorry for your loss. Your in my prayers.
Sorry for your lost Krisoff. Losing a child is a great loss because #1We as adults believe we will go first but only God knows. I pray that the peace of God will over take and protect you and your family. Earth has no sorrows that heaven can’t heal.
Dear Kristoff and family:
I don’t know you personally but I feel like I do from watching Y&R for over 25 years.
I have experienced the pain of losing 2 children. I empathize from the bottom of my heart.
JD-
So tragic. If it was ruled a suicide, even worse.
My dad’s mom had schizophrenia back in the 50s and they put her away. She got out and they found she had drowned. They never said it was suicide, but most likely it was.
I can only imagine the pain that this family is going through. Sadly, this will have implications for the rest of their lives. My dad came down with depression when he turned 40, partly because he never grieved the loss of his mom and was only 6 when she died.
If it is suicide, I think that has to be 100 times worse than an accidental death because the person just could not live life anymore and all the questions that leaves for the loved ones left behind.
I pray for Kristoff and his family. This is so sad.
Sorry for your loss will keep you and your family in our prayers
my thoughts and prayers are with the family. Mental Illness is definitely a silent illness and unless you have walked in the shoes of a person suffering from that especially, wehave to be mindful of negative comments and not assume that the info being told is the actual truth. God Bless the family and may the Soul of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.
So sorry! Deepest sympathy!
Kristoff I am so very sorry for the loss of your son. You, Julian & your family are in my prayers. There is no greater loss than the loss of a child.
So sorry for your loss.Prayers to you and your family.
Such tragedy I don’t even have the words after reading your heartfelt statement. No parent want to lose their kids so soon or ever before them. The pain I’m sure you all cannot express it is beyond hurt. It is devastating I pray for your family Kristoff St. John and just know the world is praying with you. May Julian take his wings and fly he’s free. Living in the kingdom no more sadness he is free. Amen
It shouldn’t matter to the public how Mr. St. John’s son died, only that he has, and that the family is in deep mourning because of it. We should extend our heartfelt sorrow and best wishes to them all and hope that they know their son is now, hopefully, at peace. I don’t like media outlets that decide to run these “We have sources who contradict what they’re saying” kind of stuff. As we used to say in the business, anything to sell papers, I guess…I just wish that the media would stop those kinds of tactics. I wish the best to the St. John family. I know they are hurting. <3
wolfy
I have worked with those with schizophrenia
for nearly 10 years. This truly breaks my heart to
hear. Kristoff I pray for your entire family that God
may heal you from this great tragedy. May his spirit
live through his talent of art.
I am so sorry for the loss of your son. It is even more tragic when it happens to someone so young. My thoughts & prayers go out to you & your family at this very difficult time.
I am so sorry for the loss of your son.Losing a child is hard.Mental illness is sad and so many people don’t under stand it.Praying for you and your family.In Christove , Deane Sullivan
I am deeply saddened by the loss of you son. Words could never articulate what I would like to say to you, but I am a strong believer in prayer. May God be with you, Julian’s mother, and your entire family during a devastaing period of your life. The hurt will always be there, but God has away of making the pain better. Take the time to grieve, and take the time to celebrate Julian’s life.
My thoughts are with you doing this most difficult time in your life
What a beautiful, sentimental statement. This news is so incredibly tragic. The worst loss imaginable. My heart is heavy and my eyes full of tears after reading Mr. St. John’s statement.
So sad.
My prayers go out to Mr. St. John and Mia St. John and their families. RIP Julian.
I’ve met and talked with Kris on a few occasions and he was always very nice and accessible. Just a regular guy. My heart goes out to him and my condolences for the loss of his son. Mental illness is a mother*****ker and all we can do with those who suffer from it, is just to love them and keep holding them to their highest potential.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I too lost a son and in time, time does heal. You and your family well always have Julian in your hearts. My prayers are with you and your family for the precious son that is in Heaven.
I am so very sorry for your family’s tragic loss Mr. St. John. The loss of a child is particularly painful. May you all take comfort in the memories you have with your beautiful son Julian. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
My beautiful, talented grandson had this horrible disease. Watching him go through the day to day battles that this mysterious malady inflicted on him was heart wrenching. Because there is no medication for certain types of schizophrenia, there was nothing anyone could do medically. He was literally in hell from the time it started until his tragic death.
My heart goes out to Kristoff and his family. May they now have peace knowing he is not suffering anymore. My belief is that he is whole now and can enjoy his talents to their fullest.
I’m sorry for your loss, Lynda. I lost my 17 year old nephew 2 yrs ago. My heart goes out to The St. John’s and all families that deal w/this epidemic.
For this reason I am opposed to the way Y&R has told Sharon’s story thus far. Here is a fan favorite who erred, but is punished now seemingly for doing the right thing. I hope the writers learn from this tragedy at home & fix this s/l. Nick needs to be taken down several pegs. You must stop with the Newman are Gods madness!
I totally agree with you, and I hope Y&R WRITERS show that her disease is under control as she is committed to staying on her meds. Blesssings to all who are affected by a mental disease, and to Kristoff and his family.
Ann,
Thank you for your condolence.
Lynda
Sorry,
Laurie..thank you.
Im sry… stay strong for your other family members.. i hope you stay on the show too!! Im one of your biggest fans!!
Prays for you and your family. God has taken another angle. Your family will know that your son is in good hands . the Almighty hands of God
My prayers are with you. I lost my youngest son last OCT. He also had mental illness.
My heart is with you.
So sorry for your loss. RIP Julian
Terribly sorry for your loss, Kristoff. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. ♡
Kristoff,
I can’t imagine what turmoil you, Mia and your daughters are going thru at this difficult time! There are no words to say how sorry I feel that your son was taken from you at his young age! Whatever I say won’t bring back your son but just know that he is in a better place now! The holidays will be hard not having your son there but take comfort that he is surrounded by heavenly angels and he doesn’t have to fight his disease anymore!
Have a blessed holiday season and know that your viewers (friends) that watch you every day are praying that time will heal the hurt for you and your family!
A loyal viewer,
Claudia
Why does rhe media just “frenzy” on reports? It’s really none of the media’s business on how St. John left this world. His family is suffering from their loss!
Enough said ! Send condolences and prayers! May God bless and comfort this family in their grief.
So sorry your son and all of you have suffered from this disease. I pray you know he is 200% well now. Peace I pray for you also.
Kristoff I am so sorry to here about your son. He is at peace now, but it is still tragic to bury your child. Stay strong
I walk in your shoes, Kristoff. I feel your pain. God bless.
I just want to give you and your family lots of love at this time and my sympathy. He is now with God and his angels
I love you all because I have never missed your show.You all are like fily to me. When one of you hurt I feel it. Love and my condolences. Denise
And my above message was supposed to say family! Not fully!!
Love
Denise
May he forever rest in peace in his Heavenly home
My condolence to your family, we will continue to pray for you and your family
So very sorry for your loss.my thoughts and prayers for you and your family
I am so sorry for your loss. More and more I am learning about mental illness since it is being discussed more. It’s bringing awareness to how serious mental health is.
I’m so sorry for the loss of your son Kristoff, I pray he is at peace now. It is so hard to lose someone from that disease my brother Joe Joe passed away March of 2007 and there’s not a day that I don’t think about him,he suffered from schizophrenia 4 more than 20 years and dealing with that is something hard for that person and their family, all we can do is love them through it, God bless you and your family we’re praying for you also.
So sorry to hear of your loss and pray for your family to find peace… I have a granddaughter with this and pray daily for her safety.
I’m sorry to hear of your lost I know how it feels to lose someone you love so much but God will carry you through this.
I am so very sorry for yout loss. The saddest thing in the world is losing your child. May he dance among the clouds until you meet again. Good bless you.
So sorry for your loss Kristoff St John sending prayers to you and your family. May God give you all strength to carry on.
My heart and prayers goes out to you, family and friends, for I to suffered a loss 10 years ago, when I found my best friend in her car. And she was an only child . All the counselling and medications could not stop to what happened next.
We only can be more aware of all the different diseases that causes things like this to happen.
He is free, and with that being said, he no longer suffers.
Sincerely;
LoriAnn Wenzel
My deepest condolences. I have two childten his age with the same illness. It is so hard . I love them for who they are. Beautiful and talented like your son. May he rest in peace. Amen
It Breaks my heart for all the family. I am a young n restless fan. I lost my son in may of this year due to spinal cancer. Our children are not supposed to go before us. It was all of a sudden. My prayers go out to all of your family. God has a reason but we can’t understand why. God bless all during this painful time.
I have being a fan for decades and want to express my prayers for the lost of your special son
I’m totally sorry for the lost of your may God keep humble doing the time of your sorrow one of your Young and the Restless fans from Shreveport Louisiana
My greatest sympathies for you and your family. My prayers are with you.
Our 22 y.o. son has schizoaffective disorder also with deep depression. We know the grief and loss of the life we imagined would be for our bright, musical, creative, artisitic, athletic and handsome son. Our son played double bass and electric bass for 6 yrs, received 2 Dayton Art Institute scholarships for his fantastic visual art and masks, played, soccer, baseball and was fun-loving, gregarious and popular. His symptoms began in high school but we didn’t know it was schizophrenia creeping in. He lost everything: job, apt., girlfriend after he had just begun his life. Schizophrenia is a mean disease and steals young men’s and women’s lives just when they are spreading their wings to fly.
We are SO sorry you have lost your beautiful son.
We know he is safe in God’s arms and wish you all the prayers and comfort you deserve. It is so difficult to lose a child to mental illness.
Thank you for sharing his life with the public. You are helping decrease the stigma of mental illness and making the world a better place for us all. We hope that, if you have the energy to do so, you can help the NAMI (Nat’l. Alliance for Mental Illness) organization. It has really helped our family cope.
Remember – “Life is the School and Love is the Lesson”.
Your love for him and you both sharing the reality of his life honors him and that love will live on thru eternity.
God bless your son and all those who loved him
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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