My biggest problem with this disgusting storyline is the characters in it. It's too early on for a young love like RJ and Luna to have that crisis. Too early. Like... 1 year early. And what happens is the whole thing now looks like a circus, like a mess. The relationship is too young to have to deal with this. In real life if this happened that early on - it would be a short breakup. If this had happened after they had battled some other things together... it would make more sense.
But again... the base of the storyline is so cheap and so vulgar... and offensive, that I don't think it would have worked even deeper into the relationship. This type of stuff has never worked on Bold, after Bradley took over, because he doesn't know how to write for it. It's too complex for him and too difficult. In the end it always ends up looking like a cheap joke or an accident and it's more laugh inducing than anything. While the subject matter is very serious and touchy. You don't touch this type of stuff without knowing what you are doing. Especially in 2024.
And... the show's overall weary and sad tone continues well into 2024. The last 8-9 months have been nothing but this weary, dreary storylines... that lead to nothing.