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So Frank Valentini says Kelly's will be redone now that Carly is taking over. Where's Carly getting the money for the makeover? And how does redoing the place honor history and tradition??? https://twitter.com/valentinifrank/status/1686857811916156928?s=20

Maxie is dressed like Wynona Judd.

No, I don't care if Cyrus dies. No, I don't care if Gregory dies.

The Leo/Gwen scenes (about the sexting and Leo's smokeshow) were painful to watch. Are we supposed to find any of this interesting or clever when all characters involved have to be so unrealistic and so damn dumb?

This Curtis/Portia storyline...haven't we seen this a thousand times before? Someone gets maimed or paralyzed or whatever and decides everyone else is better off without him. He literally expresses that, but then also verbally attacks the other person to make sure his plan works. I am so sick of lazy writing like this.

Lisa Rinna has spoken out: https://heavy.com/entertainment/real-housewives/lisa-rinna-dool-claims-albert-alarr/?fbclid=IwAR1n8z9JBhCjyhWFkMOjzjcs3l6hM0M6Ntu3ns9kJFuQ99rwANatAE5_1wE

The news interruption was to announce the breakdown of the Hunter Biden plea deal. I know you don't really believe that Liam is going to die LOL

I fully understand what you and others have said about victim shaming, contracts, etc. I get it, and I won't mention it further.

If Peter Reckell can comment on this story, so can other cast and crew members.

Only the first 10 minutes was lost.

I vehemently disagree with that. Deidre Hall gets attention in Soapland every time she speaks. What she says matters, and people trust her. I'm not suggesting she call Alarr a POS, but that she at least acknowledge the report, the charges, and the people who have been hurt for YEARS. None of this changes if everyone stays quiet. I realize it's not their job, Caroline. I'm not suggesting an actor just hired go public with a scorching statement against Alarr. I'm talking about big names like Hall and Drake Hogestyn and Maggie Rogers, among others. Pretty dicey? Everything is a gamble, and this seems like the time and place to take one. Besides, it's highly doubtful Alarr could get away with retribution after all that's come out about him. Trust me, unless cast and crew also ban together to fight this, it's going nowhere.

If Ms. Peace has any sense, she'll stop responding to fans at length on social media or at least cut way back. Sooner or later, this level of engagement is going to bite her in the ass.

I haven't forgotten that. You're not making excuses for the rest of the soap press, are you? The right thing to do would have been to back up Mimi Torchin and Michael Kape instead of cowering and writing articles headlined "Deidre Hall Is Loving Life!"

Fully agree about the "soap press." They may as well be paid p.r. people. They report on nothing TPTB on soaps would find objectionable in any way. It's all fluff -- literally sucking up for access so they'll be liked. Honestly, I think the soap press is worse than ANY other press in the industry. I don't think anyone has done a worse job of covering their field. So yeah, while we're blaming Corday and Alarr, let's not forget the "soap loving soap press" that has enabled this kind of crap forever.

A fish rots from the head, and Corday is to blame for allowing Albert Alarr to continue this reign of terror for DECADES. The article is stomach-churning, and the true story is probably even worse. I can somewhat understand (or at least see) how cast and crew members didn't speak up over the years. But now? No -- actors and crew need to speak out, especially those with agency and star power like Deidre Hall.

I have to push back on this. I don't think DAYS would have done better than AW in a 90-minute format. It demands too much time from the audience and demands too much from the writers. DAYS had "stronger (not necessarily better) plots than AW"? I'm not sure what that even means. And I'm sorry, but Harding Lemay's writing style was not plotless.

Only took him 4 years??? This is the longest damn goodbye in show business. Davidson is insufferable, living for the pitiful "We love you, Doug!" and "They were so wrong to fire you!" messages from blue-haired fans. My favorite? "They really could use you at GH!"

Gotta love GH prisons -- where inmates are always left alone so they can get into arguments and physical brawls.

I'd be fine with that. The truth is, Ben and Ciara don't need to be together. If VK makes herself unavailable and the show doesn't want to recast, break them up. Their shippers will complain for 5 minutes or less.

I've been a big supporter of Scott Clifton's acting, but these upset/angry/annoyed looks he's giving Finn over the Sheila hug are not it. I know he's probably embarrassed by the writing, but following through with embarrassing faces makes it all even worse.

Daytime is so woefully behind the times that it's beyond belief. This is a world where Love, Victor and Heartstopper are huge TV/streaming hits, yet daytime is afraid -- yes, AFRAID -- of gay and bi storylines. And no, I'm not talking about Carlivati's approach on DAYS, which is to make a joke and farce out of most everything or a two-day titillation fest. BOLD is the most obvious fail, with its fashion industry background written as devoid of gays. Y&R has been afraid to do anything since viewers with blue hair complained about Katherine Chancellor having feelings for a woman DECADES ago. GH is good for subtext and hints that go nowhere -- as if writers tried to move to a gay story and were shut down. When they did have a good gay relationship with Lucas' marriage, they got rid of them. As others have pointed out, it's just ridiculous and not believable that young people would not have contact with young gay/bi people. FEAR motivates the soaps -- fear of losing viewers -- when they should worry about how to GAIN viewers. The crazy thing is that the viewers they worry about losing are DYING OFF. I love the soaps but it's hard to accept or understand a genre that refuses to change. In some ways, it's amazing that there are ANY soaps left.

Probably??? You deleted the "ugly" comment from your post, so why not just admit you were wrong? We all know that looks are a matter of opinion and that looks are subjective, so I'm not sure what your point is there. I'd just like to know in what universe is Joshua Hoffman (RJ) "ugly." As far as the magazine cover goes, you missed my point completely.

RJ is not ugly. In other news, please let us know when you're on the cover of Vogue. I actually thought Michael Corbett played that well. Look, he was never a great actor -- even as David Kimball. For me, though, some not-great actors are also very watchable, and Corbett is one of those. I thought he was a Law & Order judge on steroids, very fitting for that ridiculous writing to get Sheila out of prison.

Did Nicole get those hair extensions at Family Dollar or Dollar General?

Yeah, I agree with you. It's hard to look at Eric and not start laughing about a guy who should wear a Baby Daddy t-shirt every day.