B&B: Ashley's secret Revealed!

[Josh]

Yeah Kyle is HOT HOT HOT when his hair is cut!! But I am still curious as to when Ash was in Paris!!!! I thought she went to Hong Kong.

[Actor87]

^^She had to take a potty break before coming to L.A. and she just so happened to touch down in Paris.

Mr. Bell'll probably have some wild explanation for it, I'm sure.

[Chris B]

I recall reading that Ashley lived in Paris between Shari Shattuck and Eileen Davidson's last return.

What confuses me is where ABBY is. How will Brad and Ashley both be on screen with no mention of what happened to her young daughter? Last we heard she was in Hong Kong with Ashley, Billy and Traci and that was just last week. I hope they don't say she's at some boarding school which just means a SORAS is coming up.

[Josh]

Dusty...Rick wasn't even born at that time, I don't think and even if he was, Rick has only been in Europe for like 2-3 years...and Ashley only left in January from Genoa City and Rick debuted in February so did she stop off for a quick boom boom with little Eric??? Anyway....

I think I remember reading somehwere that Abbie was going to Genoa City, Bradley didn't really want her. LOL!!!

[bellcurve]

Disagree with whoever thinks Lowder is miscast as Rick.

Rick is the kind of young leading man B&B has needed for years. Tall, handsome, mature, and able to stand his own in scenes with adult counterparts. Never got that impression with Torkildsen, who looked like a little boy in corporate intrigue scenes. The only thing I hate about Lowder is his annoying, girly hair.

Rick/Ashley is promising, especially if Ashley moves onto one of the other Forrester men for a longterm, viable relationship. Can you imagine Eileen's Ahsley and Susan Flannery's Stephanie both fighting over Eric?! Uh...D-R-A-M-A.

And I don't mind that the beds in LA must always be kept warm. At least there's drama!

[sheilaforever]

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Leave it up to Brad Bell to screw it up! I wanted to throw up when I read this. Eileen is 20 years older than him and putting Ashley with this character is pointless.

Why not put her with THORNE, a core, mature cast member who needs a love interest? A spoiler for Brooke/Ridge, just anything! Putting her with Rick seems like such a waste.

This one of those VERY rare moments where we couldn't agree more.

I thought this news passed some weeks ago via SOD or so? I've been bummed and heavily pissed ever since.

Ashley versus a twen-dragqueen and a teenage singing model siren. What's not to like about that?

I want Eileen Davidson to fight with Lesli Kay over some male! I'd even take Dante back - but only if he has zero dialogue and the ladies do all the [email protected]#$%^&*]ing eh talking. Or Ashley could have met Deacon somewhere... Endless possibilities but what do we get.

[KMan101]

Did I not tell everyone that it would be Rick? No one wanted to hear it and thought it was Nick, Ridge, Eric ...

LOL.

I totally called this.

[Chris B]

Now THAT would be an insanely fabulous rivalry! Unfortunately Felicia is not an important character to this show and will probably never get another storyline. I'm just dreading the day Brad Bell drops her to recurring or Lesli Kay realizes whats going on and leaves.

The only good thing about this is that Rick (and Phoebe) have taken over the entire frickin show so we should be seeing lots of Ashley if thats any indication.

[Juliajms]

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Leave it up to Brad Bell to screw it up! I wanted to throw up when I read this. Eileen is 20 years older than him and putting Ashley with this character is pointless.

I don't see the problem. I could name about 20 pairings in daytime where the man is 20 years older. Why shouldn't Ashley hook up with a young stud? She's a beautiful sexy woman. I'd take Rick over Victor any day if I were her. It might be pointless if they were going to be in a long term romantic affair, but if they are going to have a short term steamy affair, I'm down with it.

[Mason]

PLEEEEEASE let this be a sign of things to come...

[KMan101]

I guarantee you, at one point this year, we'll hear that Kay is either dropped to recurring or is leaving the show. It's coming and I can, unfortunately, feel it.

[Mason]

The only person I wanna hear about leaving B&B this year is Eileen Davidson.

[ZaraB]

Lowder just plain looks out of place on the show, especially with this hair and makeup. I thought he was great as Brady Black, but in this part, he just looks old and big next to the actress playing Phoebe. And he just doesn't look like a male in the fashion industry. I wonder if he's trying to channel OLTL's Forbes March.

I confess I will have just about the same reaction to Ashley being on B & B as Amber on Y and R, although I have to give Bell credit for picking Davidson up, and Latham for picking up the actress playing Amber. Amber is just out of place on Y and R. Latham may like the brassy hair and attitude, but whenever I see Amber onscreen, I just wish her back to B and B. With ED/Ashley being paired with KL/Rick, I am just gonna be thinking the reverse. Maybe they can work a trade in the future.

[DeeeDee]

Poor Ashley.

From Sperm Thief to Cradle Robber.

[Chris B]

I'm a big fan of younger man/older woman pairings, but this isn't one of them. Can you imagine how RIDICULOUS it's going to be to have Ashley Abbott battling 18-but-looks-15 Phoebe for Rick? And Rick is just out of his depth when it comes to Ashley. In order for any younger/older pairing to truly work you have to have common ground and I'm not seeing it with Rick/Phoebe and you know it won't be there with Rick/Ashley.

PLUS it's just such a waste of her talents putting her with Kyle Lowder. Why not use this as a chance to utilize the wasted cast? Stop making it so incestuous and the focus so narrow?