Y&R/ex John Silva receiving alimony from B&B producer

[Paul Raven]

John Castellanos was married to Rhonda Friedman.

Here are some excerpts from an article about men receiving alimony-would make a good soap story!

As a Hollywood actor, John David Castellanos is protective of his image. He stays in phenomenal shape and looks much younger than his 50 years.

But he admits to a fact that might be considered unflattering: He receives alimony from his former wife. To be exact, $9,000 a month.

"The law provides" for it, says Mr. Castellanos, who for years starred in the soap opera "The Young and the Restless."

Mr. Castellanos says he has acted in or produced five movies since the breakup of his marriage, including a couple of projects that he says are nearing completion. If any of these projects strike gold, he says he would gladly forgo alimony.

But the women who have to pay it are sounding a different chord. "I feel financially raped," says Rhonda Friedman, the former wife of Mr. Castellanos. So distasteful are the monthly payments she makes to him that after filling out the check she used to spit on it. Especially galling, she says, is that she was required to pay a substantial portion of the legal fees he racked up while securing a lucrative divorce agreement

Soap star Mr. Castellanos bluntly says he deserves alimony for the same reason that his former wife, Ms. Friedman, says he doesn't: He earned more than she did during six of the nine years they were married. Only after losing his regular role on "The Young and the Restless," and only after his wife received several promotions, did she start earning more than he. For years, his big paychecks financed their lavish lifestyle, and now he is due some payback, he says.

To Ms. Friedman, that financial history fails to support the argument that she should send thousands a month to her ex-husband, with whom she had no children. "I don't understand why someone becomes your financial responsibility just because you married them," says Ms. Friedman, who earns about $500,000 a year as the supervising producer of the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful."

Mr. Castellanos also argues that as an artist, he provided his wife with invaluable advice and insight that helped Ms. Friedman rise from production coordinator to producer.

Ms. Friedman hotly denies that he had anything to do with her success.

[Southofnowhere]

WOW TPTB at soaps make some mad cash!

I'm on John's side in this deal-eo

[Toups]

Woah!! Talk about airing your dirty laundry in public.

So Rhonda spit on the checks?

[Chris B]

LOL! This is HILARIOUS! I'd be so ashamed if I were him. Not the nice John Silva I remember. But hell, I'd probably take the alimony as well.

[DaytimeFan]

I'm with John Castellanos...for 6 of those 9 years he paid the bills, when the tables were turned it was time for Rhonda to pay up. Also, I have no doubt that the judge ruled the way he/she did because of John's argument that, as an actor, he educated Rhonda about working in soaps. And I'm sure he did.

She can deny all she wants...but you aren't married to someone for 9 years who is 'in the business' and don't pick up a single tip.

And 'financially raped'...oh honey, you pay him $108,000 a year, leaving you with $392,000...get over it.

[DeeeDee]

It could be much worse. lol

[bakedghoti]

So Rhonda spit on the checks?

i know toups. that's so extreme! so sad its funny. or so funny it's sad.

[sheilaforever]

LMAO - this is just too good.

And I guess that Rhonda has downplayed her income by some margin. I bet she earns more than that half mil...

[mistydoll74]

I'm totally on John's side! Rhonda is a Greedy Bitch, & IF the tables were turned, she would have expected him to pay up!

[sheilaforever]

I stll don't get ovber the fact that He made more money during the 90s than his Missus.

I mean c'mon: John Silva was nothing more than a glorified prop, first for La Bug then for TGVN. How could he have made so much money during taht time???

Friedman started at the very bottom as an original crewmember of B&B but by the 90s she started climbing up the coporate ranks behind the scenes. Y&R must have paid it's actors really well if this made more than a 52 weeks/a year job for Friedman...

[jcar03]

So for 6 of the 9 years they were married he made more but the last three she made more. uh, wonder why their marriage broke up. Probably because he couldn't handle her making more in the marriage and it caused jealously issues but he doesn't do anything now but he wants her to pay up so he can live nicely and not worry about making ends meet.