They just had a new interview with her last night on Soap Central. She talked about the final Bobbie story where Lucas was comming out and it was suposed to be a real good story about a single mother dealing with a gay son but it was suddenly just dropped and since then Bobbie hasn't been seen much at all (putting it mildly.)She thinks it was just change of people behind the scenes who didn't want to adress the story and wanted to go with characters they liked. She said she was sad that it ended that way and she has no idea where Bobbie is suposed to be now because she doesn't watch the show. not that anybody mentions her or Lucus anymore anyway. She's just greatful that she was on for 30 years with many major storylines over those years. I really hope GH gets their heads out of their "whatevers" and bring Bobbie back to the front. There is so much she could do with the way Carly's been acting recently and she could do her own storylines at the hospital or find a new man.

But i guess she is going to be on soap internet soap called The Bay. and she has other things that she's doing. She is also dealing with "empty nest syndrome" because her girls are both away in college now and she's single now.

Bobbie was one of my favorite characters when i first started watching the show. Bobbie was happily married to Tony and they had just fought Tiffany for Lucas. I saw the whole BJ's heart saved Maxie's life story and then the Damian story which was a little off but i thought both actors played the dumb storyline real good. I'm in the minority but i liked it when she married Stefan. It could have been a real good storyline with many twists and turns but they wanted to put Stefan with Katherine to recapture some of those Days Patch and Kayla fans.

I still miss Bobbie.

I'm glad you can take it all with a sense of humour.

The thing with Jackie is that, generally, she is well liked and respected as an actress by most everyone. We just wish she hadn't destroyed her looks.

With HDTV broadcasts, I can definitely see why a producer wouldn't want to use her any longer. I do believe her character is badly needed in the story lines....so I think they should recast the part.

Jackie is one of Daytime's greatest!!

Can't they just use some of that terrible CGI in their budget? Matte her 1998 head onto her 2011 body!

Edited March 16, 201114 yr by Vee

I think recasting would be an insult and unnecesary. Why recast for a part that will barely be used anyway? They should have just properly written her out so we arent wondering where Bobbie is in all these storylines centering around her family

I agree. I would rather see them just write her out. At least it would be a proper exit.

I remember when Jackie first got her boobs done. Wow, I thought she was going to fall over. I hate what Jackie has done to her face. I understand the pressure to look younger in Hollywood. Other women have had done good work done. She went overboard. Frankly, I would not give her another scene if I was in charge. They should just say that Bobbie has moved to the invisible place where Lucas vanished into never to return.

Edited March 16, 201114 yr by Ann_SS

Jackie is one of Daytime's greatest!!

she was certainly one of GH's greatest.

what possessed GH to dump her ten years ago I will never understand. JZ back in 2001 was something like 45 or so, that is well younger than Nancy Lee Grahn who gets written for til this very day. And the contributions of the two to GH are like night and day. One was a pillar of the show, and the other is instantly forgettable, a competent supporting actress at most. And now today it is Laura Wright who is playing the new Bobbie, and again the replacements pale in comparison to the original.

DANG, her hair is long in that clip

When you look back at the Monty years and the change in focus to action/spies etc there was concern about the vets getting shafted.

Compared to today, it' nothing.

Jessie/Steve/Audrey/Lee/Gail/Ruby/Edward/Lila and several other characters were 50+ and still on the show. i remember when Jessie and Audrey were reduced to 40 appearances a year and there was an outcry.These days that would be considered generous.

i know budgets were different then,but at least these characters appeared every so often and it was nice (if not sometimes frustrating) to see them.

ABC pretty much dropped everyone over 50 and the shows suffer for it. Ironically,people today 50+ often look way more youthful than 30 years ago (hideous surgeries excepted)

I really want Bobbie back as you all know.

It's a shame she had no idea that GH is revisiting BJ's heart. A story she should be involved in. A story that involves her own daughter. And she had no clue they were doing it.

Not just revisiting "her" story - it's revisiting with her granddaughter

receiving her "great-nephew's" body part

. ALL the Spencers and Quartermaines should be on board for this one.

Also we should have Monica since

her grandson will be saving Bobbie's granddaughter's life

. But I digress…..

I agree. It's not like Monica and Bobbie aren't aroudn.

I understand shows have to evolve. New characters have to be brought in to keep things fresh, and stories have to move along. But Monica and Bobbie are both still on the show. Lelie Charleson and Jackie Zeman have BOTH said they still are willing to work whenever...So not having them on for this storyline makes no sense.

The same goes for Denise Alexander, too. Lesley is Jake's grandmother for Christ's sake!

Okay, I'm suree I'll get in trouble for bringing this up because it's an old thread now, but.

I just got around to watching that clip that qfan posted...Wow that was some great acting. I had completely forgotten about Robert getting involved in all of it, or that he was Lucas' godfather. Good stuff.