Oh my, another post on Lipstick Alley mentioned that Frons and Rebecca Budig dated briefly. So gross. Now it all make sense.

To be honest, I never understood the hype around Rebecca Budig throughout her entire run, even with her brief absences. Her acting never resonated with me—it felt underwhelming. Sure, she plays a good "mean girl," but so do countless other actresses. When her character was retconned to be Jack's daughter, it only made me dislike Rebecca's acting even more.

@NothinButAttitude Thanks!! I was out of the loop for a while, so most of that is new to me, especially everything with Aiden Turner. Frons? Disgusting loser as always.

Thanks for tagging me as well, @NothinButAttitude.  I, too, am not surprised to read all that about Sabine Singh's time on AMC.  (Leave it to Julie Hanan Carruthers to be concerned over whether the poor girl still wanted a farewell cake, lol).  There was a time, I think, when AMC's was one of the most congenial sets in daytime.  Somewhere along the way, however, that changed.

21 hours ago, NothinButAttitude said:

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I read it elsewhere (and I wish I could give them credit, but I know how forums are), but did you all hear that Sabine Singh hopped on an X/Space and spilled tea on her time on AMC? Supposedly, the following was said: 

• Sabine auditioned for a character named Sarah and didn’t find out she was replacing Greenlee until after she was hired. She freaked out because Greenlee was such an important role.
• She and Alicia Minshew worked crazy hours (ranging from filming from morning to almost midnight) every workday. Sabine would sneak and sleep in her dressing room to prevent having to commute. Susan Lucci refused to do that and only filmed once a week (doing 9 episodes that day).
• She hated the Aiden/Greenlee pairing. Allegedly, Turner was a drunk and on drugs. No one wanted to be paired with him b/c he wasn't professional. Allegedly, this is how Kelli Giddish wiggled out her contract.
• Said he once scolded her and said, “Be quiet before I shove my d*ck in your mouth,” and the entire set went silent. TPTB was brought in; however, b/c the pairing was popular, no punishment occurred. 
• Budig was asked back numerous times. Budig wanted to make it in LA until she couldn't and agreed to return. 
• Sabine/RB had the same manager, who was secretly negotiating on RB's behalf (wasn't it M*chael B*uno)? She was fired over the phone by the agent and Julie Hannan Carruthers. Carruthers asked if Sabine was still coming to work her last tape weeks and whether she wanted a cake.
• Sabine threw a fit on the on first day back on set after being fired. Said TK got wind and rallied the cast behind Sabine. She got nice gifts from Thorsten & Cameron. 
• She didn't get to say farewell to the cast as they made her shoot late on her last day.
• The “real Greenlee” promo hurt, but she was more upset by Brian Frons publicly saying she couldn’t act or fit in Rebecca Budig’s "Manolos." Thorsten sent her a note with the coat he’d given her saying she may not fit Rebecca’s shoes, but that coat would always be hers.
• Learned that Brian Frons blocked her from an Emmy nomination when her name appeared on the pre-nomination ballots by threatening the cast not to vote for her.
• Once ABC got rid of Frons, he tried reaching out to Singh via LinkedIn but she blocked him. 

SN: I think it might be true as the host of a soap space on X thanked her. 
 

I completely forgot abut her as Greenlee but thanks. So many people involved werent sht for how they treated her nad the fans definitely didnt help

49 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

I completely forgot abut her as Greenlee but thanks. So many people involved werent sht for how they treated her nad the fans definitely didnt help

Granted, I wasn't a fan of Greenlee, regardless of who played her.  But I definitely agree that Singh was treated very, very badly by a lot of people BTS.  AT should've been fired and removed from the set the minute he had made that remark, regardless of how popular Aiden and Greenlee were.

12 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Oh my, another post on Lipstick Alley mentioned that Frons and Rebecca Budig dated briefly. So gross. Now it all make sense.

To be honest, I never understood the hype around Rebecca Budig throughout her entire run, even with her brief absences. Her acting never resonated with me—it felt underwhelming. Sure, she plays a good "mean girl," but so do countless other actresses. When her character was retconned to be Jack's daughter, it only made me dislike Rebecca's acting even more.

The only time I liked her was when they paired her with Jake, as he frequently called her out on her [!@#$%^&*]. She was just so unpleasant, entitled, and bigoted, which we were meant to find endearing because she was a poor little rich girl. I can't act like they were wrong, as she had many fans, but this type of character being shoved to the front of the show is another reminder of how much AMC had lost its moral core in that final decade. 

Budig is also a very cold/flat actress, which is one of the reasons she never found success elsewhere.

I hadn't recalled, but I checked the wiki, and the irony is that RB only returned for a year!

Of course, she returned again, but that's a lot of hoopla for a year.

Greenlee Smythe is a character from the soap opera All My Children, portrayed by Rebecca Budig from August 11, 1999 to November 30, 2005, and was portrayed by actress Sabine Singh from April 20, 2007 to January 15, 2008. On December 14, 2007, it was announced that Budig accepted the offer to reprise the role, and would continue her portrayal of the character. Episodes with Budig began airing again January 16, 2008.

Budig again departed the role on February 17, 2009, the day the character was killed off. In the June 29, 2009 issue of ABC Soaps in Depth magazine, head writer Charles Pratt, Jr. confirmed they had written Greenlee to remain alive, but that Budig would be making no immediate plans to return to the show. On October 8, 2009, it was confirmed that Budig would return to the show in December. Budig returned on December 23, 2009 and remained with the series until its finale on September 23, 2011.

 

7 hours ago, DRW50 said:

The only time I liked her was when they paired her with Jake, as he frequently called her out on her [!@#$%^&*]. She was just so unpleasant, entitled, and bigoted, which we were meant to find endearing because she was a poor little rich girl. I can't act like they were wrong, as she had many fans, but this type of character being shoved to the front of the show is another reminder of how much AMC had lost its moral core in that final decade. 

Budig is also a very cold/flat actress, which is one of the reasons she never found success elsewhere.

100%

On 11/13/2024 at 1:23 PM, AmandainNC28655 said:

I hope with all the hype CBS is getting with it's new daytime drama that ABC will reconsider jumping on the band wagon and reviving AMC and OLTL or at least shop them to another network or hulu.

Unless the air them on HULU I don't see it happening cause when the shows were cancelled the affiliates got the time slots back, so there's literally no timeslots the could air them in

On 12/21/2024 at 7:03 PM, DRW50 said:

The only time I liked her was when they paired her with Jake, as he frequently called her out on her [!@#$%^&*]. She was just so unpleasant, entitled, and bigoted, which we were meant to find endearing because she was a poor little rich girl. I can't act like they were wrong, as she had many fans, but this type of character being shoved to the front of the show is another reminder of how much AMC had lost its moral core in that final decade. 

Budig is also a very cold/flat actress, which is one of the reasons she never found success elsewhere.

And that’s why I never was wowed by her either. I never felt sorry for Greens, and actually loved her parents. 

Happy Birthday, Susan! You've been on Santa's nice list all year. Wishing you all the joy and surprises you’re hoping for!

7 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Happy Birthday, Susan! You've been on Santa's nice list all year. Wishing you all the joy and surprises you’re hoping for!

On 12/21/2024 at 8:05 PM, j swift said:

I hadn't recalled, but I checked the wiki, and the irony is that RB only returned for a year!

Of course, she returned again, but that's a lot of hoopla for a year.

Greenlee Smythe is a character from the soap opera All My Children, portrayed by Rebecca Budig from August 11, 1999 to November 30, 2005, and was portrayed by actress Sabine Singh from April 20, 2007 to January 15, 2008. On December 14, 2007, it was announced that Budig accepted the offer to reprise the role, and would continue her portrayal of the character. Episodes with Budig began airing again January 16, 2008.

Budig again departed the role on February 17, 2009, the day the character was killed off. In the June 29, 2009 issue of ABC Soaps in Depth magazine, head writer Charles Pratt, Jr. confirmed they had written Greenlee to remain alive, but that Budig would be making no immediate plans to return to the show. On October 8, 2009, it was confirmed that Budig would return to the show in December. Budig returned on December 23, 2009 and remained with the series until its finale on September 23, 2011.

All because she was living in Los Angeles and, that's the only reason she came back, because of the serial's move to the west coast. She signed a one-year deal, with the option of a second, and opted to not choose the option. From Soap Central (published October 12, 2008):

❝ Now a year into her return, Budig opted not to green-light an option that would have allowed her to stay with the show for another year. The toll of having to lead a bicoastal life -- husband Bob Guiney lives in Los Angeles, where he had Budig settled after her 2006 exit from All My Children -- has become too difficult. ❞

I forgot RB once was married to that overexposed clown.

All this Rebecca Budig talk has me remembering an article (pretty sure it was in Soap Opera Digest) for All My Children's 40th anniversary. They asked Agnes Nixon to name her top 5 AMC characters, and one of them was Greenlee. I was like, "Wait, what?" I know Agnes created the character, but by then, Greenlee was so overexposed and retconned. It felt like Brian Frons must’ve forced poor Agnes to say Greenlee at gunpoint or something!

Does anyone else remember this article? I'd love to re-read it!