Not terribly surprised. She seemed not so quietly unhappy with the one couple and story that was working for her - the romance with Jack has always been very appealing even to a very, very, very casual viewer like me years ago, and I really liked what I've seen of them in the last six months as well. Whether she knew it or not, it was good for her and she was working it. (And the Summer story sounds like dynamite.) But unless she's everything to everyone, with Josh Morrow, she doesn't seem to be too interested.

Edited May 20, 201312 yr by Vee

because this VR fan is grinning from ear-to-fvcking-ear at this karmic turn of events.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS! I shouted with joy upon reading on Tweeta... My mom "She ain't leaving, that B--- got fired." No love loss there either.

JFP will recast

I don't think so. There's no use for Phyllis lately.

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Edited May 20, 201312 yr by London

JFP will recast

I don't think so. There's no use for Phyllis lately.

She's around middle-age now and has a young child to support so I thought she'd probably stay until she was pushed out. I'm pretty surprised.

I never hated Phyllis (I just don't have that much investment in Y&R, not these last ten years in particular), but I know she was very polarizing. I imagine many are thrilled over this. I guess her fans will just drop out.

It did feel like they'd run out of any story for the character.

If only the other dead end characters (Victoria, Nick, Sharon, Jack, Chloe and the perv, etc.) would follow.

I hope this is a reopening for Dru to come back, who cares about that non acting bitch CK. It means one less person saying no to VR.

VR's "barriers" go way beyond the cast.

Bye bitch! Wish I could spit in your damn face - perhaps it will enhance your exit!

Stafford was great as Phyllis during her 1994-97 run and of course during the first five years of her return. So what happened? Maybe it was the Emmy win, maybe it was the cult of personalty surrounding her, maybe it was the horrid writing--I became less in interested in Phyllis, once the show's leading vixen and anti-heroine become the star of Y&R while Stafford chewed the scenery and shouted all the time on her diva trips. Occasionally she'd rise to the occasion but the Phyllis under LML and MAB was definitely not the Phyllis I had invested in there back in 2002 as I rooted for her during the pool house fire caper and patiently waited for her to turn the tables on Diane, Danny, and Gina someday as occurred there 2003/2004.

Sure, I miss the Phyllis we had 2000-2005. But those days are over, and Phyllis being written out is long overdue.

Edited May 20, 201312 yr by soapfan770

VR's "barriers" go way beyond the cast.

Ssshhh!!! We know that Steve Kent and Les Moonves b*tch-made a**es don't want her back, but we're speaking it into existence so it might happen.

She's around middle-age now and has a young child to support so I thought she'd probably stay until she was pushed out. I'm pretty surprised.

I never hated Phyllis (I just don't have that much investment in Y&R, not these last ten years in particular), but I know she was very polarizing. I imagine many are thrilled over this. I guess her fans will just drop out.

It did feel like they'd run out of any story for the character.

If only the other dead end characters (Victoria, Nick, Sharon, Jack, Chloe and the perv, etc.) would follow.

CarlD2, I respect you and your opinions very highly but NO to this! I want my SHICK back. The rest of them you mentioned can go too and take Michael, Victor, & Nikki with them.

Was waiting for you to get here. I know you want Jack to have a new love interest.

Yep, I have for the longest and this is his best shot at getting one. I don't see a recast happening, but Robin Christopher, a FOJ as mentioned by someone earlier, would be a good acting partner for Peter Bergman.

She's around middle-age now and has a young child to support so I thought she'd probably stay until she was pushed out. I'm pretty surprised.

I thought the same, but it is very likely that she was pushed out. She is an older woman who makes a very high salary. Neither Sony and JFP are going to fight too hard to hold onto her.