I actually liked Gina T and Sandra Nelson in the role of Phyllis over Stafford.. only because both of those actresses were less campy and over the top.. and both Gina T and Sandra Nelson could give a glare that could cut through glass.

 

Upside will be a drinking game will be developed to take a shot anytime Stafford does one of her famous acting tics as Phyllis.

18 minutes ago, Eboneece said:

It looks like Morina and Griffith are completely de-JFPing and de-MYing the show. I am so ok with this, despite feeling awful for Gina.

 

I agree with this comment. Josh especially is undoing a lot of the negative stuff that Mal did to this show. Including: wrapping up the JT storyline within a few days after it dragged on for over a year, starting to repair Summer's character after that mess she did when she harassed and then ended up sleeping with Billy. Also, getting Jack back in the CEO's chair in Jabot, and having the Abbotts (except Ashley) rally together and try and get their company back on track.

Edited March 31, 20196 yr by xtr

Time for folks to get over the Emmies because this is why so many can't understand this move.  Emmies mean nothing.  

 

 

 

15 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

I've never cared for Kassie's acting. She was awful on GL and just marginal on OLTL. 

   Disagree wholeheartedly about ONE LIFE, she was great as Blair.  She's doing a pretty good job as Eve too.  She's a good actress.  But I do agree she's a little too old for Eve.  But heck Charlotte Ross was too to be honest.

She’s too Kentucky to be Eve.

3 minutes ago, David_Vickers said:

   Disagree wholeheartedly about ONE LIFE, she was great as Blair.  She's doing a pretty good job as Eve too.  She's a good actress.  But I do agree she's a little too old for Eve.  But heck Charlotte Ross was too to be honest.

 

Charlotte Ross was born in 1968/9.. so she was about 19/20 when she started playing Eve.

 

Kassie was mis-cast as Eve.. but was great as Chelsea on GL and Blair on OLTL.

Just now, Faulkner said:

She’s too Kentucky to be Eve.

 

THIS!  One of the worst recasts ever!

Gina made it pretty clear to everyone when she signed a contract in 2017 that she was u likely to sign another one in 2020. She told people at a fan event she almsot didn't sign in 2017 so she was likely going to leave in the summer od next year. 

 

She won the show its first Lead Actress Emmy in like a decade and got another Emmy nom, she's fine. 

 

I personally think the character of Phyllis, regardless of who plays her is a dud, though Gina gave her some layers others did 't. Still, the writing for the character has always been lame and shallow. I think Gina thought she was coming to play a Dinah-esque character and ended up severely disappointed. 

 

Anyway, Y&R hasn't been worth watching in a while and this news doesn't really change anything. 

Edited March 31, 20196 yr by Vizion

What on God's green earth...

 

You step away from the computer for a few hours. How do you even wrap your head around this? Gina is brilliant. Wishing her the best.

I feel bad for Gina losing her job but very happy for GH fans who will no longer have to watch Michelle Stafford suck the air out of every scene she's in. At least Phyllis is apart of the fabric of Genoa City, in Port Charles she was inessential and a waste.

 

The age difference between GT and MS never bothered me because although she's 10 years older MS looks damn good.

 

Sadly, not that it was ever going to happen anyway, guarantees that Victoria Rowell will never return.

Edited March 31, 20196 yr by Darn

 

How long did people really think GT was going to commute from Jersey to LA every week? 

17 minutes ago, mango said:

What on God's green earth...

 

You step away from the computer for a few hours. How do you even wrap your head around this? Gina is brilliant. Wishing her the best.

I'll believe if if it's still the story on April 2nd. Right now it still feels like an April 1st hoax. Not that I care much one way or aother since I haven't watched either show in nearly a year.

Conspiracy theorist here, just so you know. And I don’t usually get too personal up in SON, but when I first heard this news that Stafford was back to Y&R, I was reeling.  Blame it on the fact that I have been drinking wine since lunch all you want, but when I told my hubby, who detests my beloved GH and the fact that I devote a good portion of my life to it and the BTS shenanigans, he brought up a valid point.

 

A little backstory first:

 

Just yesterday, I was relaying the fact to him that I was surprised that MS would agree to a storyline where her (presumed) long-lost daughter is a former member, and mother of a child with the leader of a cult that strongly resembles Scientology.  When I told him MS was a Scientologist, he said “they wouldn’t let her do that”.

 

The personal bit:  He is a double Ph.D. in Higher Ed and Sociology, and it’s not like I take his word as Gospel, but I find this news highly fascinating.

 

Is this sudden “change of direction” just that? Or is there more to this than it appears?