4 hours ago, FrenchBug82 said:

I very distinctly remember - not distinctly enough to remember who unfortunately - a soap actress who had just given birth to a baby refusing to play a dramatic storyline involving the loss of the baby when she came back or something. Maybe she even quit? Does this ring a bell to anyone?

This must feel odd but I imagine it is probably worse the other way around. Imagine your real-life pregnancy being written in and then you lose the baby and you either have to play the entire pregnancy to the end or play yourself losing the baby like you did in real life. Awful.

I recall that when Katey Sagal's baby was tragically stillborn, Married with Children just turned all the entire pregnancy storyline episodes into a dream sequence so she wouldn't have to have to deal with anything having to do with it once she came back.

That happened with Noelle Beck on Loving. She was pregnant and refused to play the scenes with Trisha having a stillborn baby. It also happened with McKenzie Westmore (ex-Sheridan Crane - Passions) In real life she had a miscarriage but had to continue being trapped in a pit for MONTHS as her character was pregnant. 

A month or so ago I watched a TV movie from 1991 on Tubi with Katey Sagal and Charlotte Ross in which Katey's real-life pregnancy that was on Married with Children was written in the movie too. 

10 hours ago, AlexElizabeth said:

According to SOD, baby Liam has no brain activity. Nothing says happy holidays like a brain dead newborn. 

That’s just incredibly bleak.  

4 hours ago, Forever8 said:

That happened with Noelle Beck on Loving. She was pregnant and refused to play the scenes with Trisha having a stillborn baby.

8 hours ago, John said:

That Happened on YR with Lauren & Loving with Trisha

Both shows hired temps to play out those beats

& they both took place in 1991

Trisha is the one I was thinking of for sure! 
I even Googled Noelle Beck pregnancy last night to see if it was it but I couldn't find the story told.
Thanks for reassuring me I am not cray-cray
 

12 hours ago, AlexElizabeth said:

According to SOD, baby Liam has no brain activity. Nothing says happy holidays like a brain dead newborn. 

Not that I'm averse to killing off babies (in drama, not in real life) but this is Christmastime.  These shows need to give their audiences a sense of hope for the coming year -- especially after the year (or several) that we've had.

God, I hate the [!@#$%^&*] soaps.

7 hours ago, Khan said:

Not that I'm averse to killing off babies (in drama, not in real life) but this is Christmastime.  These shows need to give their audiences a sense of hope for the coming year -- especially after the year (or several) that we've had.

God, I hate the [!@#$%^&*] soaps.

Right?  I felt this way when they killed off Oscar too- I don’t care how awful the actor is.  The last thing a soap should be doing in this climate (meaning their current ability to present story onscreen), is killing off kids this way.  They don’t have the time to craft it respectfully, they just move on with little care, and it’s not the right time in general.  Certainly not at the holidays, and not after the real world events of the last couple of years.  And not with throwaway characters.

We should be seeing stories of family and love right now.

Edited December 10, 20214 yr by titan1978