Members Vizion Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) Richard Burgi just announced on his Instagram Story that he is done with Y&R Here is what he said Edited January 9, 2022 by Vizion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 I loved him on ATWT. Too bad I saw him on YR for a split second. Not even Burgi could get me to watch YR again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrenchBug82 Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 I am not exactly shedding a tear for this even though I like Burgi and he made Ashland work better than I would have guessed at first. But My God Y&R... They have nothing. There is no there there anymore. No story. No new characters that stick. Nothing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 What was the point of him marrying Victoria? What is the story? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 Thanks for sharing. Won't miss him, surprised RB/Ashland made it this long, was never a fan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 I don't think anymore thought was put into it then Victoria appearing and saying words to constitute a "story." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 I thought he was the first co-star that Heinle has had in years that actually ignited a bit of life in her. I suppose we'll be back to her whining and chasing Billy again. Just another blunder from TPTB in the last two years. Ill-conceived with a bad backstory and a use-by date, but a strong actor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 The show is a mess. The story seemed to be made up as they went along. First the Tara story which was dropped and she was written out in a day. Then his various back stories. Hints that he was out to double cross the Newmans. The big Tuscan wedding. Then nothing to follow up and now he's out. Yet another marriage for Victoria that generated just a few months of story. Griffith and Morina need to be the next on the chopping block. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Melroser Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 I like Richard Burgi (because of his AW days), so I'm sad to see him leave. His crazy backstory aside, if this is solely to put Victoria back with Billy, I'm against that. I find Ashland and Victoria to be a decent couple. Not great, but decent. That's an improvement for most couples on the show. If the writers are determined to break up Ashland and Victoria why does he have to leave? Why not let him mix it up with another character? Nikki? Ashley? Or even someone more random like Sharon or Chelsea? This show doesn't shake things up...ever... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 First of all, I thought his character's name was the worst. It's like something Jimmy Fallon's writers would have come up with for a soap opera parody. Second, not only was Ashland's backstory horrendously convoluted, it also reminded me too much of Stitch's backstory, and we all know what happened to Stitch. When you have in your cast an actor like Richard Burgi -- someone who ain't Laurence Olivier, but who definitely has appeal, and a following outside of soaps -- you don't saddle him with the likes of drippy Amelia Heinle and a bunch of boring, go-nowhere storylines. (The less I say about Tara...). You do something with him that's big and important and shakes up the status quo for years to come. Believe me, if Bill Bell were still around, he would've known what to do with him. Yep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfan770 Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 Too bad because I really don’t want to see some endless boring Lily/Billy/Victoria triangle. Ashland had potential and should have at least a couple other kids to come shakeup GC and I’m sorry the show completely wasted him but typical of Griffith and Morina to fail epically. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taoboi Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 WOW. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 9, 2022 Members Share Posted January 9, 2022 Agree. Y&R had a good opportunity to introduce a new family onto the canvas that could shake up the mediocre goings-on. It just boggles my mind how Griffith/Morina/Sony literally run from making this show more exciting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dio Posted January 10, 2022 Members Share Posted January 10, 2022 was he anti-vaxx? Seems awfully sudden considering they built so much story around him and all the main characters were revolving around him. Did word come down from the higher-ups that the show's current trajectory was boring af and they better right the ship now or they're all going down with it? I smell a "who done it?" mess coming up. LOL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 10, 2022 Members Share Posted January 10, 2022 Either that, or it's another Michael Muhney situation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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