5 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I am hoping Drew and Nina stay removed from Carly for awhile.  If we have to use Carly I'd prefer her to hone in on Ava. 

I actually do think CW and LW play off one another as adversaries well.  I just can't remember the last woman who had a level playing field with Carly and that goes far back into the Guza era.

In my head, I was imagining Nina begging Sonny for forgiveness after the truth about his meds comes out.

Honestly, Cynthia Watros, Maura West & Laura Wright all play well off of each other. They really do. A trifecta of amazing [blonde] talent, and I do believe that stems from their beginnings in east coast soaps, especially P&G produced ones.

7 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I actually do think CW and LW play off one another as adversaries well. 

They got a lot of practice on GL.   

3 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Honestly, Cynthia Watros, Maura West & Laura Wright all play well off of each other. They really do. A trifecta of amazing [blonde] talent, and I do believe that stems from their beginnings in east coast soaps, especially P&G produced ones.

Very true.  I bet it does have a lot to do with their soap beginnings.  

2 minutes ago, Khan said:

They got a lot of practice on GL.   

Forgive my ignorance, but did they play off one another on GL much?  I thought their stints on GL didn't overlap much and I honestly only have the most basic working knowledge about GL.

13 hours ago, Jdee43 said:

Has there been any dialogue about what happened to Jackie Templeton?

Chase said on Monday that his mother couldn't make it to the wedding because she was on assignment on the far side of world.

1 minute ago, carolineg said:

Forgive my ignorance, but did they play off one another on GL much?  I thought their stints on GL didn't overlap much and I honestly only have the most basic working knowledge about GL.

I do recall at least one run-in between CW/Annie and LW/Cassie, but you're right, LW joined GL in '97 and CW left in '98.

3 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

Chase said on Monday that his mother couldn't make it to the wedding because she was on assignment on the far side of world.

Translation: Kim Delaney didn't work out.

2 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Very true.  I bet it does have a lot to do with their soap beginnings.  

Good old east coast casting... pure gold.

3 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Forgive my ignorance, but did they play off one another on GL much?  I thought their stints on GL didn't overlap much and I honestly only have the most basic working knowledge about GL.

They did! Watros' Annie and Ron Raines' Alan are the ones you brought Wright's Cassie to Springfield when Kim Zimmer's Reva was searching for her long-lost sister.

2 minutes ago, Khan said:

Translation: Kim Delaney didn't work out.

Pretty sure the vaccine mandate had something to do with it; that's around the time she stopped appearing, and she continues to like a certain former cast member's social media posts.

6 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

she continues to like a certain former cast member's social media posts.

Oh no.  It's not...him, is it?

Ugh.  And I thought her getting killed on that jet ski was the worst thing ever.

13 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Very true.  I bet it does have a lot to do with their soap beginnings.  

Forgive my ignorance, but did they play off one another on GL much?  I thought their stints on GL didn't overlap much and I honestly only have the most basic working knowledge about GL.

Fair amount. There is one short, but delightful clip of a catfight where Reva & Edmund have to physically separate them. I don't know if you recall but I'm not a big fan of catfights. This one & LW's Cassie with Crystal Chappell's Olivia where Olivia pushes Cassie, just with no aim but to push her away but she lands squarely in this conveniently located HUGE mudpile & it goes on from there. Last one I like is the one Michele Val Jean wrote on Generations where the two women almost destroy an apartment & then it is literally all Kristoff St. John's character can manage to physically separate them. If you desire to see any of these 3, just say & I will find them & post them ... somewhere. 

7 minutes ago, Khan said:

Oh no.  It's not...him, is it?

Ugh.  And I thought her getting killed on that jet ski was the worst thing ever.

Uh, Kim Delaney had another one of her really bad DUI events. By the timing I and others surmise that she had begun drinking again & as I understand it, when she does that, it's 24/7 so she is useless at work. If that is so, then, that would explain why she stopped appearing as Jackie Templeton. Which is one way that Frank is right about things. Just giving a little that's due. 

45 minutes ago, Khan said:

Oh no.  It's not...him, is it?

Yes. Yes it is, unfortunately. 🙄

1 hour ago, Liberty City said:

They did! Watros' Annie and Ron Raines' Alan are the ones you brought Wright's Cassie to Springfield when Kim Zimmer's Reva was searching for her long-lost sister.

Interesting.  I tend to forget Annie hung around for awhile post the Josh/Reva stuff

1 hour ago, Liberty City said:

Pretty sure the vaccine mandate had something to do with it; that's around the time she stopped appearing, and she continues to like a certain former cast member's social media posts.

The vaccine mandates might have something to do with, but I am pretty sure KD relapsed.  She got a DUI after appearing on GH and I think she's still dealing with that.  I think the court case ended fairly recently.

Yeah, I was under the impression the issue is still the bottle.

21 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Interesting.  I tend to forget Annie hung around for awhile post the Josh/Reva stuff

Mhmm. She was there for a bit of time, thankfully.

21 minutes ago, carolineg said:

The vaccine mandates might have something to do with, but I am pretty sure KD relapsed.  She got a DUI after appearing on GH and I think she's still dealing with that.  I think the court case ended fairly recently.

Oh, I don't negate that. She was arrested in January 2022 for refusing to comply with a blood-alcohol test. A judgment on her was placed last month (April 2024); she last appeared in June of 2021. From what was reported (by The Hollywood Reporter), ABC implemented its vaccine mandate in the summer of 2021 and that September is when California began implementing vaccine mandates, some of which went into effect in October. Steve Burton wrapped filming the end of October that year, as I am certain you needed proof of vaccination or an approved exemption by November, as a lot of people exited projects within Hollywood in October 2021.

So, I've always suspected Delaney said, "I'm a free agent, so I am not proving anything to you." Again, it's speculative, but the timing lines up perfectly with the mandates coming down. Does not mean she is anti-vaxx (as she's liked tweets on social media asking for people to be vaccinated) nor do I believe she is; merely that she didn't want to prove her stance to her then-employer. Shame, 'cause her casting was gold!

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4 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Oh, I don't negate that. She was arrested in January 2022 for refusing to comply with a blood-alcohol test. A judgment on her was placed last month (April 2024); she last appeared in June of 2021. From what was reported (by The Hollywood Reporter), ABC implemented its vaccine mandate in the summer of 2021 and that September is when California began implementing vaccine mandates, some of which went into effect in October. Steve Burton wrapped filming the end of October that year, as I am certain you needed proof of vaccination or an approved exemption by November, as a lot of people exited projects within Hollywood in October 2021.

So, I've always suspected Delaney said, "I'm a free agent, so I am not proving anything to you." Again, it's speculative, but the timing lines up perfectly with the mandates coming down. Does not mean she is anti-vaxx (as she's liked tweets on social media asking for people to be vaccinated) nor do I believe she is; merely that she didn't want to prove her stance to her then-employer. Shame, 'cause her casting was gold!

Yeah, it definitely could be a combination of things, but it's hard to trust KD's judgement if she's still struggling with the booze.  From what I can tell it's a very big problem for her.  She may think she's still a free agent/big star, but I can't imagine any show would want to deal with that.  Hope she gets the help she needs, because she is so talented.

They probably should have recast Jackie for this. Or have they ever tried getting Demi Moore back? Or does the budget not allow for either?

1 hour ago, carolineg said:

but I am pretty sure KD relapsed.  She got a DUI after appearing on GH and I think she's still dealing with that.  I think the court case ended fairly recently.

Yeah, I just looked that up earlier. In 2022 she had a hit-and-run that ended up also being a DUI. The person she hit was injured & sued her, so she had to deal with both the state & also a civil case, which came up this year. She is just so sad to me. 

50 minutes ago, Jdee43 said:

They probably should have recast Jackie for this. Or have they ever tried getting Demi Moore back? Or does the budget not allow for either?

Yes, Frank almost got her back & then something happened with scheduling & it totally fell through because they couldn't work out the logistics. 

Stay tuned for different versions of this!!! 

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