On 5/2/2025 at 9:28 PM, Errol said:

Since being with Tessa, has Mariah displayed anything that would imply her attraction to men?

 

1 hour ago, dio said:

when Mariah and Tessa first came out, it was made very clear they were both bisexual.

Tessa isn't bisexual! She's a woman who formerly had relationships with men; but then realized that she's a lesbian.   That's very different from being bisexual.

Tessa was previously married to a man, her manager Tanner.  When he returned to her music career, she rejected him personally, wanting it to be a professional music thing only.

Tessa had a relationship with Noah, but later admitted it was just part of her grifting life. She slept with him for the financial benefit of being with a Newman, but really wasn't into men.

Remember the character Theo Vanderway (played by W.Tyler Johnson) -- Theo is biological grandson of Dina Mergeron and Stuart Brooks.  He was on the show for a very short time.  
Theo tried flirting with Tessa but she asserted "you know I'm gay."

Mariah is bisexual. She once tried to have sex with her BFF Kevin, but they didn't vibe.  Mariah did have a real emotional and sexual relationship with Devon.  But once she met Tessa, she know Tessa was the one, and she broke it off with Devon.
Mariah chose Tessa because she fell in love with Tessa, and Tessa is her person.
However, after several years of being with Tessa, marrying Tessa, and adopting a child with Tessa, I don't know if Mariah considers herself bisexual anymore, or if she identifies as a lesbian.  My sense is that she feels she is a lesbian now, but there was no need to say it?

A few years ago, Tessa was off on tour as a singer, with her exhusband and current manager Tanner on the tour with her.  Mariah was insecure and assumed that Tessa was cheating with Tanner; but Tessa was being strictly platonic with Tanner.  Mariah freaked out and cheated and had a one-night-stand with a lesbian bartender named Lindsay -- Tessa arrived home from her tour and found Lindsay there.  This was before Tessa and Mariah married.

So I don't think Mariah would cheat with a man.  Still don't know what "dark" thing Mariah did while out of town on business -- was it cheating, drugs, a crime, or something else?  But if it was cheating, I don't think it was with a man.   Unless she was so drunk that she wasn't in her right mind.  But I don't know.  I don't know if Mariah is bi or lesbian; and I don't know if she cheated with anyone recently.

It has been established that Mariah cheated on Tessa, with a woman,  (before Teriah were married), because Mariah felt insecure.  So maybe she cheated again? I hope not.

Edited May 5May 5 by janea4old

If someone other than Josh Griffith were writing, they'd have "Teriah" have marital challenges, with Mariah working through the trauma of having been raised by Ian. Some conflict, maybe a temporary separation, and then a deeper connection and reconciliation.

But instead, the show is obviously teasing Tessa bonding with Daniel.

Back to the original topic - Allison Lanier's sudden exit as Summer.

In real life, the only out lesbian actress on Y&R was Allison Lanier.***
*** EDIT, I was wrong.  A.L. identifies as queer, per info downthread.

Interestingly/coincidentally, A.L.'s first Y&R episode happened to be Summer attending Tessa&Mariah's wedding
 

EDIT...
The exit of an LGBTQ+ actor...
on the same week that a gay character's sexuality seems to being written as changed...
could be seemingly bad optics. 
Or perhaps it's merely coincidental with the end of the actor's contract.

Edited May 5May 5 by janea4old

Honestly I don't think JG cares if Tessa is Lesbian or whatever, he'll change it to fit the plot if it serves his purpose 

Lanier isn't a lesbian; she identifies as queer, which is different. Spreading such false information as fact is dangerous.

Edited May 5May 5 by Liberty City

1 minute ago, Liberty City said:

Lanier isn't a lesbian; she identifies as queer, which is different. Spreading such false information as fact is dangerous.

My apologies to her and to all.  I stand corrected.