The Suzanne Rogers episode is now up, and it is amazing. Suzanne tells some great stories about her early career as a teenage Rockette and then as a Broadway performer, including a story about standing up to Katherine Hepburn, the star/producer of the musical Coco, who was trying to pay Suzanne less than she was worth. Rebecca and Greg have grown into pretty good interviewers, knowing when to stay out of the way as Suzanne recounts her colorful career history. Near the end, she also talks about her MG and her recent cancer treatments; she says that Linsey Godfrey, one of the very few actors on the show she told about her condition, even drove her to some of her chemo and radiation appointments, so clearly some of the mother/daughter bond we see onscreen comes from some place real.

17 hours ago, prefab1 said:

The Suzanne Rogers episode is now up, and it is amazing. Suzanne tells some great stories about her early career as a teenage Rockette and then as a Broadway performer, including a story about standing up to Katherine Hepburn, the star/producer of the musical Coco, who was trying to pay Suzanne less than she was worth. Rebecca and Greg have grown into pretty good interviewers, knowing when to stay out of the way as Suzanne recounts her colorful career history. Near the end, she also talks about her MG and her recent cancer treatments; she says that Linsey Godfrey, one of the very few actors on the show she told about her condition, even drove her to some of her chemo and radiation appointments, so clearly some of the mother/daughter bond we see onscreen comes from some place real.

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I love KR and I love that she admits she was a sh*tty actress when she started on AMC lol

Crazy as hell that they paid Mark twice as much as her as soon as he arrived on the show. He was nobody and she was a young lead going on what, five years. I appreciate how candid Kelly remains about this stuff. It reminds me of when she dogwalked ABC over that Michael Strahan fiasco.

This podcast has shaped up to be very solid work with a series of strong discussions. Take note, Locher.

Chris Goutman was her son's college professor at NYU!

Edited Tuesday at 08:01 PM4 days by Vee

On 11/25/2025 at 1:52 PM, Vee said:

Crazy as hell that they paid Mark twice as much as her as soon as he arrived on the show. He was nobody and she was a young lead going on what, five years. I appreciate how candid Kelly remains about this stuff. It reminds me of when she dogwalked ABC over that Michael Strahan fiasco.

This podcast has shaped up to be very solid work with a series of strong discussions. Take note, Locher.

Chris Goutman was her son's college professor at NYU!

Say this bolded part louder! LOL - he has all the opportunity with some of the best soap actors - I really wish he was better.

They've made some changes to Season 2 which are notable - no silly trivia that Rebecca (nor anyone) would ever know the answers to... less lead up to the guest... and less Greg digging Rebecca. Season 2 comes across a little more professional, but maybe less fun between Greg/Rebecca.

I finally had a chance to watch the Kelly Ripa episode and I loved every minute of it. I didn't realize their daughter is a singer/songwriter, how cool.

Makes me want to go back and re-watch the beginning of Hayley/Mateo's storyline. One of my all-time favorite soap couples. I also loved her memory of going back to AMC for the 40th anniversary and having to call Annie 'mom' - I have to go find the episode haha.

Locher is still rough and makes it about himself but I still watch him sometimes because of the guests, and I just don't know if I have enough room in my life to sit through a lot of Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart.

On 11/5/2025 at 12:34 AM, Soapsuds said:

 

I just watched this episode and wow did I feel like Rebecca/Greg talking to my own young Gen Z co-workers haha. It's wild how different that generation is, or at least maybe how I perceive life today being mid-40s. I've never watched B&B, but the storyline they talked about made me curious...

2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Locher is still rough and makes it about himself but I still watch him sometimes because of the guests, and I just don't know if I have enough room in my life to sit through a lot of Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart.

They seem like lovely people whatever we think of their characters.

I love this podcast. I use it to make myself fall asleep faster. Works every time.

33 minutes ago, Vee said:

They seem like lovely people whatever we think of their characters.

I'm sure they are, I just don't enjoy this format, I generally don't enjoy them in their other roles, and I'd need someone I have a connection with to care about sitting through it.

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3 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I'm sure they are, I just don't enjoy this format, I generally don't enjoy them in their other roles, and I'd need someone I have a connection with to care about sitting through it.

Try Season 2 and see if it's better for you... there is a noticeable difference between Seasons 1 and 2. Season 2 is more about the guest and less about Rebecca/Greg and their friendship.

I mean, I don't know how you can't like Rebecca Budig generally, but I'll forgive you 😜❤️