B&B: August 2025 Discussion Thread 

To summarize the Hunter Tylo interview-podcast...

Well. 

1st - it was nice seeing her and she looked absolutely amazing. I honestly didn't expect that. She looked MUCH better than what we last saw on Bold. In some angles she was serving Taylor circa 2005.

2nd - the 2 hours of monologues with occasional questions... had some interesting moments, indeed. She was not willing to talk about Bold much, sadly, but understandably. She was talking in general about soap operas and TV and the only real tea I heard... (because it was news to me) was that she was fired in 2002 and didn't leave by her own decision. She said that she was cursing at Bradley Bell on the phone when she got the news and to this day doesn't know why it happened at that particular moment. She had just turned 40... That's what she said.

3rd - Other than that... I found some of her memories of the show... especially when she attempted to retell the story of the classic years of Bold -  far from the truth. And it's understandable since time has passed and it's quite clear she hasn't seen these episodes in decades... or maybe never saw them. 

4th - At some point in the podcast I started to drift in and out of sleep, because the topics were not of my particular interest. She has these very vague... abstract reasons for not being in Hollywood anymore and I personally don't believe that this is the ONLY reason. I detected a note of bitterness in the way she was talking, but she tried to mask it with this spiritual awakening. I mean... we all saw what kind of channel she was on. 

Anyways... it was nice hearing from her, but sadly... it seems that we may have seen the last of her in soaps. I hope not, because in my heart I believe she should at least come back when Bold is ending to be in the final episodes or something like that. Hunter Tylo was a huge huge part of Bold's success overseas. To this day people remember her as one of the most beautiful faces they've ever seen on screen. Also... we can't let the last memory of Taylor be Rebecca Budig. She's a great actress, but not Taylor. She could even work better as Bridget recast, but not Taylor.

P.S Oh and one last thing I forgot to mention - she did express unsatisfaction with how they were writing Taylor post her 2005 return. The storylines were getting repetitive (don't we ALL know that LOL) and at one point she wanted to do other things than cry about a man, or shoot at people or run them over with cars. She wanted a storyline where Taylor would help someone get better, she wanted Taylor to exercise her ability in psychiatry. We all wanted that too, but nada. 

Sadly we didn't hear anything that "unfiltered" and pretty much all was filtered through the lens of this kind of abstract spiritual awakening type of talk that I was getting bored with. No shame in that... good for her... it's just not my cup of tea. I definitely don't believe many of the things she was alluding about soap operas and their influence on people. I think she forgot that first and foremost soaps are entertainment. This is not a church, nor a place where you go to to feel the spirit of God.

But it was... different and I saw her in a new light. Maybe even understood why she is not on the show anymore, but I won't go into that. That's my own personal analysis.

The most important thing - it was real, which shocked me. LOL. Thanks to @dragonflies for giving us heads up about this thing. I would have never seen it otherwise. 

 

Edited August 1Aug 1 by Maxim

1 hour ago, Maxim said:

2nd - the 2 hours of monologues with occasional questions... had some interesting moments, indeed. She was not willing to talk about Bold much, sadly, but understandably. She was talking in general about soap operas and TV and the only real tea I heard... (because it was news to me) was that she was fired in 2002 and didn't leave by her own decision. She said that she was cursing at Bradley Bell on the phone when she got the news and to this day doesn't know why it happened at that particular moment. She had just turned 40... That's what she said.

Haha anybody that cusses out Thudley is always gonna win points with me!!😂😂

12 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

Haha anybody that cusses out Thudley is always gonna win points with me!!😂😂

Yeeeeeeeeeeeees. That will spiritually-awaken me ASAP. 😂

Ooops I forgot to mention what she said about Krista Allen replacing her - She said that she was a friend of hers and they shared the SAME manager... so when they hired her... she thought they may be wanting to make her (Hunter) mad... and then she told Krista to get ready for a rollercoaster ride... that isn't always fun. 😂

Was not expecting 'O Sole Mio' in today's episode 😂😂

Did I see the other day - a scene with Liam amazed his Dad had $1 Million?  I know I did not hear that. 

I will never forgive Luna for killing the hottie of the show - Hollis. NEVER. 

Phone rings

Ridge: Doc I've missed you. How's your week been?

Taylor: Wonderful! I've spent it telling every woman that Nick's banged that he'll always be true to Brooke. Gotta go, Bridget's here!

9 hours ago, Maxim said:

Ooops I forgot to mention what she said about Krista Allen replacing her - She said that she was a friend of hers and they shared the SAME manager... so when they hired her... she thought they may be wanting to make her (Hunter) mad... and then she told Krista to get ready for a rollercoaster ride... that isn't always fun. 😂

Thanks for the recap of Hunter's interview. Appreciate it, because now I won't spend my time listening to some spiritual awakening B.S. while she dances around what B&B really did to her.

Honestly, interviews like that help Brad Bell more than help her.

On 8/1/2025 at 9:35 AM, Maxim said:

Ooops I forgot to mention what she said about Krista Allen replacing her - She said that she was a friend of hers and they shared the SAME manager... so when they hired her... she thought they may be wanting to make her (Hunter) mad... and then she told Krista to get ready for a rollercoaster ride... that isn't always fun. 😂

Thank you for all the tea my dear!

On 8/1/2025 at 6:35 AM, Maxim said:

Ooops I forgot to mention what she said about Krista Allen replacing her - She said that she was a friend of hers and they shared the SAME manager... so when they hired her... she thought they may be wanting to make her (Hunter) mad... and then she told Krista to get ready for a rollercoaster ride... that isn't always fun. 😂

Oooooo lol. Good tea. 

 

On 8/1/2025 at 11:39 AM, Maxim said:

I will never forgive Luna for killing the hottie of the show - Hollis. NEVER. 

You and @Soapsuds Miss that fine bubble butt. 

Edited August 2Aug 2 by Taoboi

On 8/1/2025 at 9:35 AM, Maxim said:

Ooops I forgot to mention what she said about Krista Allen replacing her - She said that she was a friend of hers and they shared the SAME manager... so when they hired her... she thought they may be wanting to make her (Hunter) mad... and then she told Krista to get ready for a rollercoaster ride... that isn't always fun. 😂

They go back years 

17 hours ago, dragonflies said:

They go back years 

Ah, such a lovely photo. Now I get even more why she felt like this. Thank you for posting it @dragonflies! 

On 8/2/2025 at 1:13 AM, ranger1rg said:

Thanks for the recap of Hunter's interview. Appreciate it, because now I won't spend my time listening to some spiritual awakening B.S. while she dances around what B&B really did to her.

Honestly, interviews like that help Brad Bell more than help her.

 

17 hours ago, Taoboi said:

Oooooo lol. Good tea. 

 

22 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

Thank you for all the tea my dear!

 

You are welcome darlings! ❤️