I admittedly don't know much of anything about Vivica A. Fox's character, but IMDb says she's a doctor, so I wonder if they asked Tonya Lee Williams to return as Olivia and she shot them down again.

Lmao, if i didn't trust Errol so much I would think this was one of those fake AI Facebook stories.

Interesting! Vivica played a med student, recurring, for about a year... mid-94 to mid-95. Just sporadically.

The role did not play to her strengths at all. Stephanie was low-key and muted, resistant to Malcolm's flirting or having any sort of fun at all.

Hopefully 2026 Stephanie will be a bit more lively!

8 minutes ago, yrfan1983 said:

Interesting! Vivica played a med student, recurring, for about a year... mid-94 to mid-95. Just sporadically.

The role did not play to her strengths at all. Stephanie was low-key and muted, resistant to Malcolm's flirting or having any sort of fun at all.

Hopefully 2026 Stephanie will be a bit more lively!

Someone else played Stephanie and few years later for a couple of months.

15 minutes ago, BoldRestless said:

Lmao, if i didn't trust Errol so much I would think this was one of those fake AI Facebook stories.

I hate how much Facebook has become such a cesspool with AI "news." Even the SON page has been called "fake" news because people can no longer trust anything posted there (Facebook, not the SON page), particularly the made-up stuff about soap stars (deaths, comings and goings, spoilers, etc.)

1 minute ago, Errol said:

I hate how much Facebook has become such a cesspool with AI "news."

IKR? FB is always posting "in memoriam" posts of celebrities who are still alive and well. Tell me that's not gonna create issues very soon, lol.

2 minutes ago, John said:

Someone else played Stephanie and few years later for a couple of months.

That's right! The actress was Angelle Brooks. IIRC it was just for a short time in fall '96.

23 minutes ago, Bright Eyes said:

I admittedly don't know much of anything about Vivica A. Fox's character, but IMDb says she's a doctor, so I wonder if they asked Tonya Lee Williams to return as Olivia and she shot them down again.

Tonya Lee Williams is committed to her work in Canada running "Reelworld" an organization dedicated to advancing equity and inclusion in Canada’s screen industries.
https://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2026/williams,-tonya.aspx

I don’t know this Stephanie character but I of course know Malcolm. I just know this return is gonna be about something so stupid though it’s hard to get excited.

Malcolm is still Lilys biological daddy though right? I guess if they’re bringing him back to be apart of Lilys storyline it could work

42 minutes ago, Bright Eyes said:

I admittedly don't know much of anything about Vivica A. Fox's character, but IMDb says she's a doctor, so I wonder if they asked Tonya Lee Williams to return as Olivia and she shot them down again.

At this point, they should recast Olivia. Even Williams suggested they should recast the role.

10 minutes ago, Ryanc2 said:

I don’t know this Stephanie character but I of course know Malcolm. I just know this return is gonna be about something so stupid though it’s hard to get excited.

Malcolm is still Lilys biological daddy though right? I guess if they’re bringing him back to be apart of Lilys storyline it could work

Almost surely they will reveal Malcolm and Stephanie reconnected and either are married or have an adult child (who will be killed off if there's any potential there). Another offscreen yawn.

Vivica A Fox and Mishael Morgan played mother and daughter in BET+ film "Sworn Justice"
Here's 2023 interview with Mishael about that
https://www.lovebscott.com/exclusive-actress-mishael-morgan-bet-holiday-movie-sworn-justice-working-vivica-fox-young-restless

Edited February 17Feb 17 by janea4old

Interesting but in no way can I even get excited for this at all as long as Josh Griffith is in charge.

As far as I know he’ll probably have Stephanie devolved into some lunatic psycho who’s been obsessed with Malcolm and ends up offing him or dumb [!@#$%^&*] like that.