These days, it seems like all the soap stars are leaving. First, Ronn Moss (The Bold and the Beautiful), then Steve Burton (General Hospital). This December, Susan Flannery is going to leave the B&B. This is super crappy, especially now that Ridge is gone, apparently distraugt somewhere at sea over Brooke’s latest lie (she returned earlier this week from their honeymoon without him). With Stephanie hackin’ it up again, I had already suspected that they would be killing her off, and this article today confirms it. 😦
Obviously, I’m wondering just how they’re going to work Ridge into this. Will Ronn Moss make a special appearance to show Ridge’s tiny, stoic tears one more time? Will he drape one of his many scarves across his mother’s headstone? HOW?! Of course, it could be that this is when they’ll introduce the new Ridge. Will he show up at the door, just in time to say goodbye to his mother, or, perhaps, be too late?!
When they do recast Ridge, it will be pretty difficult to accept. After all, only Ronn Moss can play the Ridge Forrester that I really love. This Yahoo! article suggests a few possible replacements, including the Hoff. Out of all of them, I think Ted King would be the best choice. I honestly can’t even begin to imagine David Hasselhoff playing Ridge Forrester. Maybe Bradley Bell should just go crazy and get Fabio to do the job. 😉 By the way, Fabio will be actually be making a special appearance on the B&B!!! I never knew he’d even been on the show, but, according to his Wikipedia page: “He appeared in “The Bold and the Beautiful” a number of times, as a close friend of the character Sally Spectra (Fabio and Darlene Conley, who played Sally, were close friends in real life).” Who knew?!
However it happens, it’s sure to be sad as hell. There’s going to be a lot of crying and a lot of lingering shots of Stephanie, just looking at everyone else and knowing that she doesn’t have long to go. 😦 Brooke’s bound to be sobbing, Hope’s sure to make it all about her, and Katie will be definitely blame it on Steffy. Seriously though, watching Pam during and after losing her sister is going to be the saddest thing ever. That poor Pam. 😦
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