Bold & Beautiful Vet Shares a Health Update: ‘Having Some Trouble Breathing, But… ’
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
On September 25, soap-hopper Joe Lando disclosed that he had just undergone a total knee replacement. “And no, Dr. Quinn didn’t do the surgery,” joked the actor, who starred opposite Jane Seymour on CBS’ popular period drama from 1993-98. “She’s more of an open-heart specialist.”
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Accompanying the actor’s Instagram post was a video in which he explained, “I’m laying in recovery… I’m having some trouble breathing, but I think I’ll get over it.
“I’m really, really high right now,” he added before panning his phone to the left to “introduce” the nurses who were looking after him. “There’s the wonderful ladies that are taking care of me. I’ll keep you posted. Bye.”
Lando is, of course, beloved to soap fans for his early-1990s stint as Jake Harrison on One Life to Live. He went on to play MacAuley West on Guiding Light and Bold & Beautiful judge Craig McMullen, who presided over Bill Spencer and Katie Logan’s custody trial in 2018 and turned loose Sheila Carter in early 2023 (see photo at top of post).
In primetime, Lando is best known for Dr. Quinn. As a matter of fact, so popular was his pairing with Seymour that the former co-stars re-teamed for Hallmark Channel’s Perfectly Prudence and Lifetime’s A Christmas Spark.
Check out the below photo gallery to celebrate some more of soapdom’s all-time handsomest men from The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives and General Hospital.
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<p>Their stays as <em>Young & Restless</em>’ Mason, Carmine, Tyler and Alex in the early 2010s were all too brief. But at least they left us this hot shot as a memento.</p>
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<p>“Mirror, mirror on the wall… ” Ya know what? When the guy being reflected is the one who plays <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ EJ, there’s really no point in continuing that sentence. He’s as dashing as his character is sneaky.</p>
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<p>The L.A. skyline can only <em>dream</em> of competing with the face that turns all of <em>General Hospital</em> mobster Sonny’s mug shots into pin-ups.</p>
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<p>Long before <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> cast him as Wyatt, this Emmy winner was a baby-faced up-and-comer as <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Max.</p>
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<p><em>9-1-1</em>, what’s your emergency? Uh, nothing. We just got a little overheated staring at this image of the heartthrob who plays firefighter Buck looking for all the world like a bachelorette-party stripper.</p>
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<p>With a mug as magnificent as his is, it’s no wonder the <em>Young & Restless</em> leading man — Tucker in Genoa City — has a driver’s-license photo that could be hung in the Louvre.</p>
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<p>There are some people whose bad side you don’t want to get on. But <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Eric doesn’t <em>have</em> a bad side — we’ve checked all of them.</p>
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<p>If we loved him with a mullet as <em>One Life to Live</em>’s Patrick, of course we were also gonna love him as <em>Port Charles</em>’ Ian, <em>All My Children</em>’s Zach and <em>The Bold and the Beautiful </em>dressmaker Ridge.</p>
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<p>Part of the reason we adore the actor who plays <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Nick is the cheekbones that are as chiseled as his abs. But on top of that… there’s his irresistible sense of humor.</p>
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<p>C’mon, look at that picture — when <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Brady invites you to a slumber party, you RSVP yes. Eagerly.</p>
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<p>It was indeed an <em>Emergency!</em> when the primetime mainstay joined <em>Loving</em> in the late ’80s as Alex. There was no close-up close <em>enough</em> to satisfy viewers hungry for more, more, more.</p>
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<p>“You talkin’ to <em>me</em>?” Um, no. More like gawking, enthusiastically, as the <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> Emmy winner reveals that Liam looks dapper during every step of his putting-on-a-jacket process.</p>
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<p>Whether he’s been playing <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Roman, the Pawn, a priest or just good ol’ John, he’s always been able to catch our eye with no more than the arch of a brow.</p>
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<p>Here, <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Devon offers up an expression that says, “Yes, by all means, appreciate my sexiness, then move along. You don’t want a line forming.” Agreed, sir.</p>
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<p>Decades before he started playing Stephen on <em>Bold & Beautiful</em>, the erstwhile <em>Man From Atlantis</em> made “Goin’ my way?” a rhetorical question as <em>Dallas</em>’ Bobby. Between the open shirt and the sportscar, we couldn’t call shotgun fast enough!</p>
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<p>We hate to imagine how many obscene phone calls a fella gets when he’s walking around looking as much like a <em>Men’s Fitness</em> cover as the hottie who plays Dex on <em>General Hospital</em>. And no, not <em>all</em> of those calls are from us.</p>
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<p>Sure, he may look coy here — “Who, <em>me</em>? Sexy?” — but let’s be real, <em>Guiding Light </em>bad boy Jonathan knew he was hot stuff if he thought he could get away with that shirt. Which he did, BTW.</p>
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<p>Even back when he was Fen on <em>Young & Restless</em>, the scene stealer who plays <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Sonny had a hold on our hearts. And also, apparently, this inflatable one.</p>
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<p>We won’t say that TV’s original <em>Magnum, P.I.</em>, is sitting pretty. More like the <em>Blue Bloods</em> star is sitting ruggedly handsome. With a pineapple full of flowers and what we fear is a beverage that <em>had</em> to have left him with a terrible hangover.</p>
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<p>Come to think of it, the modern remake of <em>Magnum, P.I.</em>, had something going for it, too. What? See above.</p>
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<p>When we heard that <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> was recasting Zende, we were like, “Good luck finding an actor as stunning as Rome Flynn.” Turned out they didn’t need luck at all. #nailedit</p>
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<p>Surprisingly, this shot of <em>As the World Turns</em>’ Holden is not the cover of the novel <em>Catcher in the Rye</em>. Still nice, though, eh?</p>
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<p>No shirt? No problem. Thankfully, the heartthrob who keeps fans pumped about <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Xander is fine with a less-is-more approach to wardrobe.</p>
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<p>Whether he was playing <em>All My Children</em>’s Jesse, <em>The City</em>’s Jacob or <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Sarge, one thing the Emmy winner always was… was easy on the eyes.</p>
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<p>We still can’t fathom why Stitch isn’t on <em>The Young and the Restless</em> — he was a heat-seeking missile who wasn’t related to <em>anybody</em>. In other words, #priceless.</p>
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<p>This was him before <em>This Is Us</em>, but a tasty slice of eye candy stirring precisely the emotions that gave <em>Passions</em> its title as the aptly-named Fox.</p>
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<p>Though it’s been decades since <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Lauren entered hubby Paul in a centerfold contest — which he won, natch — he’s still a “staple” of fans’ fantasies.</p>
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<p>Honestly, we don’t recall what put <em>One Life to Live</em>’s Ford in the hospital. But an even bigger mystery is how on earth he isn’t <em>surrounded</em> by nurses offering to kiss it and make it better.</p>
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<p>This may actually have been the only way the late Emmy winner’s characters — Nikolas on <em>General Hospital</em> and Stefan on <em>Days of Our Lives</em> — could prove they had nothing up their sleeves: by eschewing sleeves altogether!</p>
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<p>Whether the <em>Young & Restless</em> star is sporting angel’s wings or devil’s horns as Adam, he never fails to leave us in dire need of making confession. “Forgive us, Father, for we have dreamt!”</p>
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<p>We only <em>thought</em> we understood the meaning of the word caliente before this <em>One Life to Live</em> heartthrob took over the role of Cristian.</p>
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<p>The Emmy winner who in 2024 reprised his role of <em>General Hospital</em> hitman Jason has never been a slouch in the looks department. But a slouch in the getting-comfy-on-the-couch department? As you can see, that’s a different story.</p>
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<p>He looks like he’s thinking hard here. But we didn’t have to think at all to include <em>Guiding Light</em>’s Josh in this photo gallery.</p>
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<p>Decades later, when the soap vet passed through <em>Young & Restless</em> as Ashland, he looked… Shades of Dorian Grey! As handsome as ever!</p>
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<p>Isn’t it ironic that the <em>Chicago Fire</em> leading man has managed to start more blazes than put them out as Severide? At least in the hearts of viewers!</p>
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<p>Long before he was saving the world with paper clips on <em>MacGyver</em>, he was giving <em>General Hospital</em> fans palpitations as Jeff.</p>
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<p>Now and forever, this is how we’ll remember <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Neil: as being so handsome, he could only have been heaven-sent.</p>
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<p>Miles may have been Jeff’s also-ran in the <em>Dynasty</em> spinoff <em>The Colbys</em>, but his portrayer will always be a cool rider in our book. (Get it, <em>Grease 2</em> fans? No one?)</p>
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<p>A question for the ages: If this Emmy winner’s <em>Young & Restless</em> character hadn’t been nicknamed Smilin’ Jack, would he have withheld his disarming grin from us all these years?</p>
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<p>Why the actor who played Brandon on <em>Days of Our Lives</em> is on this list, we can’t imagine. Nope. No idea. Oh, wait — there <em>is</em> that photo…</p>
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<p>Even after he stopped playing Patrick on <em>General Hospital</em> and started playing Billy on <em>The Young and the Restless</em>, blushing faces and rapid heartbeats were common reactions to his performances.</p>
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<p>No matter how villainous his characters — lookin’ at you, Todd on <em>One Life to Live</em> and early Franco on <em>General Hospital</em> — the Emmy winner makes us, however recuctantly, love them.</p>
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<p>We wish him well on his new life. And we hope he doesn’t mind how tightly we cling to our memories of his stint as<em> Days of Our Lives</em>’ EJ.</p>
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<p>Why, lookee there — it’s <em>Yellowstone</em>’s top dog out standing in his field and lookin’ mighty fine while he does it.</p>
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<p>As if. “Baby, come back” had to be something he never had to say when he was fixing a woman with this gaze that he patented as Ridge on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful.</em></p>
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<p>What restraint. The Emmy winner had to know he’d make the first-round draft picks even without altogether unleashing the dimples that have made him catnip to fans of <em>General Hospital</em> mobster Sonny.</p>
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<p>How many times do we have to tell<em> The Young and the Restless</em>’ Kyle that if his clothes are constraining him — in any way! — it’s fine by us if he just… loses them.</p>
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<p>If ever there was a look that took us back to the intensity of the romance between<em> As the World Turns</em>’ Luke and Noah, it was this one. Although hey, we’re open to other suggestions…</p>
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<p>Had <em>Days of Our Lives</em> realized when it cast this future soap-hopper as Tanner that he’d only become more striking with age, the <em>General Hospital</em> star (as Finn) would still be a Salem resident today.</p>
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<p>Now and always, it will bum us out to know that old photos are the only way we’ll ever again see that smile on the face of the Emmy winner who plays <em>Young & Restless</em>’ Billy.</p>
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<p>Given that laser focus, we can only assume that what <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> Emmy winner was looking at as Rick was… a mirror?</p>
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<p>Turns out it is <em>not</em> clothes that make the man but the man that makes the clothes. And yes, as you can see, we checked — using <em>Station 19</em>’s Robert Sullivan as our test subject.</p>
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