The Young and the Restless Spoilers April 15

Spoilers for the Week of April 15, 2024

04/18/2024 08:20 am

All hell breaks loose in Soaps.com’s latest Young & Restless spoilers for Monday, April 15, through Friday, April 19. As Jordan throws “Skyle” for a loop and makes unlikely allies of Victor and Jack, Lily takes a page from mom Dru’s playbook and vows revenge, and Nikki decides that only she can save the day. Get the details on these teasers and more below…

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Young & Restless spoilers week of April 15:

Young & Restless spoilers for Monday, April 15:

In Monday’s recap, Jordan strikes again, Phyllis concocts a plan, and Christine puts on the brakes.
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Victor and Nikki’s party takes an unexpected turn. Well, unexpected if you haven’t looked at the spoiler pictures we handily gathered up for you.

Whaaat? With Phyllis no longer chasing after Danny like he was her favorite Tiger Beat coverboy, there’s nothing standing in the way of his and Christine’s future. So why does she put the brakes on their big plans?

We wish we had as much energy as Jordan! Seemingly indefatigable, the wiggy madwoman sets her sights on a new target.

Greg Rikaart has ‘some exciting news to share.’

Young & Restless spoilers for Tuesday, April 16:

In Tuesday’s recap, Summer blames Claire for Harrison’s disappearance, and Jordan reaches out to Kyle before lying to Harrison.

We’re going to go out on a limb and call this progress for nemeses Victor and Jack. Major progress, even. In a moment of need, they put their differences aside to help their families. (Read about the origin of their epic feud here.)

Hmm, yesterday Jordan was eyeballing a new victim, and today Summer and Kyle’s world spins out of control. Yeah, we think we can probably safely do the math on that one and figure out who’s in danger.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, so desperate that Victoria risks her hard-won relationship with Claire by questioning her trust in her daughter. Could she have snowed everyone and be acting as Jordan’s accomplice?!

Young & Restless spoilers for Wednesday, April 17:

In Wednesday’s recap, Nikki falls off the wagon, and Jordan reaches out to Kyle again.
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Face-Off! Claire’s worst nightmare creates a golden opportunity — but a nasty twist awaits her!

When Nikki shares a secret with Lauren, it surely seems like a good idea. But if the redhead thinks that it shouldn’t be kept under her hat, will she spill the beans to Jack and/or Victor?

Nothing like a crisis to bring a family together. That’s what happens when Nick and Phyllis support Summer.

Is it too soon for Traci to give Ashley some tough love? We might suspect so. But Traci is pretty wise and compassionate, so we have to assume she knows what she’s doing.

A Young & Restless baddie is back — but James Hyde, who played Genoa City’s Jeremy Stark, won’t tell us how.

Young & Restless spoilers for Thursday, April 18:

In Thursday’s recap, Lily stands her ground, Adam issues a cry for help, and Phyllis involves herself in not one, but two dramas.
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Raising a kid is tricky. Co-parenting is even trickier. So Adam is reminded when he and Chelsea share a difference of opinion about Connor.

Christine receives a blast from the past. So, like, maybe Danny standing in her driveway with a boombox blaring “Rock On”?

Love this! Beth Maitland reacts to a fan’s request: “I’m telling you right now… I’m *not*… ” — and we don’t blame her!

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. If Daniel didn’t know that before, he’s about to, as Lily vows to make the cheater pay for his betrayal.

Locked and loaded! Nikki goes rogue — and you won’t believe what happens next!

Young & Restless spoilers for Friday, April 19:

In Friday’s recap, Sharon tears up helping Adam, Summer reaches out to Chance, and Nikki’s plan leaves Victoria aghast.
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This sounds like a prescription for chaos: Just as Victor and Jack join forces, Nikki goes rogue. Who will be left standing when the dust settles and the smoke clears?

No one knows Adam better than ex-wife Sharon, so perhaps he’s smart to turn to her for guidance. “In my professional opinion, hazelnut latte is your way forward, Adam.”

Scroll to the end of this photo gallery to see what Jordan does on Nikki and Victor’s anniversary!

Aaand check out the below collection of pictures to see which past and present Young & Restless castmates have dated, married or something in between.

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Eileen Davidson and Don Diamont Eileen Davidson and Don Diamont Photo Shoot JPI Studios 2/19/02 © John Paschal/JPI 310-657-9661

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It wasn’t necessarily love at first sight for these longtime Young & Restless castmates. When they were first playing Brad and Ashley, respectively, in the 1980s, “I really couldn’t stand him,” she admitted to the <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1991/12/24/actress-enjoys-life-with-new-love-new-role/" target="_blank">South Florida Sun Sentinel</a> in 1991. Yet it was he who called her about returning to the soap back in the day. One thing (that conversation) led to another (dinner), “then we’d spend lots of time talking on the phone when I was out of town,” said Davidson. “It just grew.” Even though their romance didn’t last, the Emmy winner happily told <a href="https://tvmegasite.net/day/yr/characters/eileen/one.html" target="_blank">Soap City</a> in 2000, “I have a terrific working relationship with Don… [Being exes], it could have gone either way, [but] we’ve actually risen to the occasion.” Now, of course, Diamont plays Bill on Bold & Beautiful.

LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 1: Roberta Leighton (Dr. Casey Reed 1978-1981, 1984, 1987) and David Hasselhoff (Dr. William "Snapper" Foster, Jr. 1975-1982) on the CBS television network series "The Young and the Restless." (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)

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A late-1970s “It” couple, these Young & Restless alumni, who played doctors Casey and Snapper, couldn’t pass a magazine rack without seeing their faces on the cover while they were dating (and later engaged). Leighton even discussed with Daytime TV how her sweetheart’s love got her through the dark times. They never exchanged “I dos,” but following Hasselhoff’s split from Catherine Hickland (Lindsay, One Life to Live), he did marry a different Young & Restless actress…

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These two Young & Restless alumni were never on the show at the same time. But you may recall that Bach originated the role of Mari Jo in 1994. (Jack’s off-her-rocker girlfriend was played longer by Diana Barton.) The couple wed in 1989, the same year that Baywatch premiered, and divorced 17 years later. “Everybody thought he was the golden star in swimming trunks on the beach with Pamela Anderson,” Bach told the <a href="https://www.today.com/popculture/hasselhoffs-ex-he-loved-bottle-more-me-wbna27053929" target="_blank">Daily Mail</a> in ’08, “but the drink was taking over his life… I always believed in happy Hollywood endings, but our story doesn’t have one. We were both living a lie, but the biggest tragedy was that David loved the bottle more than me.” Since 2018, The Hoff has been hitched to Hayley Roberts, a native of Wales who is nearly 30 years younger than he is.

Mark Grossman, Sharon Case attends the Screening of Amazons STUDIO CITY to Benefit Elks Lodge Charities and FYC Independents at the Van Nuys / Reseda Elks Lodge in an Nuys, California on February 11, 2020© Jill Johnson/jpistudios.com310-657-9661

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As secrets go, this one wasn’t particularly well-kept. The Young & Restless co-stars, who play on-again/off-again couple Adam and Sharon, appeared so regularly — and so cozily — in one another’s social-media feeds for a while there that it didn’t take an ace detective to figure out that they were an item. But “Shadam” shippers might never have had the real-life romance confirmed for them if it weren’t for the COVID pandemic. “The reason why we finally mentioned it to the studio,” the Emmy winner told the <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/news/595945/young-restless-sharon-case-reveals-details-real-life-romance-mark-grossman/" target="_blank">90210MG</a> podcast in 2021, “is… just so that we wouldn’t have to distance… in case the show wanted to write us in scenes together.”

LOS ANGELES - 1996: Actor Eddie Cibrian and actress Julianne Morris pose for a portrait in 1996 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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The relationship between their Young & Restless characters Amy and Matt could only have been described as toxic. But things were a bit sweeter for the actors themselves in the mid-to-late-1990s. Their real-life romance was even a hot topic on the cover of Soap Opera Update magazine in 1995. That same year, Morris told the <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1995/03/26/meet-virgin-missionary-soap-actress/" target="_blank">South Florida Sun Sentinel</a> that she intended to remain a virgin until she married. “I would always tell the men I was dating after we went out a few times. I thought it was only fair. They almost all reacted the same way. ‘You’re still a virgin?’ they would say. ‘Well, you haven’t dated me.’” They thought if I went out with them a few more times, I would change my beliefs. It never happened.” Morris married actor Kristoffer Polaha in 2003. Cibrian wed his second wife, country superstar LeAnn Rimes, in 2011.

Justin Hartley, Sofia Pernas attends the Television Academys Reception to Honor 73rd Annual Emmy Award Nominees at Television Academy on September 17, 2021 in Los Angeles, California?© Jill Johnson/jpistudios.com?310-657-9661

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When these marrieds met while playing Adam and Marisa in the mid-2010s, “we didn’t work together that closely, and we didn’t work together that long,” Hartley told <a href="https://hauteliving.com/2021/12/justin-hartley-endings-new-beginnings-this-is-us-final-season/706486/" target="_blank">Haute Living</a> in 2021. “I knew that she was very kind and very nice. I liked being around her. But I wasn’t available.” In fact, he was wed to second wife Chrishell Stause, who was Bethany on the soap. Following his split from Stause, the This Is Us star reconnected with Pernas. “Timing has a lot to do with that,” he said. “I’m very lucky to not only have found ‘the one,’ but I found her when she was available, and the timing was right.”

Actress Melody Thomas Scott and date Carlos Yeaggy attending 'Those Fabulous Image Awards' on March 27, 1982 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Betty Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

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It wasn’t just the blush that the late Young & Restless makeup artist applied to the actress’ face in the ’80s that made her so radiant — the co-workers were falling for one another. When they learned that they were expecting, the soap gave Nikki one of daytime’s earliest “Who’s the daddy?” storylines. “The pregnancy, and the question of whose it was, became a huge moment in the show and pop culture in general,” Scott writes in her memoir, Always Young & Restless: My Life On and Off America’s #1 Daytime Drama. Once the stork dropped off baby Alexandra, the new mom seized the “opportunity to raise a child in a way that I was not raised,” Scott told <a href="https://people.com/tv/hed-the-young-and-the-restless-melody-thomas-scott-says-motherhood-helped-her-heal-after-surviving-childhood-abuse/" target="_blank">People</a> in 2020. Having suffered at the hand of her late grandmother, “that became very important to me.”

Billy Miller, Elizabeth Hendrickson "The Young and the Restless" Set CBS television City Los Angeles 04/01/11 ©sean smith/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661

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Even before Young & Restless paired these two as Billy and Chloe, they’d been castmates on All My Children (as Richie and Maggie). “We were co-stars, we were friends, we were more than friends. We were complicated at times,” she <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/news/692241/elizabeth-hendrickson-remembers-billy-miller-after-death/" target="_blank">Instagrammed</a> in the wake of the Emmy winner’s tragic passing in 2023 at just 43 years old. “What never changed was my love for you.” In a separate post, Hendrickson admitted, “I’m sad and, yes, mad at myself that I wasn’t being a better friend, checking in more often because I was thinking of you recently… This hole in my heart will never be filled.”

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Young & Restless’ late co-creator William J. Bell “was one of those psychic writers,” Davidson suggested to <a href="https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/doug-davidsons-five-greatest-yr-moments-0/" target="_blank">Soap Opera Digest</a> in 2008. The Emmy winner believed that the scribe must have known what he was doing when he hatched a plot for the New Brotherhood Cult to order his and Fisher’s characters, Paul and Rebecca, to procreate. “My on-screen kiss with my future wife was pretty memorable. We were pretty good friends before [that happened]. Then we started dating.” The former co-stars have been married since 1984.

Amelia Heinle, Thad Luckinbill Amelia Heinle/Thad Luckinbill Photo Shoot JPI Studios West Hollywood 5/18/09 ©John Paschal/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661

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Art imitated life for these former Young & Restless co-stars, who married in real life in 2007 — a year before their characters, J.T. and Victoria. Though their on-screen relationship became contentious, Heinle told <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/news/7757/soapscom-chats-with-the-young-and-the-restless-am/" target="_blank">Soaps.com</a> in 2009, “It’s fun! We don’t really fight at home that often. Maybe one of the reasons for that is because, when we come to work lately, all we get to do is fight!” Heinle and Luckinbill, who has branched out into movie-producing (La La Land, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody), have two children together.

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Sadly, it wasn’t until years after the 2006 passing of the Young & Restless veteran who’d played John for decades that his real-life missus made her debut on the soap as Traci’s literary agent, Zelda. Kym felt a good deal of pressure, “representing my late husband at his home that he was at for over 35 years,” she told <a href="https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/kym-douglas-on-yr-role/" target="_blank">Soap Opera Digest</a>. But she was determined to do right by the legendary actor and, by extension, their son. “John Abbott didn’t really falter in his views, in his love for his family and in his fairness to his fellow man,” Kym said. “I want to tell you, Jerry had his faults and wasn’t perfect, but the way he raised Hunter and the kind of husband he was to me, he truly lived those principles — and I’m not making that up.”

Melissa Claire Egan, Matt KatrosarCBS Daytime Post Emmy PartyHollywood Athletic ClubHollywood, CA4/26/15 © Jill Johnson/jpistudios.com310-657-9661

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Don’t feel bad if you don’t recognize Egan’s real-life husband as easily as you do Chelsea’s portrayer. He only made a couple of appearances on Young & Restless, mainly so that the show could put someone in his better half’s close proximity during the COVID pandemic. (First he played a kidnapper, then an EMT.) “It was really cute,” Egan told Soaps.com in 2021. “He got the adrenaline rush and was like, ‘You’re under the lights, and it’s so exciting!’ I said, ‘I know — now imagine if you had monologues!’ and he said, ‘Yeah, I couldn’t do that.’” So alas, Katrosar’s brush with fame was not a star-is-born moment. “He’s so not an actor, he’s a businessman,” Egan laughed. “I think he’s retiring before he has to get his [Screen Actors Guild] card and this winds up costing us money.”

Lauren Koslow, Nicky Schillace "Days of our Lives" Set NBC Studios Burbank 10/17/14 © Howard Wise/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661

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The Days of Our Lives star (who plays Kate) was given a juicy storyline as Young & Restless blackmailer Lindsey in the 1980s. Yet the more interesting twists may have been going on in the makeup room, where she was having her lips glossed and eyes liner’d by her future husband. “I thought he was a little intimidating,” she told <a href="https://michaelfairmantv.com/make-up-like-a-soap-star-with-lauren-koslow-nick-schillace-days-better-living-with-michael-fairman-pt-3/2013/11/09/" target="_blank">Michael Fairman TV</a> in 2013. But by and by, she got used to sitting in Schillace’s chair and even confiding in him. “I would date and come in the next day and ask him for advice.” An “infamous Christmas party” later, the couple entered into an “altared state” in 1987 and went on to have three children together.

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Almost as quickly as Cupid took aim at Devon and Elena, the matchmaking cherub did the same with their portrayers. It couldn’t have happened at a better time, either. Dating during the COVID pandemic could be stressful. Heck, just living through that period was! “We’re a lot alike in many ways, but he’s one of the most level-headed, fact-based people I know,” Sarpy told <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/news/583240/young-restless-brytni-sarpy-bryton-james-loving-affect" target="_blank">Soaps.com</a> in 2020. “He’s not emotionally triggered. So… he doesn’t even have to say anything [to be a calming influence], I can just look at him.”

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The leading lady got a whole lot more than the role of a lifetime when she joined Young & Restless as Nikki in 1979. She also got an introduction to her future husband, then-executive producer Edward J. Scott (who is now at Bold & Beautiful). “Sometimes life is about timing, and Edward and I met at a time in our lives where the stars were aligned for us,” she wrote in her memoir, Always Young & Restless: My Life On and Off America’s #1 Daytime Drama. “That’s the best way to describe it!” The actress had walked down the aisle twice before saying “I do” to her better half in 1985, but “in my heart,” she told <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/news/610846/young-restless-melody-thomas-scott-edward-j-wedding-anniversary-love-story/" target="_blank">Soap Opera Digest</a> in 2021, “this is my only marriage.”

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Young & Restless never took advantage of the real-life marrieds’ chemistry to make a scheme team of Diane and Cameron. And Loving, the soap that introduced them in the mid-1980s, couldn’t, as they were playing cousins Lorna and Curtis! “We started dating in October, and we were married within six months of our first date,” Walters recalled for <a href="https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/yrs-mishael-morgan-susan-walters-real-life-weddings/" target="_blank">Soap Opera Digest</a> in 2022. “Years later, I said to my mom, ‘You never said anything about the fact that I was marrying this person after knowing him for less than six months and I was only 22. What were you thinking?’” Maybe Mom knew a good thing when she saw it. The couple now has two daughters and has worked together on Melrose Place and Teen Wolf.

Patty Weaver, husband Jerry Birn Young and the Restless 33rd Anniversary Party Geisha House, Hollywood 3/25/06 ©Aaron Montgomery/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661

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It wasn’t one of Young & Restless’ hunky leading men that turned the head of the actress who played Danny’s sister Gina from 1982-2005 but one of its handsome writers. She and Birn tied the knot in 1994 and remained married until his passing in ’09. The secret of their success? Never talking about work, Weaver told Soap Opera Digest. Since being widowed, the actress has begun a new career. “One night, I closed my eyes,” she told <a href="https://www.tvinsider.com/1086981/the-young-and-the-restless-patty-weaver-return-gina-roma-50th-anniversary/" target="_blank">TV Insider</a> in 2023. “The next morning, I woke up, drove to an art store and picked out a bunch of supplies. I had no idea what I was doing… I had never picked up a paint brush in my life. I can’t explain it. But I think it was a gift given to me. It’s really taken off.”

Courtney Hope, Mark Grossman "The Young and the Restless" Set CBS television City Los Angeles 09/10/21 © Howard Wise/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661

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Let’s face it: Who do we spend more time with than our co-workers? Nobody, right? So it makes sense that actors spending day after day together on the set might discover that their connection extends beyond the studio. Such seemed to be the case for Adam and Sally’s portrayers in 2022. Neither actor ever confirmed or denied that they were dating, but “Ally” fans were happy to jump to conclusions after seeing photos from their fun-filled <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/news/654546/are-mark-grossman-and-courtney-hope-dating-in-real-life-young-restless/" target="_blank">jaunt to Mexico</a>. “I just think very highly of him as an actor,” Hope told <a href="https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/quick-take-with-courtney-hope-1726727/" target="_blank">Soap Opera Digest</a> in 2023, “and he’s a really wonderful person, too.”

LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 1: Jeanne Cooper (as Katherine Chancellor) and Beau Kazer (as Brock Reynolds) on The Young and the Restless. (Photo by Cliff Lipson/CBS via Getty Images)

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Though Young & Restless had them playing the mother/son duo of Katherine and Brock, the late castmates once had a relationship that was anything but familial. In a 2012 interview with the <a href="https://nypost.com/2012/07/09/he-made-first-move/" target="_blank">New York Post</a>, Cooper admitted that following a devastating divorce, she got involved with her co-star, who was 21 years her junior. “We had dinner one night,” she said, “and then, it went further. He made the first move.” The age difference made the relationship a nonstarter for the Emmy winner. “So he married someone else,” Cooper said. And “his new wife? She was 30 years older than he was!”

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