Who's Coming
Lauralee Bell (Christine Blair): The news of her return was released a few months ago, and this is the week Chris finally comes back to Genoa City.
Michael Damian (Danny Romalotti): Chris doesn’t return alone this week — she has her rock star boyfriend by her side when they run into Danny’s son, Daniel (Michael Graziadei) at Crimson Lights.
Cait Fairbanks (Tessa Porter): Tessa will be involved in scenes with her on-screen wife, Mariah (Camryn Grimes), as well as with her friend, Daniel.
Melissa Ordway (Abby Newman Abbott Winters): Devon (Bryton James) is joined by his wife when they visit Lily (Christel Khalil) and Nate (Sean Dominic) at Nate’s penthouse.
Michael Swan (Bar Patron): Swan, the former As the World Turns star who played Duncan McKechnie on the CBS soap from 1986-95 and 2001-02, appeared on Y&R last Friday in Mariah’s flashback. He figures prominently in the mystery surrounding the secret the character is harboring. In addition to ATWT, Swan played Frank Royce on DAYS in 1983, Bishop John Carpenter on One Life to Live from 1996-97, Brad Green on Guiding Light in 2003 and appeared as Macy’s father, Adam Alexander, on B&B from 1998-2003.
Valarie Pettiford (Amy Lewis): After making the decision to move to Genoa City to be closer to her son, Damian (Jermaine Rivers), Amy will be spending more time with him this week.
Who's Going
Jai Rodriguez (Pietro): With Nikki’s (Melody Thomas Scott) party having ended, the former Queer Eye For The Straight Guy host has wrapped up his run.
Industry News
Meet and Greet: Young and Restless will be holding its annual fan club event on August 16 in Burbank, California. For more information, email theyoungandtherestlessfanclub@gmail.com.
Real-Life Status
Baby On Board: Congratulations are in order for Sean Carrigan (ex-Stitch, Y&R). The father-to-be shared on Instagram a fun boxing photo with his pregnant wife that he captioned, “Knocked Up – Susan Maxine Carrigan… August 2025.”