Soap Opera Uncensored — Issue 18
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canvas beyond the story with Peter. I did ask about [being paired with Morgan] and they said, ‘That's not why we hired you. We want to stay away from that, though we might tease it a little bit.’ I kind of hope they'll keep us apart for a while. I love Debbi, but it seems too easy to go that route.”
What did he think when Morgan dumped AMC’s online launch for the much cushier and cashier Y&R? He answered, “I was more like, ‘Oh, OK, I guess JR's mysterious bullet was meant for Angie!’ I figured Jesse would be wifeless and carry on from there.”
As UNCENSORED clarified eons ago, William did not sign with Prospect Park despite Lindsay Hartley assertion on Twatter he had (who is she – his publicist?). He guffaws, “There was no actual deal. We had come to an agreement but there was no contract per se. I was just so glad the Y&R offer came along. I had just purchased a house in the [California] desert, which I've given myself a year to make habitable. I have this inner interior designer trying to get out! I feel blessed to be working, especially in today's economy.”
For anyone wondering why Williams and Morgan weren’t nominated for this year’s NAACP Image Awards, Williams sheds some light on the controversy: No one submitted their names! “I didn't even know I was nominated last year. AMC submitted me. I found out when somebody said, ‘Congratulations,’” he laughed.
• I don’t know if she’s a “Soap Queen,” as Michael Logan dubbed her in his latest soap story, but she’s certainly royalty given her Bell lineage. Suds princess Lauralee Bell will guest star on CASTLE on March 19 as the Abdul-esque judge of a hit TV competition show called A NIGHT OF DANCE. The episode centres on the murder of one of the program's contestants and will air — don't you love network synergy? — right after the season premiere of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS.
"There's also a Simon Cowell-type judge who's the executive producer of the show and he clearly rules the roost," reports Bell. "The third judge is totally Piers Morgan, only French." Bell plays Pam Francis, a delusional diva caught in a 1980s time warp. "She has the huge Morgan Fairchild hair and the fuchsia-colored sequined dress and the big fuchsia lips and the massive rhinestone necklace," Bell says. "And she's over-the-top clueless. At one point, the audience is booing one of her opinions and she thinks they're calling out her name in admiration."
• In story 411, look for Cane to get a job offer that will put him in direct conflict with his Mama, Gen! Who cares! I want to know when the hell Tristan Rogers coming back?
• Chemistry alert: Yes, Genie Francis and Eric Braeden have chemistry. A lot of it. I can’t wait for this Jack/Gen/Nikki/Victor quad. And yes, they’re doing it from what I hear.
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