The Young and the Restless has held a position as the number 1 daytime show for more than
three decades.
Anyone who’s into soap operas would know that Y&R’s rotating cast of characters through
multi-layered storytelling is one of the major factors that has been keeping the viewers
interested for so long.
In its timeline spanning more than four decades, hundreds of actors have graced its canvas.
Some actors joined and never left while some have come back even after being killed off.
As we speak of such casts, we can not help but wonder what is up with the show’s legacy
cast member, Doug Davidson.
Will Doug Davidson ever return to Y&R to take over his role as Paul Williams again?
Here are the latest updates straight from Doug Davidson himself.
Introduced as a bad boy, Doug’s alter ego Paul Williams went on to become a hero of
his town after he took the job as a detective.
He also went on to become the lead detective of GCPD and cracked many criminal cases of
Genoa City all while making romances with some of the most beautiful women of the town.
One of his most popular relationships was with Nikki Reed Newman, with whom he also
had a son.
Besides, he had relationships with April Stevens, Lauren Fenmore, and Isabella Brana.
But out of all, his pairing with Christine Blair Williams proved to be the most famous,
with them even getting tagged a super-couple status.
Last year, Davidson appeared for a February sweep.
Then in November, he once again returned to investigate the case of Chance Chancellor’s
shooting.
The case was solved and Doug’s screen time came to an end.
Since then he has not been mentioned even once.
Lately on Y&R, things are not good at the Chancellor mansion.
Chance, who has been away on a top-secret mission, has not returned home nor contacted
his family.
Viewers predicted that this storyline could bring Paul back to his old job as he could
have helped locate Chance for Abby.
After all, Chance is also the son of his wife’s close friend, Nina Webster.
Contrary to what Paul’s fans had wished for, Christine appeared on screen without
her spouse and broke the heartbreaking news to Abby that her hubby Chance may have been
killed in a bombing incident that took place where he was supposedly working as an undercover
agent.
From the looks of it, his November appearance was perhaps his final appearance on Y&R.
And it’s not only us saying this.
Doug himself indicated he’s done with the show in a recent tweet.
It was in mid-October when Doug shared these tweets.
One of them read, ”It’s the state of television.
I find it remarkable that after 42.5 years I haven’t heard from the network at all.
No thank you for your service, a phone call.
Many gifts from the first 25 years…not a peep from this group.
I don’t think it’s personal.
New era.
Still grateful.”
The way Doug is being treated at Y&R, which was his second home for more than four decades,
must have certainly hurt the actor, which is why he made it clear in his other tweet
that he is not returning to Y&R again.
“I don’t see me going back, but all of you are so incredibly wonderful.
Thank you,” Doug tweeted.
Doug’s disappointment with the soap could be seen in his other tweets as well.
After a fan tweeted that they read he was the most requested actor to return to Y&R,
Doug replied, “I don’t care.
I have been so blessed for 42+years, it doesn’t matter.
The Bells have been wonderful.”
Later, he corrected himself saying, “I DO care.
I should have said it doesn’t make any difference.
I had a GREAT run!”
Although Doug and his co-stars have frequently discussed his firing on social media, Y&R
has not made any comments about his status.
He is still mentioned as a featured player on Y&R’s official website and other official
channels.
But judging by his interactions with fans, Doug is probably done with his job at Y&R
for good.