With a holiday wedding approaching, two familiar faces are set to return on the Young and the Restless.
Two of the Rosales family members should be in Genoa City in just a couple of weeks leading
up to the Sharon-Rey wedding.
Meanwhile, we will also see another familiar face as Donny Boaz has resumed his acting duties on set.
It looks like Chelsea Newman is headed for an illness storyline so we should expect some kind of drama there.
This month we also have two new actors joining the roster.
Keep watching for all the details on the comings and goings for December 2020.
As we reported previously, actor Jason Canela was recently seen outside the CBS studios
which made fans wonder if he was coming back to the show.
Rey would want his brother Arturo by his side for his wedding to Sharon although there is
some bad blood between the two siblings.
You may remember that Arturo knocked up Rey’s ex wife Mia and left town with her.
So it’s doubtful that he will stick around for long.
Then there is also his ex Abby’s wedding, which he would definitely want to avoid.
Regardless how long he stays, we’re glad to see Jason back on screen.
You may remember that the Cuban actor left the role in the spring of 2019 after his contract expired.
He last appeared on the show for Lola’s wedding to Kyle.
Talking of Abby, it’s time for her to say goodbye to her real life husband, Justin Gaston,
as the original Chance, Donny Boaz, is set to resume his role after recovering from covid.
Casting Justin was a last minute decision for the show as they were up against a deadline
to film the 1200th episode.
Thankfully, Justin accepted the role and we got to see the real life couple get married on TV.
Justin and Melissa actually talked about their fun experience working together and filming
a wedding scene on the Soap Opera Digest podcast, Dishing with Digest.
We’ll leave a link in the description if you want to check that out.
Last week Melissa also posted this photo on Instagram writing,
But now it’s time for Justin to leave.
Last month, Donny took to Instagram to reveal that he had recovered and was back on set
filming new scenes.
So we should see the actor back in action in late December.
We’d love to see more of Justin on the Young and the Restless and you’ll be glad to know
that the actor is open to a long term commitment on the show if offered a permanent role.
Of course it would have to be a new character.
In a recent interview with Soap Opera Digest, Justin shared that it would be amazing to
work with the Y&R cast so he has his fingers crossed.
In 2014, the actor played Ben Weston on Days of Our Lives.
Before this Justin was seen as a contestant on Nashville Star and American Idol.
Besides Days, the actor has also appeared in the soap opera The Haves and the Have Nots,
which premieres on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Well moving on to the other ins and outs at the soap, we have actress Eva LaRue who is
set to reappear as the Rosales family matriarch.
Like Jason, the Emmy nominated actress is returning to the show for the upcoming Sharon
and Rey’s New Year Eve’s wedding.
According to Soap Opera Digest, the stars will appear in the week of December 28.
Meanwhile another cast member is on his way out.
We already know that Theo Vanderway’s days on Y&R are numbered as actor Tyler Johnson
has confirmed that he’s leaving the show.
In early November, he announced his departure from Y&R with a cryptic tweet.
Apart from the fact that Tyler is great as Theo, Y&R also failed to consider a major
storyline that he could have been a part of.
If you want to know more about his exit, check out our previous video, where we talked about
why letting Tyler go was a huge mistake.
We’ll link the video in the description as well.
Tyler’s exit from the show came as a shock but it was nice to see that he’s optimistic
about the whole thing.
After his departure news, he wrote this sweet message for fans on Twitter.
Next on the Y&R comings and goings list, we have Melissa Claire Egen.
Well this is a speculation more than anything so bear with us.
According to the latest spoilers, Chelsea is heading for a grim prognosis.
She has been having headaches, which in soaps can only mean that there’s a health crisis waiting to happen.
She has been wanting to leave town with Adam and she’s now denying that there’s anything wrong with her.
But health problems don’t go away on their own.
We may find out that Chelsea is suffering from a serious medical condition which could
lead to a shocking death.
Maybe this is just what Adam needs to stop being so selfish and focus on his fiancee.
We’ll see where the story goes in the weeks ahead.
Lastly, we have some exciting news to share with you.
Two fresh faces are set to join the cast in December.
The Young and the Restless is welcoming two new actresses in brand new roles, so that’s
something we’re really looking forward to.
First we have Ptosha Storey who will portray newcomer Naya Benedict.
This is her first time playing a role in a daytime and she currently plays a regular
character Nancy Hallsen on the BET soap opera The Oval.
The Dallas native had a recurring role in the Oprah Winfrey Network primetime soap opera
If Loving You Is Wrong and also in the Fox primetime soap opera Empire, where she played Chyna.
Last week, the single mom took to her Instagram to post this lovely selfie writing,
And more recently she shared that Y&R is her mom’s favorite show, so this must be a special project for the actress.
Next we have Leigh Ann Rose joining the cast as Imani Benedict.
Some of the actress’s past credits include the Tyler Perry sitcom Love Thy Neighbor and
a recurring role in the TV Land comedy drama Younger.
Y&R hasn’t yet revealed the details about their storylines except the fact that they
have the same last name, which means they are related.
But we do know that both Naya and Imani are recurring characters and will debut on Thursday, December 24.
That’s all we have for you today.
Hope all of you are staying safe and do let us know in the comments what you think of
these comings and goings.
We’d love to hear all of your thoughts in the comments, so don’t forget to share your opinions!