Watch out Genoa City bad
girl Diane Jenkins is
back the fan favorite character
returns to young and the restless after
faking her own death 17 years ago.
Can Diane make amends?
Let's take a look back.
What are you doing here? We have
to talk Diane oh, like how we do.
You have no right to be here.
Get out now make me oh fine,
I'm calling the police you are
not getting away with this.
You're just trying to taunt me, make me
do something to you.
Joining me now live is Susan Walters
who plays Diane Jenkins, Susan.
Welcome to great day, Washington.
So great to have you.
Thank you for having me
and welcome back to Genoa City.
What is it like being back with the crew
from young and the restless? It's great.
It's funny because looking at that clip.
That's kind of what we're doing now.
Older it's it's great.
It was like putting on a
shoe that you really love.
I'm not going to say an old shoe
because it was an updated shoe,
but it's it's been really great.
It's been really fun.
So then that begs the question.
Has Diane changed at all?
If that's a lot of what we're
seeing is she is it kind of
getting back into the old routine?
What are we going to expect?
Well, I think I did not play the character
when the character was supposedly murdered,
so a lot of what we're seeing now is
is me explaining what Diane was going
through and why she did what she did.
And you know, she she has gone
through a lot of therapy and is has
definitely tried to redeem herself.
So now we can get back to to more of the
relationships like you just saw in the clip,
where it's like Diane being
Diane as opposed to.
Horrible and murdered Diane
well, and that was the thing I read
when when you were called about
coming back to the show you were
asking what did Diane do right?
You had to kind of get filled in
on everything that she had done
to people and I had. I had asked
the producers, you know,
because I kept reading.
You know all the characters are
so affected by Diane being back,
which has been really fun for the show that
each of the characters you know really
hates her and had a problem with her.
So I'm just like, you know.
Going from one to the next,
but I emailed the producers and I was like,
hey, you know,
was this just sassy Diane?
The way I played it 20 years ago or
was there something specific that
she's done that she did 10 years ago
before she was supposedly murdered
and I got this list that was like,
ridiculous.
I'm like, Oh my God,
I have a very big hole to dig myself out of,
which is what I've been trying
to do for the last month.
I love it. I love it.
It's got to feel good.
To be back though. I mean you went on.
We we know you from Seinfeld and
Vampire Diaries, and you've done a lot
more of these episodic weekly shows.
But what's it like being back
in the grind of daytime?
Because this is where you started,
right? Soap opera.
Yes, I started on a soap in the 80s
actually and then I was on then.
I was on young and the restless like 2002,
2003 for and it's it's a lot.
You know what's what I love about
this daytime medium, is that?
You're not getting on a plane to go to work.
You know you're not.
You're not doing the same scene for 12 hours,
and then it's finally your turn,
and then you know you're tired.
At that point,
it's very immediate and the actors everybody
has to be just so professional and so on.
Point are, you literally would not
make it through the day.
So we come to set and we're really
prepared and we do our jobs and
we have a great time doing it.
I mean, you know there's there's
no downside to that.
Not at all. OK, Susan, before I let you go,
any teasers you can give the fans about
what Diane's going to be getting into.
Well, I know that the fans
really loved the character of
Kyle who played the group well.
My son as a grown up who obviously
I didn't watch him grow up,
but so I believe he'll be back
and just kind of the triangles
have been reunited.
Let's just say that
the triangles have been reformed
and we can't wait to see how it
all plays out, but we're glad
to have you back in generosity.
Susan, thank you. Have a great day.
We appreciate it. Alright?
You could check out what's going to
happen with Diane Jenkins back in town.
You can see the young and the restless
every weekday at 12:30 right here on W USA.