Diane Gets a Real Kiss on ‘Young and the Restless’ & Finds Tucker McCall in Her Room
Diane Jenkins on Young and the Restless gets a kiss from her old flame and then is stunned to find Tucker McCall in her room at the GCAC. There is back action on today’s Y&R on CBS.
Diane Jenkins on Young and the Restless – Who’s She Kissing?
On today’s Y&R, Diane heads to the Abbott mansion with a toy for her grandson. He’s in bed, but Jack Abbott’s (Peter Bergman) there. They chat and she wants to know if her ex-paramour believes she’s changed and wants to be good.
After Jack assures Diane Jenkins that she’s got a clean slate with him, they get close. Diane kisses the father of her son for the first time in decades. Remember, on The Young and the Restless, that she daydreamed about them canoodling like this.
But when it does happen for real, Jack pulls back from her. While that’s not what Diane wanted to happen, it’s a promising start. But then everything goes off the rails because another man comes to town looking for her… And he’s bringing a load of her past dirty laundry with him…
Y&R Cast: Who plays Diane Jenkins?
On The Young and the Restless, Susan Walters plays Diane Jenkins. She was not the one who originated the role — that was Alex Donnelly, who played the part from 1982-86, then off and on through 2001. Then, the soap hired Susan Walters as the recast.
She played the role for three years then in 2010, Maura West took over the role. It was Maura that portrayed Diane at the time of her faked death back in 2011. So, when Y&R writers decided to revive the character, they went back to Walters. West is on contract over at GH as Ava Jerome…
You might also recognize Susan Walters from a ton of her other projects outside of The Young and the Restless. Most recently, she was on The Flash playing a scientist for a 6-episode arc. She had a season’s worth of appearances on Teen Wolf as well.
She also had a longer and memorable run as Carol Lockwood on The Vampire Diaries. And of course, she began her soap career with Loving as Lorna Forbes way back in 1983. Between then and now, she’s done myriad other projects as well.
Who is Texting Diane on Young and the Restless – Tucker McCall Debuts
Back to the soap… Diane’s been getting texts from someone who helped kill the tabloid story about her. And now this person shows up in her room at the GCAC. Trevor St. John’s character broke into her room and is lurking, stunning her.
On Young and the Restless, this guy threatens her today. He says after all he’s done, he thought he could trust her. That they had an understanding. She doesn’t say his name, but it follows soon. When she does, we fully expect it to be recast Tucker McCall (formerly Stephen Nichols).
If you don’t remember him, see this quick refresher on Tucker McCall. Back in the day, they had a one-night stand and did some scheming. Now, it appears the CBS soap is rewriting his history too and will entangle him more deeply with Diane Jenkins.
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