Who Was Deacon Sharpe on ‘The Young and the Restless’?

Who was Deacon Sharpe on The Young and the Restless — everyone’s asking for a refresher on Sean Kanan’s character on Y&R. Here’s a quick rundown on this shady character, and why he’s on everyone’s minds right now.

Who was Deacon Sharpe on The Young and the Restless?

Sean Kanan debuted as Deacon Sharpe back in 2000 — but not on Y&R. Initially, Mr. Sharpe was the creation of B&B writers and was on Bold off and on. And he’s there as of this writing too.

At first, Deacon wasn’t such a bad guy. He married Bridget Logan (Ashley Jones) but then got her mother, Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang), pregnant. Whoops. He divorced Bridget and after more drama, left LA in 2005.

Four years later, in 2009, Deacon Sharpe debuted on Young and the Restless. From the jump, he was a troubled dude in Genoa City. He and Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) have a rough history. She set him up for a felony arrest, for one.

But they got over that for a minute when Phyllis had skanky alley sex with Deacon to make Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) jealous. Also, he was part of a plot to split up Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) and the Mustache.

He also bedded Nikki while they were together in rehab. And he also sexed up Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters). At the time on The Young and the Restless, Deacon bashed Diane in the head with a rock to cover up that Nikki killed her.

But Y&R did a huge RETCON on the history and wrote it that Deacon helped Diane fake her death. She was off the show (then played by Maura West) but returned with Walters in the role in 2022. He also turned up in LA out of prison not long before then.

Bad Boy on Bold and the Beautiful in Trouble Right Now

The last time Deacon Sharpe was on Y&R, was back in January of 2012. But by May of 2012, he was active on Bold and the Beautiful as a new character there. Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) wanted his help to keep their kids apart.

Bill bailed him out, so Deacon agreed to help. He held up his end of the bargain but then felt bad about it. He also had a renewed relationship with Brooke and a new one with Quinn Fuller (Rena Sofer).

On B&B, Deacon went back to prison after trying to shoot Quinn in revenge. He got out early and came back to see his daughter in LA in October of 2021. Then, the groundwork was laid for his return to The Young and the Restless in March of 2022.

That’s when Diane returned from the dead in Genoa City. And it came out that he didn’t kill her but helped her fake her death. All that contradicts every bit of history about her death, but it’s a soap, so they get away with it right?

But right now, he’s hiding a killer in his crappy little apartment on B&B. And this could ruin his life. Are CBS soap writers setting him up to ditch Bold and head to Y&R for good?

Deacon on The Young and the Restless – Will He Help Nikki or Diane?

Now on Y&R, Nikki Newman’s packed her bags to head to LA to see Deacon Sharpe. Why? She wants dirt to destroy Diane Jenkins. She and Phyllis conspired to have a nasty tabloid report on her, but someone in power shut down any further articles.

Nikki hopes that Deacon will have some juicy info about the skeletons in Diane’s closet. So, the big question is whether writers will say he’s not heard from her in all these years. Or whether they’ll have them as pen pals when he was in prison and Diane was “dead”.

Watch to see how he handles this surprise visit from Brooke as the B&B and Y&R crossover. It could spell trouble for him because he’s sleeping with she-villain Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) whom everyone thinks is dead — but he’s hiding in his ratty flat.

Now that you know a little about Deacon Sharpe, you’ll be ready for his appearance on the CBS soap.

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