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Tanner Novlan Weighs In On B&B’s ‘Definitely Messy’ Paternity Reveal For Finn

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On the Monday, February 3, Bold and Beautiful confirmed the news that “Sinn” fans were bracing themselves for: Finn, Steffy’s devoted husband and a doting dad to their son, Hayes, is also the biological father of murderous Luna, via his long-ago sexual encounter with Poppy … who just so happens to be his adoptive mother’s sister!

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In an interview with US Weekly, Novlan acknowledged of the twist, “This is definitely messy.” But he’s on board with that, telling the outlet, “This was a shocking and exciting twist, for sure.”

While Novlan was surprised to learn this new information about Finn’s backstory — the tryst with Poppy took place years before his character was introduced on the show in 2020 — he declares, “I understand Finn even more now, learning that this is in his past.” Noting that Finn “had a pretty troubled childhood,” Novlan argued that the sheer fact that Finn was intimate with his adoptive aunt suggests that “there’s a lot of trauma to unpack… it even solidifies more why he wanted to create a perfect family for himself.”

That family is the one that Finn has with Steffy, Hayes and Steffy’s daughter from a previous relationship (Kelly) — and their domestic bliss will likely be thrown into turmoil when Finn’s wife learns that he has a surprise adult daughter — one that took her hostage and tried to kill her, no less! Novlan hinted that Finn won’t be able to ignore his biological connection to Luna (“it is his daughter, and he feels a real responsibility”), but at the same time, would remain steadfast in his desire to keep things solid on the home front with Steffy. “That plus that equals drama,” the actor grinned.

The paternity reveal will also have implications for Finn’s relationship with his adoptive mother, Poppy’s sister Li, and will potentially shake things up with his biological mother, Sheila Carter Sharpe, as well — while Finn is an upstanding doctor, Sheila has her own long history of criminal behavior, and has also tried to end the life of Finn’s lovely wife.

Meanwhile, Finn and Luna’s relationship will likely undergo its own bumpy transition as Finn reels from the realization that the young lady he regarded her whole life as a cousin is, in fact, someone he shares a much closer familiar connection to, at least in the biological sense. Summed up Novlan, “He’s prone to giving people second chances, but then she tried to kill his wife…. He hasn’t forgotten that Luna has issues. So it’s gonna be interesting to see how he navigates that.”

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