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IN SYNC
B&B’s Lawrence Saint-Victor (Carter) has been real-life pals with co-star Karla Mosley (Maya) ever since they played young marrieds Remy and Christina on GUIDING LIGHT in 2008-09, but the actor never imagined they’d also be having their children at the same time. “Isn’t that crazy?” the new papa marvels. “[Wife] Shay and I were planning on it, but when Karla told me that she was pregnant, she was about a month in, and then I was asking her, like, ‘How do you feel?’ How did you know?’ because that was around the time my wife was feeling nauseous. So, I was quizzing her and she gave me her experience, and it was the next day when we took a pregnancy test and we found out we were pregnant back-to-back. Now, my life has changed forever,” he smiles regarding the birth of his son, Christian Lavelle, on August 21. Mosley’s daughter, Aurora Imani, was born just days earlier on August 17. “There will be playdates for sure,” he chuckles. “And, it’s a good change. Shay and I have been married 11 years as of September 1, so we had a good run [laughs]. It was time to add to the family. It’s just so funny that it happened for Karla and I at the same time!”
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OUT OF SERVICE
At a recent Y&R press event, Peter Bergman (Jack, Y&R) talked about the characters he misses on the canvas. “One of my favorite characters ever on the show was Colonel Douglas Austin,” the actor smiles. “He lived with Victor Newman, he was a phony from head to toe, and claimed to be part of Her Majesty’s this and captain of that. Victor had a place in his heart for him, as well as a place in his home for [Douglas], and it made Victor more approachable and more real.” Bergman also admits that it was a sad day when the beloved Abbott housekeeper, Mamie, left Genoa City. “To see Mamie, who essentially raised these [Abbott] children, with Jack, was to see a scolding house manager, who knew all of Jack’s lines, knew all of his tricks and saw right through him. It was a side of Jack that I loved getting to play. Mrs. Martinez is another of those, but we haven’t been able to afford that texture for a number of years.”
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A LOTTA LOVE
Count Robert Scott Wilson (Ben, DAYS) a big fan of Deidre Hall’s (Marlena/Hattie). “Deidre’s my girl!” he exclaims. “She has been amazing. I can’t thank her enough. We had some pretty awesome scenes over the past couple of years. She really was a cheerleader for me, to be honest. We’d finish our scenes and every single time she’d make a comment like, ‘Oh, baby. I love you, kid! Give this kid a contract!’ All the time she was so supportive. She was just so vocal about it. I would kind of get, like, embarrassed, I felt myself turning red; but, like, low-key, I was like, ‘Thanks, Dee! Appreciate ya.’ I love her. I got her back and she’s got mine. I think people like Deidre are probably why Ben is still around. She rooted for me, and I just know she was honest. I can’t thank her enough. She’s one of the queens here! I remember I told my mom I was working with Deidre again. My mom gets so excited. She loves Deidre! She loves everybody on the show, but she really loves Deidre.”
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FLOW CHART
Michelle Stafford (Nina, GH) admits she has shed a few tears when she doesn’t intend to cry in a scene. “I don’t know if it’s because I’m just stressed out all the time, I don’t know if it’s because I have two kids, I don’t know why!” she chuckles of her easy access to the waterworks. “But you have to understand this about me: I’m a projectile crier, I’m a crazy, ugly crier — everything bad about crying is what I am. But I’ll be, like, blocking with Kirsten [Storms, Maxie], and I’ll start crying and Itty Bitty K.S. — that’s what I call her — will be like, ‘Oh, my God, it’s only blocking!’ ” Nathan’s death has given Nina a lot to cry about, even when she doesn’t expect to, Stafford notes. “I like having a scene with, say, Sam, where we’re talking about something else and then she mentions my brother and I start crying. I don’t think there’s anyone on the planet who hasn’t experienced a moment like that. I’m not going, ‘I’m going to cry here,’ but it’s so real and it’s so sad that Nina’s brother is gone that it makes me cry in the scene.”
IN SYNC
B&B’s Lawrence Saint-Victor (Carter) has been real-life pals with co-star Karla Mosley (Maya) ever since they played young marrieds Remy and Christina on GUIDING LIGHT in 2008-09, but the actor never imagined they’d also be having their children at the same time. “Isn’t that crazy?” the new papa marvels. “[Wife] Shay and I were planning on it, but when Karla told me that she was pregnant, she was about a month in, and then I was asking her, like, ‘How do you feel?’ How did you know?’ because that was around the time my wife was feeling nauseous. So, I was quizzing her and she gave me her experience, and it was the next day when we took a pregnancy test and we found out we were pregnant back-to-back. Now, my life has changed forever,” he smiles regarding the birth of his son, Christian Lavelle, on August 21. Mosley’s daughter, Aurora Imani, was born just days earlier on August 17. “There will be playdates for sure,” he chuckles. “And, it’s a good change. Shay and I have been married 11 years as of September 1, so we had a good run [laughs]. It was time to add to the family. It’s just so funny that it happened for Karla and I at the same time!”
OUT OF SERVICE
At a recent Y&R press event, Peter Bergman (Jack, Y&R) talked about the characters he misses on the canvas. “One of my favorite characters ever on the show was Colonel Douglas Austin,” the actor smiles. “He lived with Victor Newman, he was a phony from head to toe, and claimed to be part of Her Majesty’s this and captain of that. Victor had a place in his heart for him, as well as a place in his home for [Douglas], and it made Victor more approachable and more real.” Bergman also admits that it was a sad day when the beloved Abbott housekeeper, Mamie, left Genoa City. “To see Mamie, who essentially raised these [Abbott] children, with Jack, was to see a scolding house manager, who knew all of Jack’s lines, knew all of his tricks and saw right through him. It was a side of Jack that I loved getting to play. Mrs. Martinez is another of those, but we haven’t been able to afford that texture for a number of years.”
A LOTTA LOVE
Count Robert Scott Wilson (Ben, DAYS) a big fan of Deidre Hall’s (Marlena/Hattie). “Deidre’s my girl!” he exclaims. “She has been amazing. I can’t thank her enough. We had some pretty awesome scenes over the past couple of years. She really was a cheerleader for me, to be honest. We’d finish our scenes and every single time she’d make a comment like, ‘Oh, baby. I love you, kid! Give this kid a contract!’ All the time she was so supportive. She was just so vocal about it. I would kind of get, like, embarrassed, I felt myself turning red; but, like, low-key, I was like, ‘Thanks, Dee! Appreciate ya.’ I love her. I got her back and she’s got mine. I think people like Deidre are probably why Ben is still around. She rooted for me, and I just know she was honest. I can’t thank her enough. She’s one of the queens here! I remember I told my mom I was working with Deidre again. My mom gets so excited. She loves Deidre! She loves everybody on the show, but she really loves Deidre.”
FLOW CHART
Michelle Stafford (Nina, GH) admits she has shed a few tears when she doesn’t intend to cry in a scene. “I don’t know if it’s because I’m just stressed out all the time, I don’t know if it’s because I have two kids, I don’t know why!” she chuckles of her easy access to the waterworks. “But you have to understand this about me: I’m a projectile crier, I’m a crazy, ugly crier — everything bad about crying is what I am. But I’ll be, like, blocking with Kirsten [Storms, Maxie], and I’ll start crying and Itty Bitty K.S. — that’s what I call her — will be like, ‘Oh, my God, it’s only blocking!’ ” Nathan’s death has given Nina a lot to cry about, even when she doesn’t expect to, Stafford notes. “I like having a scene with, say, Sam, where we’re talking about something else and then she mentions my brother and I start crying. I don’t think there’s anyone on the planet who hasn’t experienced a moment like that. I’m not going, ‘I’m going to cry here,’ but it’s so real and it’s so sad that Nina’s brother is gone that it makes me cry in the scene.”