Soap fans are very passionate. Days of Our Lives fans famously protested outside the studio in 1982 when it looked like Marlena Evans (played by Deidre Hall) was killed off. General Hospital fans pulled out all the stops last year when the show fired Kelly Monaco. A Bold & Beautiful star learned the hard way about how seriously viewers take soap operas after getting screamed at in Times Square. Keep reading for more on the intense situation.
Bold & Beautiful Star Gets Screamed At In Middle Of Times Square
Heather Tom has been on soap operas since she was a teenager. After years playing the beloved character of Victoria Newman on The Young & The Restless, she took over the role of Kelly Cramer on ABC’s One Life to Live.
At one point, her character was involved in a shocking baby switch storyline that crossed over with All My Children, another ABC soap opera. In the 2004 crossover event, Kelly Cramer unknowingly ended up with a baby that belonged to Pine Valley’s Babe Carey and JR Chandler.
During a recent interview with PEOPLE magazine, Heather Tom opened up about a shocking interaction she had with a fan. “The baby switch storyline was super fun, and I loved crossing over between One Life and All My Children, but people had big reactions,” she said.
The actress continued, “I remember I was in Times Square one time, and I was crossing the street to go see a show. This woman stops in the middle of the crosswalk and she’s like, ‘You give that baby back!’”
Heather Tom, who lived in Manhattan, New York, at the time, was shocked by the interaction.
She Opens Up About Controversial One Life To Live Storyline
Heather Tom is an award-winning actress. She opened up about how she deals with controversial storylines to help them resonate with viewers. She asks herself, “If I were in this situation, how would I deal with it?”
“What tools does this character have to deal with the situation, and what is the base of this emotion? What drives this character? What’s her truth that will color whatever she does?”
She added, “That’s what I try to do, and that’s what also I think makes daytime fun.”
Heather Tom Looks Back On 35 Years In Daytime
Heather Tom left One Life to Live in 2006. A year later, she went back to CBS and joined Bold & Beautiful in the role of Katie Logan, a role she still plays today.
She opened up to PEOPLE magazine about her long career on soap operas. “It’s kind of crazy. It’s amazing to think that I’ve been doing this for so long and consistently for so long. I am so grateful,” the actress said.
Heather Tom has been involved in some crazy storylines on different soaps. Tell us your favorite in the comments.
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger
