5. Hope

We’re not sure what Annika Noelle’s sweet character ever did to you people — well, except for push Liam away and make some really boneheaded decisions regarding Thomas — but you clearly haven’t forgiven her.
We’re not sure what Annika Noelle’s sweet character ever did to you people — well, except for push Liam away and make some really boneheaded decisions regarding Thomas — but you clearly haven’t forgiven her.
One of only two characters to land on both the most-loved and most-hated list, the scheme queen seems to have the same effect on viewers that Mentos do on soda: kaboom! Reader Beverly Huffman Allen wrote that she looks forward to the day when “Eric sees how [his wife] has been conniving all along.” And, presumably, gives her the boot. The very, very stylish boot.
Take it from Katrina Bowden’s character — it’s hard to come back from a plot in which you let your cousin believe for months that her baby is dead. “She’s such a hypocrite,” said fan Sharon Waller. But if there’s anyone who makes you see red more than Flo — and spoiler alert: there is — it’s the character at No. 2. (And, technically, also the one at No. 1.)
Denise Richards’ character got the guy but seems to have lost you all in the process. Thanks to her cockamamie scheme — one that we’ve already noted is destined to fail (duh!) — only one of The Bold and the Beautiful’s characters gets you more fired up. And that character is… [Pause] You have to click. [Pause] Go on. Click. No, we can’t do it for you.
Holy mackerel, do you hate Brooke! Katherine Kelly Lang’s character came in first in Soaps.com’s poll by, like, a landslide. Fan Sam Misek wrote that he “cannot stand” the Slut From the Valley “going back and forth between men” (even though he noted that he adores her portrayer, which was a nice touch). MLoren Blkwl groused that Brooke is “always teasing the men in her life with her endless speeches of ‘Woe is me’ while seducing them with her eyes.” What? Everybody needs a hobby. Also, what’s with only women making this list? You got real lucky there, Thomas!