Bold & Beautiful’s Shauna: Four Options for the Pariah’s Next Move — Including the Only One That *Really* Makes Sense
Monday, October 12th, 2020
The Las Vegas transplant bet it all on her plot to hoodwink Ridge into (re)marriage, only to go bust.
Personas on The Bold and the Beautiful don’t come a whole lot more non grata these days than Denise Richards’ Shauna. In the blink of an eye — and it really was almost that fast; the show’s been pedal-to-the-metal lately — she went from conspiring 24/7 with good friend and notorious bad influence Quinn to remarry Ridge… to being found out, dumped and branded a pariah.
Honestly, it isn’t as if Shauna doesn’t deserve it, either. We’ve discussed before what a delightful alternative to Brooke the Sin City native initially was for Ridge. But once she duped him into divorcing his wife to drunkenly marry her, she lost us. Then, she continued to alienate us by letting Quinn talk her into yet another scheme, this one to retie the knot in front of Brooke for no real purpose other than to say “Nyah! Nyah!” and rub the nuptials in her face like they were wedding cake.
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Anyway, the fit has now hit the shan, so what’s Shauna to do? We have, as we usually do, some ideas about that. Read on and decide which, if any, you favor before hitting the comments.
Make a Play for Bill
We’ve actually floated this idea before, and we’ll probably keep right on doing so until The Bold and the Beautiful tries out Shauna and Bill as a couple. How come? First of all, the pairing doesn’t just make sense because they have a past (he was even a contender for the title of Flo’s father) and chemistry (remember when Shauna was used to test Bill’s loyalty to Katie?). It also makes sense because hello! Bill would love nothing more than to poke at Ridge by showing him what a great time he’s having with the woman the dressmaker could’ve had. As an added bonus, every kiss Bill and Shauna share would serve as a reminder to Brooke that she could’ve been with him but chose Ridge.
“That’s right, Shauna. They’re real, and they’re spectacular.”
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Move In With Quinn
We’ll grant you, Shauna’s friendship with Quinn has been at best a mixed blessing. Maybe even more like a mixed curse. But they’re tight. And who among us hasn’t accidentally steered a pal in the wrong direction now and then? (“No, that dress doesn’t look at all like fish wrap; you’re totally pulling it off.”) So when Eric inevitably adds his wife to his extensive “ex files,” she and Shauna oughta become roommates and navigate L.A. together as a couple of gorgeous divorcées looking for a fresh start and a good time. Since neither of them is terribly comfortable in a halo, maybe they could even get chummy with new neighbor Vinny, only to learn that his favorite song is “Here’s to You, Mrs. Robinson.” (Hey, you have to like that idea better than the one in which I paired the drug dealer with Steffy!)
“No, sweetie, *I’d* definitely be the Laverne… ”
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Become the New Pam
This one’s a long shot. But what if Shauna was able to so convincingly throw Quinn under the bus that Eric blamed his missus more for the Ridge fiasco than he did his ex-daughter-in-law? Eric, being forgiving to a fault, might decide to wipe the slate clean and hire Shauna as Forrester Creations’ new secretary, putting her in the perfect position to eavesdrop and butt in — and remind Ridge at every turn both how sorry she is and how attractive she is. Again, it’s a long shot. But you have to admit, it’s a recipe for fun. And you just know Quinn wouldn’t be able to resist “helping” Brooke run late for a runway show, thus necessitating Shauna going on in her place!
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Go Back to Vegas
Let’s be real: This is the only idea that makes sense for Shauna at the moment. She’s gotta put some miles between her and the long list of people who are pissed at her. Mind you, we don’t mean leave the show, we just mean go back to Vegas — with us following along to see how she regroups. We’d have her remain tied to the action in L.A. via constant calls to Flo and Quinn, during which we’d learn that while serving cocktails in the gambling mecca, she’d decided to roll the dice on love again — and had gotten engaged to a handsome seaman. (You know very well that Shauna doesn’t go for a long courtship.) And whad’ya know? The sailor in question would have business in L.A, so in no time, Shauna would be back in town and introducing everyone to her next husband — Brooke’s ex-husband, Nick Marone!
“Sure, Nick, marry Shauna. Whatever floats your boat. See what I did there?”
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What do you think? Would you like to see one of these scenarios play out on The Bold and the Beautiful? Hit the comments with your favorite — or your alternative suggestion — then check out the photo gallery below, which features dazzling portraits of some of The Bold and the Beautiful and daytime’s most gorgeous leading ladies.
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<p>Even when she’s giving us the cold shoulder, the<em> Days of Our Lives</em> veteran, who played Hope Brady for nearly four decades, radiates a warmth that draws us to her like moths to a flame.</p>
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<p>Oh… did we catch you mid-makeup? No problem. The spunky scene stealer who played Natalie Buchanan on <em>One Life to Live</em> was always ready for her closeup.</p>
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<p>Names don’t come any more apropos than the first one bestowed upon the <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> gem who brings to life Paris Buckingham.</p>
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<p>Hats off to the femme fatale who’s turned <em>General Hospital</em> supervixen Ava Jerome into the only thing more intoxicating than the martinis she so adores.</p>
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<p>This Emmy winner grew up before our eyes, going from the cutest of kids to the loveliest of adults as Lily Snyder on <em>As the World Turns.</em></p>
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<p>It was the oft-quoted anonymous who said that “beauty is an attitude.” But we can’t argue with him, her or them, not having admired for so long the ’tude put forth by Rowell, now and always our embodiment of <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Drucilla Winters.</p>
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<p>Don’t come at us for including a soap star who isn’t a size 0 on this list. <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ former Nancy Wesley and <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em>’s Shirley Spectra isn’t here because she bucks the skinny-Minnie trend, she’s here because she’s freaking magnificent.</p>
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<p>“Beauty is the opposite of perfection,” goes a quote attributed to… well, anonymous. “It’s about confidence, charisma and character.” Perhaps that — along with her general stunningness — is why we’re so captivated by this Emmy winner and her character, <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Sharon Newman. </p>
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<p>She went from being the girl next door (as Jenny Gardner on <em>All My Children</em>) to Wonder Woman (as Jackie Templeton on <em>General Hospital</em>) without ever hitting the awkward phase that flummoxed the rest of us.</p>
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<p>The astronomer Maria Mitchell believed that “there is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness” — a concept gorgeously embodied by the portrayer of <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Paulina Price; she radiates joy wherever she goes.</p>
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<p>“Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous,” said P.G. Wodehouse in <em>Very Good, Jeeves!</em> And we couldn’t agree more, not after worshipping for so many years at the altar of the Emmy winner who plays <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Lauren Fenmore.</p>
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<p>They don’t make ’em anymore like the late, great scene stealer who played the original Sally Spectra on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em>, and the world is infinitely less fabulous for it.</p>
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<p>Upside-down, sideways… It doesn’t matter which way you gaze upon the soap-hopper — last seen as Claudette Beaulieu on <em>General Hospital</em> — she defines and redefines the word “stunning.”</p>
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<p>Thanks to<em> General Hospital</em> and her role of Tracy Quartermaine, she was known as the queen of mean. But Elliot was also blessed with an unvarnished beauty that emanated from within.</p>
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<p>Louis Armstrong didn’t sing, “When you’re smiling, the whole world smiles with you” about the <em>Young & Restless</em> MVP who plays Elena; he was a <em>bit</em> before her time. But as you can see from the radiance of her smile, he certainly could have.</p>
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<p>No matter how sparkly and ostentatious the baubles she wore on screen, there was simply no outshining the Emmy winner who played Stephanie Forrester on<em> The Bold and the Beautiful.</em></p>
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<p>Yeah, yeah, she’s half of one of the greatest supercouples in soap history. But as is illustrated by this image — and countless others — <em>General Hospital</em> heroine Laura Collins has never needed <em>any</em> leading man to make her “super.”</p>
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<p>Whether the actress is blonde (as she was as Caroline Spencer on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em>) or brunette (Sarah Horton on <em>Days of Our Lives</em>), playing naughty (Caroline again) or nice (Sarah again), she’s bewitched in a way that borders on the supernatural.</p>
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<p>We hate to say it, but after what happened to her last boyfriend on<em> General Hospital</em>, we’d advise Alexis Davis — and her Emmy-winning portrayer — to keep this come-hither look on lock.</p>
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<p>The magical thing about this soap-hopper, who’s gone from <em>All My Children</em> to <em>The Young and the Restless</em> to <em>Days of Our Lives</em> (as Kristen DiMera), is that no matter what show she’s on, no matter what role she’s playing, we can’t take our eyes off of her.</p>
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<p>Elizabeth Taylor, is that you? Why, no, that’s <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Julie Williams in a late-1960s episode of <em>Dragnet</em> — and giving us just a hint of how gracefully she was going to age. Wow.</p>
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<p>Brash & Sassy isn’t just a company once overseen by Victoria Newman, the mogul played by this Emmy winner on <em>The Young and the Restless</em>. It’s also the perfect descriptor for the character that she embodies.</p>
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<p>You don’t need to be a detective on par with <em>General Hospital</em> police commish Jordan Ashford to figure out why her traffic-stopping portrayer made this list.</p>
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<p>Talk about gilding the lily. The actress who played <em>As the World Turns</em> strumpet Emily Stewart never needed a floral arrangement as headwear in order to blossom in front of the camera.</p>
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<p>Whether making trouble or making nice, <em>General Hospital</em>’s Elizabeth Webber is someone for whom viewers always want to make time. </p>
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<p>If Coco Chanel was right and “beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself,” then this actress, Lily Winters on <em>The Young and the Restless</em>, has been beautiful since we met her.</p>
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<p>“Your outer beauty will capture the eyes,” wrote blogger Steven Aitchison. “Your inner beauty will capture the heart.” Either way, <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Summer Newman nailed it.</p>
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<p>We’ll wait while you look up “class” in the dictionary. When you’re done, you can come back and be like, “Oh my God! And they had a picture of the lady who played Vanessa Chamberlain on <em>Guiding Light</em> next to the definition!”</p>
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<p>Willard Motley’s quote — “Live fast, die young and have a good-looking corpse” — could be engraved on the tombstone of this <em>Days of Our Lives</em> alum’s character, the (cough) ill-fated Ciara Brady.</p>
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<p>If Englishman John Ray is right and “beauty is power,” there is no one more formidable than the actress who brings to life Brooke Logan on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful.</em></p>
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<p>C’mon. <em>Obviously</em>, La Lucci was going to be on this list, having played Erica Kane, the <em>All My Children</em> temptress for whom Enchantment could have been named.</p>
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<p>Sure, Heather Webber was bad to the bone on <em>General Hospital</em>. And crazier than several psych wards combined. But you can’t say that she wasn’t pretty as a picture — with hair that belonged in a Wella Balsam ad.</p>
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<p>No wonder<em> General Hospital</em>’s Nina Reeves was so eager to claim Sasha Gilmore as her daughter — who <em>wouldn’t</em> want to say that this beauty was at least partly the result of their DNA’s involvement?</p>
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<p>Her expression says, “What? Who? Me?” But of course, anyone blessed with a face as expressive and lovely as that of Amanda Sinclair on <em>The Young and the Restless</em> has to be at least a <em>little</em> bit used to jaws dropping in her presence.</p>
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<p>We ain’t just, ahem, whistlin’ Dixie when we say that the <em>All My Children</em> Emmy winner who now plays<em> Days of Our Lives</em>’ Jennifer Horton is a timeless beauty.</p>
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<p>Look, sometimes being drop-dead gorgeous just takes it outta ya. Then you have yourself a lovely lie-down, like the actress who plays <em>General Hospital</em> badass Sam McCall is here.</p>
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<p><em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> may have discharged the actress whose Maya Avant defined both of the adjectives in its title, but we’ll always stand back, awestruck and inspired by her luminous portrayer.</p>
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<p>Two things get better with age: wine and the <em>Days of Our Lives</em> vet who plays Maggie Kiriakis. So let’s raise a glass of the former to the latter, shall we?</p>
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<p><em>Our</em> Hope for the Future? That Annika Noelle, <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> standout who plays the ingenue, continues to redefine what it means to be comfortable in one’s own skin.</p>
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<p>It was the great ZZ Top who once sang, “She’s got legs. She knows how to use them.” We’re just gonna leave that there as you admire this image of the soap-hopper who plays Quinn Forrester on<em> The Bold and the Beautiful.</em></p>
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<p>You could credit the awe-inspiring looks of <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Nikki Newman to diet and exercise, hair and makeup. <em>Or</em> you could follow Emily Dickinson’s lead and simply accept that “beauty is not caused. It is.”</p>
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<p>Bad never looked as good as it does on this veteran actress, who went from playing the scheming Augusta Lockridge on<em> Santa Barbara</em> to the even more incorrigible Vivian Alamain on<em> Days of Our Lives.</em></p>
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<p>If ever an image epitomized the beauty of this Emmy winner, this one is it. Neither <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Phyllis Summers nor her portrayer can be constrained or restrained; they’re forces of nature, and they’re comin’ your way, ready or not.</p>
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<p>Let’s be real. There are paintings hanging in museums that are envious of the poise and presence that<em> Days of Our Lives</em>’ Lani Grant demonstrates on a daily basis. And honestly, we don’t blame them.</p>
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<p>Best known for playing she-devils like Rachel Davis on <em>Another World</em> and Dorian Lord on <em>One Life to Live</em>, this Emmy winner never failed to show us a hell of a good time.</p>
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<p>Despite her rep as a recast queen — she succeeded Wendy Moniz as Dinah Marler on<em> Guiding Light</em> and Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers on <em>The Young and the Restless</em> — this Emmy winner is a true original.</p>
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<p>Go ahead and laugh. It <em>is</em> hysterical that<em> The Bold and the Beautiful</em> picked <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ original Victoria Newman — a card-carrying fox — to play Katie, the so-called “ugly duckling” of the Logan family.</p>
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