The Bold & Beautiful Storyline That’s *Begging* to Be Told for Brooke — But, Sadly, Never Will Be
It’s a twist that would all at once surprise and inspire.
For 35 years, we’ve watched Bold & Beautiful bounce Brooke from one man (Ridge) to another (Eric) and another (Thorne) and another (Deacon) and another (Nick) and yet another (Bill) and… well, we’ve loved every minute of it.
But the character is at a crossroads, given the latest upset in her relationship with her “destiny.” And it’s a crossroads at which we’d like to see her make a choice that she never before has. (Well, a choice that she never has stuck to, anyway!)
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Instead of fighting for Ridge or falling into Deacon’s arms, why not have Brooke decide for the first time in her life to focus on herself, to figure out who she is without any man by her side? How exciting would it be to have the ultimate passion’s plaything declare her independence and discover that, oh, she really rather enjoys it? What if it allowed her to have an epiphany: She’s spent so much of her time chasing lovers, or being chased by them, that it never occurred to her that she could be happy, perhaps even happier, on her own?
Unfortunately, Bold & Beautiful is as likely to tell this story as it is to send us down the runway. It seems to committed to the idea that she is half of a whole, no matter the fella with whom she’s paired. It’s like her name is “Brooke and… ” She must always have a plus-one.
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Still, we think it would be thrilling to see her come into her own in a way that she never has. It might also prove eye-opening to the men in her past. “Wait,” they might be forced to ask themselves, “was I holding her back instead of lifting her up? I thought she needed me, but by God, it was the other way around!”
What do you think? Hit the comments with a yay or nay to the idea of Brooke swearing off men for a while. And check out the below photo gallery that revisits her life and lives.
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1/27
<p>… there was a Valley girl named Brooke Logan who hadn’t even <em>heard</em> of Ridge Forrester (then Ronn Moss), much less obsessed over him. In fact, when <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> debuted, Katherine Kelly Lang’s character was engaged to a cop named Dave Reed. But once she crossed paths with the dashing designer at a party that her mom was catering, she became convinced that he was her destiny.</p>
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2/27
<p>For future reference, <em>not</em> this: Despite being pals with ill-fated heiress Caroline Spencer, Brooke wound up scheming to keep her from reuniting with true love Ridge. (Yeah, for a while there, everybody thought that Ridge was their true love; it was a whole thing.)</p>
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3/27
<p>… love the one you’re with. Oh, nobody had to tell that to Brooke. During a period in which Ridge was unavailable to her, she married his father Eric and gave her destiny a kid brother (and future nemesis) in Rick.</p>
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4/27
<p>After Brooke celebrated her creation of a wrinkle-free fabric called BeLieF by having sex with son-in-law Ridge on the floor of the lab in which it was created, she interrupted his wedding to Taylor Hayes (then Hunter Tylo) to announce that she was having his baby. Well, <em>a</em> baby. It turned out that Bridget was Eric’s, not Ridge’s.</p>
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5/27
<p>Dating attorney Connor Davis was a smart move on Brooke’s part, as the attorney helped her parlay BeLieF into 51-percent ownership of Forrester Creations and yet another reason for Eric’s on-again/off-again wife Stephanie to loathe her.</p>
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6/27
<p>After Taylor was presumed dead in a plane crash, Brooke rejected James Warwick’s proposal in order to finally “manifest destiny” by marrying Ridge in a big, splashy beach ceremony… which was invalidated when her indestructible rival rose from her premature grave. </p>
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7/27
<p>Seeing Brooke give Grant Chambers a friendly kiss led Ridge to react by retying the knot with Taylor. Not to be outdone, Brooke kinda-sorta did the same thing with Grant. For real, though: These people love weddings like we love brunch.</p>
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8/27
<p>Despite monster-in-law Stephanie trying to stab Brooke upon learning she’d moved on to her <em>other</em> son, Thorne, the two eventually wed. But once her latest hubby overheard her admit that Ridge would always be her true love, that union was well and truly busted.</p>
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9/27
<p>Brooke’s attempt to get devious Deacon Sharpe out of Bridget’s life resulted in him winding up in bed with his mother-in-law. Further cementing Stephanie’s nasty nickname for Brooke — you know the one — the tryst led to her giving birth to his daughter, Hope. </p>
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10/27
<p>Following Brooke and Ridge’s nuptials in South America — well, of <em>course</em> they got married again! — the groom was kidnapped by Sheila Carter, aka the soap’s version of Michael Myers. Thinking that her destiny had died after falling into a furnace, Brooke had grief sex with his half brother, Nick Marone. Needless to say, not only <em>wasn’t</em> Ridge really dead, but Brooke was headed for another round of…</p>
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11/27
<p>Thinking that Nick was R.J.’s father, Brooke and Ridge had their marriage annulled for <em>just</em> long enough for her to <em>almost</em> get hitched to his sibling rival before the truth came out. At that point, she and Ridge engaged in their favorite pastime other than nookie and said “I redo.”</p>
Image: Aaron Montgomery/JPI
12/27
<p>When Taylor returned from the dead again — yes, again; she was always dying in air quotes — Stephanie had a heart attack and, as her “final” wish, begged Ridge to reunite with her. Figuring out that the queen bee had faked her ailment — how could she have a heart attack with no heart? — Brooke took Stephanie off “life support” and dared her to die.</p>
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13/27
<p>After Taylor married Nick and decided to have a baby through IVF, a mix-up in the lab resulted in Brooke’s egg being fertilized and implanted in her mortal enemy. The resulting child, Jack, hasn’t been seen or even referenced in years. Although his comeback would <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-bold-and-the-beautiful/news/590750/bold-beautiful-jack-marone-brooke-taylor-son-returning/" target="_blank">set the stage for some amazing fireworks</a>…</p>
Image: Sean Smith/JPI
14/27
<p>Brooke and Ridge wed again only to have a clerical error result in their union being declared invalid. Stressed out, the groom popped anxiety pills and “accidentally” slept with Taylor. Before long, he was walking down the aisle with <em>her</em>, only to have Brooke arrive on horseback and interrupt. What happened next? “I do” not think we really need to tell you, do we? It being a day of the week that ended in -day, “Bridge” remarried. </p>
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15/27
<p>Oliver Jones’ face was all of ours when he — and we — realized that while everyone was masked at his virginal girlfriend Hope’s graduation party, he’d mistakenly had sex with Brooke, not her. </p>
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16/27
<p>While stepson Thomas (then Adam Gregory) was crushing on Brooke, the two of them were stranded on an island by a plane crash. Desperately hungry, they consumed the ultimate forbidden fruit — boinkberries, which left Brooke unsure whether all they’d done before being rescued was frolic in the surf.</p>
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17/27
<p>Over the years Stephanie’s hatred of Brooke grew and grew as she went from Ridge to Eric to Thorne to… Well, you get the idea. As often as not, their interactions looked like this…</p>
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18/27
<p>“It’s for you!”</p>
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19/27
<p>But a funny thing happened on Stephanie’s way to the hereafter.</p>
Image: Sean Smith/JPI
20/27
<p>Despite the way she’d usually treated Brooke, Stephanie was forced to admit before dying that… well, she thought of the so-called Slut From the Valley as a daughter. Aww.</p>
Image: John Paschal/JPI
21/27
<p>While Brooke’s sister Katie was suffering from the effects of postpartum depression, she pushed husband Bill Spencer to be with the blonde bombshell. In no time, the two of them had gotten Katie the help that she needed. <em>Just kidding</em>. They had fallen in love, reasoning that hey, it would’ve been <em>rude</em> to ignore Katie’s request. </p>
Image: Sean Smith/JPI
22/27
<p>Before Brooke could marry Bill in Abu Dhabi, Ridge arrived to stop the ceremony with pics of the groom in bed with babymama Quinn Fuller. To prevent Ridge and Brooke from flying off together, Bill had henchman Justin Barber dump the dressmaker out of the helicopter. </p>
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23/27
<p>Ping-ponging between Bill and Ridge (now Thorsten Kaye), Brooke eventually agreed to elope with her Stallion… until Ridge took her to the beach where they’d wed in 2009 to show her that he’d recreated their legendary heart in the sand. But before they could exchange vows — there’s always a “but,” isn’t there? — she caught him kissing Quinn, who by then had become his latest stepmother. D’oh!</p>
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24/27
<p>With an assist from Quinn, Shauna Fulton came between Brooke and Ridge, even arranging for it to look as if he’d had Carter Walton file divorce papers. But the truth about Shauna and Ridge’s quickie nuptials in Sin City came out faster than you or we could lose our money at the blackjack table. And we suck at blackjack.</p>
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25/27
<p>Somewhere, Stephanie had to be smiling. During a rare period of domestic tranquility with Ridge, Brooke busied herself meddling in father-in-law/ex-husband Eric’s marriage to Quinn and doing her damnedest to banish Deacon from Hope’s life. Oh, and she judged people. A lot. As you can see, she especially liked that part.</p>
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26/27
<p>Remember that period of domestic tranquility that we just mentioned “Bridge” having? It didn’t last. The returns of Brooke’s ex, Deacon, and Ridge’s ex, Taylor (now Krista Allen), brought out the green-eyed monster in the couple — and for good reason: Deacon and Taylor were still as hung up on their old flames as clothes are on a rack!</p>
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27/27
