While On the Backburner, Bold & Beautiful Leading Man Running Into the Fire and ‘Risking My Life’
Monday, January 30th, 2023
The daytime actor suits up to save lives.
Well, it appears that trying to keep his The Bold and the Beautiful character working in the design office isn’t the only thing Delon de Metz (Zende) has been doing these days. He will be guest-starring in an upcoming episode of FOX’s first responder series 9-1-1. So, will he be playing a police officer, paramedic, firefighter or dispatcher?
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The CBS soap actor posted a photo from behind the scenes, dressed as a firefighter, holding up a prop baby that he apparently saved from a burning building. “Risking my life for the beautiful babies,” he shared. “Had a great time guest-starring on 9-1-1, more photos when the episode airs!”
His castmates rushed to the comments to spread their excitement for his primetime stint, as Lawrence Saint-Victor (Carter) cheered, “Get it in!” Jennifer Gareis (Donna) sent de Metz some clapping emojis for a job well done, as Krista Allen (Taylor) shouted, “Yes!”
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Stay on the lookout for his debut date, but for the time being, keep watching him in daytime, as his character has been whipped onto an emotional rollercoaster… Given that the Hope for the Future line he worked on didn’t get the greatest reviews, and now that Thomas might be coming back into the mix to add what Zende’s designs lacked, well, it’s safe to say he’ll be stuck off on the sidelines for a bit.
And while we’re on the topic of primetime, look back at some of the most shocking, upsetting and just plan saddest scandals to hit those involved in late-night TV in our photo gallery below.
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1/22
<p>A year after leaving the CBS procedural in 2018, original cast member Pauley Perrette said emphatically that she would never, ever return because she was “terrified” of then-series lead Mark Harmon “attacking me. I have nightmares about it.”</p>
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2/22
<p>Once <em>Star Trek: Discovery</em>’s Anthony Rapp alleged in 2017 that, when he was just 14, Oscar winner Kevin Spacey made drunken sexual advances toward him, 15 others came forward with similar stories of abuse. Ultimately, Spacey was fired and killed off the show.</p>
Image: Aaron Spelling Prods./Courtesy of the Everett Collection
3/22
<p>Rumors of Shannen Doherty’s tardiness and misbehavior on the primetime soap apparently weren’t exaggerated. In fact, in Jennie Garth’s memoir, she recalls an incident in which Doherty so infuriated her that “we were throwing F-bombs and insults at each other like it was World War III.”</p>
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4/22
<p>After Charlie Sheen entered rehab for the third time in a year, throwing the hitcom into an unplanned hiatus, he began badmouthing CBS and co-creator Chuck Lorre, and soon found himself “winning” by getting canned from what was at the time TV’s highest-paying acting job.</p>
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5/22
<p>In 2022, Q’orianka Kilcher was charged with two felony counts of <a href="https://tvline.com/2022/09/02/yellowstone-season-5-qorianka-kilcher-returning-angela-blue-thunder/" target="_blank">workers’ compensation insurance fraud</a> for allegedly collecting disability benefits of almost $100k — <em>while</em> working on Season 3 of the Paramount Network hit, where she plays cutthroat lawyer Angela.</p>
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6/22
<p>Accused of sexual assault by more than 50 women, Bill Cosby spent three years in prison following his convictions in one case in 2018. He was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/arts/television/bill-cosby-conviction-overturned-why.html" target="_blank">released in 2021</a>, not because he was innocent, but because prosecutors nailed him with statements obtained only after apparently promising not to prosecute.</p>
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7/22
<p>Skipping the Emmy race in 2008, Katherine Heigl said, “I do not feel I was given the material this season to warrant a nomination.” As a result, she was seen as ungrateful. “And that is my fault,” she said in <em>How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey’s</em>. “I allowed myself to be perceived that way.”</p>
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8/22
<p>Early in 2018, Mark Salling hung himself a month before the sentencing hearing that would determine his fate after he pleaded guilty to charges of possession of child pornography. Had he lived, he was expected to get four to seven years in prison.</p>
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9/22
<p>When Barbara Bel Geddes returned to her role of Miss Ellie in 1985, Donna Reed, who’d replaced her, was canned only a year into a three-year contract. Though she’d still be paid for two more years, the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-06-18-mn-3176-story.html" target="_blank">“mad-as-hell”</a> TV legend sued in hopes of reclaiming the role.</p>
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10/22
<p>In 2018, Roseanne Barr tweeted out what she wrote off as a “bad joke” about a senior adviser to President Barack Obama… which amounted to racism. The revival of her series was cancelled and immediately rebooted without her as <em>The Conners.</em></p>
Image: Aaron Spelling Prods./Courtesy of the Everett Collection
11/22
<p>Watching reruns of the primetime soap became hell after a recording was leaked in 2014 in which Stephen Collins, who was the show’s holier-than-thou pastor dad, confessed to child molestation. “I did something terribly wrong that I deeply regret,” he told <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/12/17/stephen-collins-admits-sexual-abuse-terribly-wrong-katie-couric/20524835/" target="_blank"><em>People</em></a> that same year.</p>
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12/22
<p>Cory Monteith had tried to get clean a number of times. But sadly, in 2013, the 31-year-old died from a lethal combination of heroin and alcohol. On the seventh anniversary of his passing, the body of co-star Naya Rivera was found following her accidental drowning.</p>
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13/22
<p>Following his diagnosis with AIDS in 1984, Rock Hudson kept his condition a secret — but also did his damnedest not to do more than peck leading lady Linda Evans on the lips. “In retrospect,” she said in his biography, “it was incredibly touching how hard he tried to protect me.”</p>
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14/22
<p>In 2010, Nicollette Sheridan filed a $20M lawsuit against the primetime soap’s creator, Marc Cherry, and ABC, claiming that he had slapped her on the set and that the network had fired her when she reported it. Long story short: The suit was unsuccessful.</p>
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15/22
<p>Forrie J. Smith turned down the chance to attend the SAG Awards with his castmates in 2022 because he couldn’t show proof that he’d been vaccinated against COVID. “I don’t vaccinate my dogs… ,” he said. “I’ve never had a flu shot. I never will.”</p>
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16/22
<p>In 2006, Isaiah Washington used a homophobic slur on T.R. Knight during an on-set argument with Patrick Dempsey. Washington apologized for his “unfortunate use of words” and underwent “executive counseling” but was still canned at the end of that season.</p>
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17/22
<p>In 2015, Tom Selleck paid more than $20k to settle a lawsuit filed by the Calleguas Municipal Water District in Ventura County, Calif. The suit alleged that the erstwhile Magnum, P.I., had stolen more than <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1609775/tom-selleck-news-bizarre-scandal-actor-water-avocado-farm-spt" target="_blank">a million gallons of water</a> for his avocado farm. During a drought, no less.</p>
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18/22
<p>Following his release from a year-long prison treatment program for substance abuse in 2000, Robert Downey Jr. was hired as Calista Flockhart’s new leading man… and hastily written off the show when he just kept getting arrested. “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/nov/08/features" target="_blank">I didn’t give a [bleep]</a>,” he said of that period, “if I ever acted again.”</p>
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19/22
<p>In 2021, Jeff Garlin was <a href="https://tvline.com/2021/12/16/the-goldbergs-jeff-garlin-leaving-murray-not-returning-season-10-abc/" target="_blank">pink-slipped</a> as the sitcom family’s patriarch (and later killed off) after inappropriate language and unwanted touching at work were reported to HR.“It’s about me and my silliness on set,” he shrugged. “They don’t think it’s appropriate. I do.”</p>
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20/22
<p>After Hunter Tylo left her <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> role of Taylor to join Aaron Spelling’s primetime soap in 1996, he allegedly fired her upon learning that she was expecting and replaced her with Lisa Rinna. Tylo sued, arguing that she was discriminated against because she was pregnant and won nearly $5M.</p>
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21/22
<p><em>Yellowstone </em>star Luke Grimes stunned more than fans of the vampire drama when he <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2014/07/24/why-did-luke-grimes-quit-true-blood/77343578/" target="_blank">exited after only a half-dozen episodes</a>. “You quit your job because you don’t want to play a gay part?” late castmate Nelsan Ellis marveled in 2014. “I’m over him.” Soap grad Nathan Parsons took over Grimes’ role.</p>
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22/22
