{"id":26757,"date":"2022-05-09T19:46:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T00:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=26757"},"modified":"2022-05-09T19:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T00:49:17","slug":"yr-update-monday-may-9-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/09\/yr-update-monday-may-9-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Y&#038;R Update Monday, May 9 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">Young &amp; The Restless Update<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6099\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/yrlogo.png\" alt=\"Y&amp;R logo\" width=\"276\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/yrlogo.png 381w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/yrlogo-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style3\">Recap written by <a href=\"http:\/\/tvmegasite.net\/bios\/christiner-bio.shtml\">Christine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Victor was at Society with Nikki. He was delighted that Victoria intended to restore the company\u2019s original name \u2013 Newman Enterprises. He asked Nikki if she wanted him to speed the process along by going to HR. She said she\u2019d mention it to her co-CEO. She shifted gears and said they had to discuss Diane\u2019s return with Victoria and the rest of the family. He said he told Diane that she wasn\u2019t welcome here. Nikki hoped Diane would stay the hell away from the Newmans, since Victoria had enough to deal with right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Victor said Diane would have to deal with him if she harassed Victoria. Nikki didn\u2019t think there was much chance of that, since Victoria didn\u2019t get out much these days, and basically went from home to the office and back. Victor said he\u2019d have to tell Adam not to mention Diane to his sister. Nikki asked how Adam found out. Victor said he warned Adam because Adam and Diane were once co-conspirators. Nikki assumed the Abbotts would let Abby know about Diane\u2019s return. She said they\u2019d have to tell Nick, so he wasn\u2019t blindsided. She knew Nick would be bothered if he found out from someone else, especially since Victor told Adam. Victor said that it was different \u2013 Adam and Diane were co-conspirators, but Nick couldn\u2019t stand Diane ever since he found out what she did to their family, and especially Nikki. Nikki said there was nothing Diane didn\u2019t stoop to, back then. Victor doubted that changed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Victor got a takeout order of Nikki\u2019s favorite dessert for later. She brought up Ashland\u2019s attempt to impress Victoria by offering to donate half the money he got from Victor to New Hope. Victor said that Nick could to a lot of good with the money, but Ashland was trying to buy Victoria\u2019s forgiveness. Nikki said Victoria swore it wouldn\u2019t sway her. Nikki was concerned because it was obvious that Ashland wasn\u2019t giving up on the idea of getting Victoria back. Victor hoped Victoria made it clear she was through with Ashland. He wanted that bastard out of town. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Victoria and Billy ran into each other at Crimson Lights. She invited him to join her for coffee, but he said he was there to pick up dessert to apologize for being late to the Abbott family meeting. He lingered and asked if there was something she wanted to discuss. She\u2019d heard the podcast, the Grinning Soul. Billy pretended that the podcaster was someone based in California, but Victoria knew he was lying and that her soon to be ex husband was the subject of the latest episode. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Billy said he listened to the podcast, and it sounded to him like a generic diatribe on the abuse of power. Victoria said the podcast was about a greedy mogul who betrayed the woman he loved by lying to her about being sick. \u201cGee, I wonder who that could be,\u201d Victoria said. Billy stuck to his story that the podcast could be about anyone. Victoria said Billy could change his voice, but she knew the cadence of his speech and the phrases he used. She told him to admit he was the host. He scoffed and said he already had a podcast. She thought the name fit him \u2013 soul implied depth, while grinning undercut it with sarcasm and self-deprecation. She asked when he was going to stop sticking his nose where it belonged and leave her in peace. She noted that the last time this happened, he lost ChancComm. He said that if the Grinning Soul was actually talking about Ashland, would he have a problem with that? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Victoria thought Billy had a family meeting. He suspected she was trying to dodge the question, so he repeated it. He said Ashland was a monster who wouldn\u2019t face legal consequences, because he didn\u2019t really break the law. He suggested it was fair for the public to hear Ashland get called out. Victoria said she was a private person, and Billy was exploiting her pain for his overblown ego. She thought that he\u2019d broken his promise to be there for her. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Victoria went to work and stared at her new portrait, commissioned by her father. She then took off the necklace that was a gift from Ashland and looked at it. She remembered what Billy said in his podcast \u2013 that there was a mogul who had everything and still wanted more \u2013 a liar and manipulative person who took and took until he sucked everyone around him dry. The person caused pain by everyone around him. Nikki and Victor arrived and learned Victoria didn\u2019t have lunch. They said she could\u2019ve joined them. She was sure they wouldn\u2019t have wanted her there, because they wouldn\u2019t have been able to talk about her over their meal. Nikki said they\u2019d discussed all the kids and some of the grandchildren \u2013 their family was their favorite subject.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Nikki praised Victoria for taking off the Valentine\u2019s necklace from Ashland. Victor wanted to know why Victoria had been wearing the necklace in the first place. She said it was just jewelry. Nikki had been concerned Victoria was wearing it earlier because Ashland tried to buy her forgiveness. Victoria said Ashland hadn\u2019t gotten in touch with her about that, which was good because it would be a waste of their time. She thanked Victor for the portrait and for supporting her hiring Nikki as co-CEO. He thought Victoria and Nikki would make a hell of a team. She knew he\u2019d wanted her to come around on Adam. He still hoped she would, and he thought Adam had a lot to contribute, but it would be premature to appoint Adam co-CEO now. Victoria was glad Victor recognized that. Victor was thankful Victoria made the company bigger and stronger than it was a year ago, in spite of that bastard, Locke. He reiterated that she and Nikki would make a hell of a team. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Nikki and Victoria had a meeting with PR about changing the company name coming up. Victor said killing Newman Locke couldn\u2019t happen soon enough. Victoria hugged her father and quickly left go grab some food before the meeting. Victor thought it was amazing that Victoria was so happy after everything that happened. He wouldn&#8217;t have blamed Victoria for falling apart \u2013 she was stronger than he realized. Nikki thought that having Victor\u2019s support really helped Victoria. During the day, Victoria could lose herself at work, Nikki said. Victor wondered how Victoria was doing when she went home to a big empty house. Nikki didn\u2019t know. She said that Victoria was heartbroken \u2013 she\u2019d adored Ashland, and she was still grieving that loss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">All the Abbotts stared at Diane. Jack offered her water, since she looked a bit pale. She smiled and said she was fine, just a bit caught off guard. Kyle admitted he probably should\u2019ve warned her what he\u2019d had in mind. She said it was okay. She knew she\u2019d have to face Kyle\u2019s family at some point, but she didn\u2019t imagine having to do it all at once. Diane had kept track of Traci Abby and Ashley over the years, and she knew they were living successful lives. \u201cNo thanks to you,\u201d Abby shot back. Ashley added that if Diane had her way, Ashley and Abby would be in prison for a murder they didn\u2019t commit. Diane said she wouldn\u2019t have let that happen. Ashley didn\u2019t think Diane would\u2019ve come to their rescue. She noted that, before Diane\u2019s death, she had been blackmailing Ashley and Abby. Traci shifted gears and said she was sure Diane knew how they felt about the terrible things she did in the past, but Kyle didn\u2019t bring her here to re-litigate it all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Diane thanked Traci. Diane knew she was here to answer any questions about why she ran away, what she\u2019d been doing since then and what her intentions were now. That was alright with her. She was looking forward to this, if it helped convince them she\u2019d changed. Ashley asked why they should believe Diane. Kyle apologized to his paternal family and said it would be okay if they wanted to forget the whole thing. Diane didn\u2019t think Kyle should do this. She was sure the Abbotts must see that Kyle needed this. Abby was annoyed that Diane was trying to be Kyle\u2019s protector, when she\u2019d left and the Abbotts were the one who\u2019d been there for Kyle. Jack thought Diane had the most to benefit from this. Diane agreed, but she said that more than anything, she wanted to prove to her son that she\u2019d changed, and this might be the only opportunity he\u2019d give her to do that. She could take it if they needed to lash out at her or go over her sordid history. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ashley told Kyle that Diane was trying to set the agenda and manage the Abbotts and make it seem like she was so brave to be facing them. Ashley said the reality was that Diane had no choice but to face them, because she had a lot riding on this. Diane was adamant that she wasn\u2019t manipulating her son, and she didn\u2019t need anything from him but forgiveness. Ashley was sure that would change. While Traci was as skeptical as everyone else, she thought they should hear Diane out, like they told Kyle they would. Kyle told Ashley that it was up to her, and she decided to stay. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Diane understood why everyone was suspicious. She also used to see herself as someone vindictive and incapable of change. She gradually realized she was lying to herself and saying she couldn\u2019t change as an excuse not to do the hard work of becoming a better person. It was pathetic, Diane sad, and it was costing her a chance to reunite with Kyle. She realized she had to redeem herself and earn some scrap of self respect \u2013 something she never had. As Abby recalled, Diane always had a high opinion of herself. Ashley agreed that Diane put her needs above everyone else\u2019s. Jack said woe to anyone who got in Diane\u2019s way. Diane said that was arrogance and self-entitlement, not self-respect, and it took her years to learn the difference. Traci asked if Diane had these revelations on her own. Diane found a great therapist who forced her to take a look at her life. Kyle asked if the therapist was in favor of Diane returning to Genoa City. Diane said she and the therapist discussed the risks at length. Ashley thought that meant no. Jack didn\u2019t think a reputable therapist would support Diane luring him to LA and using his granddaughter. Diane noted that she\u2019d already explained her intentions. Ashley said they didn\u2019t buy Diane\u2019s explanations. Abby asked how they knew Diane wasn\u2019t lying about going to therapy because she thought that was what Kyle wanted to hear. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Abby and Ashley asked Diane more questions about her treatment, and she answered. The therapist was a psychologist, and Diane hadn\u2019t had a session since she left LA. Abby asked how long Diane had been in therapy. Ashley asked why Diane didn\u2019t have phone or video sessions. Jack thought that was a fair point. Kyle asked if Diane was going to have more sessions once things settled, and she said yes. Traci repeated Abby\u2019s question. Diane said she\u2019d been in therapy for about six years, give or take. Abby asked which was it \u2013 give or take. Ashley asked when Diane stopped arguing with this psychologist and realized she needed real help. Diane said things really started rolling about 4.5 years ago. Abby was skeptical that it only took four and a half years for Diane to shed her sociopathic tendencies. Diane said she couldn\u2019t give an exact timeline \u2013 it was a gradual process. Ashley wanted to see Diane\u2019s bank statements. Diane said they were welcome to \u2013 she wasn\u2019t wealthy, but she could take care of herself \u2013 she just bought a home in LA. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Jack noted that Diane bought Keemo\u2019s house, and Ashley added that it was a pretext for getting close to Allie. Diane said the point was she was self-sufficient. She had a life, friends and a career in California. She didn&#8217;t come out of desperation \u2013 she came because she was finally strong enough to ace the backlash, and she finally felt like she had something to offer her son. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Billy walked in and was taken aback to see Diane. She noted that he looked well, and he replied that she looked alive. Traci brought Billy up to speed, and he told Diane to carry on. She wasn\u2019t sure what else to say. She said at some point, they would have to decide whether or not anyone was capable of redemption. Diane assumed Billy did, based on the podcast she\u2019d heard him do, and based on the changes he\u2019d made in his life. Diane noted that Jack and Ashley had forgiven Victor and Phyllis, and the characters in Traci\u2019s novels grew and learned from their mistakes. Diane knew that Abby had a little boy. Diane promised that she felt the same love for Kyle that Abby did for Dominic. Diane acknowledged that she failed Kyle horribly, but now she wanted a chance to make it up to him and be the mother he deserved. She asked why any of them would stand in the way of her doing that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Traci was curious how Diane pictured a second chance with Kyle going. Diane said she\u2019d welcome any of Kyle\u2019s time and attention that he could spare \u2013 a phone call, a Christmas card. Jack didn\u2019t believe Diane would settle for that. Diane said she\u2019d gone so many years without being around her son, so just being able to look him in the eye and tell him she loved him would be a gift. Billy noted that Diane was telling them what she\u2019d settle for, not what she wanted. Kyle said Diane already told him that \u2013 she wanted to be part of his life. Abby asked if Diane was talking about following Kyle to Italy. Diane said that if Kyle were comfortable with it, it would be amazing. \u201cHere we go,\u201d Ashley grumbled. Diane said her Italian was rusty, but she could practice with Harrison. Ashley asked what if Kyle and Summer moved back to Genoa City. Diane said she\u2019d plan accordingly. Ashley asked if Diane was aware that literally every Newman hated her. Diane would just avoid them \u2013 she\u2019d gotten used to living a quiet life. Abby was skeptical. Diane said she changed, just like Abby wasn\u2019t going around riding naked on horseback anymore. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Diane said that there was always tension between the Abbotts and the Newmans, but Abby said that it wasn\u2019t like that anymore. Billy agreed and said that things were calm, with the exception of him and Victor and him and Adam, and occasionally him and Victoria. Traci gave Abby a lot of credit in bringing the family together. Billy said that his kids were part of both families, and Kyle and Summer were married, so it wasn\u2019t two feuding camps anymore. Ashley said Diane wouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to pit the two families against each other, which used to be one of her favorite tactics. Diane had no desire to cause problems \u2013 if the Newmans gave her a hard time, she\u2019d deal with it \u2013 it would be worth it. She said this was hypothetical because Kyle hadn\u2019t agreed to anything. Diane said she\u2019d make any sacrifice to be close to him again. Just being in the same room with him gave her joy. She decided to go and let them mull over what she\u2019d said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Kyle asked his family what they thought. Ashley was sorry, but she thought Kyle\u2019s instincts were right when he said he wasn\u2019t sure if Diane was giving him a bunch of rehearsed lines. Ashley thought they\u2019d just watched a performance \u2013 an excellent one, but not sincere. Traci thought Diane sincerely loved Kyle and wanted to be part of his life again. Jack said Diane always loved Kyle \u2013 that wasn\u2019t the issue. Kyle said that he needed help figuring out if he could trust the rest of what she said. He thought Diane came across as someone who\u2019d grown as a person. Abby couldn\u2019t be objective. Abby thought that Diane bringing up Dominic was calculated, and it felt like something the old Diane would do. Ashley asked what Billy thought. He wasn\u2019t sure they needed his input since he wasn\u2019t here for the whole interrogation. Kyle still wanted Billy\u2019s take. Billy asked why \u2013 because he was a reformed screw up? Kyle smiled and said something like that. Billy thought Diane sounded convincing, and he\u2019d probably give her another chance, but he was the king of second and third chances. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Kyle asked if Traci thought his mom sounded credible. Traci thought Kyle should be very wary of Diane\u2019s claim that she was completely rehabilitated. Traci conceded that Diane might truly believe that was the case, but there was no way they could prove she really had changed. Ashley said the only way to know was to observe Diane over an extended period of time. Ashley didn\u2019t think they should actually do that though \u2013 she said they should avoid Diane all together. Kyle noted that there were two people who were opposed, and two who slightly thought they should give her another chance. He asked Jack what he thought. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Jack said that this was Kyle\u2019s decision \u2013 he had to weigh everything he heard. Jack would support Kyle either way. Traci encouraged Kyle to take as much time as he needed. Ashley added that Kyle shouldn\u2019t let Diane make him feel guilty or let her run the show. Abby seconded that. Kyle wasn\u2019t sure what to do. Billy said Kyle could flip a coin. The doorbell rang, and Jack answered. It was Allie. She was sorry to just show up. She didn\u2019t call ahead because she wasn\u2019t sure if she\u2019d chicken out of visiting. She asked if her timing was bad. Jack beamed. He told her that her timing was excellent, and he said to come inside and meet her family. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/daytime\/days\/\">Back to the Main Days of Our Lives Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/daytime-soap-updates\/\">Back to the Main Daytime Updates Page<\/a><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6098\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/yranim2.gif\" alt=\"Y&amp;R cast animation\" width=\"202\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young &amp; The Restless Update Recap written by Christine Victor was at Society with Nikki. He was delighted that Victoria intended to restore the company\u2019s original name \u2013 Newman Enterprises. He asked Nikki if she wanted him to speed the process along by going to HR. She said she\u2019d mention it to her co-CEO. 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