The Bold and the Beautiful Star Threw Major Shade at the Show's Writers
Not even the show's actors agree with everything the writers put their characters through.
Actor John McCook has played Eric Forrester on the soap-op The Bold and the Beautiful since the show's 1987 inception. Having been the recipient of many award nominations throughout the years, the actor finally won a daytime Emmy in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series category. Some say that's when the real drama began.
In a recent episode, Eric Forrester's granddaughter Steffy was shot. Knowing the gravity of the situation and unsure she would even survive, the Forrester family gathered at the hospital—all except Grampy Eric. And where was he, you ask? Knockin' boots like a man a third of his age with his current faux-boo Donna.
At first, fans wondered if perhaps this was done intentionally as a plot segway. If it wasn't done intentionally, it could still work. Maybe the Forrester family could stage an intervention of sorts. It would be a good time to point out his hypocrisy. They could ask him if it's still "family comes first" or he comes first, then the family.
It really felt as though his priorities were totally messed up. As a fan pointed out, when Forrester's granddaughter Brooke split with her man, Forrester rushed to be at her side and console her.
After the episode aired, the controversy began. An influx of fans took to social media with statements that revealed how angered and appalled they felt they were by the character's actions and the poor choices Forrester made, the actor said, in part:
"I don't think that they kept Eric away from the hospital because he's having fun with Donna. I think they just omitted it. I think they just…I frankly think it was a lazy decision not to write Eric in there with his family." (via)
Whether the actor is just trying to save face in regard to his character, McCook seems willing to give the writers the benefit of the doubt, implying it was just an accidental case of sloppiness. He certainly doesn't want anyone thinking about his character, and feeling he is morally bankrupt.
It's an admirable stance for him to take, and it's rare these days for people to give others the benefit of the doubt or participate in public shaming and finger pointing.
Goof-ups happen. The books I have written passed through no less than a dozen pairs of hands before they were published, yet somehow, at some point, typos and faulty punctuation occurred. I can't explain it. I just know I'll never be perfect, and neither will the bold fictitious lives of these fantastical beauties.