Billy Abbott
Billy Abbott | |||||||||||||||||
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The Young and the Restless character | |||||||||||||||||
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First appearance | July 7, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||||
Created by | William J. Bell | ||||||||||||||||
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David Tom as Billy Abbott | |||||||||||||||||
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Billy Abbott is a fictional character from The Young and the Restless, an American soap opera on the CBS network. Created by William J. Bell as the son of John Abbott (Jerry Douglas) and Jill Abbott (Jess Walton), the character is currently portrayed by Jason Thompson. The character is known for being a "spoiled rich boy," a "screw up," and for his gambling addictions and consumption of alcohol.
Billy Abbott was introduced during the July 7, 1993, episode. For the character's first six-year period, he appeared as a minor, portrayed by various child actors. In 1999,
Two years later in 2008, Billy Miller took over the role until his exit in 2014. Miller's performance in the role was popular with audiences and critics, and garnered him two wins of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2010 and 2013, and one a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2014. In 2014, David Tom returned to the role following Miller's exit; his return was short-lived when he was replaced by Burgess Jenkins the same year. In 2015, Jenkins announced his decision to depart the soap. Thompson first appeared in the role on January 13, 2016. Thompson has received critical acclaim for his performances in the role, winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2020, and earning another nomination in 2022.
Casting
Billy was introduced in July 1993 and grew up naturally until 1999, when the producers decided to
The role was recast with Ryan Brown, who debuted on December 26, 2002.[7] During Brown's portrayal, rumors started circulating about his dismissal, but when Brown was actually fired, the producers said it was storyline dictated.[8] He last aired on July 16, 2003.[9] In 2006, it was announced that newcomer Scott Seymour would assume the role,[10] debuting on August 15, 2006.[11] However, Seymour was let go after only three months,[12] and his final airdate was November 9, 2006.[13] In 2008, Billy Miller assumed the role as the fourth actor to do so.[14][15] He first aired on September 19, 2008.[16] Miller won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor for his portrayal in 2010. In 2011, Miller announced that he would like to leave the series by the end of that summer. However, after months of contract negotiations, Miller agreed to one more year on the series.[17] In November 2013, amidst contract negotiations, Miller opted to leave the soap opera, and it was announced that David Tom, who previously played Billy, would be returning to the role.[18] Miller taped his final scenes on December 19, and last aired on January 30, 2014. Tom taped his first scenes back as Billy on January 7, and returned on February 3, 2014.[19]
On May 23, 2014, Daytime Confidential broke news Tom had been released from the series, with the writers taking Billy in a different direction. Tom last aired on June 19, while Burgess Jenkins took over the role on June 24, 2014.[20][21] Jenkins announced his casting on social media, revealing: "Thanks so much for the outpouring of warm welcome from all the fans!"[22]
In October 2015, Daytime Confidential announced Jenkins had been fired from the show, and former General Hospital actor Jason Thompson was one of the top choices for recast, following another "plastic surgery arc" storyline. Jenkins last appeared on January 5, 2016.[23][24]
On December 3, 2015, Entertainment Weekly verified reports Thompson had joined the cast, and began appearing on January 13, 2016.[25][26][27]
Development
Characterization
Billy has been known from a young age to be a spoiled rich boy. As he grew up, he became a
Relationship with Victoria Newman
After
Victoria didn't know what was to come of her marriage and went forward with divorce proceedings, just as Billy's daughter,
Storylines
1993–2006
To make his place in school, Billy bragged to J.T. and Brittany about partying, and he was invited to a party that resulted in him getting alcohol poisoning, but Raul came to Billy's rescue. Billy had a rocky friendship with Mackenzie, but they began to feel romantic feelings for each other when she kept by his bedside while he recovered. At the Junior Prom, they were crowned Prom King and Queen, and they realized that they had feelings for each other. Billy's mother was not pleased to learn that Billy was hanging out with Katherine Chancellor's (Jeanne Cooper) granddaughter, so Billy and Mackenzie met in secret. Brittany wanted Billy for herself, so she tricked Mackenzie into thinking that she and Billy were having sex by drugging him. Eventually, J.T. spilled that Brittany was lying.
Billy (then played by Ryan Brown) decided to do something different with his life, so he went to Louisiana to help Mac's father,
Billy spent the next year in New Orleans and Miami. He returned to Genoa City in 2006 for his father's funeral. He flirted with a waitress, Jana Hawkes (Emily O'Brien), making Jana's boyfriend, Kevin Fisher (Greg Rikaart), jealous. Billy decided to attend Genoa City University to study business while he worked his way up in his family's company. Billy developed a gambling addiction while in Miami, and he still owed money to some bookies there. He stole and pawned an antique scrimshaw of Katherine Chancellor's for money after no one would lend him anything but Katherine found out he had pawned it. Luckily, she was able to get it back from the pawn shop but told Billy that he had proven that she could no longer trust him. Jack found out about his addiction; consequently, he relocated Billy to Hong Kong as the NVP/Jabot Liaison for House of Kim. Jack agreed to pay off the bookies if Billy took the job, hoping this would give Billy a fresh start. Although, Billy moving so far away just broke Jill's heart.
2008–present
In 2008, Billy returns as
He later began getting close to one of his enemies,
Victor hired a security guard to escort Billy to New Delhi, India, with a connecting flight in New York City, where Victoria was. The couple reunited and eventually returned home. He bought Restless Style back and regained control of his life. He remarried Victoria. It was later revealed that while Billy was away, he was drugged and taken advantage of by a girl from Myanmar, Chelsea Lawson (Melissa Claire Egan). Chelsea came to Genoa City, pregnant with his child. Chelsea accused Billy of raping her and demanded 3 million dollars for her and the baby to go away. She later professed her love for Billy and asked him to marry her. After catching Chelsea with alcohol, Billy and Victoria invited Chelsea and her mother to live in his home for the duration of her pregnancy. Chelsea tormented Victoria, flaunting her "affair" with Billy and ridiculing Victoria's inability to get pregnant and provide Billy with a child. She called Victoria an "uptight infertile ice queen" and tried to break up her marriage. After the baby was born Chelsea relinquished her parental rights and Billy was given full custody.
In October 2013, Billy leaves Delia and her dog, Dash, alone in his car at night while going into a store to purchase ice-cream after a school play. Dash runs off, causing Delia to run after him. Delia is struck down by a car driven by Adam Newman. She is rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead from her injuries. After Delia's death, Billy embarks on an affair with
In recent years, Billy has regained closeness with his Abbott siblings, however in early 2016, Billy starts a relationship with Phyllis Summers, although she is married to his half brother, Jack Abbott. This ends up wrecking the relationship between Jack and Billy, and Phyllis ends up breaking up with Billy, although Jack later divorces her. Billy and Phyllis continue to deny their feelings for one another, leading Billy back to his ex-wife, Victoria Newman, however after sharing a passionate kiss with Phyllis, he goes back to her, upsetting Victoria.
In 2017, the closeness of Jack and Phyllis, as well as Jack distancing himself from Billy, leads Billy back to Victoria, but neither one are able to connect on a personal level, so they decide to thrive, as well as they can in a business relationship. As Jack continues to hurt Billy, he also starts to hurt the company he's working for, which is owned by Victoria Newman, Brash and Sassy. Billy manipulates Jacks mother,
In 2019, Billy rekindles his relationship with Victoria and they end up getting married again. Soon after, Billy appears to start having some mental health issues when Adam returns to town alive. He starts to blame Adam for Delia’s death again and begins to have nightmares and dreams about his dead daughter. It becomes evident that Billy is suffering from a split personality disorder and tries to run Adam down with his car but is rescued by Kevin and Chloe from making that mistake. He is placed at the Chancellor boathouse where he finally battles his demons.
Reception
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In May 2020, Thompson earned his first (fifth overall) Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his work as Billy.[36]
Charlie Mason and Richard Simms from
Notes
- ^ Billy and Victoria have been married three times. The first ceremony on May 14, 2010, was not legal. They legally married for the first time on September 9, 2010. They divorced on November 28, 2011, and remarried a month later on December 24, 2011, (the episode aired on December 26, 2011). The couple divorced again on September 9, 2014. However, they were married consecutively from 2010 to 2014.
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- ^ "Late-Breaking News". Soap Opera Digest. June 29, 1999. p. 7.
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- ^ The Young and the Restless news (July 21, 2002) – Soapcentral.com, Tom leaves
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- ^ The Young and the Restless news (November 14, 2002) – Soapcentral.com, Casting problems
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- ^ The Young and the Restless news (June 11, 2003) – Soapcentral.com, Cast out
- ^ "The Young and the Restless recap (July 16, 2003)". Soapcentral.com. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
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- ^ "Comings and Goings: Burgess Jenkins (Billy Abbott)". Soap Opera Digest. (Vol. 41, No. 3). January 18, 2016. p. 11.
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