What happened to Paul on The Young and the Restless?
By Sabrina Reed
On Apr. 11’s episode of The Young and the Restless, Paul Williams fans got an update on his marriage with longtime love Christine.
She’d been chatting with Lauren at Society. At first the conversation had been centered on the loss of Phyllis and how Lauren had been looking forward to growing old with her friend. But when Christine started talking about missing the future you’d thought you’d share with someone, Lauren caught on that they were no longer talking about the newly “deceased” Phyllis Summers. They were talking about Paul.
What happened to Paul on The Young and the Restless?
With some prompting, Christine shared that her marriage was over. She explained that things between them had been off for some months, maybe even longer than that considering his frustrations had initially stemmed from work and it spilled into their marriage.
Paul had made the decision to retire but the build up to that decision had taken a toll, one that they’d tried to work through. However, not even time away during the Christmas holiday could help them to fix what had broken between them. A short bit after that attempt they decided to part ways.
For longtime fans of the soap this may have come as a disappointment since the actor who plays Paul–Doug Davidson–was last scene on the daytime program in 2020. It’s been years and there was still hope he’d make a return but that doesn’t look like it’s going to be the case now. But this does open Christine up to pursue a romance with a love interest that’s actually onscreen rather than the soap having to write around a character’s absence.
Why did Doug Davidson leave The Young and the Restless?
It seems that the decision was taken out of Davidson’s hands. Soap She Knows reports that in 2021, the actor shared with fans that he hadn’t heard from the network about a return for Paul Williams. He tweeted about it as well.
It’s been nearly two years since then and there hasn’t been an announcement for Davidson to return for the soap’s 50th anniversary celebration. We’ll keep you posted on whether fans can expect to see Paul Williams in Genoa City again but given Christine’s update on the state of their marriage, it doesn’t look like it’ll be anytime soon.
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