‘The Young and the Restless’ (Y&R) News: Kristoff St. John Gives His Opinion On ‘Hilary’ Storyline

“The Young and the Restless” spoilers tease that Mishael Morgan will return to the show on November 12. That’s right, “Y&R” fans we have almost a MONTH of this Neil (Kristoff St. John), Gwen (Nadine Nicole), and Devon (Bryton James) nonsense. What seems to confuse the fans is this was the best the writers came up with for Hilary’s maternity break? If they were looking to tarnishing a well-loved character’s reputation- I must say they succeeded with flying colors.

Soap Opera Digest named Kristoff the performer of the week for his role of Neil Winters. He is portraying Neil flawlessly- with the perfect balance of craziness and balance. His family have not suspected he was up to no good- not even once. He fooled his harshest critic- Colin (Tristan Roger).

One cannot help but feel sadness for Neil. He lost his sight for a few months and when it returned he learned that his son and then wife were sleeping together. And the incident was a long affair- lasting over a year. That would not be an easy pill anyone to swallow.

If that wasn’t bad enough, the couple became engaged after his marriage to Hilary ended. He was forced into a situation that he had to learn to accept his ex-wife would become his daughter-in-law. Not only that, he had to watch the happy couple tout wedding plans while he was forced to accept it and repress his true feelings of rage and revenge. It looked like for a few days he had given up on his revenge plans. Fans learned that he hadn’t given up on his plans- he just decided that he wanted to execute the plan himself- he wanted to see the look of horror on Hilary’s face when she saw the video.

It is still debatable if he was responsible for her accident. The truth is he is completely responsible for not seeking the proper care of her and withholding her whereabouts to Devon. He should have immediately told Devon that he found Hilary in the water. It seems unlikely that Devon will forgive him at this point. Is it possible the Dr. Neville (Michael E Knight) will tell the police he found Hilary in the boathouse- leaving out he was hired by father-in-law, Neil Winters?

For the first time, Kristoff St. john took to social media to give his two cents about Neil’s storyline. He wrote, “Take her to the hospital, Neil. I would put the beat down on Neil. #GetHerToTheHospitalDude.” Many fans are skeptical if TPTB can redeem Neil in the eyes of the die-hard “Y&R” fans. Most believe that Neil went to a dark place, so deeply he can never be redeemed. Maybe, they will ship him to Fairview and Dr. Anderson (Elizabeth Bogush) will become his new doctor.

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