The Young And The Restless Spoilers: Patrika Darbo Talks Joining Y&R Cast

The Young and the Restless (Y&R) star Patrika Darbo (Shirley Spectra) says that while she has been on plenty of daytime and primetime television shows in the past, she’s feeling a special connection to Y&R. That’s because she says her late grandmother would have been thrilled to know that she is now on the hit CBS soap, as it was one of her favorite programs. Here’s what she has to say.

The Young And The Restless Spoilers – Patrika Darbo Opens Up About Why It’s So Important For Her To Be In Genoa City

Speaking to Soap Opera Digest in a new interview, Patrika says that her grandmother was such a huge fan of The Young and the Restless, that she never missed an episode back in the day. In fact, Patrika says there’s a very good chance that her grandmother is looking down at her right now and is so proud of the fact that her granddaughter has a storyline on her favorite show. And when we say she never missed a show, we really mean it.

The actress told the publication, “Just to give you an idea, 25 years ago, my husband and I were visiting her in Wisconsin, and we wanted to take her out to lunch and she said, ‘Oh I can’t go out now, my story is on,’ which was The Young and the Restless. While she was watching, my husband went to the store, bought a VCR, hooked it up, and showed her how it worked.”

Y&R Spoilers – Patrika Darbo’s Biggest Fan

Patrika went on to say that the next day when she and her husband visited her grandmother and were hoping to bring her out to lunch again, she said no. She was so adamant about never missing an episode of The Young and the Restless that she didn’t even want to risk the VCR malfunctioning when she was gone. Talk about a dedicated viewer! We absolutely love it.

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