Tag: Michael Muhney

Y&R PROMO: Billy Closing In On Adam? Summer’s Path to Perfection Could Lead to Her Death

CBS' "The Young and the Restless" is already bringing it, if ratings are anything to go by, but next week the soap will be kicking things into high gear with Summer's (Hunter King) desire to be perfect turning into a deadly situation and Billy (Billy Miller) getting ever closer to learning the truth about Adam's (Michael Muhney) possible role in the death of his daughter.

Kristoff St. John Asks Michael Muhney To Set The Record Straight

One week ago today, TMZ reported that Michael Muhney was fired from CBS' "The Young and the Restless" last month following allegations that he groped the breasts of one of his co-stars. Since then, several actors from the daytime drama series have spoken out on social media in support of Hunter King (Summer Newman), the alleged victim of the groping. Two actors from the series (Eric Braeden and Jerry Douglas) recently conducted interviews discussing Muhney's behavior on set…

Michael Muhney on ‘Y&R’ Firing Allegations: ‘Please Be Kind To Everyone’

As previously reported, allegations that "The Young and the Restless'" Michael Muhney groped a female co-star's breasts, which is reportedly what led to his firing last month, made headlines over the weekend when TMZ got wind of the rumors spreading throughout social media and soap opera message boards several weeks back. In announcing his firing on Tuesday, December 17, Muhney used Twitter as his outlet of choice. Since then, he's been virtually silent, at least until now.

Michael Muhney Fans Pull Together Funds To Fly Banner Over CBS Studios In Protest of Actor’s Firing

As fans of "The Young and the Restless" did in March 2011 to protest the supposed firing of cast member Daniel Goddard (Cane Ashby), fans of Michael Muhney (Adam Newman) have purchased a flyover of the CBS Television City studio, where the soap is taped, to get their message across to executives of their displeasure in the actor's firing. Only this time they have taken things a step further - they've alerted mainstream media!

Former ‘Y&R’ EP/HW Maria Arena Bell on Muhney Firing Post TMZ Report: ‘He Should Have Been Let Go Months Before Because of His Behind the Scenes Actions’

In a new interview with Highlight Hollywood, former executive producer and head writer of "The Young and the Restless," Maria Arena Bell, has clarified a statement she made in Soap Opera Digest after the publication released their report on Michael Muhney's firing from the daytime drama series. In it, she said, "Michael brought amazing dimension and complexity to the role of Adam Newman, and his and Sharon’s was a great dark love story. Sadly, that story was seriously…

Former ‘Y&R’ Executive Producer and Head Writer Speaks Out on Michael Muhney Firing

In Soap Opera Digest's reporting on the firing of Michael Muhney as Adam Newman on "The Young and the Restless," in its January 13, 2014 issue, the magazine included a quote from former executive producer and head writer, Maria Arena Bell. In the piece, Bell, who hired Muhney back in 2009, is quoted as saying, "Michael brought amazing dimension and complexity to the role of Adam Newman, and his and Sharon's was a great dark love story. Sadly, that story was seriously…

‘Y&R’ and ‘GH’ Stars Address Michael Muhney Firing Rumors

Once the news hit that “The Young and the Restless’” Michael Muhney had been let go from the CBS soap, rumors began circling that his co-star, Eric Braeden (Victor Newman), not only could have had a hand in Muhney’s fate, but also that he influenced Maura West’s (Ava Jerome, “General Hospital;” ex-Diane Jenkins, “Y&R”) exit from the soap, as well! Upon hearing the news, both Braeden and West took to Twitter to set the rumors straight.