“The Bold and the Beautiful” has cast daytime newcomer Harrison Cone to play opposite Christian Weissmann, who plays Remy Pryce, in what is being billed as the half-hour soap opera’s first gay couple.
According to Deadline, which first reported Cone’s casting, the actor will make his debut on the Tuesday, September 16 episode of the series as an aspiring designer who’s in a relationship with Remy. Further, the gay male couple will also share an on-screen kiss, marking yet another first for the 38-year-old show.
Details on the name of the character that Cone will be portraying are currently being kept under wraps, as it’s understood he has close ties to another major character on the show, meaning he could be deeply connected to the Logans, Spencers, or even the Forresters themselves.
The romance between Cone’s mystery character and Weissmann’s Remy comes as a surprise to fans of the series, as, up until recently, Remy seemingly had a romantic interest in Electra Forrester (Laneya Grace). Of course, it was later revealed that he was her stalker who also created deepfake photos and nearly killed her in the process, but that’s a soap opera for you. For reference, Electra is the grandniece of Eric Forrester (John McCook).
“Remy’s queer and we all cheered,” Weissmann said in a post on his Instagram stories timeline soon after the news of Cone’s casting was announced. Meanwhile, Cone re-shared a post by the show’s set designer, Lou A. Trabbie III, who said, “Fun set to design!” in response to the casting news.
While featuring a gay male couple with a major storyline will mark new territory for “The Bold and the Beautiful,” it will not be the first time the show has had LGBTQ+ representation. In 2012, the show introduced its first lesbian couple with Karen Spencer (Joanna Johnson) and Danielle (Crystal Chappell). Although their relationship was initially meant to be hush-hush, as they were introduced as just friends, it was later revealed that Karen and Danielle were romantically involved.
In 2015, the show broke new ground when it told the captivating tale of one’s transition from male to female with the revelation that Maya Avant (Karla Mosley, now appearing on “Beyond the Gates”) was actually born Myron, and how the news of being a transgender female would impact her relationship with Rick Forrester (Jacob Young). The character left the canvas by 2019.
Gay representation in daytime continues to thrive in 2025, significantly building on the early days of Luke Snyder (Van Hansis) on “As The World Turns” and Will Horton (Chandler Massey) on “Days of our Lives.”
Van Hansis, who made history for his portrayal of Luke on the since-canceled CBS soap opera, can currently be seen as Lucas Jones on “General Hospital,” paired opposite Adrian Anchondo’s Marco Rios. On “Days of our Lives,” the pairing of Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) and Javi Hernandez (Al Caderon) has reinvigorated the sudser.
At “The Young and the Restless,” Tessa (Cait Fairbanks) and Mariah (Camryn Grimes) saw the long-running soap opera through its first same-sex wedding in 2022. The new soap “Beyond the Gates” has also provided major storylines for Martin and Smitty (Brandon Claybon and Mike Manning), an interracial gay couple, while giving much focus on the same-sex love life of Chelsea (RhonniRose Mantilla).
As for Cone, the actor’s credits include roles in such shows as “Stage Fright,” “Superstore,” “American Horror Stories,” “Hacks,” and more recently, “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” among others. On the film side, he’s appeared in “First Love,” “I Wish You All the Best,” “Ick,” and more recently, “ Terrestrial,” among others.
