The Bold and the Beautiful bringing back Dr. Taylor Hayes — but not with Krista Allen . On the Tuesday, August 6, episode of the soap opera, fans got a first look at Rebecca Budig as the series’ iconic psychiatrist.
Taylor returned in a headscarf as she spied on Brooke ( Katherine Kelly Lang ) and Ridge ( Thorsten Kaye ) in Monaco. Taylor then called her daughter, Steffy ( Jacqueline MacInnes Wood ), to let her know her mom was coming home. “That’s right, Steffy, it’s your mom,” Taylor said.
“I’m in Europe. That’s why I’m calling, to tell you I miss you and I’m coming home. That’s right, honey, mama’s coming home.
I’ll call you soon with all the details. I love you, my daughter. I love you, Steffy.
Mama’s coming home.” Taylor was last played by Allen, 53, in November 2023. Fans saw her leave town after Ridge got back together with Brooke for the umpteenth time.
“The craziest thing is right before I got dropped, I did the cast photo shoot, and then the next week they called and said, ‘We’re not going to keep your third year and thank you very much, you were wonderful and thank you, goodbye,” Allen told Deadline her surprising departure in December 2023. “And I was like, ‘What?’” That same month, Allen told People , “I have no idea what’s going on. .
.. The contract was dropped, which is so crazy.
It’s like, make that make sense.” Budig, for her part, opened up to the outlet on Tuesday about taking on the gig. “Before thi.