{"id":511252,"date":"2026-03-03T08:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511252\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:45:11","slug":"young-restless-sally-spectras-father-belongs-in-genoa-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511252\/","title":{"rendered":"Young & Restless’ Sally Spectra’s Father Belongs in Genoa City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well-played, Young & Restless. All that talk about Sally\u2019s never-seen father in Monday\u2019s episode (recapped here<\/a>) left us all but dying to meet her father, whom she described as a drunk carny who was forever chasing luck and as likely to catch it as Wile E. Coyote is the Road Runner. And, if reformed a la Danny\u2019s dad Rex, the deadbeat could prove to be just the breath of fresh air that the show needs.<\/p>\n

He\u2019d Be a One-of-a-Kind Character On This Show<\/p>\n

Think about it: There are literally no have-nots in Genoa City. You could say that maybe Tessa isn\u2019t rich, but she\u2019s rich-adjacent, which is pretty much the same thing. If she ever needed a mansion, mother-in-law Sharon could buy her one with loose change so that she and Aria had a nice roof over their heads.<\/p>\n

More: Is [Spoiler] Young & Restless\u2019 next villain<\/a>?<\/p>\n

So Sally\u2019s father could speak for all of us in the audience who have been saying for years now, \u201cY\u2019all are so wealthy, even your money has money. Why aren\u2019t you enjoying it, like, at all?\u201d He could take a job brewing coffee at Crimson Lights in hopes of convincing his daughter to give him another chance and get to know the new and improved him.<\/p>\n

\"Billy<\/p>\n

Romance Awaits<\/p>\n

Sally might want to keep Dad at arm\u2019s length, but he could get a much warmer welcome from, say, Phyllis, who desperately needs someone to slow her roll and remind her that there are things in life that are more important than revenge and rolling in dough.<\/p>\n

More: Roger Howarth\u2019s on-set hero<\/a><\/p>\n

And there\u2019s a plethora of vets out there who would be amazing as Sally\u2019s dad: William deVry (ex-Julian, General Hospital), John Wesley Shipp (Kelly, Guiding Light), Michael Park (Jack, As the World Turns), Shawn Christian (ex-Daniel, Days of Our Lives). The list goes on and on.<\/p>\n

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The Star Is All for It<\/p>\n

Courtney Hope previously told Soaps.com<\/a> \u201cI am hoping\u201d to meet Mom and Dad. \u201cThat is my biggest wish for Sally. I want to explore her parents and her history and where she came from with every fiber of my being. That just adds more to Sally\u2019s story,<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s also the most interesting, out-there story of them being carnies and addicts and all the above,\u201d she said. \u201cSo colorful! And there\u2019s so much to pull from!\u201d<\/p>\n

While you\u2019re here, peruse the below photo gallery, a brand-new edition of Soaps\u2019 Burning Questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well-played, Young & Restless. All that talk about Sally\u2019s never-seen father in Monday\u2019s episode (recapped here) left us…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75,84328,8089,30322],"class_list":{"0":"post-511252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-sally-spectra","12":"tag-the-young-and-the-restless","13":"tag-yr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}