Michael Damian News

Michael Damian is back on The Young and the Restless.

Here's what the actor had to say about seeing old friends upon his return:

"It has been great seeing Beth Maitland (Traci), remember we were married. My character was trying to help her out. We were friends. I slept on the couch at the Abbott house! It was really great seeing her again as well as Tricia (Nina) and Tracey Bregman (Lauren) who I was also engaged to on the show.

"There was a storyline that they left unresolved where, one Christmas, Traci gave Danny a scarf and she gave the scarf to Lauren to give to me and Lauren pretended that she had made it for me, put her name on it. My wife, to this day, says 'You know, they never really resolved that storyline.'

I am still waiting for that scene when I go up to Lauren and say 'remember that scarf you made 20 years ago.' The truth is finally revealed!"

In November, Michael Damian shows up again on The Young and the Restless. He'll reprise his character of Danny Romalotti, with shooting set to begin for the actor on October 20.

“I haven’t received the scripts yet, so I don’t actually know if I’ll be getting back with Phyllis or if they’re just going to kill me off. I’m just kidding, but you never know!” said Damian about his reprisal.

In the featured interview, Damian went on to answer questions from fans of The Young and the Restless. To wit:

On Gina’s Restaurant: It serves real food made by designers and the flowers on the set are also real; “I have to be careful about not eating a lot at Gina’s, we all nibble, because sometimes a scene takes 16 takes."

On reading scripts: “Always read your script before you come in, one of the characters found out that he was being killed off when he was having his makeup put on!”

In a new interview with OK! Magazine, Michael Damian spoke on his personal life.

Here are a couple highlights of what The Young and the Restless star had to say:

On attraction to his wife: “Her smile, and her beauty and energy. She was shy when I first met her. She’s staring at me right now. She’s leaving the room now because I kicked her out.

Actually, I met her at a telethon in Utah for the Children’s Miracle Network. She was there with her dad, which I didn’t know was her dad at the time, James Best, who is Rosco from The Dukes of Hazzard. I thought it was her boyfriend!

Later, I found out from my brother that it was her dad. Yeah, I was like ‘God, she’s so pretty and sweet’ and I got this really good feeling when I met her. I was actually in shock when she said she was a Solid Gold dancer because I thought she’d be like ‘hey I’m really cool, I’m on TV all the time,’ but she was very shy and soft-spoken.”


On having kids someday: “We’re always open. Right now the last few years have been so difficult. We’ve been working so hard on getting our film company together that we wouldn’t have had time to do it, and we want to do it right. We just sort of have to see what unfolds. God-willing, we’ll see how it happens and if it does.”

Danny Romalotti - and his portrayer, actor Michael Damian - have returned to The Young and the Restless.

Damian recently took a few moments to reflect on a few behind the scene reunions and share what he's been up to since his last trip to Genoa City. Here's what he had to say:

How did your latest stint on The Young and the Restless come about?
"I got a call from the show. They asked if I was A) in town B) available and C) did I want to Rock and Roll Genoa City with a couple of songs. Did I want to come back for a weeklong celebration for the 35th Anniversary of the show? And I said 'Sounds like fun! I'm in."

What do you remember the most about your first day on the set way back when you first came on as Danny Romalotti?
"You're not talking about 1981, are you? Way back many centuries ago before the bible began [he laughed]. That's a quote from Joseph [and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat], by the way. My first show was with Doug Davidson [Paul]. I got a job as waiter-slash-busboy at Jonas' and Paul Williams worked there. We had a great time, became great friends. It was awesome. David Hasselhoff [Snapper] was on the show back then. David was always nice to me.

Doug and I just finished our scene together and we were just reminiscing about how much fun we had back then. Danny and Paul go back a long, long way and it is kind of sad that their friendship drifted over the whole Christine [Lauralee Bell] thing but I am very happy with how the characters have evolved now and it was a lot of fun to have them hang out. It is addressed in the script so that is good."

What is it about Danny that makes him a fan favorite?
"He's 80's hair and spandex. I think that is what did it [laughing]. The writing was just superb. The character is only as good as he is written. Bill Bell had a brilliant mind and did an awesome job. I am so sorry we had to lose him so early. He was a father figure. We always felt that he was looking after us. What I really am thrilled about is coming back in 2008 and finding the writing is still great.

There is freshness, depth, comedy and it is very layered. I don't know about all the other characters but certainly in the scenes that I have played out with Doug Davidson and Michelle Stafford [Phyllis]."

Did you interact with any of the new characters?
"I had a brief encounter with 2 new characters, Daniel's friend Amber [Adrienne Frantz] and Paul's daughter Heather [Vail Bloom]. That was fun. I had a chance to work with Josh Morrow (Nick) which is rare for me. We put our two heads together trying to remember if we had a scene together. That was a lot of fun. I enjoyed working with Bronson Pinchot. He was fantastic!

Very creative, which is fun as an actor and it keeps you on your toes. Yeah, I have been making the rounds the last couple of days. It is always nice working with Michelle, as always."