Soap Opera Digest – September 02, 2019

6 Y&R: Nick

And Chelsea

Make Love

8 B&B: Thomas

Goes Over

The Edge

10 Y&R: Chloe

And Kevin

Are Arrested

12 Health Scare

For B&B Star

12 Michael E.

Knight Joins

GH

14 Y&R: Billy

Loses It

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ucas Adams makes an abrupt

exit from DAYS this week

after Tripp decides he’s going

to leave Salem to attend medical

school. “It threw me for a loop

for a second,” admits Adams.

“I was like, ‘Oh, okay. Cool.’ I

really like the idea of Tripp going

to medical school because I think

it’s something he would really

enjoy. Back when he worked at

the hospital, Tripp really liked

helping people and that’s what he

wants to do.”

So after saying good-bye to JJ

and Haley, Tripp says farewell

to Kayla in Adams’s final scene.

“I loved having my last scene

with Mary Beth [Evans, Kayla],”

notes Adams. “It was really cool,

because it was like first scene

and then last scene. I had my

first scenes with her and Stephen

[Nichols, ex-Steve].”

While Adams saw the writ-

ing on the wall regarding Tripp’s

future — “The character wasn’t

doing much,” he acknowledges

— he was still “a little surprised”

by the move. “It was a couple

of months before my contract

came up that they told me,” he

recounts. “But I understand the

entire show is storyline-driven,

and that’s just how it goes.”

Since word of Adams’s depar-

ture surfaced, viewer response

has been quite supportive.

“I’ve actually been hearing a

lot of sweet things from all of

them, that they don’t want me

to leave and that they’ve really

liked my performances and the

storylines,” says Adams. “It’s

been really nice to hear the fans

be so vocal and say that they’ll

miss me and this and that. I’ve

really appreciated that.”

Adams views his first day-

time experience as a positive

one. “I loved it. It was fun,”

he smiles. “Everybody I got

to work with was incredible.

They were amazing and very

sweet people. I always looked

forward to going to work the

next day. That was really nice,

because that’s not always how

it is. Everybody was happy to

see you, and you were happy

to see them. Everybody talked

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EXITS DAYS

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