When I toured the GUIDING LIGHT studios at CBS on Wednesday I had the opportunity to meet John Driscoll (Coop) and he seemed like a great guy.
At one point on set during a scene involving Coop, Beth and Lizzie, I had the chance to talk him to about the Beth and Coop storyline and the upcoming return of Phillip Spaulding. But we kept getting interrupted.
I asked if Coop would be worried Phillip was going to kick his you-know-what when he found out about Beth and Coop's relationship. He gave me a hilarious look and nodded like it was a possibility. But then the director came over to talk to us so he couldn't finish his response. When the director walked away, he started to answer again and then I got pulled away to watch the scene from a different location. We just gave each other a look like "this conversation is doomed."
So I never got my question answered or got to say goodbye, but I definitely look forward to seeing how things develop between Coop and Beth and how Phillip might play a role in that.
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For the second time in a week comes a story of a soap opera actor having a conflict with a fan that crosses a line that leads to the courts being involved. Last week, Victor Alfieri sued an "obsessed fan" alleging breach of contract, libel and slander. And now, TMZ has published court documents showing THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS actor John Driscoll's restraining order petition from early August against a fan and former neighbor he says "clearly is not rational."