It’s not uncommon for a soap character to get killed off, but Don Diamont thought Brad Carlton’s death was a lackluster storyline. When asked why he thought he got fired from “The Young and the Restless,” Diamont shared with Entertainment Weekly, “I guess there was some palace intrigue, but I don’t really know. A new head writer was brought in and she just saw fit to get rid of Brad Carlton and Colleen Carlton, his daughter.” He then described how the writer created a backstory of how Carlton was really a Navy SEAL named George Kaplan who was running from his enemies. “He was an extremely good swimmer, which was why it was so stupid [that he died drowning]. If anybody was trained to handle that situation, it was him,” Diamont added.
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According to Soap Central, Diamont’s firing may have been due to the show cutting costs during economic woes, as he was a long-running cast member. However, his unemployment was short-lived, and he soon made the transition to “The Bold and the Beautiful” as Bill Spencer, Jr. “I absolutely genuinely love this character. Little did I know that on the other side of Brad being killed off ‘Y&R,’ that on the other side, this character was waiting. It is an absolute thrill,” he told Soaps. Diamont has played “Dollar Bill” since his 2009 hiring, but years later, he returned to “The Young and the Restless” as his current character.
