'Young and the Restless' Latest Cast Exit: Aunt Jordan Star Colleen Zenk Reacts to the News, Reveals How She Feels
The latest star to exit The Young and the Restless is speaking out about her experience.
If you didn’t see, Colleen Zenk was written out of the show when her character, Aunt Jordan, drank a drug-laced cup of tea. She portrayed the role from November 2023 until January 24, 2025.
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“I’m sad Jordan went away so quickly. I thought that Ian [Ray Wise] and Jordan would go out like Bonnie and Clyde together,” she told TV Insider.
Reflecting back on her experience, she shared, “My biggest takeaway is I can still work this medium. I can still do this. And for my age with no work, I look pretty good on camera, not too bad. For a 72-year-old woman to be given this kind of opportunity, I’d jump in again.”
About finding the character of Aunt Jordan, she recalled, “I wasn’t given really any direction,. I just had to go with what was on the page and figure Jordan out myself. The only thing I kept saying to [executive producer/head writer] Josh Griffith was, ‘If I go too far, pull me back.’ He said, ‘You can’t go too far.’ I went, ‘OK.’ That was very freeing as an actor. I had to jump in with both feet and not even think about how out there I was being.”
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