The Young and the Restless fans slam show for ‘firing’ star Jordi Vilasuso and threaten to BOYCOTT series
THE Young and the Restless fans slammed the show for firing actor Jordi Vilasuso, who stars as Rey Rosales, after four years.
The star, 40, announced his exit from the daytime soap opera in a social media post on Wednesday, before later going on to claim it was not his decision to leave.
Along with a headshot of himself, Jordi took to Instagram to thank the show for some great years and to share what he’s loved most about being part of it all.
He wrote: “Playing Rey Rosales and being part of the Rosales family was a beautiful chapter in my career.
“I was proud to represent my culture on daytimes #1 drama and work with an incredible cast and crew that I will miss dearly.
“Thank you @youngandrestlesscbs for always welcoming me and giving me the opportunity to tell stories that impacted millions.”
The 40-year-old actor continued: “As this door closes, others will and have opened.
“If you’re interested in hearing a little more about my story, check out our podcast, @makingitwork where @kaitlinvilasuso and share some more details of my exit and dig into embracing change!”
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As he mentioned in his post, Jordi opened up more about leaving Y&R in the latest episode of his podcast with his wife Kaitlin Vilasuso, with whom he shares two kids.
On it, he revealed he was fired from the show and didn’t leave on his own accord.
He shared: “I had re-signed back in October for another three years.
“But in these contracts, there are six-month intervals where the show can decide not to re-sign you for the next six months. So that’s what happened.”
Viewers blasted the soap for letting Jordi go and threatened to boycott over the disheartening news.
One upset fan tweeted, going on to reference the actor’s co-stars sending love to him online: “Y&R keeps messing up a good soap.
“Actors can offer all the well wishes, they still have a job. Jordi doesn’t.”
A second wrote: “Thank You Jordi! Seriously Y&R has gone mad and so are we about All the crazy crappy storylines & decisions.
“Just Unbelievably Outrageous & Vexing!! But we wish you the best of luck!”
A third angry viewer told the show: “Not sure what you were thinking by letting Jordi go.
“We are all sick of the amazing people being let go. Jordi, Daniel Goddard, Daniel Hall, Gina tagnoni, and the lack of Doug Davidson, and many others.
“Come on Y&R bring them back before you lose more viewers.”
Others slammed the show for “underusing” Jordi on the show when he was such “an asset” and said they “did not treat” his character, Rey, well.
Prior to his time on The Young and the Restless, Jordi had worked on a few other soaps.
He starred on Days of Our Lives as Dario Hernandez, All My Children as Griffin Castillo, and Guiding Light as Tony Santos.
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Since 2012, Jordi has been married to Kaitlin Riley, who is also the sister of actress Bailee Madison.
Together the couple have two children together, daughters Riley Grace Vilasuso, and Everly Maeve Vilasuso.
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