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Vail Bloom as Heather on The Young and the Restless
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Is Heather leaving ‘The Young and the Restless’?

How will the writers explain this one?

There’s no cliffhanger like a soap opera cliffhanger, and The Young and the Restless has featured some of the best. Heather Stevens’s (Vail Bloom) latest storyline has fans afraid that she is leaving the show, and there are no easy answers after this wild moment.

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From back-stabbing so-called friends to characters who sprinkle their secrets around whenever they want to make their enemies suffer, The Young and the Restless takes every soap opera trope and plays with it in every episode. With so many strong characters, it’s never been a more fun time to be a fan of Y&R, so let’s talk about what happened to Heather and if she’s leaving!

Did Heather leave The Young and the Restless?

Vail Bloom as Heather on The Young and the Restless
Photo via CBS

Heather seems to be dead in the episode of The Young and the Restless that aired on Thursday, Sept. 26th, 2024, which makes fans think that she has left the soap opera. According to Soap Opera Digest, no one is sure if Bloom will keep playing Heather, as there is no statement about her character just yet. But as of now, Heather could come back anytime and stir up the drama that fans enjoy, and the show still employs Bloom.

After Heather and Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) have a horrible chat, Sharon might have stabbed Heather with glass, but it will likely be a few more episodes before fans find out the truth about this whole situation. Sharon is still grieving Cassie Newton’s (Camryn Grimes) death and still upset with Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei), even though it wasn’t his fault. The terrible end to Cassie’s arc is definitely still affecting all the main characters.

When Heather races toward Sharon to stop her from running away, Sharon gets dizzy. A second later, Sharon has gained consciousness again and notices Heather’s dead body. She doesn’t remember having killed her. As What To Watch pointed out, Heather could be with us still. If that’s true, then it was smart to have this scary moment happen offscreen since it makes it so much mysterious.

Bloom’s The Young and the Restless homecoming would make it particularly sad if she did leave the soap opera in 2024. She left in 2010 after she began portraying Heather in 2007 and viewers were glad when she reprised her role in 2023. At first, it seemed like Heather wouldn’t stick around in Genoa City forever, but the actress was happy to keep going with Heather’s arc. Bloom told Soap Opera Digest in 2023, “It’s been a really heartwarming and fun experience, so I absolutely would entertain the idea of coming back.” Heather and Daniel have so much that they have to work through, and Heather shouldn’t leave unless she gets a much happier ending than potentially being stabbed and killed by Sharon. That would be way too harsh.

Since fans have gotten used to seeing Heather in this dramatic city in Wisconsin, please say she isn’t really dead! The writers can definitely come up with a great explanation about what really happened. Anything would be better than Heather coming to such a tragic end.


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Aya Tsintziras
Aya Tsintziras is a freelance writer at We've Got This Covered who has been writing about pop culture since 2014. She has a Masters of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University and enjoys writing about TV dramas, horror movies, and celebrities. When not working, she's reading a thriller novel, catching up on The Real Housewives, and spending time with friends and family.