Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Soaps: “Young and the Restless” Update– Michael Muhney Has Gone Radio Silent As Expectation Builds

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A spy from the soap world reports in: Seems that since our article on November 4th about Michael Muhney possibly returning to “The Young and the Restless,” the usually Twitter-obsessed actor has gone radio silent.

Since our story, Muhney has Tweeted twice– and each time had something to do with a charity. Prior to November 4th, he was a daily (if not more) correspondent.

But it was Muhney’s ebullient Tweets on November 2 and 3, interpreted as not just being about the Chicago Cubs– that started the ball rolling he might return to the number 1 soap in a role he was ousted from a couple of years ago.

That was in addition to a CBS soap mag suddenly featuring Muhney. If the network had banished him, the reasoning was, such a story would not have passed muster.

And now, no Tweets except those two for 23 days. It’s not like the actor’s fingers no longer work. But he’s obviously been restrained from making public announcements. If only that would happen for Donald Trump!

My spy points out that when Muhney left, his character had plastic surgery to look like someone else. If he returned now, he’d have to have it reversed. I’m sure soap doctors are capable of this and much, much more!

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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