In thrilling information for The Daring and the Stunning followers, Matthew Atkinson can be returning to the sequence to reprise his position as Thomas Forrester over a yr since he exited the cleaning soap in July 2024.
As confirmed by Folks, Atkinson will step again into the position portraying the one son of Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) and Taylor (Rebecca Budig). His first episode is predicted to air in early September, the place viewers will see the favored character rejoining the household enterprise, Forrester Creations.
Atkinson additionally teased his return on Instagram on Tuesday (August 11), sharing a video of himself taking part in corn gap on the studio lot the place the long-running daytime drama is filmed. When the actor turned the digicam to indicate his face, an indication for The Daring and the Stunning was seen within the background.
“Second time’s a allure,” he captioned the publish.
Followers rapidly flooded the feedback part with excited reactions, with one consumer writing, “I hope this implies you’re coming again to Daring and Stunning, you might have been missed. We’d like a Thope reunion!”
“Please let this imply you’re coming again! We’d like you!” stated one other.
“They want you again I hope that is why you’re there ❤️🙏,” one other added.
One other wrote, “Don’t tease us, Matthew. It’s been a tough yr for followers of Thomas and Thope and Douglas.”
“YAY this have to be nice information – Thomas is coming again?!” stated one fan.
“Are you coming again? We NEED some pleasure 😂,” requested one other.
“Soooooo does this imply I’ve a cause to tune in once more?” added one viewer.
“I hope Thomas is coming again❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥,” stated one other.
Atkinson took over the position of Thomas from Pierson Fodé in 2019 earlier than departing the CBS cleaning soap in 2024. Earlier than becoming a member of B&B, Atkinson starred in one other CBS daytime drama sequence, taking part in Austin Travers on The Younger and the Stressed from 2014 to 2015.
He first exited B&B in March 2024 after Thomas’ marriage proposal to Hope (Annika Noelle) was rebuffed, resulting in him shifting to Paris along with his son, Douglas. His character then returned in June, revealing he was engaged to Paris Buckingham (Diamond White). He departed once more the next month.
“I simply by no means anticipated the response that I’ve gotten and we’ve gotten from the followers, particularly [with] Thomas leaving,” Atkinson informed Cleaning soap Opera Digest on the time of his exit. “I can’t communicate for all of the followers, however there’s a wealth of individuals which are both actually, actually upset that Thomas is gone for a interval or actually unhappy. [They] attain out and so they’re like, ‘Hey, when are you again? When are you again? When are you again?’ That simply speaks to their take care of this character.”
He continued, “And which means quite a bit to me as a result of I might have enjoyable doing this in a vacuum, nevertheless it’s actually nice to have a response that exhibits that these folks care about what you’re doing. And so it’s simply been a lot love from so many followers that comes out in so many alternative methods.”
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