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August 19, 2025 85 mins

On episode 1176 of Daytime Confidential Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and Wendy Williams headlines and storylines, including:

The legal drama surrounding Wendy Williams’ conservatorship heats up in the court room.

Leslie’s true identity is revealed on Beyond the Gates. What will Anita do when she finds out Leslie will end up with all that money she put away for Barbara’s family? BTG spent months developing the June storyline with Naomi and then in an episode-and-a-half had Naomi tell Smitty and Martin she’d found their kids’ mom, Smitty and Martin agree to tell the kids, the kids found out and met their mom. Why was so much potential juicy drama wrapped up with a neat little bow on top? Where was the conflict between Martin and his cousin over the fact that Naomi basically violated a closed adoption? Where was the conflict between Smitty and Martin? Where was the drama of Smitty and Martin telling the kids? Where was the conflict between the kids? Why didn’t Naomi get more blowback from all of them? Where was the juice? Where was the mess? The drama could have played out for weeks before the actual meeting.

Luna is awake and already lusting after Will and ready to make a mess of things on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Days of Our Lives has done a great job of giving viewers red herrings as to who EJ's actual shooter is. We find out next week!

General Hospital cast members and friends mourn the passing of GH icon Tristan Rogers. Drew punches Michael. Who is responsible for creating the Drew we see today? Is this the best character transformation on a soap opera in a recent memory? Should GH do a Who Shot Drew storyline reminiscent of Another World’s famous Who Shot Jake storyline?

Nick and Sharon almost kiss on The Young and the Restless, but they’re interrupted by Adam and Chelsea. Melodie goes on a rant about Chance’s off-screen funeral and how Y&R is doing the legacy of Chance, Nina, Jill and Katherine dirty with how this Chance murder storyline played out.

All this and more on the latest Daytime Confidential podcast!

Bluesky: @DCConfidentialLukeKerrJillianBoweJosh Baldwin, and Melodie Aikels.

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