Taylor Hayes (fictional character)

Dr. Taylor Hayes
Hunter Tylo as Dr. Taylor Hayes
The Bold and the Beautiful
Portrayed by	Hunter Tylo
First appearance	Episode 804 June 6, 1990
Created by	William J. Bell
Profile
Gender	Female
Occupation	Psychiatrist Former Co-Owner of Forrester Creations
Residence	3197 Holden Drive, Los Angeles, California
Relationships Parents Jack Hamilton (father) Sharon Ashford Hamilton (mother; deceased) Sibling(s) Zach Hamilton (brother) Spouse(s) Blake Hayes (divorced; 1987-1988) Ridge Forrester (divorced; 1994-1997) (divorced; 1998-2006) Omar Rashid (invalid; 1994) Nick Marone (divorced; 2007-2008) Whip Jones III (divorced; 2010-2011) Romances Grant Chambers (college affair) Storm Logan (engaged) James Warwick (one night stand) Eric Forrester (flirtation) Hector Ramirez (kissed) Stephen Logan (dated) Thorne Forrester (dated; 1998) (engaged; 2007) (lovers; 2011-present) Rick Forrester (engaged) Children Thomas Forrester (son, with Ridge) Phoebe Forrester (daughter, with Ridge; deceased) Steffy Forrester (daughter, with Ridge) Jack Marone (son, biological child of Nick and Brooke)

Dr. Taylor Hamilton Hayes (formerly Forrester, Rashid, Marone and Jones) is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Hunter Tylo portrayed the character from June 1990 through October 2002. She returned for a brief appearance in 2004 and has been a regular cast member since March 2005.

The character of Taylor has endured many challenges over her time on B&B. This included many obstacles faced while married to Ridge Forrester. Taylor has been assumed dead twice, before returning to the show. She has become one of the core characters of the series, and is the arch-rival of Brooke Logan, whose capricious ways and lascivious temperament are the polar opposites of Taylor's cerebral, analytical disposition and concern about being righteous.

Early Storylines

Dr. Taylor Hamilton Hayes, begins counseling married couple Ridge Forrester and Caroline Spencer Forrester when they learn Caroline is dying from leukemia. Before her death, Caroline asks Brooke to leave Ridge's father Eric Forrester and marry Ridge, the love of her life, not knowing that Ridge would fall in love with Taylor. The rivalry between Brooke and Taylor for Ridge's affections would dominate the show for over a decade.

Taylor became involved with Brooke's brother Storm Logan, an old high school classmate, who knew her as Taylor Ashford(Name was retconned by the show), but they never were intimate, before she decided on a life with Ridge, who had been romancing her. Ridge fell in love with the beautiful doctor but Taylor was still reluctant to have a relationship with Ridge. She would turn him down, in fact when Ridge was asking her to come to the forrester Christmas Eve party, Taylor told him she doesn't want to be an after-thought. Ridge accepted that was partly his fault but he was intrique that he gently pushed her. Soon, Ridge kept chasing her again and eventually, they made love for the first time in Taylor's apartment.The couple faces trouble when her ex-husband Blake Hayes reenters her life, and later brings Karen Spencer, Caroline's twin sister, to town. When Taylor thought Ridge had chosen to be Brooke, she went away, nit telling anyone and left strict instructions to her staff "no to be found". Ridge chased her all the way to St Thomas and won over Taylor. Trully, the treasure and marriage proposal was a fairy tale. Taylor and Ridge are married, despite believing that Ridge is the father of Brooke and Eric's daughter Bridget Forrester, due to the machinations of nurse Sheila Carter. Blake eventually leaves town. Ridge stayed with Taylor despite knowing Bridget was his (until annother paternity later on that revealed Eric as the father) because Ridge loved Taylor too much.

James Warwick, Taylor's mentor from medical school, comes to town and Ridge shows signs of jealousy, though Taylor is only acting as his psychiatrist and friend. When a massive earthquake strikes the area, Taylor and James are trapped at a cabin in Big Bear, California. While trapped with James, Taylor has sex with him when he reveals that he doesn't want to die a virgin, and to save themselves from hypothermia. But even then, it wasn't a romantic night, as both were really ill and sick.

In 1994, before Taylor leaves for a conference overseas, she writes a letter to Ridge about her sleeping with James to save their lives. The letter is intercepted by Ridge's domineering mother Stephanie Forrester and she never tells Ridge or anyone about the affair. On her way to the conference Taylor is presumed dead after she is involved in a plane crash in Morocco. Ridge reunites with Brooke, and the two are married.

Taylor is revealed to be alive and suffering from amnesia, having been rescued by Prince Omar in Morocco. When she regains her memory, Taylor returns to California but decides not interrupt Ridge's happiness and leaves town unobserved. However, when her father Jack Hamilton suffers a heart attack, Taylor returns to Los Angeles and her friends learn that she is alive. As Taylor is still alive, Ridge's marriage to Brooke is declared invalid, and he vacillates between the two women.

Eric Forrester was once interested in Taylor, and pursued her, they flirted, and shared kisses at the Beach House. Taylor went to be with Eric, finally, but she found Stephanie in bed with him, sleeping. Nothing was ever mentioned about this, and she ultimately decided against seeing him because she did not want to upset her best friend Stephanie.

Motherhood and Murderous Enemies

Taylor discovers she is pregnant with Ridge's child, but mistakenly believing that Ridge wants to be with Brooke, allows Ridge's half-brother Thorne Forrester to claim that he is the father instead (despite never actually being intimate with Thorne at the time). When Taylor gives birth to Thomas Forrester, Ridge discovers the truth, and he and Taylor marry once again. Taylor later becomes pregnant with twins, but the pregnancy is threatened when she is exposed to tuberculosis. As antibiotics could adversely affect the babies, she declines treatment, and gives birth to Steffy and Phoebe before recovering.

Brooke, hires Morgan DeWitt to work at Forrester Creations, hoping that Morgan will cause trouble between Ridge and Taylor. Morgan had dated Ridge in high school, and it is revealed that Stephanie forced her to abort a child she had conceived with Ridge. An increasingly unbalanced Morgan manages to convince Ridge that Taylor approves of him impregnating her to replace the child she had aborted. Taylor is livid when she learns of Morgan's deceit, while Stephanie attempts to drug Morgan with the morning after pill. A confrontation between Morgan and Taylor results in Morgan accidentally falling off a balcony and miscarrying her baby.

A now insane Morgan kidnaps Steffy and fakes her death, renames her Stacie, and moves into the same neighborhood as Taylor and Ridge. Taylor discovers that Steffy is alive, but Morgan takes her hostage as well and tries to kill her. Ridge is able to rescue both his wife and daughter, and Morgan is sent to prison.

In 2002, Taylor befriends her sister-in-law Amber Forrester. Taylor moves Amber into her home and helps her fight an addiction to pain medication. Previously incarcerated Sheila Carter, by now criminally insane, kidnaps Amber who had foiled one of her many plots against the Forrester family.

When Taylor discovers that Shelia is free, she attempts to warn Eric, and during a struggle Taylor is shot while shielding Brooke. After surviving emergency surgery, Taylor succumbs to her wounds and dies in Ridge's arms.

Return

In March 2005, during the first marriage ceremony for Dr. Bridget Forrester and Nick Marone, Taylor is revealed to be alive, having been kidnapped by Prince Omar to recover from her wounds. She is stunned to learn that Brooke and Ridge are not only married but share a child. With his marriage to Brooke again invalidated, Ridge is torn between the two women. Stephanie fakes a heart attack and convinces Ridge to renew his vows with Taylor.

When she learns the truth, she begins to have doubts about her marriage and while Ridge is away during the holidays, fireman Hector Ramirez makes use of the opportunity to kiss her. Taylor not only tells Ridge about the kiss, but decides to come clean about granting James' "dying" wish to lose his virginity over a decade ago; Ridge chooses to return to Brooke, unable to accept Taylor as anything short of perfect.

Taylor begins drinking, and soon becomes an alcoholic. When her now teenage daughter, Phoebe is stranded on the Pacific Coast Highway with a flat tire, she solicits help from both Taylor and Darla Forrester, Thorne's wife. Darla arrives first and falls into the road while changing Phoebe's tire, where Taylor accidentally hits and kills her. Hector convinces Taylor not to reveal that she was drinking the night of the accident, and Taylor begins to bond with Thorne and his daughter Alexandria.

Taylor eventually reveals the truth to Thorne, and is arrested, but cleared of charges when Throne accepts that Darla fell into traffic. The two continue their relationship, but Alexandria's resentment to Taylor ends things, and she turns to a now single Nick Marone. The couple fall in love, are married, and explore in vitro fertilization using a donor's eggs, since Taylor's eggs are no longer viable due to her various medical crises. A donor is found, and Bridget is shocked when she discovers that Brooke's eggs have been used to impregnate Taylor.

Taylor suffers through a difficult pregnancy, and gives birth prematurely. When bone marrow is needed to boost the child's immune system, Bridget reveals that Brooke, also Nick's ex-wife, is the biological mother of Taylor's baby, Jack. As a result of Brooke's relationship with the baby, Taylor has difficulty bonding with the baby and suffers from postpartum depression. Taylor begins drinking again, but with the help of Brooke's son Rick Forrester, she gets her life together and divorces Nick. She and Nick share joint custody of the baby, along with Brooke.

Rick and Taylor begin a relationship, but after they become engaged, she realizes she still loves Ridge who is with Brooke again. Rick attacks Ridge, and during their fight Rick falls off the roof of Forrester Creations. Rick is paralyzed and forces Brooke to eject Ridge from their home, leading Ridge to move back in with Taylor.

Family problems

Taylor's daughter and Rick's ex-girlfriend Phoebe returns to Los Angeles, and is furious with Rick for dating her mother but accepts the relationship. Later, Phoebe finds out Rick was using Taylor, and moved on to kiss Steffy which caused Phoebe to become livid with Rick. While Rick is driving, the two begin to argue and are in an accident. Ridge finds the two and is distraught when Phoebe dies in his arms. Taylor blames both herself and Rick, and is mortified when Steffy, Phoebe's twin, shows romantic interest in Rick.

When Rick is targeted by a stalker who has nearly killed him several times, Ridge and Taylor abduct their remaining daughter to keep her safe, and are stunned when their son Thomas is revealed to be responsible for stalking Rick. Rick agrees not to press charges, while Taylor discovers that due to a legal technicality Brooke and Ridge are not legally married. Rick and Steffy become engaged, and when Brooke refuses to denounce the couple, Ridge leaves town with Taylor.

Taylor gives him an anti-anxiety pill to calm him down from his stress, but Ridge eventually steals pills from Taylor's purse and starts popping pills at ease without Taylor's knowledge. Ridge eventually sleeps with Taylor, and a fed up Brooke decides not to pursue him.

Ridge and Taylor were about to get married again. However, Brooke has a changed of heart, after finding out that Taylor and Ridge's children were manipulating her, sending her fake texts from Ridge's phone, making her believe that Ridge did not want to be with her. In a mad rush to save Ridge, she interreputs the ceremony while riding a horse. Before the priest can officially name Ridge and Taylor "man and wife," Brooke rides in on her horse, and he says "Man and....HORSE?!" Taylor discontinues the wedding and Ridge goes home with her, but he eventually goes back to Brooke.

Recent events

In October 2010, Taylor learns her dear friend Stephanie has been diagnosed with stage 4 Lung Cancer.

Earlier that year, Taylor and Whip Jones start dating, and eventually get married. Taylor also manages to become co-owner of Forrester Creations, with 25% stock in the company. Brooke is angry that Taylor is co-owner, and their rivalry continues; at one point, Brooke and Taylor fight in a pond at the Forrester building.

Taylor signs over her stock to Steffy, who has been fired from Forrester Creations. Thomas is angry at his mother and sister that he wasn't given any stock, and grows closer to Brooke. Later, Taylor is furious when her son kisses Brooke on a fashion runway, to create a scandal which will attract attention to his new line at Forrester Creations. After endless complaints about the Taboo line, Thomas and Brooke fly off to Australia together for promotional purposes, but the trip was cut short by the Forrester Jet crashing into the pacific where Brooke and Thomas were trapped for days on an island. Taylor and Ridge along with help from Taylor's ex husband Nick, Bill go in search of them; during the search, Taylor referred to herself as Ridge's wife while the rescue team addressed her as "Mrs. Forrester". After returning home with Brooke and Thomas, who had consumed berries with hallucinogenic properties on the island, Taylor is rushed to the hospital after eating the same berries and having an adverse reaction. Whip tries to be intimate with Taylor, but she rejects him. Taylor and Whip have decided to end their marriage based on the fact that Taylor confessed her love for Ridge. During this time, Stephenie & Thomas have struck deal——Thomas would lie and say that he & Brooke made love on the island, (which would eventually end Brooke & Ridge's marriage; and bring Taylor & Ridge back together) and Thomas would have majority stock of Forrester Creations when she died. Now, Taylor and Ridge are growing closer together as Ridge & Brooke's relationship flounders in the process.

Later, Ridge & Brooke break up. Due to this, Brooke realises that she will never be decent enough for him, and that she made a mockery of their marriage. Out of sadness, she gave her ring to Taylor, as a sign of what she couldn't give Ridge. Brooke persuaded Taylor & Ridge to marry each other and finally put their family back together. Almost instantly, Ridge visits Taylor, Steffy & Thomas and proposes to Taylor. She accepts—— despite doubts about Ridge's connection to Brooke. However, Thomas' guilt is building up, and he's trying to figure out a way to fix the sitution because he feels that Ridge should be with Brooke, not Taylor, as nothing happened on the island. Steffy, meanwhile, is disturbed by her brother's negative attitude & his unwillingness to support the reunion.

On July 8, 2011, just as Taylor and Ridge are about to say I do, Stephanie stops the wedding, sends everyone but Thomas, Taylor, and Ridge to the guesthouse and confesses that she convinced Thomas to lie and say he and Brooke had sex when the two were stranded on the island. Ridge is furious that Thomas would lie just to get part of Forrester when Stephanie dies. Thomas says he just wanted to see his mom happy after all these years. Taylor tells Ridge that she knows the truth changes everything and if he has to go back to Brooke she understands. Then Brooke and Ridge reunite and then confront Thomas on why he did what he did. Despite forgiving him, Ridge and Brooke tell Thomas that they are going to keep their distance from him. When Steffy finds out about what Thomas and Stephanie did, she is devastated and berates her brother for what happened. When Ridge goes to Taylor's to pick up the rest of his things, she tearfully tells him he's making a mistake, that Brooke's constant scandals will continue, and that she will always love him. She gives him Brooke's ring. Ridge tells her he will always love her and leaves. Later, Bill comes over to see Steffy and when Taylor tells him that Thomas is probably going to have to sign over his shares back to Stephanie, Bill cautions Taylor not to let it happen. Steffy comes in and agrees with Bill, that Taylor should stop Thomas from giving up the shares. Taylor goes to Forrester Creations and refuses to allow Thomas to sign over the shares as she is the trustee of the will for Stephanie, saying that while she knows Thomas was wrong, she is not going to let him pay for his grandmother's manipulations nor is she going to allow her family to lose anything else to Brooke and Ridge.

Taylor is further outraged at Stephanie when she acknowledges that Taylor would have never been able to get Ridge to come back to her without her manipulating the situation. Taylor acknowledges that unfortunately that's true but that she allowed Stephanie to use her in her vendetta against Brooke to break up, Ridge and Brooke but that she refuses to be her pawn ever again and she has her own brain and their friendship is over and this is just the beginning of her starting to truly live her life without her influence. Stephanie is very hurt.

Anthony, an ex homeless man who claims to read the future, tells Taylor that her future soulmate will come to her door and she'll hear a cat's meow before seeing him. Taylor scoffs at the idea but becomes intrigued after Thorne Forrester, her ex brother-in-law, shows up at the door in the pouring rain after hearing a cat meow in the rain. Thorne comes to tell her he's on her side and wants to get back at Ridge and Stephanie for selling his and the rest of the Forrester's stocks away and for treating their inheritance with such non-chalance. Thorne ends up taking up for Steffy and Thomas going against Ridge's treatment of Taylor and her adult children, reigniting the feud he had had with Ridge years ago.

References

External links

• Taylor Hayes at SoapCentral.com