On The Bold and the Beautiful, for decades, we’ve watched the blonde chemist-turned-lingerie-model tear through Los Angeles like a hurricane in a silk robe
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Let’s just rip the Band-Aid off, shall we? I am well over Brooke Logan. This onscreen phenomenon has been leaving a trail of broken hearts and destroyed families in her wake. And quite frankly, I’m tired, I’m exhausted beyond BeLieF. The show wants us to believe she is the romantic heroine of our time, the “destiny” of Ridge Forrester. But if you look at the cold, hard facts of her history, Brooke isn’t a heroine. She is a one-woman wrecking crew who only looks out for number one. It is time to look at the receipts, and what a shocker, the ledger is bleeding red.
All in the Family (literally)
The sheer volume of Forrester men Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) has bedded isn’t just a statistic; it’s a family tree tragedy. It is wild, actually, it’s nauseating, to think about the Thanksgiving seating chart oh my goodness, imagine that for a second. She didn’t just marry Ridge (Thorsten Kaye). She married his father, Eric (John McCook). She married his brother, Thorne (Winsor Harmon). She even married his half-brother, Nick Marone (Jack Wagner).
Let that sink in. She has slept with the father, the son, and the brothers. At this point, the only thing Brooke hasn’t done to the Forrester gene pool is chlorinate it.
And let’s not forget the Logans have a history of claiming Forrester men as if they are collectibles, but Brooke takes the cake. She ping-pongs between these men with zero regard for the emotional carnage she leaves behind. One minute she is the grieving widow, the next she is “following her heart” right into the bed of her husband’s sibling. It’s not romantic; it’s predatory.
The Ultimate Betrayal: Bridget and Deacon
If you need some absolute proof that Brooke Logan is a selfish human being, look no further than the conception of Hope Logan (Annika Noelle).
We all know soaps can be wild, but this crossed a line that can never be uncrossed. Brooke slept with Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan). Deacon was her daughter’s husband. Bridget Forrester (Ashley Jones), the daughter Brooke claims to love more than life itself, was married to the man Brooke had an affair with.
But it gets worse. The sheer audacity of this situation ended in one of the most whack moments in daytime history: Bridget actually helping Brooke deliver this baby at the Big Bear cabin, completely unaware that this infant she was bringing into the world was her own husband’s child with her own mother. Can we pause here, while I recover for a little? It was this bit right here that really got to me.
That child grew up to be Hope Logan, a constant, living reminder of the worst betrayal a mother could ever possibly inflict on a daughter. How Bridget ever speaks to her again is a mystery of saint-like proportions. If that were my mother? There would be zero forgiveness. There would be a restraining order.
The “*&%$ from the Valley”
Ah, Stephanie Forrester. The matriarch we loved to fear. She had a nickname for Brooke that has echoed through the halls of Forrester Creations for decades: the “Slut from the Valley.”
Brooke always acted so clutching-her-pearls offended by this moniker. She would tear up, look at Ridge with those doe eyes, and wail about how mean Stephanie was. But why was she so offended? Was it the cruelty of the delivery, or was it the accuracy of the statement?
Stephanie saw Brooke for exactly what she was before anyone else did. She saw a woman from the valley who used her sexuality to claw her way into the family and the family business she had no business running. Brooke hated that nickname because, deep down, she knew Stephanie had her number. She wasn’t offended by the lie; she was exposed by the truth.
Friends Only When It’s Convenient
Brooke’s loyalty is as temporary as her marital status. Who she considers “family” or a “friend” changes with the wind. One day, she is bonding with her sisters, the next, she is betraying Katie (Heather Tom) by making eyes at Bill (Don Diamont), another sister’s husband, whom she just couldn’t resist.
She demands the most absolute loyalty from everyone around her, especially Ridge, but offers zip in return. She expects forgiveness for her “mistakes” (which usually involve falling into bed with the wrong man), but can hold a grudge like an Olympic sport when anyone crosses her.
Time to Ride Into the Sunset
After reading all of this again, i simply cannot begin to fathom how anyone can tolerate this woman. If Brooke Logan were in one of our real-life families, there would have been a “Come to Jesus” meeting about thirty years ago. We would have staged an intervention, or perhaps an exorcism. Am I alone in thinking this?
It would seem there is some obsession with the idea that Brooke and Ridge are the endgame. Fine. You know what? Let them be the endgame. But let them be endgame somewhere else.
The only resolution that i can see that makes sense for a character this self-absorbed, this destructive, is for her to grab Ridge, hop on a jet or a camel, and ride off into the sunset, and never return. Let the rest of the characters breathe. Let Bridget and her sisters have a life without looking at her mother’s betrayals. Let the Forresters rebuild their dignity, hmm ok maybe let’s not go that far.
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Edited by Leigh Richdale