‘The Young And The Restless’ Star Marla Adams Dishes On Long-Term Friendship With A Co-Star
The Young and the Restless star Marla Adams portrays Dina Abbott on the show, and she’s been back in the storylines for a couple of years now as her on-screen alter ego deals with Alzheimer’s disease. Throughout her years on the show, the actress has maintained a close friendship with her co-star, Eric Braeden, who brings Victor Newman to life on the small screen, and she dished on their connection to Soap Opera Digest recently.
Adams has occasionally portrayed the Abbott matriarch on the CBS Daytime drama since 1986, and she’s been appeared regularly on the show since 2017, when Dina returned and made amends with Jack (Peter Bergman), Ashley (Eileen Davidson), and Traci (Beth Maitland). She and the Victor Newman actor remained friends over the decades.
“Eric Braeden and his wife, Dale, have been my best friends for a very long time,” revealed the actress. “There are so many magnificent things about him that people do not know. For one, he started a playhouse, but the most important thing is he founded the German-American Cultural Society, which is for dialogue between Germans and Jews. It’s the most amazing organization.”
Adams also revealed that when she goes to parties at Braeden’s house, she meets interesting people — like an ambassador from Israel. The actress also noted that she calls the actor by his birth name, which is Hans Gudegast, and she praised his wife.
“I feel so privileged to know Hans and there’s always a woman behind the man and that is most certainly Dale.”
Long-time viewers of Y&R may be happy to know that Adams said Braeden is much like his character, one whom they have seen on TV for about 40 years.
“Hans is very much like Victor in how much family means to him,” said Adams. “I just adore him.”
Although Dina and Victor do not often share scenes on the show, the few that they do have are sweet, and they often show the softer side of The Mustache. Although Victor is often ruthless and hard-hearted, since Dina’s return to Genoa City, he has helped her in a very kindhearted way. One time, he was at the Abbott mansion, and Dina was having memory troubles. The Abbott matriarch often feels like she’s back in high school, and relives those moments. She mistook Victor for one of her beaus from back in her heyday, and he very sweetly played along. Dina thought they were going to a big dance, so Victor took her to Top of the Tower. There, they spent a special night together in an unexpectedly tender moment.
