Jess Walton Opens Up About Y&R Status

Fan fave Jess Walton (Jill) was filming at the Y&R set and guested on Digest’s podcast, Dishing With Digest, where she discussed her comings and goings from Genoa City.

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Of her most recent returns, she noted, “Well, it’s just really interesting. I was up in Oregon a few months back and I had just talked to Mal [Young] on the phone, our producer, and he was asking me what I wanted to do and everything. My husband [John James] was ill for a while, he’s better now, and at the time I said, ‘Well, I kind of want to spend more time with him,’ so they let me. He’s better now, so I said I wanna work a little more, so I think they’re gonna let me. I thought, ‘How great is this? To have a job that I love on this wonderful soap that I’ve been part of for maybe 31 years now and this wonderful man, Mal, who makes it so easy for me and he really treats me with a lot of respect and he’s always telling me that the audience loves me.’ He makes me feel so good. I thought, &