Soap Opera
Cait Fairbanks Returns to ‘The Young and the Restless’ After Seven Months Away
Cait Fairbanks returns as Tessa Porter on ‘The Young and the Restless’ starting November 11 as new head writers Dan O’Connor and Jamey Giddens debut fresh scripts.
The Young and the Restless fans are looking forward to a brand-new era for the CBS soap, as head writers Dan O’Connor and Jamey Giddens new scripts debut on Wednesday. One change that will come with their new scripts is the return of a beloved character and actress.
According to Soap Opera Digest, Cait Fairbanks will be bringing Tessa Porter back to the Genoa City scene after a seven-month absence. The actress hadn’t been seen on screen since April of this year, when she was still estranged from her wife, Mariah Copeland. In August, Mariah returned to town and announced that she and Tessa had reconciled. Sadly for ‘Teriah’ fans, the reunion took place off-screen.
Now, Mariah and Tessa will be together again for the holiday season, which unofficially kicks off for Y&R fans on November 11.
“The holiday season pretty much starts with our first episode,” Giddens said in an interview with TV Insider. He also previewed that one couple we haven’t seen in a while will be back on the canvas. “You’re going to see Mariah and Tessa and find out what they’re doing,” he added.
Fairbanks has been a part of the Y&R cast since 2017, per IMDb, when she arrived in Genoa City as a guitar-playing nomad living out of her car. She eventually fell for Camryn Grimes‘ Mariah Copeland, and the pair married in 2022. They later adopted a daughter, Aria.
Last year, a traumatic event caused Mariah to leave town for a few months and walk out on her marriage. During that time, Tessa became involved with Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei). According to Soap Central, Mariah and Tessa are expected to be very much together when Fairbanks returns to the scene this week.
