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Breaking News! Raya Meddine Leaving The Young and the Restless!

Wednesday, July 16 2008


Raya Meddine (Shaun Proulx, ProudFM)
Raya Meddine, the beautiful actress who plays Victor Newman’s (Eric Braeden) new wife, Sabrina, has been let go from the show after only about five months. The actress joined the show in February 2008 as the best friend of Victor’s daughter, Victoria (Amelia Heinle), who had come to town to visit on her way to set up a new life in New York City.


**Mini-Spoiler**

No final airdate has been announced for the character of Sabrina, but as Soaps.com has reported earlier, previews show her involved in a tragedy that will unfold at the time of the Charity Ball.

Raya had signed a three-year contract, but there is a pervasive feeling in the soap community that her character, Sabrina, never quite caught on with viewers of Y&R, particularly when writers paired her so quickly with much-older mega-millionaire, Victor Newman. Since Sabrina also recently announced that she is expecting, viewers have been waiting to see if the scribes will address the fact that Victor is well-known to have had a vasectomy, and therefore, is the baby she is carrying actually his?

According to media reports, writers for the show are aware that fans are antsy about this complication, and are working on addressing it.

Soaps.com would like to wish Raya all the best in her future endeavors. Here’s hoping she’ll turn up in the soap world again soon, as she is certainly a wonderful actress!


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USER COMMENTS

Posted by Annabeth at Sunday, August 17 2008 07:57 PM

I couldn't stand Raya's character initially; however, I grew to believe that she and Victor had depth to their relationship.
I was truly disappointed when I realized that
Sabrina was not going to survive. Her character brought an elegance to the show which I had not seen in a long time.
I think some reprimands are in order for the writers or executives who were responsible for her departure. The storyline brought an edginess to the show.
I also think that the characters of Colleen and Tyra bring absolutely nothing to the show, but for some reason they are still there. Their characters and storylines are basically boring.

Posted by avasman at Monday, August 18 2008 08:24 AM

Bring Sabrina back now Raya deserves to be queen of the show she has more class and glamour then any of the females on this show bring her back now!

Posted by bluesoul3 at Wednesday, August 20 2008 12:02 PM

I wish they would bring her back, too, but I'm not sure it's going to happen Filming starts in Paris in October, but it won't be the same without Raya's character. Nikki has always sort of bugged me, and Sabrina was perfect. A woman, compared to Nikki's child. Nick, Nikki and Victoria are out of control and out of their minds thinking Victor is going to forgive/forget. Raya's character understood in Victor a depth the others just don't get. This show better go to Raya with a BIG salary offer and a contract with no "end" date. Please surprise us and bring her back!

Posted by katie in texas at Monday, September 08 2008 08:40 AM

I thought Victor and Sabrina had a WONDERFUL CHEMISTRY!! I am almost 60 years old, so many of you younger fans cannot believe that he would fall for such a young thing, but wait till you are 60! All the old men want a younger girl. She was a great actress, and I am REALLY sick of the Victor/Nikki thing. I cannot believe that she still thinks Victor is the "love of her life". I am looking forward to Victor giving Nikki the shaft. Like Rhett Butler. I have been watching for over 30 years, and Nikki should be put out to pasture. Hopefully, Raya will be a "ghost" for the length of her contract. This is my first post EVER. Put Raya on the B&B.

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