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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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Posted by italianpastagurl at Thursday, July 17 2008 01:02 PM

Ditto...I thought the same thing!

Posted by italianpastagurl at Thursday, July 17 2008 01:07 PM

Estes82...Ditto I thought the same thing!

Posted by Sundi at Thursday, July 17 2008 03:00 PM

That is unbelievable.. Why on earth would they let her go!!
Please what soap community are they referring to??? Raya has been a wonderful asset to the program and Victor needed
a little something to up lift his spirits. Nikki is so out
of touch with reality and please we do not want Victor taking Nikki back.. Hey if you need to cut budget how about Chloe! How about killing Nikki? She can jump on that huge beautiful horse David Chow purchased and break her neck!!
Then he can go to prison because noone will believe it was an accident!! I do hope the writers will re evaluate their decisions and continue with The Black Knight and Princess
story line.. A fan of Sabrina!! I have been watching Y&R from the first time it aired..Who cares Victor had a vasectomy it is a fact that don't all work!!

Posted by Odelle at Thursday, July 17 2008 04:28 PM

Did anyone notice these things today with Sibrena.Victor ask her to announce that they were going to have a child she declined.When Nick was trying to explaine to her that he did not know anything about the article ,and that it was not the one he aproved she did not want to hear him out . Victoria also, told told her that she did not have anything to do with the article ,she refuse to hear her out and blame both she and Nick for everthing,the divious look on her face when Victor said that Nick & Victoria was Newman only in name only .Sibrina got her revenge.When Adam ,said he was sorry for what happened but, ask how much of the story was true ,did you see the scared look on her face, I know she will be telling Victor about this. Adam hold your tounge you are next in line to be cut from the will. Did you also hear Cho-cho comment to Walter today,I know that it was Niki they were planing to bump off.Seemed as if Syke is out of the way adam cant get in touch with her. rrb

Posted by Frank Nitty at Thursday, July 17 2008 04:43 PM

Sabrina's character should have been more complex, I actually like her mom a lot better.

Posted by Mz. Shonda at Thursday, July 17 2008 06:04 PM

Sabrina plays a good role and should not leave the show. She brings in a different attention to the Y&R. Also Victoria should get over it and move the fact that she did not know about the affair of her father and friend. She is a spoil brat that can not have her way this time. Jack should not have put it out there about Sabrina like that, but he only did what he do best and that is be Jack. Sharon should stand by him and accept Jack for who he is. cane and Lily should find out that Chloe set cane up and got him wasted and throw herself on him while he was pass out. Where she tip the bartender to give her water instead of spirit as Cane and his friend was having. Daniel need to forgive Amber because she was mislead by his mother and because of all of her insecurities and past failures she was afraid that he really did not want her because of the things she has done in the past. Carlene really need to get real and admit that she still want Adrian and move pass their disagreements of the past. Yes he should not have went off like he did but it could have been a lot worst. He really do love her and still want to be with her. What is the problem with forgiving people for they all are at fault one time or another.

Posted by messomshir at Thursday, July 17 2008 06:09 PM

TO THE WRITERS OF YOUNG AND RESTLESS,

I AM VERY SORRY THEY ARE LETTING RAYA MEDDINE WHO PLAYS SABRINA GO FROM THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS. SHE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL. I THINK SHE IS A GOOD ACTRESS, AND IS GOOD FOR VICTOR. THEY SHOULD NOT LET HER GO. WHY DO THE WRITERS KEEP CHANGING PEOPLE ALL THE TIME I AM VERY MAD ABOUT THIS. THE SHOW IS GOOD WITH HER ON IT. I REALLY ENJOY WATCHING THE SHOW FOR THAT REASON. NOT JUST FOR VICTORIA AND HER BROTHER. PLEASE KEEP HER. OR NO ONE WILL WATCH THAT SHOW ANY MORE.



SHIRLEY JULY 17, 2008

Posted by thedeb at Thursday, July 17 2008 07:05 PM

I don't know why everyone was so shocked by Victor's quickie marriage. He's a man who goes after what he wants. I actually like Sabrina. At least she's tried to handle the situation with Vickie on an adult level. She was trying to bring some peace to the Newman family, which is more than I can say for the family members themselves. I wish they hadn't thrown in the pregnancy - It's too cliche'. I would have loved to have seen her turn out to be a conniving golddigger that finally got one over on the Great Victor Newman, or else have her finally come to see that he really is the ruthless, selfish man everyone has told her about. But to just suddenly kill her off is such a let down. Also, I hate to see an actress lose her job because the writer's blew it. I hope she gets a good severance package.

Posted by fabulousity at Thursday, July 17 2008 08:18 PM

This sucks!! I am a Sabrina fan as well and think the writers are stupid to get rid of her. I love her chemistry with Victor and enjoy her holding her own against Victoria, Nikki, and whomever else crosses her path. I also like her being Jana's mentor/sisterfigure. Nikki and Victor are so 1980's. I prefer them as sparring partners.

Posted by MsRich at Thursday, July 17 2008 09:29 PM

Im really glad that she is leaving the show, I definetly agree that her and Victor do not belong together, and she had this not an aire about herself but not exactly down to earth either. And yes the whole pregnancy thing truly things off, and yes we know Vic has more money than god and give anyone anything but it was so unreal that everytime she turned around he is buying her art gallaries, villas and Paris and everything else........ I'm like come on your have known her all of two minutes and yes we know you can but noone buys someone all that, that quick.

And while some may think that Nikki and Vic being together and breaking up is played out, the truth is they fit together.... all the marriages to other people never fit right for them nor for us to watch.... they are in essence Y&R soulmates!!!

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