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In our 'The Young and the Restless' News Room, Soaps.com keeps you up-to-date with the latest Soap Opera news on the net. We also feature interviews with the soap stars, as well as local appearances by the actors and actresses.

Exclusive message from Y&R's Eyal Podell!

Tuesday, September 02 2008


Eyal Podell (CBS)
Soaps.com has learned that popular actor Eyal Podell, Y&R's sexy Professor Adrian Korbel, has been taken off contract. The character's story line had run dry as his relationship with lady love, Colleen (Tammin Sursok) recently came to an end, and he subsequently indulged in an awkward one-night stand with Amber (Adrienne Frantz). The character really seemed to be broken, however, when he suffered yet another professional kick-in-the-teeth courtesy of Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) down at Restless Style, right on the heels of his book about Brad Carlton (Don Diamont) being shelved by the publisher! Adrian told Amber in a poignant scene in Crimson Lights, that he's pretty much fed up with Genoa City and will be heading off to live in Maine, making the writing on the wall pretty clear for fans of Eyal Podell.

Eyal has sent us this personal message for his fans:

"I was told my contract would not be renewed and that I would become a "recurring player" as opposed to a "contract player". Subsequently, I read the scenes where my character announced his departure from Genoa City for the greener pastures of Maine and was thoroughly shocked. I had long suspected that my days were numbered, but I feel completely let down by the manner in which I was discarded from the canvas. With out a second thought or much of an argument, my last few months on Y&R consisted of getting writing career sabotaged by my girlfriend and her father, then getting dumped by my girlfriend, and finally getting used by Jack -- I basically left town with my tail between my legs. For a genre that is built upon revenge plots and getting even, its my opinion that they really missed the boat here. I don't need to elaborate further. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the Y&R family, and hope to be reunited with them soon. With any luck, I'll come back to town with a huge chip on my shoulder. After all, I wasn't killed off, right?"

Hopefully, this talented actor will be given a new storyline on the show, but he also has an excellent chance of landing a gig in prime time television, as he has appeared in dozens of roles including his most recent - a guest spot on the popular series "House". To learn more about Eyal and all of the other projects he is involved with, visit his MySpace page! Soaps.com wishes Eyal the very best of luck in any future endeavors!


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USER COMMENTS

Posted by thornsgirl at Tuesday, September 02 2008 05:05 AM

Thank you for posting Candace.

I LOVED Adrian and he was my absolute favorite character
in the past two years I have been watching. No one else
came even close for me.
I am sorry to read that he was discarded in such a matter
but that does not surprise me after reading the way
some other actors/actresses have been let go.
I wish him the best and hope to see him again soon
in bigger and better things. It is Y and R's loss.

Posted by brownchick at Tuesday, September 02 2008 06:13 AM

I love the character Adrian... we will miss him. As thornsgirl mentioned alot of actor and actress have been let go from Y&R.

Eyal I am a fan of your and I wish you the best of luck.

Posted by heart and soul at Tuesday, September 02 2008 06:52 AM

Eyal,

Wishing you Good Luck in all you do! I loved you on this show and will look forward to your returning from time to time. I'm sure that someone as talented as you will find more good work and will look forward to a more deserving role.
Wishing you the best and God bless you wherever you go and whatever you do!

Posted by 2tgtbt at Tuesday, September 02 2008 06:57 AM

Candace, I cannot understand why They let Eyal go. Why do soaps always have to let someone with a sweet personality be written into a bored charater. then eventually written out of the show? not everyone in the real world has an adjenda for meanness there are plenty of bad guys on the show that they could at least have a few good ones. Good luck to Eyal

Posted by xx_Jenn_xx at Tuesday, September 02 2008 08:17 AM

That really is too bad, b/c there was still so much that we didnt know about Adrian. I was hoping they would reveal more about his past, touch on what really happen to that college student of his, if he was from George/Brad's past, if he might be related to Jana, did he have a thing for Victoria & what type of revenge would he take on Jack. They could have opened up so many interesting s/l's for Adrian....oh well.

Eyal will be missed.

Posted by partyvibe at Tuesday, September 02 2008 09:13 AM

yea i am going to miss him, they could have written a good s/l for him,but instead we are getting this crap where lying, cheating, and bad people alway win. good luck ADRIAN in all you do, going to miss you.

Posted by gommie at Tuesday, September 02 2008 09:28 AM

I loved Adrian and Colleen when Adriane Leon was playing Colleen. The chemistry between those two characters cannot be matched- LML still needs her Ass kicked for firing AL-Adrian was a great character with many avenues left to explore-I hate the way they sent him off to Maine- I await the day he returns to kick Jack Abbott(much as I love him) in the balls for sabotaging his piece on Sabrina-scores like that do not go unsettled.......

Posted by brwnsugar at Tuesday, September 02 2008 10:18 AM

This just goes to show you that the writers have no creativity at all. I always thought the professor was invovled with the Art storyline with Victori/Brad/Jana.

Posted by soapoperalover at Tuesday, September 02 2008 11:31 AM

The professor will be missed........our lost!!!!!!

Posted by NANAL at Tuesday, September 02 2008 11:44 AM

He will be greatly missed. He is so talented, he will land again somewhere. The only other soap I watch now is General Hospital, maybe he can be a good Dr. on that show!

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