Bold and the Beautiful delivers Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) trying to stage a coup at Forrester Creations, basically. And Katie Logan (Heather Tom) is over at her company helping to find a new designer or a fashion icon to help keep Logan going after Eric Forrester‘s (John McCook) one-and-done couture line.
And things are about to get a lot messier. We’re gonna talk about whether Brooke’s sneaky takeover move is not really about Hope for the Future or what she actually deserves. This may be about jealousy at her little sister Katie.
Katie Wanting Hope to Come Over To Logan on Bold and the Beautiful
All right, so we’ve got Katie hoping that Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) will come over to Logan. And even though she’s not a designer, I’m sure with Bill Spencer‘s (Don Diamont) money and Hope’s reputation in the industry, they could easily hire a designer. Plus, Zende Forrester (Delon de Metz) might actually come with her because he is super mad this week about Hope for the Future being shelved.
And Brooke has no idea that Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) is trying to lure Hope over to Logan. And I’m sure Brooke would be ticked off if she found out, and obviously she will at some point. But instead of just, you know, saying, “Okay, fine,” and going, “Hope decided to destabilize Forrester Creations and manipulated her mom into making a grab for Steffy Forrester‘s (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) job.”
Brooke Seducing Ridge to Get Her Way on B&B
We just saw Brooke tell Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) they should run Forrester Creations together. And Brooke reminded Ridge of everything she’s done for Forrester and talked about working there longer than Steffy’s been alive. That’s not really a selling point. You know, Brooke has also pulled this stunt in lingerie using sex as a manipulative weapon. And then she said she didn’t want to put Ridge in a difficult position, but that’s exactly what she’s doing.
And Brooke tried to say the only difference would be she wouldn’t answer to Steffy. Brooke said that Steffy would answer to them. But there’s a lot more to it than just that. Because if Brooke is co-CEO, you know, Hope would go rub it in Steffy’s face just like she did when she and Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) took over Forrester Creations for a while. Because let’s be honest, at this point, Hope is absolutely willing to ruin Brooke’s marriage to get what she wants. That’s how selfish she is.
Hope And Katie Want Revenge on Bold
So, a big reason this is happening is Hope wants revenge on Steffy for shelving Hope for the Future and for laughing in her face, which wasn’t cool. It wasn’t, but still. And Katie trying to recruit Hope is also about revenge. Katie just admitted to Donna that yeah, bringing Hope to Logan would help her company succeed, but there’s more to it. Because when Donna asked if Katie wants revenge for Brooke repeatedly stealing Bill, Katie said both things can be true.
Revenge and professional success. So, we’ve got Hope and Katie wanting revenge, but I suspect Brooke is also looking for revenge, and she wants it on her sister. She insulted Katie at every turn, saying she stole Eric’s designs. That’s not true. They were paid for. And then there’s the Logan trademark. Bill pointed out the other day, real-world legal reality, that Forrester Creations never had a line named Logan. So legally, Forrester had no claim on the trademark whether it had expired or not. If you don’t use it, you lose it. That is trademark law in the US.
Bold and the Beautiful: Brooke Wants to Steal Katie’s Thunder
So, I think Brooke was also ticked that Katie’s launch was a smashing success. And when Brooke came to poke at her afterwards, Katie said to Brooke, “You’ll always be iconic.” But there’s a new Logan in town. I’m the one they’ll be talking about now. It was pretty obnoxious of Katie to say it. However, Brooke had said some similar stuff to her before, so it’s kind of tit for tat.
I think Katie’s words ate at Brooke, though. Even though she was griping that Bill gave Katie the company, at least she owns it. Katie 100% owns Logan. Meanwhile, Brooke is an employee. She is a paycheck earner at Forrester Creations. She might like to run Forrester so she can throw it in Katie’s face that she is co-CEO of a much bigger fashion house. And of course, Brooke would steal all the headlines away from Katie by announcing herself as the new co-CEO next to Ridge who’s replacing Steffy. That would be huge news.
Ridge Can’t Kick Steffy Out on His Own
Brooke used all of her assets to convince Ridge. And so he’s going to go talk to Steffy this week. Liam already warned Hope that Steffy is going to be furious with Brooke, but Hope doesn’t care. Liam asked her just to stop this and come to Spencer, but Hope thinks Brooke is going to make Ridge give her what she wants. But I don’t think it’s going to be as easy as Brooke and Hope think. Longtime watchers may remember that Ridge fired Steffy years ago because of Brooke.
Back in the day, Ridge thought Steffy leaked a video of Brooke and he fired her. And it turns out Steffy didn’t leak the video and was rehired. And company ownership was different back then. At the time, Taylor Hayes (Rebecca Budig) had 25% of Forrester Creations. And she turned around after Ridge pulled that stunt, firing Steffy over the Brooke nonsense. And Taylor gave Steffy all of her Forrester shares.
So that put 25% in Steffy’s hands because Taylor wanted to make sure Ridge could never push Steffy out of Forrester again. And then she got more shares from Bill. And so that’s how Steffy owns 37.5% of Forrester Creations. And Eric also owns that same amount. So together they’ve got 75%. Ridge has 20% of the ownership and Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) owns the last 5%.
Ridge is Repeating the Same Mistake on Bold and the Beautiful
So, all on his own, Ridge cannot kick Steffy out as co-CEO and just give it to Brooke. The only way to make it happen is if Steffy voluntarily steps aside, or if Eric sides with Ridge and votes to push Steffy out. I’m just wondering if Brooke’s going to go try and use her manipulative Logan mojo to get what she wants from Eric.
I know Brooke is confident she can manipulate Ridge into doing what she wants, and she may try the same thing with Eric. Now, if Donna saw what Brooke was doing, she may advise Eric just stay out of it. And Donna might be annoyed that Brooke was trying to manipulate her husband. Bottom line, it didn’t go well when Ridge pushed Eric out of Forrester Creations, and it looks like Ridge is teetering on the edge of repeating that same mistake only with Steffy this time on Bold and the Beautiful.
Plus, Daphne Rose (Murielle Hilaire) is one of Steffy’s besties. So, if Brooke manages to manipulate these Forrester men to shove Steffy aside, would Daphne threaten to shut down her fragrance line and pull everything and then Carter might side with Steffy and Daphne?
Without Eric Voting With Him, Ridge Can’t Make This Happen
And in the end, without Eric voting with him, Ridge simply can’t make this happen. And no way is Steffy going to voluntarily step aside. Plus, she should turn around and tell Ridge, “Look, the timing of all this is very suspicious. I shelve Hope for the Future to make room for Eric’s couture line and all of a sudden Brooke demands co-CEO. I mean, hello, it’s not coincidental.”
I’d like to see Ridge go back and ask Brooke if Hope asked her to do this because it is definitely about Hope, but I think for Brooke, it’s also about slapping back at Steffy for sidelining Hope and also slapping at Katie because she’s jealous her little sister has a fashion house.
So, we’ll see if Hope’s sneaky plan works. She already gaslit Brooke into making this power play and it could wreck Forrester. It could wreck Ridge and Brooke’s marriage after this. I mean, honestly, Katie shouldn’t want Hope at Logan because this is the kind of selfish chaos that she brings wherever she goes.
If Steffy finds out Hope pushed Brooke to do this, she might fire Hope for starting another would-be coup. I’d actually kind of like to see Steffy fire Hope. As for Brooke, she’s asking to be handed something after she mocked Katie for Bill handing her Logan and it seems kind of hypocritical and a whole lot of revenge stuff happening, but I’m here for it.
