Eileen Davidson's Enduring Superstardom

Hello, everybody.

Welcome to Soapy.

I'm Rebecca Budig.

And I'm Greg Rikaart.

Um, okay.

Okay.

Greg.

Okay.

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Go ahead.

Are you having a stroke?

No, I'm good.

[laughs] What do you think makes a soap opera legend?

[sighs] Soap opera legend.

Not you.

Not you.

[laughs]

Well, you know, it's funny.

When we, when we first launched this here podcast and we were doing some press, we kept getting introduced as soap opera legends.

And I'm like-

Well, people overuse that word and overuse iconic.

Fair enough, yeah.

But I would say our guest today-

Is someone who, without-

She's a legend

... is legit a legend.

Yeah.

Right? I think sh- she has been identifiable in this genre for decades.

Mm-hmm.

For her beauty, her talent, uh, the fact that she has played iconic roles on three different soaps.

Yeah.

And I told you, I'm like, I, I've been obsessed with her beauty [laughs] I mean, and her acting, actually, um, for years.

So I was, I'm just really excited to, to sit down with her.

Well, let's tell everybody who we're talking about.

Okay.

The one, the only, Eileen Davidson.

Eileen Davidson.

Who of course you know as Ashley Abbott on The Young and the Restless, as a plethora of different characters-

Yes

... on, um, Days of Our Lives.

Days of Our Lives, yeah.

And also, uh, going way back to Santa Barbara.

And recently of Beverly H- the Re- Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

...

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Yeah.

Which isn't a soap, but m- I don't know, maybe it is.

It's in, it's in the, it's in the, it's in the world.

It's in the same family, I would say.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, it's gonna be a really great interview, guys, so stick around and we'll be right back with the lovely and amazing Eileen Davidson.

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