The Young and the Restless Star Beth Maitland Dishes Traci's Dilemma 

Traci Abbott, played by Daytime Emmy-winner Beth Maitland, deserves much better in the love department on The Young and the Restless. The actress is sharing how she feels about her character's upcoming heartbreak in a new interview.

"Traci, You in Danger, Girl..."

"It’s been a couple of decades, maybe 15 years since Traci had been in a relationship of a romantic nature that was not too troubled,” Maitland recently shared with TV Insider. “She has been so surprised by this gift that has fallen from the sky into her lap that she never in a million years expected. This romance at this stage of the game for her has caused not only elation and surprise and happiness and completion but is setting us up for all of the questions that are about to be revealed, that Traci is not exactly sure who that man is across the table.”

Watch for Traci to talk with Sharon (Sharon Case), one of Traci's fiance Alan's (Christopher Cousins) recent victims -- for reasons that have yet to be revealed -- that will give Traci reason to pause. “Traci is full-hearted and lovely, but she’s not stupid. And being a writer, she has a very active imagination, sort of like Murder, She Wrote," the actress says. "Things click into place, and something just isn’t right. Nerve endings are starting to not lay smooth, and I think Traci is starting to see some warning signs. Sharon starts to reveal information about her abduction that starts lining up with messages on Alan’s phone.”

Paging Big Brother

Who else should Traci turn to for advice and support than her brother Jack (Peter Bergman), who already showed signs of concern about Alan and Traci. “She needs to run all of this by him and have him be her voice of reason for a change and tell her if he feels she’s off-base or overreacting," Maitland says. "It’s a series of very emotional, very desperate scenes, laying it all out, putting all the facts on the table, and trying to actually sort through this and get to the bottom of things.”

This story for the beloved fan favorite coincides with Y&R's 52nd anniversary. The show debuted as a half-hour serial on March 26, 1973. Created by the late William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, Y&R has been the top-rated soap since late 1988. The show's executive producer and head writer is Josh Griffith.

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