Backstage CHAOS at Y&R

DIVA Causes a Stir!

Don’t believe the desperate cries from Melody Thomas Scott on Twitter about June 3 being her last day on the No. 1 soap opera. Her Twitter account posted the following around June 7:

"Let me reiterate: I have NEVER asked for a leave of absence from the show. MTS" "Had not been told by ANYONE that that was my last scene, day, show, episode, whatever u want to call it. Time passed … I returned to work on January 7th (approx) Continued working regularly til 4/28, when I shot what turned out to be my last scene. Last Fri. [June 3] was my last air show. that was shot 5-6 weeks earlier. Of course, no one bothered to tell me that."

Fans will want to rethink their fledgling campaign to get the diva back on the show. Insiders inform Suds Report that Scott is the highest paid actor on the show — making double what Eric Braeden earns. Scott refuses to take a pay cut, which Braeden did famously last year, forcing the show not to use her for the foreseeable future and be frugal with her appearances from here on in, especially since they aired MTS heavily earlier this year in a sensational storyline that she should be thankful for.

As Suds reported a month ago, Scott has not been let go from Y&R, as she would have her fans believe, but she will be off the canvas for some time due to her high price tag.

“She’s been in negotiations with the show about this issue,” says an incensed mole.

“Mel’s been keenly aware that June 3 was her last day for a while because Y&R can no longer afford her due to her outrageous episode fee. She’s lying to her fans; it’s disgusting, really, that in these depressing economic times that she’s holding out for almost $10,000 an episode when all of us are all taking one for the team.

There’s a reason why she recently joined Twitter; it’s so obvious that she has an agenda. Her fans can barely pay their own mortgages, and she’s unashamedly enlisting them to get her own way.

"Shows are being cancelled, people on All My Children and One Life To Live are losing their jobs, and she still thinks it’s 1989. She’s going to get the show cancelled if she continues this way. Whether we like her or not, she’s important to the show, but she’s not willing to compromise. If Eric Braeden can take a pay cut, so can she. She’s making Y&R look like the villain, and that’s unfair, because she’s the one who is being selfish. Y&R wants to air her as much as possible but she’s making that impossible.”