From the February 2, 2009 issue of CBS Soaps In Depth (p. 11): Did Tale Lead To Actor's Axing?Veteran Y&R cast member Don Diamont taped his final scenes as Brad on December 23--right before the show's end-of-year hiatus--and will last air on Thursday, February 5. While budget cuts likely played a large part in his dismissal, could it have been a storyline that ultimately led to the veteran being cut? One soap critic recently chastised a former Y&R regime for mishandling the character of Brad after his secret past as George Kaplan--a man whose family was targeted by Nazis--was revealed. Without addressing that critic's claims directly, Diamont tells
In Depth that the Jewish storyline was "very out of the box for our show and unusual for daytime, period. I was honored to play it. It unveiled a complex Brad."
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