Young & Restless’ Christel Khalil Is Maternity-Leaving: When Will Lily Be Back?
The Young and the Restless’ Cane is going to have to find something to do besides pant after former wife Lily for a while: Her portrayer Christel Khalil is taking off on her maternity leave.
In the January 7 episode of the soap (recapped here), Lily explained that she was flying out of Genoa City and intended to spend a month or so visiting her and Cane’s kids, Charlie and Mattie. Well, and getting away from his relentless pursuit of her!
The news comes as particularly bad for the erstwhile Aristotle Dumas, as he’d begun to think that he was finally getting somewhere with Lily. He’s passionate entreaties had even resulted in a tender kiss on New Year’s Eve.
Actually, the timing could prove to be crummy for Lily, too. No sooner does she tell Cane that she’s outta there than his sometime lover Phyllis is whispering in his ear and encouraging him to indulge his dark side again — something of which his ex certainly wouldn’t approve!
By the time Lily comes back in a few weeks, Cane could be wearing a black hat instead of his usual gray!
It was back in October that word began to spread that Khalil and husband Sam Restagno were expecting their second child together. The couple’s firstborn, son Remy, turns 2 in March. Michael Caden, Khalil’s son with first spouse Stephen Hensley, will be 16 in April.
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