SOMEBODY GET CLAIRE GRACE A CALENDAR BECAUSE SHE’S ABOUT TO HAVE NO IDEA WHEN SHE GOT PREGNANT!
TL;DR: Claire Grace is about to have the messiest pregnancy storyline on Young and the Restless and we’re calling it NOW! She slept with Holden Novak on Halloween night, then immediately picked up her phone and texted Kyle Abbott “You still awake?” These two are about to have the most awkward paternity test in Genoa City history, Harrison Abbott is going to need therapy, and Victoria Newman is going to LOSE HER MIND when her daughter doesn’t know who fathered her grandchild!
Claire Grace Is Playing BOTH Sides And It’s Going To Bite Her
Let’s lay out the timeline, shall we? Claire Grace had a passionate night with Holden Novak in her Los Angeles hotel room. They rolled around in bed, she told him she’s “not the same person anymore,” and everything seemed great! But then Holden left and Claire picked up her phone.
She saw the photo Kyle Abbott sent of him and Harrison in their Three Little Pigs Halloween costumes—the costume Claire was SUPPOSED to be part of. Her smile disappeared. She looked absolutely GUTTED staring at that photo of the life she walked away from. And what did Claire do next?
She texted Kyle: “You still awake?”
GIRL. You just had sex with Holden approximately 45 minutes ago and now you’re booty-calling your ex-fiancé?! This is MESSY. This is CHAOTIC. This is exactly the kind of impulsive decision-making that leads to not knowing who your baby daddy is!
Y&R fans, we’re CALLING IT—Claire is getting pregnant and won’t know who the father is! Do you think she’ll sleep with Kyle too? How will Harrison react? And who would YOU want to be the father? Email your predictions to [email protected]!
The Math Is MATHING For A Pregnancy Storyline
Here’s why Young and the Restless is absolutely setting up a “who’s the daddy” pregnancy mystery: Claire is young, impulsive, emotionally vulnerable, and about to sleep with TWO MEN within days of each other. That’s TEXTBOOK soap opera pregnancy setup!
Think about it: Claire Grace is grieving her father’s death, processing her broken engagement to Kyle, and making reckless decisions in Los Angeles. She slept with Holden on a whim after knowing him for like five minutes. Now she’s texting Kyle late at night when she’s emotional and confused. If these two hook up (and come ON, you know they will), Claire Grace is going to be in the exact same position as Portia Robinson over on General Hospital—pregnant and clueless about paternity!
Soap operas LOVE this storyline! It’s drama gold! It creates months of speculation, angst, relationship chaos, and eventually a dramatic paternity reveal that destroys lives! Y&R hasn’t had a good “who’s the daddy” mystery in a while, and Claire is the PERFECT character to give it to!
Kyle Abbott Is About To Make The Worst Decision Of His Life
Kyle is sitting at home, drinking whiskey, staring at his phone, and being all sad about Claire. He told Jack Abbott he thinks he’s lost her for good. He’s convinced she’s choosing Holden over him. He’s in his FEELINGS!
So when Claire Grace texts him “You still awake?” at whatever ungodly hour, what do you think Kyle is going to do? Is he going to be mature and say “We should talk when you’re back in Genoa City”? NOPE! He’s going to respond immediately, they’re going to have some emotional phone conversation, and one of two things will happen:
Either Kyle is going to fly to Los Angeles AGAIN to “talk” to Claire (and we all know that “talk” ends with them in bed), OR Claire is going to fly back to Genoa City and show up at the Abbott mansion for a late-night reunion. Either way, these two are DEFINITELY hooking up, and it’s going to be a DISASTER when Claire realizes she might be pregnant!
Harrison Abbott Is Going To Need SO MUCH Therapy
Can we talk about how Harrison is going to be the real victim in this entire mess? This poor child has already been through so much! His mother Summer Newman and Kyle got divorced. He got attached to Claire and was excited about her becoming part of his family. Then Claire left for LA and broke his heart!
Now imagine this: Claire comes back to Genoa City, maybe gets back together with Kyle, Harrison gets excited AGAIN… and then SURPRISE! Claire’s pregnant and it might be Holden’s baby! Or worse—Claire gets back together with Kyle thinking the baby is his, and then the paternity test reveals it’s actually Holden’s!
Harrison is going to be devastated AGAIN! This kid is going to grow up with serious abandonment issues because the adults in his life keep making terrible decisions! Someone call a child psychologist because Harrison Abbott is going to need YEARS of therapy!
Victoria Newman And Nikki Newman Are Going To LOSE IT
Imagine Victoria finding out her daughter doesn’t know who fathered her baby. IMAGINE IT. Victoria is already worried about Claire’s judgment and the path she’s walking with Holden. If Claire comes home pregnant and admits she slept with BOTH Kyle and Holden within the same week? Victoria is going to have a full meltdown!
And Nikki? Oh, Nikki is going to have OPINIONS. She’ll probably blame Kyle for not fighting harder for Claire. Or blame Holden for being a bad influence. Or blame everyone in Los Angeles for corrupting her granddaughter. Nikki Newman does not do subtle when it comes to family drama!
The Newman family is about to have the most uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner in history. “Pass the turkey, and also, who’s the father of Claire’s baby?”
This Is EXACTLY Like Every Soap Opera Paternity Mystery Ever
Soap operas have been doing “who’s the daddy” storylines since the beginning of time, and they WORK! The audience loves trying to guess who the father is! The show can drag out the mystery for MONTHS! And the eventual paternity reveal creates MAXIMUM DRAMA!
Y&R could absolutely milk this storyline for all it’s worth. Claire tries to hide the pregnancy. Then she has to tell one or both potential fathers. Then they wait for the paternity test. Then maybe the test results get switched or lost. Then FINALLY we get the big reveal that destroys relationships and creates new alliances!
Plus, depending on who the father is, it completely changes Claire’s future! If it’s Kyle, she’s tied to the Abbott family and Harrison forever. If it’s Holden, she’s tied to whatever shady secrets he’s keeping about Audra and Sienna. Either way, Claire’s messy decision-making is about to have LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES!
Do YOU think Claire will get pregnant? Who would you want to be the father—Kyle or Holden? And how will this affect Harrison? Drop all your predictions in the comments because this speculation is TOO GOOD not to discuss!
