Raya Meddine

Meddine also gives a peak at what's to come on Y&R and, why it was her last stint as a daytime actress.

Even The Great Victor Newman can't prevent this.

On today's show Luke and Jamey visit with daytime insider Michael Fairman about his work as a daytime journalist, how he got his start in the industry and his new, soon to be syndicated, radio program Soap Dish Radio that he co-hosts with The Young and the Restless' Kristoff St. John.

We also talk with him about this year's Daytime Emmy Awards, where the daytime industry is headed as well as learn about what it is like to cover the soaps for the international audience.

Michael is a contributing feature correspondent for TV SOAP Australia, the number one entertainment publications for TV and Film “down under”. Michael just launched his new website Michael Fairman On Air On Soaps which you can check out by visiting michaelfairmansoaps.com.

On his website you will find many of his current and classic on-camera interviews with some of daytime's biggest names in the Media Gallery and read recent interviews with The Bold and the Beautiful's Hunter Tylo and The Young and the Restless' Raya Meddine in the Global section. While there also be sure to check out his Blog.

This is an interview we know you are not going to want to miss!

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Young and The Restless star Raya Meddine (Sabrina) has been given the pink slip. This comes off the heels of the news that cast mate Vincent Irizarry (David) was also let go which was reported by Daytime Confidential two weeks ago.

Sources are reporting that the actress was stunned by her dismissal since its been said that she was under contract but, rumors are swirling that her days were numbered since the character never caught on with viewers, especially her pairing with Victor (Eric Braeden).

No word yet on her last airdate but it is hinted that she will be a victim of a tragedy that will befall the charity gala that is coming up in Genoa City.

July is here once again which means we're in the middle of summer. The weather's nice the beaches are packed, barbeque's are in abundance, Independence Day is on the horizon and, its time for the All-American turf war with the current and former wives of Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) on The Young and the Restless.

Sabrina Newman ( Raya Meddine) had that air about her now that she's married to Genoa City's billionare that all his women have. However the mogul's true love Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott), was able to burst her bubble and bring her down to earth.

Notice I said had...  Just because she's married to Mr. Moneybags, as Jack (Peter Bergman) loves to call him, doesn't mean that she has the, "Victor Newman power."

She cracked me up when she was acting like now that she's a Newman she can make people jump through hoops I mean the line she spouted to Katherine today, "I'm a Newman now and that's what Newmans do." Girl please! It was true before with Nikki but not with this heifer. Continue Reading...

In one of the rare instances these days, Victor Newman and Nikki Newman Chow had a close moment remembering their beloved first born granddaughter, the late Cassie Newman on The Young and the Restless this past week.

Her hasty decision to get married to David pronto was all the proof I needed to realize that she still wanted her man back and to upstage him while she was at it. Classic Nikki, got to hand it to her she did get him back and boy did she have to hear about it in that elevator! For someone that doesn’t give a damn on what his ex does, Victor sure as hell sounded like a jilted party by going off on Nikki for getting married to David out of town. It was just vintage Victor and Nikki when they started to tell the other’s lover about their bad traits and what they were going to get by being saddled with. The air wasn’t stifling Nikki as she said it was in the elevator; it was that all consuming passion she and the mouth stash still have for each other.

That unique occurrence at the club, Victor had his mask put away you can see the yearning that he has for the love he once shared for Nikki. Just the little things they did in just a few short moments it gave viewers a peak at what these two used to have and what makes them always come back to each other.

I know “Through the Eyes of Love,” is their song but while I was listening to the radio another song came on that made me think that the unofficial song for the Newmans should be replaced with Lenny Kravitz, “It  Ain’t Over Til’ Its Over.” I know Lenny’s not sophisticated for these two but when you close your eyes and listen to the lyrics you can see why it suites them to a tee.

The longing, yearning of things that were left unsaid and undone when the Newmans parted ways this time around, lingered all over their faces.  You can tell and almost feel that Victor had something of great meaning to tell Nikki but David showed up and like other fans, I too wanted backhand him for his ill-timed enterance. Over the years Victor and Nikki have tried to move on but they just can't seem to scratch that itch they have for each other. Here's hoping that head writer Maria Bell doesn't produce the ointment that will cure them of it.

Victor (Eric Braeden) ticks off his namesake daughter Victoria (Amelia Heinle) next week on Young and the Restless when he brings his latest distraction Sabrina (Raya Meddine) to Baby Reed's christening. Bree Bree tries to make up for playing connect-the-freckles with her BFF's daddy by purchasing a snazzy rattle for the soon-to-be Church-sanctioned kiddo, but Victoria is having none of that. 

While I understand Victoria being a bit skeeved out by knowing that her homegirl knows whether her pop likes boxers or briefs, isn't Vicki being a bit of a hypocrite? Her current husband JT is the first love of her former stepdaughter Colleen. Her most-recent former husband Brad was engaged to her mother for years. And then there was Victoria's second hubby Cole Howard, who to envoke AC/DC, shook her mama Nikki all night long before ever hooking up with Victoria. Even though I first sympathized with Vicki's plight, I have since decided it's time Princess Newman grew up. Now if her problem with the relationship was the very valid fear that her father might die of boredom from this craptastical pairing, I would totally understand.