Adam’s Body Is Hardly Cold! Should Chelsea Move on ALREADY?

By Janet Di Lauro Oct 01, 2016 9:12 a.m. ET

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Chelsea became a widow, when her husband Adam was killed in an explosion. Since Adam’s abrupt death, Chelsea has been picking up the pieces of her shattered life and heart, while putting all her energy into their son, Connor on The Young and the Restless.

Yet, she remains a young, vibrant woman, who will eventually have to move on. And that means finding a new man, who will be a father figure to her little boy. But is it too soon for the move? Soap Hub asked Y&R fans to weigh in.

The Waiting Game
Move on?!? The bulk of you, some 70%, feel it’s way too soon to even pose this question. Adam’s (Justin Hartley) body is barely cold. He hasn’t been gone long enough for Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan) to even think about moving forward–particularly in the direction of another man. She’s still grieving the one she lost and her heart belongs to him. Letting go of what they had too quickly would be totally disrespectful to everything Chelsea and Adam shared.

Time to Let Go
With Adam gone, Chelsea has to think about her and Connor’s future. So, 27% of fans are ready for her to move on. Chelsea has her whole life ahead her. The sooner she starts living it to the fullest, the better things will be for both her and her son. They both deserve another chance at happiness.

Hard to Imagine
The rest of you, a small 3%, are still grieving Adam’s loss. At the moment, you can’t imagine Chelsea being with–let alone even looking–at another man. Yet, you realize it’s a soap opera, and, inevitably, it’s the turn the story is going to have to take. So you’re trying to prepare yourself for it.

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Janet Di Lauro

Oct 01, 2016 9:12 a.m. ET 3,635 articles

Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.