Camryn Grimes opened up to Soap Opera Digest about how she views her current storyline as Mariah Copeland on The Young and the Restless. The plot involving the kidnapping of Dominic Winters is the latest slip in Mariah’s grasp on reality. Grimes shared that Mariah’s actions are “deeply, deeply complicated and wrong,” but also shed some light on why Mariah has taken this turn.
Key Takeaways
- How Mariah got to a place where kidnapping seemed reasonable
- What Mariah thinks she’ll be able to get by raising Dominic herself
Camryn Grimes Explains Why Mariah Kidnapped Dominic
Mariah’s mental health is at an all-time low on Y&R. She sought professional help after nearly killing a man in an effort to erase Ian Ward (Ray Wise) from her mind. But visions of him are now her constant companion. It’s led her to do the unthinkable, kidnapping Devon’s (Bryton James) son, Dominic (Ethan Ray Clark)—the child she carried for Abby (Melissa Ordway) and Chance (Conner Floyd).
In her interview with SOD, Grimes described Mariah’s terrible decision as an “act of desperation,” one born from her inability to get her life back on track. It seems to be slipping away from Mariah, and this is her solution. The actress said:
[Mariah] doesn’t see any other way out, as much as she tries to argue with herself. This pervasive and intrusive thought is winning, in the form of Ian. She’s isolated herself. She hasn’t been helped in the way that she needs to be helped, and she’s out on a line. This is the only answer that she can conceive of to bring her any sort of peace or happiness.
When Dominic was a baby, Mariah had a hard time letting go. She’s the only person a part of his conception that didn’t get to lay claim to him as her child. Devon didn’t have to walk away because he and Abby fell in love. Chance retained his parental rights as Dominic’s adopted father. This left Mariah as the odd person out. Now, desperate to find some kind of solace, Mariah has chosen to fulfill the role she closed the door on with the child she carried.
Grimes, who experienced a full-circle moment wth this storyline, acknowledged that Mariah’s perception of reality doesn’t allow her to see her actions as wrong. To Mariah, what she’s doing is simple. She’s seeking happiness and trying to find it in being the mother to a child she loves. But from her own perspective on her character’s state of mind, Grimes said, “Not all the cylinders are firing. Let’s be very, very clear.”
Until Mariah can see that what she’s doing is wrong, Y&R’s viewers will be dealing with a woman slipping further and further away from herself and the people who love her. That’s not only dangerous for her, but for Dominic as well.
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