The Young and the Restless cast Jai Rodriguez in an upcoming guest role. The Queer Eye for the Straight Guy alum is no stranger to daytime TV.
Party Time
US Weekly reported the news that Rodriguez will be on Y&R in the near future as Pietro in four episodes. Rodriguez’s character will be “a successful and sought-out party planner to the movers and shakers in Genoa City.”
It seems like his appearance will be part of something exciting — Nikki’s (Melody Thomas Scott) birthday party. The exciting news is Rodriguez’s first airdate is May 28, which will be here before we know it.
All My Children fans may recognize Rodriguez as Faith’s father. That role was his television debut. In addition to AMC, he appeared on One Life to Live as Andrew, Days of our Lives as Matteo, and The Bold and the Beautiful as photographer Sax.
In addition to those daytime credits, Rodriguez has several primetime credits to his name. Most notably, he starred alongside Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, Kyan Douglas and Ted Allen on Bravo’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. His nickname on the series was “Culture Vulture.”
Other primetime credits include EastSiders, Uncoupled, Grey’s Anatomy, Dollface, The Resident, The Rookie, and High Potential. You might also recognize him from Judd Apatow’s comedy Bros, where he starred as Jason. He’s also starred on Broadway as Angel in Broadway’s Rent and in Zanna Don’t!.
What do you hope to see when Rodriguez joins Y&R for four episodes? We expect Nikki’s party will be over-the-top fabulous, and we can’t wait to see what the former Queer Eye star brings to our screens!
