Is Y&R Trying to Secretly Recast?

SoapCentral and other soap insiders have been hinting at for weeks that a recast is shaping up at Y&R. Recently, some scripts for the character of Heather Stevens were being recycled and used for new audtions. At the beginning of the year, insiders were reporting that Vail Bloom (Heather) had been taken off contract, but a rep said that her options were picked up, only to other rumors that that was only for 13 weeks. Now word has it, in fact that Bloom may have indeed been demoted. A SoapCentral insiders says that the show doesn't want to indicate that the role is indeed being recast, and Soap Opera Digest says that the show says not to assume that they are recasting the no-nonsense lawyer. However, rumors are popping up that the recast is indeed Mackenzie Browning (Clementine Ford), who popped back up in town and may be outed because of disappointed fans. However a SoapCentral source dismisses that this is unlikely, but Internet poppings suggest that this is a secret way to cover-up the recasting of Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott). In other talks, Bloom landed a guest role on HBO's night show Entourage. We will keep you posted on these current happenings.