Soap Fans Are Defending Eva Longoria After The Young And the Restless Star Eric Braeden’s Tirade Against Her

Are you on Team Eva or are you on Team Eric? That’s what everyone on social media seems to be talking about today, as people just can’t get enough of The Young and the Restless star Eric Braeden and his very direct words to Eva Longoria after she made some comments about her time on the soap. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.

The Young And the Restless  Spoilers – Soap Fans Are Defending Eva Longoria After The Young And the Restless Star Eric Braeden’s Tirade Against Her

Eric, who is best known for his role as Victor Newman on Y&R, was none too pleased when Eva seemed to suggest that she was embarrassed to be on the soap during her very early years of her career. She also said that she didn’t make enough money on Y&R to pay her bills and that’s why she had to get a second job at a headhunting agency. However, she also didn’t want anyone there to know about her soap gig because she was worried that people would see her as a “dumb actress” handling their accounts.

Eric then took to his Twitter account to write, “EVA LONGORIA: you just made derogatory remarks about daytime actors! You simply weren’t good enough to survive the pressures of this medium! You were very lucky to get on that ‘housewife”=’ show! You did one show in 8-12 days, with mediocre but salacious dialogue! Our actresses would run rings around you!!”

Y&R Spoilers  – Did Eric Go Too Far In His Comments?

Of course, many soap fans took to social media to weigh in on the matter. And boy, did they have a lot to say about it. Some commented with, “She wasn’t being derogatory towards soap actresses or soap acting. She was simply saying there was a stigma and she didn’t want it to affect her second career which made her more money,” along with, “I didn’t find what Eva said offensive. Like stated, she held down her job while getting her 1st acting gig. She didn’t call soaps dumb, she called herself a dumb actress. It’s good to have a backup. I know when I worked 2 jobs I had to make sure there was no conflict of interest. Eric should have sat this one out.”

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But then there was this comment as well: “Hats off to soap opera actors. They’re the ones who I think are mostly in it for the love of acting and not the money. Never been a big Eva Longoria fan as it were but I do think they both have a point. Keeping food on the table was her priority at that time and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. She could have said so in a more classy way. Eric has every right to be protective of the show that’s given him so much.”

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