The Younger and the Stressed actor Jermaine Rivers has confirmed his exit from the present in an emotional Instagram submit. The actor joined the cleaning soap opera again in February 2025 as Damian Kane – or reasonably, as the true Damian Kane. The character had truly been round for weeks prior, however performed by Nathan Owens, as Holden, who was pretending to be Damian Kane.
Since then, Damian has been reconnecting together with his household, constructing a relationship with each his mom and his newly-discovered half-brother. It even regarded as if there is perhaps a contented ending for Damian, after he fell for Lily. Nevertheless, fortunately ever afters are uncommon within the daytime world, and Damian met his finish when a thrown knife stabbed him within the again.
Following the dramatic episode, Rivers posted a video to his social media, confirming that that is the tip for Damian:
Within the video, Rivers expressed his gratitude for the chance:
First off, I gotta say thanks to Josh Griffith for giving me this chance to carry Damian Kane to life,” he enthused. “It has been a tremendous trip. It’s been an honor to not solely be part of the forged however to carry a personality like Damian to life.
He additionally confirmed that that is positively the tip for Damian – and that he is recognized about his character’s upcoming loss of life for a while:
Damian Kane has met an premature demise. We shot this again in Could, and I truly knew about Damian Kane’s… what his destiny was earlier than we even went to France… I’m simply grateful to have been in a position to play a task on the present, to be part of the forged. And irrespective of how lengthy or how transient it’s, on the finish of the day, as an actor, that’s my job to return in and play the function that I used to be forged. And when it’s time to go, it’s time to go. And it’s time to go do one thing some other place.”
What This Means For The Younger And The Stressed
The Hunt For The Killer Is On
The fallout from Damian’s loss of life goes to be a significant plot level for The Younger And The Stressed in coming weeks, as everybody scrambles to seek out out who the mysterious killer is – and naturally, there are many suspects. Cane Ashby is, in fact, a contender, however the truth that he was additionally drugged goes to be a robust level in favor of his innocence.
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Nevertheless, some feedback from Vincent Stalba to Cleaning soap Opera Digest may very well trace that his character, Carter, is the one behind all of it. He hinted that Carter had plans that nobody would see coming:
It’s mainly simply being an assistant till there’s a a lot larger plan that comes into focus. I say little or no, however I do know every part. Issues are about to get very juicy and really thrilling, and I feel individuals are going to attach with Carter in a brand new approach, and Carter might have plans of his personal. All I’ll say is I’ll do something for my boss.
As Cane’s right-hand-man, Carter is completely positioned to be the killer, and to have drugged Cane to throw everybody off the scent.
Our Take On Damian’s Demise
No Demise Is Everlasting In Cleaning soap Operas
River’s submit and feedback are a seemingly everlasting goodbye to the cleaning soap, particularly because the actor spoke about being concerned in a number of upcoming tasks:
Proper now, there’s a complete lot of stuff that has my title on it. And there are different tasks that I’m presently hooked up to, and I’m bodily, mentally on the brink of do one thing tremendous enjoyable within the sci-fi style.
In the intervening time, the actor’s IMDb web page reveals an upcoming credit score on the movie Killing Winston Jones, which is not a sci-fi sequence, so there’s positively a tease in there for one thing that hasn’t been introduced.
As for The Younger and the Stressed, solely time will inform who murdered Damian – or if he’s actually useless, as loss of life isn’t everlasting within the cleaning soap world!
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The Younger And The Stressed
- Launch Date
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March 26, 1973
- Administrators
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Randy Robbins, Steven Williford, Owen Renfroe, Michael Eilbaum, Mike Denney
- Writers
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Amanda L. Beall, James H. Brown, Sara Endsley, Sara A. Bibel, Jerry Birn, Kay Alden, John F. Smith, Jeff Beldner, Lynn Martin, Frederick Johnson, Janice Ferri Esser, Natalie Minardi Slater, Michael Conforti
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Doug Davidson
Paul Williams
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Michael Damian
Danny Romalotti