Chat transcript

Hunter: Hello to everybody who is fans of B&B, and also my own fans. Hello and it'll be fun hearing what you have to say and ask!
Hunter: The baby's doing great, so let's not ask a thousand questions about that!
Hunter: The baby's helath is great. She has had a little virus, but as for her more serious health problems, she's been doing great. She's growing and happy and she just turned a year old.

IzzyBnJohn4Ever asks: When you played on Days as Marina,did you have a good time acting with Staci Greason??
Hunter: Oh, yeah, I did! We thought she was just going to be a short term character, she was supposed to be somewhat crazy, and my character had her locked away in a mental hospital, which we find out later that Marina kinda had bad intentions for her
Hunter: As the story unfolded, they really liked the character of Isabella, and expanded on her, and I thought Staci was a really sweet girl, and she was so excited that her first acting job turned into such a big role
Hunter: I had done AMC first.

Sunbeam198 asks: Hi Hunter, what are your plans in regard to the fund you set up from your legal win ?
Hunter: First of all, there was no five million... you have to understand the legal system to know what I mean by that.
Hunter: I will not say how I funded it, but I have a chariy I started called Chosen Child that I am going to use to help all pregnant women in various situations of difficulty.
Hunter: This week we will be making more solid plans and strategies for helping mothers make the choice of keeping the child easier.
Hunter: Such as one of the great ideas that we brainstormed about is providing scholarships for daycare, because a lot of women or families with too many children feel pressured by the added expense the child might bring to the family through daycare
Hunter: We are looking into ways to provide scholorships for the first five years of life to help the mother or family get on her feet
Hunter: The basic goal is to give mothers every reason to want to keep their child and never be forced into the choice of having an abortion

RowdyGirls99 asks: You have been called the most beautiful woman on daytime tv . How do you react to comments like that?
Hunter: I don't know what to think about it!
Hunter: I guess I feel embarrassed like anyone else does when they get a compliment, but of course I appreciate it.

Shamu_95 asks: Hello. I think you are a great actress. How was it being on Oprah???
Hunter: It was a lot of fun. I found her to be a very personable, very warm person.
Hunter: Very accomodating. They took wonderful care of me, flew me in from L.A. to Chicago, and I thought the whole staff was very kind and friendly and they've offered to help me in any way in the future for promoting my book and such
Hunter: It was a very enjoyable experience3

Kilster_E asks: Hunter, as a Christian, would you honestly make a man an idol like taylor sometimes does with ridge?
Hunter: That's a tough question.
Hunter: I wouldn't say that any woman should make a man her idol, but I believe that with Christian values every woman should put her husband on the highest pedestal possible, just a step below God, because that's God designed a marraige to be
Hunter: The husband is a head of the household, and the wife is just below that.
Hunter: Although the Bible also says all people are euqal, so that doesn't mean one can treat the other meaner. Therefore, I think Ridge would fall under both.
Hunter: According to what I believe as a Christian, a husband should love his wife as Christ loves the church, and I don't think we'd have half the problems we do in America with marriages.
Hunter: That's just my opinion.

cjam_1 asks: Hunter..will you please leave ridge and go be with pierce who truly loves you?
Hunter: I'm kind of at the mercy of my writers
Hunter: But I do feel insofar as the character being true to herself she would stay with Ridge no matter what. She's sacrificed so much before for him, it would only make sense for the character to love Ridge come hell or highwater.

karina_17aout1996 asks: i was just wondering if you are friend with Katherine Kelly lang?Cause in the show you really dont like her.BY the way i really like you.You are one of my favourite actress.Im from Canada and in 20 years old.
Hunter: I'm glad you asked that, because there have been all kinds of goofy rumors that I don't get along with Katherine, which is absolutely untrue. Our dressing rooms are right next door to each other. She has a little girl named Zoe who's about a year and a half, and my daughter Isabella is 2
Hunter: We let them play together. They're buddies. Katherine and I love and respect each other as mothers and actresses. Maybe in the beginning there was competition but that's normal with any job
Hunter: We've grown to respect and love and help each other and try to be considerate of what the other's going through in real life
Hunter: A lot of time when we're running lines, we laugh because some of the lines are so catty. We get it out of our system and we do our scene and that's what you guys see. But it's not real.

lizard615 asks: Hunter, What is the book about?
Hunter: It's about what really happened in the Aaron Spelling case, in my trial. All the stuff behind the scenes, that goes on in the business, the stuff that really happened with my pregnancy and in the courtroom
Hunter: It's writen by me. I added a creative touch where there's a mystery, a third person who tells you parts of the story and you don't find out who that is till the very end
Hunter: There have been a lot of rumors about problems my husband and I had a few years ago. I tell the truth about things in my life that have been distorted or twisted in the media. I'm very honest about everything I tell. I don't try to mince words because it makes me look good, because it doesn't all make me look good.
Hunter: It does point out the things I learned. I think it'll be a very encouraging book for anyone who's going through problems in their own life.
Hunter: There's been many times that I've just been so overwhelmed that I would either come home and cry and tell my husband what was happening or how I felt. Good thing I have a good supportive family, and good thing I'm a Christian, because I could never have gotten through some of the stuff I have if I wasn't.
Hunter: No way!!!!!!!!!!!

ne1sname asks: Hunter.......Did you and Michael ever feel your fatih waver during your ordeal with Katya?????
Hunter: There were other times in my life when my faith would waver, so I know what you mean, but my walk with God is more committed and different since I became a born again Christian, where my walk with God is a daily thing
Hunter: I read my Bible every day. There's a big difference in the way I live my life now, when you read the bible every day your faith can't waiver
Hunter: You might ask God why something is happeneing, and you will get an answer when you begin to read and your spirit will be settled
Hunter: I've been doing this for the last four years in my life, and so have my husband and children, and there's been such a difference in my household
Hunter: God will give me an answer, and as long as I'm looking to Him I'm always at peace.

Avis_99 asks: How were you discovered?
Hunter: I was doing dinner theater plays in Dallas and a casting director form AMC happened to be there. I think she was in town looking for the character which I ended up playing
Hunter: She was holding auditions at a commercial agency or something, but I had no idea that was going on. She just happened to be there for entertainment and she came backstage afterwards and asked me to come read for this part of Robin in New York.
Hunter: And I did, and the rest is history. I got the job within 3 days and I lived in Nerw York.

ne1sname asks: Do you regret not getting MP, especially now that the charcter is no longer on the air????
Hunter: Absolutely not, but I will say that I believe if I had been able to develop the role as originally intended -- they had me in mind when they created it -- I could have made it last longer, because it had been created for me

Marty2634 asks: Hello Hunter, What makes Bradley Bell a great Head Writer of "The Bold and The Beautiful"?
Hunter: The whole Bell family is wonderful because they really care about their show. You can tell that their shows are run just like a fmaily business. They respect their employees, take care of them, have parties and get togethers.
Hunter: They honestly not only give us a nice job, but take care of us and respect us and treat us like part of their family.
Hunter: Part of what makes Brad a wonderful boss is that he's following in his father's footsteps and doing a wonderful job.
Hunter: He's holding it together extremely well. He's adventerous to try some new things. The storylines may be taking some new directions that will be interesting. He's young and daring and willing to do it.
Hunter: I think it's great to work with someone who was trained probably his whole life by someone as talented as Bill Bell Sr.
Hunter: I've worked with other shows, and this show has the least friction of any I've worked on, and it's great.

LaceyLuvsHT asks: Are you going to attend the SOD awards this year?
Hunter: I'm going to try!
Hunter: I probalby will.
Hunter: It's kind of unpredictable when you have 4 children, but I always am planning to.

Screaming_in_Digital_27 asks: Away from the Hollywood Glitz - what do you like to do for fun?
Hunter: I seem to be preoccupied with being a mom these days. However I have other hobbies like riding horses and I do like to play football, basketball with my older boys.
Hunter: I used to like to ice skate, but I haven't done that in a while, though we did at Christmas. I like to read Christina authors. I like to shop -- I'm a woman, what can I say -- bit I haven't done it much with the baby
Hunter: I collect Dept. 56 snow villiage. It's the only little weird collection thing I'm doing right now. Those little houses and villiages that light up that you put up ususally in the wintertime.
Hunter: I've still got mine up from Christmas!
Hunter: So those are my hobbies.

pootytat_99 asks: what would you like to see happen to your character, Taylor?
Hunter: I would like to see Taylor and Ridge have a calm period where they just are husband and wife, and maybe they plan to have another baby
Hunter: It would show - within a marraige there are some interesting stories to be played out. There are other problems than other people interfering, and I don't think any show has really explored that.
Hunter: Between Ronn and I there's enough playfulness that that would be fun. Let the audience get attached to the marrqaige for once, and then when trouble is stirred up, see that happen.

LongHairLover99 asks: Hunter, what is your secret to your incredibly beautiful hair?
Hunter: I've been so frustrated with it lately!
Hunter: I cut it shorter to get the layers out, because I hated the split ends and everything. Everyone's been wearing their hair straight. I tried it and I hate the flat look.
Hunter: One of the things I think is most important, because I do so much to my hair like spraying, hot rollers, which is what I've been doing recently
Hunter: I think conditioning the hair is very important, and not washing too often. If you wash too often you dry it out.
Hunter: I do conditioning in a steam shower, like a sauna, at least once a week. It oepns the cuticle of the hair and helps it hold in the moisture that you strip out from styiling.

Avis_99 asks: Whats your most memorable moment on set?
Hunter: On set... I think a very memorable moment -- we weren't on the set in LA, we were in St Thomas -- was when Ridge and Taylor were there and he had her go on the treasure hunt with little notes leading form place to place
Hunter: It ended up being an X marks the spot in the sand, where Taylor dug up a chest and found her engagement ring
Hunter: I thought that was a special moment. Ronn and I really bonded on that shoot. We both think that was a very special time in the storyline and we really enjoyed it because we had our spouses there and we all got to be buddies and get to know each other

Hunter: I would have to say it goes to that, then the bizarre, when I was dancing with my snake for Prince Omar in my belly dance outfit. We were laughing at that whole segment, especially the belly dancing
Hunter: I don't think we've gone that crazy in a while. I think that's why they need to get the Ridge-Taylor marriage stable again. That was fun.

No_bod_e_Special asks: What kind of music do you enjoy listening to Hunter?
Hunter: I listen to groups like DC Talk, and Audio Adrenaline... these are all Christian alternative rock type sound
Hunter: I like Petra, which is more rock and roll Christian music, and there's a new group called... well, it's a great CD and they sound simliar to U2. The latest album is called "King of Fools"
Hunter: They're really good.
Hunter: There are some very talented Christian groups. My oldest boy is in high school. There was a suicide of a close family member a few years ago, and we found out the music this person listened to was Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins
Hunter: You get negative thoughts pounded in your head all day and it affects you. My boys listen to Christian music and it's made big changes in their attitude.
Hunter: You can rock out and everyone's in a good mood. Nobody feels like smashing chairs!

lindylu24 asks: Do you have a favorite clothing style... are you a jeans sorta girl or do you like the fancy stuff?
Hunter: I have two definite looks: jeans and a tighter-fitting top, quarter-length sleeve. Then I go from that extreme -- from dressed down with flat boots -- t-shirts, sweater, boots -- to the extreme of a very classy elegant clothing for when I go out.
Hunter: I like fitted, elegant stuff, sometimes a busienss jacket so it looks professional and classy.

bretty1992 asks: I really like your first name? Is it a given name or stage name
Hunter: It's my maiden name. It's been my nickname my whole life.
Hunter: I went by Deborah on AMC.

Sunbeam198 asks: Hi Hunter, what is a typical day for you on the set?
Hunter: We get there about 8:45. I get my makeup started.
Hunter: Then I go upstairs, they call us when they're ready for us and give us our blocking -- they tell us where we're going to move on what line, if there's a kiss or hug on this or that line
Hunter: I go back downstairs work out in my room or get a bite to eat or run lines or whatever I have time for. If I'm up first I'm on camera at noon, so I have to pick one or two and be ready to go on camera
Hunter: In that case I'm out of there by 2pm
Hunter: If I'm shooting later, I do my workout, play with my children if I brought them to the set, run erands, whatever till it's time for me to go on
Hunter: Each day is different.

pootytat_99 asks: Who inspired you to become an actress?
Hunter: It's a very long story...
Hunter: It was never an intended career choice.
Hunter: That would be best explained by reading my book, when it comes out in the late summer, if you want the details!
Hunter: A brief answer -- I'd have to say I fell into it as a way to pay for college, doing plays and commercials on the weekend. That's the shortest version I can give you.

No_bod_e_Special asks: Hunter, do you get to keep all the clothes you wear?
Hunter: No. Absolutely no. CBS won't give them to us! I tried to buy some of my clothes they bought me when I was pregnant, and they were buying these really cute clothes, and my character wasn't pregnant anymore but I was 9 months pregnant
Hunter: They had all these cute dresses they were going to ditch. I said 'I'll buy them,' but CBS has a policy of not selling them.
Hunter: B&B doesn't own the clothes, CBS does. It's a weird business thing.

RowdyGirls99 asks: What is Michael up to these days? Is he an a soap right now?
Hunter: No, he just did a movie with Harvey Keitel
Hunter: He's playing a bad guy
Hunter: He's doing stuff here and there. Michael is more into -- he seems to get more film roles these days. It gives him freedom. He turns 50 this year; he needs some freedom to chill out!
Hunter: He's also been wonderful being there for the baby while she was sick. He's been a great dad.

Sweetheart_694u asks: hi hunter! what is your favorite TV show besides B & B? :-)
Hunter: I don't really like television. I know that sounds weird because I'm an actress, but it's hard for me to enjoy any kind of film or tv or theater because I know it's just pretend. It's too hard for me to lose myself in enjoying the story
Hunter: Anything that's a comedy I can usually enjoy because I love to laugh
Hunter: A show I really enjoy is "Everybody loves Raymond." Sometimes we watch the Drew Carey show - my husband loves tv - sometimes I hear what's on and get interested. I seem to get draw in to "Everybody Loves Raymond" for some reason. I think it's hilarious.

HARLEYSRUS1 asks: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT HUNTER?
Hunter: I pray for him as often as I can!
Hunter: (laughs)

elo1010 asks: Did you like the trip to Italy when the fashion show was taped?
Hunter: I didn't go!
Hunter: I was 7 mohts pregnant and they wouldn't let me travel for health reasons. I guess it's not a good insurance policy thing.

GuestR asks: Are you conscience of what you eat, or do you naturally have a terrific figure?
Hunter: No, I'm very aware of what's good and bad for you. Primarily I try to have a diet of fresh healthy fruits and vegetables -- If I can find a store that uses no pesticies or fertilizers -- I eat little breads and starches.
Hunter: My weakness is Mexican food. I try to stay chilled out on too much cheese or dairy, but I love them.
Hunter: Wy weakness is Mexican and Italian, which are two of the most fattening categories you cna find. Then comes French, which is also fattening...
Hunter: I don't deny myself those things, but I try to be intelligent about it
Hunter: When I go to a restaurant I can choose to have a salad or something lighter, like a pasta fazool soup. I find ways to enjoy it but not go crazy. And I do exercise, which is most important.

Gice5 asks: Hunter do you ever watch your finished work on B&B and watch a show?
Hunter: Every now and then I'll catch it. I wanted to see how the hair change looks on air -- I hated it so I changed it. Occasionally I'll do a scene that felt good so I'll see how it turned out. It's difficult because half the time I'm on the set while it's airing, so I'm not able to see the television

No_bod_e_Special asks: What was the first thing that attracted you to Michael?
Hunter: Hmm... his rogue like sarcastic attitude.
Hunter: I'm laughing hysterically as I say this!

nj_mack_daddy asks: do you have any pets?
Hunter: Not right now. I used to have all my reptiles. I lost most of those when I lost my job at Spelling because I had nowhere to put them. Right now I have one dog, and I'm probably going to get a few cats because where we moved there are a lot of rattlesnakes. I hate rattlesnakes!

USCgirl69 asks: Do you ever answer any of your fan mail?
Hunter: I go through all my fan mail. Most of the questions are the same -- an autograph, what lipsitck I'm wearing, like some of the things I'm answering now. I send them on to a lady who's a family friend named Pat Freeman. She gives more detailed answers to questions because she knows the basic answers
Hunter: She usually gives them an invitation for a newsletter every 3 months, special photographs -- takes care of them in a way I couldn't on a daily basis, because our show airs in 96 countries
Hunter: The foreign ones are often hard, because a lot of people write in other languages
Hunter: We answer everything that comes in. Some people get frustrated because they don't get a personal handwritten letter from me, but we do the best we can
Hunter: A lot of people write the web site asking for pictures. What they don't understand is I get so many requests through the Internet that it's impossible for me to answer
Hunter: We every now and then post something saying if you want a photograph, send a letter and self-addressed stamped envelope to the studio, to 7800 Beverly Blvd
Hunter: I would be on the Internet all day retrieving mail, and it just doesn't work. Believe me, we've tried!

kat_in_detroit asks: How has it been working with Eric Braeden lately
Hunter: I didn't have any scenes, other than to yank Ridge away from a table. That's about it!
Hunter: He seems very romantic and mysterious

Learner_Driver asks: Didn't you star on Wheel of Fortune for Soap stars week?
Hunter: Yes.

velma7172 asks: any plans for b&b to go to an hour instead of a half hour?
Hunter: I hear about that talk off and on and nothing ever happens. As far as the actors go, we like it the way it is.
Hunter: We're on a half hour show, #2 on the network, which says a lot for a half hour show. We're only there late if we have a big wedding or party on the show. For the most part we have really great hours.

rumski30 asks: 'Hunter from what I have read about you, you seem to be very religious But by being an actress in daytime and the storylines you get into does that not conflict in beliefs
Hunter: No, it's all a matter of how I play it and what I will and won't do
Hunter: I am a very strongly convicted Chrsitian. In the past I used to do whatever the script said, but in the past 4 years if there's something I'm uncomfortable with or that might cause someone to do something harmful to themselves I have to use my own discernment.
Hunter: I don't mind if my character makes a mistake and does something that is strong as long as the ultimate message to the audience is that you don't want to do this because these are the consequences
Hunter: You have to have a character that makes mistakes occasionally, or you have a predictable character
Hunter: I have to use my own discernment as the story unfolds to decide whether my aspects would hurt or mislead someone

Ann_106 asks: So are things going to get more strained for Taylor and Ridge or will things work out for them?
Hunter: (laughs)
Hunter: I think there's getting ready to be an interesting twist, that Brooke did not see coming and I think was very clever of Taylor
Hunter: I think it will solidify things for a little while for Tyalor and Ridge.

Patticake98_ga asks: Are you and Susan Flannery as close in real life as you are on the show?
Hunter: I think Susan Flannery is a doll. I love her
Hunter: She's really not like her character. She's a much more genuine and not this uppity person -- almost woodsy
Hunter: She comes to work in khakis and a lumberjack shirt, not a stitch of makeup. She's someone that makes you laugh, makes you feel so laid back. It's like hanging out with one of your aunts
Hunter: Very different from Stephanie, but we still have that warm relationship

dream_gal_ asks: when would you like to finish your role on the b&b?
Hunter: I thought I had finished it a few times before, but I'm still there. I'm an actress, and from a business standpoint I'm always looking to see what else is out ther. If I wasn't, I'd be stale and boring and unmotivated
Hunter: I'm always looking to see what else is out there
Hunter: At the time being, I'm under contract and I'm happy

karina_17aout1996 asks: Do you like to kiss Ridge and how is it?
Hunter: Well, I just did that today... I've kissed a lot of different men on different shows and even on our show, and Ronn is so considerate and sweet. He's litke a little boy, like Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber. Ronn is goofy, but in the midst of it all he's trying to be sweet
Hunter: He's unpretentious, considerate, concerned about his breath and if he's biting your lip or steping on your toe
Hunter: He's a pleasure to kiss simply because he's considerate and sweet

K_Micah asks: Will Taylor and Thorne ever hook up?
Hunter: No.
Hunter: (laughs)
Hunter: We tried that. didn't work.

kathyde13 asks: When you chose not to have an affair with Eric, I was interested in the moral ethics of it. Is that how you like the show to go for you?
Hunter: Yes. That was one of those situations where I had to say, look, I don't think this is right, this is not going in a direction I feel right about
Hunter: They were getting a lot of calls, people saying it was incestuous, and I agreed, and they agreeed, and ultimately we moved on.

yogi_38_99 asks: Hunter, you were great in the 70's thing, Did you keep the lip gloss?
Hunter: (laughs)
Hunter: My makeup artist pulled out makeup I haven't seen in years-- the frost, the sparkle, and I'm so glad that stuff is gone. It was so hard to get off!

RowdyGirls99 asks: Do you like to surf the internet?
Hunter: No. I hate computers.
Hunter: (laughs)
Hunter: I'm not sitting there chatting with you in secret.
Hunter: I know some of the actors go in in disguise and try to get the people to talk about them, but I don't have the time or patience!

michaelGApark asks: Is it true that Gillian Anderson despises you, I read it in Movieline.
Hunter: I don't know her! I've never even heard of that rumor. We've never even met!!
Hunter: I think someone had speculated on the fact that she was pregnant during X-Files, and I got fired when I was pregnant, and maybe they speculated she didn't take my side.
Hunter: I didn't rely on her pregnancy to win my case, so I don't know where that rumor came from.

AbFabSweetieDarling asks: don't you think that Taylor and Ridge has a better chemistry than Brook and Ridge?
Hunter: Yes I do!

Hunter: Tuesday night, make sure to join in from the webcast at 6pm pacific for B&B's 3000th show
Hunter: I'm going to stop in for a quick hello to everybody, because I had plans, but I was excited to hear what they were doing on SoapCity
Hunter: I wanted to make sure to come in and say hello and be part of it
Hunter: My book, I'm not sure what the title will be, will be out in late summer
Hunter: My new charity is called Chosen Child, and pretty soon we'll be able to give you a web site address.
Hunter: Thank you! Take care, guys.

 
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