I'm not a soap fan, but in the '80s I did watch The Young & The Restless and probably some others, so I do remember gorgeous Thom Bierdz quite well. Leave it to the homophobic Globe (July 6, 2009) to break the good news that he's gay! Bierdz is coming back to the show to reprise his character, who it will turn out faked his own death to avoid having his secret gay life found out. Now, he'll be open.
He's comin' out, he wants the world to know.
In a strange parallel, Bierdz was warned to stay in the closet by producers on the show in the '80s, and is now being hired specifically to play gay and, one assumes, for the added PR that entails his real-life sexuality.
Side note: In retelling Bierdz's life story, Globe talks about how a younger brother murdered their mother and then classily reports that his older brother "committed suicide by blowing his brains out." Whatever happened to "took his own life?"
He's been an artist (mixed media painting) for years now and his website is really lovely - replete with addictive remix of The Young And The Restless theme spliced with Mary J Blige's "No More Drama" as a looped backsong:
http://www.thombierdz.com/
Posted by: Mark Adnum | June 25, 2009 at 08:11 AM
We watch Y&R and I wondered what the scoop was on this character!
Posted by: Melissa | June 25, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Thom has written a book about his mother's murder at the hands of Thom's younger brother Troy. The book also chronicles Troy's mental illness and Thom's forgiveness of his brother. You can buy the book from Thom's website in addition to purchasing and buying some of his art at http://www.thombierdz.com/
Posted by: Bobby | June 25, 2009 at 09:46 PM
I read Thom's book....they should make a movie of it....hot guy, hot book, hot artwork.....can this guy do anything bad? Welcome back to daytime, Thom......I hope the writers are smart enough to keep your storyline on for years and years to come.......
Posted by: Granger | June 26, 2009 at 09:11 AM
I am also thrilled to have Thom back on Y&R. And like Mark says, his websit is EXCELLENT. Great artist.
Posted by: Alberto | June 28, 2009 at 03:31 AM
Thom is an obvious homosexual and we wish to see Thom presenting hole!
Posted by: Mrs Patrick Campbell | June 25, 2011 at 05:32 AM
Thom looks a bit like our husband(a handsome 39 yr old Latino with massive uncut sizemeat and humungous low-hangers!)
Posted by: Mrs Patrick Campbell | June 26, 2011 at 04:57 AM