Bold and the Beautiful: Hope Throws Massive Tantrum & Steffy Furious!

Bold and the Beautiful recently saw Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) manipulate her mom into trying to steal Steffy Forrester‘s (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) job. And it turned out to be a big old bust. Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) backed right down when Steffy pushed back on him. And very soon, Hope finds out that her big move failed. But she is not going to stop there.

So, we’re going to talk about an upcoming confrontation between Steffy and Hope. It could change everything at both Forrester Creations and Logan. Now, let’s talk about an upcoming tantrum from Hope.

Brooke Backed Down Surprisingly Well on Bold and the Beautiful

This week, after Ridge reported back to Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) that he couldn’t get Steffy to step aside. And he doesn’t think it’s fair to push. Because she’s done such a good job, surprisingly, Brooke just backed down immediately. She took the bad news from Ridge that she wasn’t going to be co-CEO surprisingly well. So well, in fact, that I am now wondering if Brooke even ever wanted to be co-CEO in the first place.

She might have been running a two-stage manipulation on Ridge because Brooke‘s no dummy and she’s been playing him like a fiddle for decades. So, after Ridge told Brooke that Steffy is an excellent co-CEO. And it wouldn’t be fair to kick her out when she’s done nothing to deserve it, Brooke started to tear up.

My question is, are these crocodile tears? Because at that point, Ridge felt bad. But Brooke said no. She was crying for Ridge. Because she hates that she put him in such a terrible position. I mean, come on. And then Brooke admitted that she’s fine with not being co-CEO. She doesn’t need a title.

Brooke May Have Had a Secret Strategy on B&B

So, it could be if this is a multi-stage effort, that stage one was asking Ridge to make her co-CEO, which was kind of an insane over-the-top ask. Brooke had to know that there was no way Steffy would ever step aside and just hand her job to her stepmom.

So now we’re seeing stage two. Brooke agreed with Ridge and then asked him to intervene with Steffy to get Hope for the Future reactivated. And at that point since Brooke backed down so graciously, of course, Ridge had to agree to try. Plus, Brooke locked in stage two, I think, by sending Steffy that very nice text saying she’s a great co-CEO and nobody does it better.

This is honestly a great negotiating tactic by Brooke. She asked for something so big that it was absolutely impossible for Ridge to deliver it. And then Brooke asked for what she really wanted, Hope for the Future, to be reinstated for her daughter, Hope. And that seems now like a much more reasonable request. Because the co-CEO thing was way out of line.

Steffy is On to Brooke’s Manipulation

But the thing is I think Steffy’s on to Brooke and she already told Finn she felt like this was all manipulative. Steffy suspects that Hope had a heavy hand in this and she is right. And this week Steffy is in the CEO office and she’s talking to Brooke and Ridge who are standing side by side facing her and I’m sure Hope’s line is the topic of discussion. The thing is, nothing has changed. Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor), Steffy, and Ridge all agreed to focus on Eric Forrester‘s (John McCook) upcoming couture collection.

That is why Hope’s line was shelved. That part was not personal. The personal part came in when Steffy got tired of Hope calling her decision into question and fighting her on it. When the executive team was all in agreement, that’s when Steffy kind of snapped and laughed in Hope’s face.

And I don’t think it would have gone that far if Steffy didn’t have Hope continuously pecking at her. I’m certain that Ridge and Brooke are going to talk to Steffy about Hope for the Future. And she may even ask Brooke whose idea it was for her to reach for the co-CEO seat. And if Steffy asks, I am wondering if Brooke would admit that Hope inspired her to think about it.

Brooke’s Gesture Impressed Steffy on Bold

And we saw that Steffy was touched by Brooke’s sweet text. But it may get her wheels turning and Steffy may feel like Brooke is now trying to work both her and Ridge to get what Hope wants basically without a lot of regard for the bottom line at Forrester Creations. I think Steffy may realize that Brooke’s ultimate goal wasn’t even to ever get the co-CEO job. But to give Hope what she wants.

And I think Brooke wanted to appease Hope. And it’s understandable that Brooke wants to make her daughter happy. But at what cost? Forrester Creations is a fairly smallish company. There’s not a bottomless budget or manpower to do everything all at once. And Brooke agreed with them. Eric agreed. Ridge, Carter and Steffy all agreed that they need to hustle out an Eric Forrester couture line to try and make the fashion press forget about his work over at Logan.

Steffy Has to Deal with Another Hope Tantrum on B&B

So, I expect that Steffy’s going to thank Brooke for her kind message, offer her some additional chances to go out and be the face of Forrester Creations, raise her profile that way. But I think she’s going to have to remind Ridge and Brooke both that Eric’s collection has to be the focus, which they all already agreed on. And, you know, Steffy may say once that’s locked down and we do this, then we’ll revisit Hope’s line again at that point. And really, what can Brooke say to that?

Nothing has changed for Forrester Creations other than Hope stomping her feet and trying to make something happen. By the end of this week, Steffy’s got to deal with another tantrum from Hope, who I’m sure is going to try and say Steffy is attacking her personally by pausing Hope for the Future temporarily.

Brooke Tells Hope What She Doesn’t Want to Hear

I can see Brooke then telling Hope that she agrees with Steffy and Ridge and the others for business reasons and Brooke may advise Hope to be patient and that her line will definitely be reactivated just not right this moment. And I can imagine if Brooke tells her this that Hope would have zero chill and would come in hot at Steffy and say a bunch of things.

It’s like Hope has forgotten that she’s a paycheck earner and not an owner at Forrester Creations. Most employees don’t come in and start laying into their boss that way, questioning them, nagging them relentlessly the way that she does. Steffy, in most companies, Hope would have already been fired, especially after she pulled a coup, was fired, and then actually got her job back.

You’d think she’d be on better behavior. She’s not. Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for Friday say that after Hope demands answers from Steffy that Hope’s career at Forrester Creations hangs in the balance. She might even tell Steffy that Brooke deserves to be co-CEO and that Steffy should have been demoted. You know, yada yada yada, provoking her. I think Hope may push too far and Steffy may literally remind her who’s boss.

Hope May Walk Out and Go to Logan on Bold

I think it would be really interesting if Steffy showed Hope the text from her mom, Brooke, saying, “What a great job Steffy’s done.” Because I think that would stun Hope and anger her. And something obviously has to push her to the very brink for her to either annoy Steffy into firing her or for her to walk away. What I’d like to see happen is for Hope to follow through on her snarky comments and her veiled threats to go and she just quits and marches over to Logan.

Obviously, Katie Logan (Heather Tom) worried about Brooke being upset and so is Hope. But if she sees the text Brooke sent to Steffy, then Hope might feel like she’s got nobody on her side at Forrester Creations and that Brooke’s not even there fighting for her and that could be the catalyst to get Hope to walk out.

It’s definitely what Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) wants and Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) and Katie would be absolutely thrilled. And if Hope tells them that Brooke is now on team Steffy and Ridge, then I think Katie would embrace the chance to work with Hope whether Brooke likes it or not.

We’ll see what happens. But I definitely feel like Hope is going to throw a career changing tantrum that Steffy will not tolerate after Brooke’s two-pronged plan fails to deliver what Hope wants. And I can’t wait to see it. May Sweeps ends this Wednesday, May 20th. But the big fireworks may not come until the end of the week when Steffy and Hope have that major showdown, and I’m here for it.