SPENCERS FOR HIRE

B&B's Don Diamont And Scott Clifton Discuss Their Complicated On-Screen Father/Son History

- Tom Stacy

Soap Opera Digest: In 2010, B&B was changed forever when Bill learned he had a surprise son in Liam. What was that like?

Don Diamont: Well, that’s taking me back. It was mind-blowing. This guy I don’t think ever thought he’d have a wife or a sustained relationship with a woman, let alone deal with a son. It’s enough for him to deal with him [laughs]. So when Liam came along, at first he wasn’t interested. He didn’t want it. He was in utter disbelief. That was his initial response.

Scott Clifton: I had not gotten to watch B&B before I got cast and then I started watching the show live but this was before we had Paramount+, where we could look at the backlog of old episodes. I remember I was in Brad’s [Bell, executive producer/head writer] office, and it was before my first day. I went in for my wardrobe fitting and I was told after that, go up and see the boss. I went into Brad’s office and he was sitting behind his desk and he said, “I don’t know what kind of actor you are. Do you want to know who you really are?” And I said, “Hell, yeah!” And that’s when he told me, “You’re going to turn out to be the son of this character, Bill Spencer, and you’re going to be like oil and water but it’s going to be about the relationship between you two.”