Rick Forrester
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| Eric "Rick" Forrester Jr. | |
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| Nicknames | Rick |
| Address | Taylor's Beach House, Los Angeles, California |
| Date of birth | Born on-screen November 8th, 1990; aged to sixteen by 1997 |
| Gender | Male |
| Parents | Eric Forrester Brooke Logan |
| Siblings | Bridget Forrester Hope Logan (maternal half-sister) R.J. Forrester (maternal half-brother) Thorne Forrester (paternal half-brother) Felicia Forrester (paternal half-sister) Kristen Forrester (paternal half-sister) Angela Forrester (paternal half-sister) (Angela deceased) |
| Married | Amber Moore (annulled) Amber Moore (divorced) |
| Children | Eric Forrester III (deceased) |
| Romantic entanglements | Kimberly Fairchild Amanda Wexler Caitlin Ramirez Ashley Abbott Phoebe Forrester |
| Occupation | Forrester Originals |
| Portrayer | Kyle Lowder (2007 - ) Justin Torkildsen (1999 - 2004, 2005, 2006) Jacob Young (1997 - 1999) |
Eric 'Rick' Forrester II is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. The first actor to play Rick on a contract basis was Jacob Young, who joined the show in 1997 and was replaced by Justin Torkildsen in 1999. Torkildsen departed the show in late 2004, and made frequent guest appearances from then until 2006. Kyle Lowder assumed the role on January 25, 2007.
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Rick is the son of Brooke Logan (played by Katherine Kelly Lang) and Eric Forrester (John McCook), and the older brother of Bridget (Ashley Jones). He also has five half-siblings; Thorne (Winsor Harmon), Kristen (Tracy Melchior), Felicia (Lesli Kay), Hope (Amanda and Rachel Pace) and R.J. (Trevor and Preston Shores).
In 1998, gold-digging Amber Moore (Adrienne Frantz) set her sights on teenaged Rick as a meal ticket into the high life after Brooke hired her as a live-in babysitter for Bridget (then played by Agnes Bruckner). Tragedy struck one night as Amber convinced Rick to challenge C.J. Garrison (Mick Cain) in a drag race. Losing control of the car, Rick was rushed to hospital in critical condition. There were no compatible kidney donors among Rick's family so out of guilt, Amber insisted they use hers. Rick and Amber began dating and slept together at Big Bear, resulting in Amber becoming pregnant. After C.J. revealed to Rick that Amber was going to have an abortion, the two rushed to stop her. Later, Rick proposed to Amber in order to give his child his name. Kimberly Fairchild (Ashley Lyn Cafagna) then moved into the neighborhood with her father and instantly connected with Rick. Despite unresolved feelings, Rick married Amber and he and Kimberly parted ways. In 1999, a furious Rick threw Amber out after Brooke revealed that Amber had been sexually intimate with Raymond (first played by Usher, then Karim Prince). Amber had passed out drunk and had no memory of the night with Raymond. Eventually, for the sake of his son and wedding vows Rick gave Amber another chance.
In 2000, Amber's lies were exposed. Becky (Marissa Tait) discovered that Amber used Becky's baby to pass off as Rick's son. Devastated to learn that his real baby had died, Rick reunited with Kimberly. Their happiness was fleeting, and when Becky died, Rick renewed his interest in Amber and Little Eric. C.J. and Rick come head to head as they compete for Amber and baby Eric. As C.J. and Amber prepared for their wedding, Rick tracked down little Eric's biological father, Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) in an attempt to gain custody. Rick brought Deacon back to LA and the two of them stopped C.J. and Amber's nuptials from taking place. In 2001, Rick spent his year at college while fighting to regain Amber and Little Eric. He realized bringing Deacon into their lives was a big mistake when Deacon tried to undermine his relationship with Amber and married his sister, Bridget (then played by Jennifer Finnigan), as a ploy to get at the family. However, the year ended with a glimmer of hope, with Amber announcing she was pregnant.
In 2002, Rick began taking an interest in his family's business, Forrester Creations, when his mother took a leave of absence and Ridge (Ronn Moss) took over. Rick became furious when Ridge dropped Brooke's Bedroom Line from Forrester's collection and began going to board meeting to stop Ridge from destroying all of his mother's work. Ridge tried to make a fool out of him, but Massimo Marone (Joseph Mascolo) tutored Rick in business and made him into a cutthroat businessman. With the help of his brother-in-law Deacon, Rick stopped Ridge from taking over Forrester Creations. His mother rewarded him by making him Vice President of the company. Just when Rick's future was starting to look bright, Amber lost their child and discovered she might never be able to have more. While grieving the loss of her second child, Amber got hooked on pain killers and was forced to go to rehab. Rick was very supportive of his wife in her time of need. After returning from rehab, Amber was drugged by Lance (who was being paid by psychotic Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown). Thinking she had relapsed and slept the night with Lance, she confessed to Rick and then they separated.
Rick soon found solace with his new nanny for Little Eric, Erica Lovejoy (Courtnee Draper), who unbeknownst to him, was Sheila's daughter. The two became very close and Erica even moved in after she was injured in a fight with Amber. Sheila then convinced Erica to try to seduce Rick and get pregnant with his child, so he could be in Rick's life forever. Rick refused to sleep with Erica. Rick then found out who Erica really was, and what her plan had been. Rick kicked Erica out of his life and reconciled with Amber. Rick and Amber again separated in late 2003 after losing custody of Little Eric to Deacon, who had recently married Macy Alexander (Bobbie Eakes). Because Rick and Amber had never legally adopted Little Eric, they had no legal right to keep him.
In 2004, Rick left LA after a failed relationship with Caitlin Ramirez (Kayla Ewell). He resided in Milan and later Paris, where he ran Forrester International, and frequently returned to LA for family events, such as weddings and Forrester board meetings.
Rick returned to LA in late January 2007, after Nick Marone (Jack Wagner) bought out Forrester Creations. He has become antagonistic toward Stephanie (Susan Flannery) and Ridge, blaming them for the loss of his father's company. The Forresters are also unhappy with Rick's growing closeness to his former "niece" Phoebe (MacKenzie Mauzy). Although it has been explained that they are not technically related (as Phoebe's father Ridge is actually a Marone, not a Forrester), the storyline has sparked a viewer backlash.
