| Katherine Chancellor | |||||||||||||||
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| Jeanne Cooper as Katherine Chancellor (2007) | |||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Jeanne Cooper (and others) |
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| Duration | 1973–present | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | November 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Created by | William J. Bell | ||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Kay Mrs. C The Duchess (by Brock) Katekins (by Colin Atkinson) |
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| Aliases | Marge Cotrooke | ||||||||||||||
| Gender | Female | ||||||||||||||
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| Residence | The Chancellor Estate (12 Foothill Road) Genoa City, Wisconsin |
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Katherine Chancellor Murphy (née Shepherd; formerly Reynolds, Thurston, and Sterling) is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. Since her debut in 1973, she has been portrayed by Jeanne Cooper (who has appeared on the series longer than any other actor), being briefly replaced by Gisele MacKenzie for a number of episodes in 1986 and was recently recast with Michael Learned because Cooper took a medical leave.
Much of Katherine's history on the series revolves around her long-running conflict with her former paid companion, Jill Fenmore (Jill Foster Abbott) (originally Brenda Dickson, currently Jess Walton). Their feud is one of the longest rivalries on any American soap opera.[1] In addition, Katherine has developed a strong friendship with Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), John Abbott (Jerry Douglas), as well as a close business relationship and longtime friendship with Victor Newman (Eric Braeden).
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The character of Katherine Chancellor was introduced in the fall of 1973, several months after The Young and the Restless premièred that March. Show co-creator, William J. Bell, was disappointed with the weak ratings, and thus hired veteran actress, Jeanne Cooper, as a quick fix to add some controversy to the program.[2] Singer Gisele MacKenzie briefly substituted for Cooper for six episodes in 1986.[3] In October 2011, it was announced that Cooper had taken a medical leave. Starting November 1, 2011, the role was temporarily portrayed by actress Michael Learned.[4] Cooper has since returned to the role starting December 23, 2011.
Katherine (Kay to her closest friends, Mrs. C to her long-time maid, Esther Valentine) is a wealthy pillar of the Genoa City community and the matriarch of the Chancellor family. Katherine is part owner of Chancellor Industries and Jabot Cosmetics is a subsidiary. Her net worth was estimated to be between $1B and $1.5B as of November 2008. She is widely considered the grande dame and matriarch of Genoa City. Her son Brock affectionally calls her "Duchess."
In high school, she developed long-lasting friendships with John Abbott and Stuart Brooks. She ended up marrying her high school sweetheart, Gary Reynolds and they had a son together, Brock Reynolds. Judge Arthur Hendricks was Gary Reynold's best friend, and the man with whom Katherine conducted an affair during her time apart from Brock's father. Arthur, as we would learn in 2003, would connect Katherine and Jill in a way that none other could...and neither woman would even know it for many years.
When the show premiered, she was married to the handsome, wealthy head of Chancellor Industries, Philip Chancellor II, and they lived at the luxurious Chancellor Estate. Her former husband, Gary Reynolds, and Phillip were college buddies, friends until Gary died, then Kay and Phillip grew close and eventually married.
After many years of a loving marriage with Phillip, Katherine became an alcoholic and heavy smoker, and began having sex with the stable boys. She blamed it on boredom, Phillip's long hours, her fading looks, and her estrangement from her son, Brock Reynolds. Phillip tried to convince her she was destroying herself, as well as their marriage. He suggested she find something to occupy her time or he would leave. Katherine responded with a suicide attempt. Soon after, Katherine took a liking to her poor and innocent young manicurist, Jill Foster, so Kay hired Jill as her paid companion, maid, and hairdresser.
However Jill had an affair with Katherine's husband, Phillip Chancellor II (Donnelly Rhodes). Katherine, however had other intentions. She arranged for her son, Brock, who was attracted to Jill, to propose. Jill accepted, and Brock married them himself. Before they consummated the marriage, Jill found out she was pregnant and told Phillip. Phillip was overjoyed, and asked Kay for a divorce, which sent her back to the bottle. Katherine signed the papers in a drunken stupor, crossing out the property settlement because without him, she wanted nothing, not even the estate. Phillip flew to the Dominican Republic for a quick divorce, while Jill broke the news to Brock, who agreed to back out of their marriage, which was not legal anyway.
Upon Phillip's return, Katherine met him at the airport and offered to drive him home. Kay made a last-ditch effort to convince Phillip to change his mind about their marriage. But when he turned her down, she hit the accelerator while rounding a curve, and the car sailed off a cliff. Kay sustained serious injuries, and Phillip was in critical condition. Jill hovered at his bedside. Phillip asked the hospital chaplain to marry them, and soon afterward, Phillip died. Thus began the life-long feud between Jill Foster and Kay Chancellor—Jill accusing Kay of murdering her true love, and Kay accusing Jill of stealing hers.
Jill delivered a son, whom she named Philip Chancellor III. Katherine tried to buy him from Jill for a million dollars, but instead, Jill sued for half of Phillip's estate. Kay hired Attorney Mitchell Sherman to have Jill's marriage annulled, thereby stopping any inheritance, due to the fact that the divorce papers had been signed when she was drunk. In retaliation, Jill planted alcohol around the estate so Kay would go off the wagon, and also attempted to drive Kay insane.
By the late 1970s, Katherine fell in love with and tricked hairdresser Derek Thruston into marrying her. But Derek was really in love with Jill. But Derek took Kay up on her deal. If he lived with her for a year, she would set up a $100,000 trust for Jill's son and set Derek up in His own salon. Then Derek's ex-wife Suzanne Lynch arrived in town, bent on getting Derek back. She befriended Kay, and gave her candy laced with drugs, which drove Kay into a sanitarium. Kay's roommate went berserk and set fire to the room. Kay escaped, but the roommate's body was identified as Kay because she was wearing Kay's ring. Derek found himself free of both wives, inheriting the Chancellor wealth and free to marry Jill. But Kay showed up at their wedding - very much alive! Kay reclaimed her fortune and Derek, and named him head of Chancellor Industries. They went on a cruise, had a fight, Kay jumped overboard, and was rescued by Felipe Ramirez who held her captive. They fell in love, and he let her loose to return to her world where she divorced Derek.
In 1984, Katherine received a face lift. Jeanne Cooper, who played Katherine, had an actual one and filmed her real life face lift on TV as if Katherine was getting one as well. After the real life surgery, the bandages were removed while the camera was rolling and it was played out like an episode of the show. Katherine Chancellor's former maid and friend, Liz Foster Brooks, was at her side after the surgery to help her recover, despite Katherine and Liz's daughter's feud.
Soon after, Katherine attempted to destroy Jill's marriage to Katherine's old friend John Abbott by trying to exploit Jill's affair with John's son, Jack Abbott. Eventually, Katherine got pictures of the two of them and shows the pictures to John, who ends up suffering a stroke. Soon after, John and Jill divorced, and then Jill was shot. Katherine, John and Jack Abbott were all suspected of murder, but as it turns out it was a masseur, Sven.
By the late 1980s, Jill and Katherine fight over Jill's son, Philip Chancellor III, who is now a teenager. Philip had a past with acting out. A few years earlier, Jill was forced to send him to soarding school. Now, Philip turns to drinking. He fights his alcoholism with help from both Katherine and Jill, along with Christine Blair (Lauralee Bell). His drinking leads to engage in a one night stand with Nina Webster (Tricia Cast). Nina becomes pregnant with Phillip's child. Phillip later dies in a car crash while he was driving under the influence.
Shortly after, Jill hired a con man named Brian Romalotti (the father of Danny Romalotti and Gina Roma), who she dressed up as a wealthy man and rechristened "Rex Sterling". Jill's plan backfired, though, and Katherine and Rex eventually fell in love for real.
A year later, Rex's former cellmate, Clint Radison, found a woman named Marge Catrooke working at a diner; Marge was a dead ringer for Kay. He and his cohorts, Morey and Lil, who went to work for Katherine as houseman Robert and maid Shirley, trained Marge to pass for Kay, then held Kay and her "ditsy" maid Esther Valentine captive. Meanwhile, Rex found himself increasingly baffled by his wife's unusual behavior. No longer able to tolerate her new eccentricities and boorish behavior, Rex moved out and took up residence with Jill. Jill persuaded him to file for divorce from Katherine and marry her.
Marge sold Chancellor Industries, and since Rex was gone, Clint was free to liquidate the rest of Katherine's assets. But her son, Brock, made a surprise return from his missions in India. Brock, with the help of Mitchell Sherman, discovered the ruse, and rescued Kay and Esther. Marge got to know Kay, and Kay also tried to help Marge to get away. Clint and his cohorts went to prison, but Marge was released as an innocent dupe, thanks to Katherine's intervention.
Katherine was devastated to learn that during her absence, Rex had married Jill. With her lawyer Mitchell's help, Katherine pointed out that the marriage wasn't legal because the divorce papers were signed by Marge, not Katherine. Katherine agreed to accept Rex's marriage to Jill, provided they wait six months before legally remarrying. Rex and Kay remarried after Rex pretended that he was dying from a heart attack.
Later, Esther answered a personal ad in the paper and met con man Norman Peterson. In an effort to impress him, she posed as lady of the manor, and Katherine and Rex went along with it and dressed up as her servants. Norman coerced Esther into convincing Katherine to include Esther in her will and marry him. Katherine and Rex were suspicious, so they arranged a fake wedding. Then, unwilling to wait for Katherine to die to be rich, Norman broke into the estate safe, and Rex caught him. Startled, Norman shot and killed Rex, leaving Kay devastated. Norman was arrested for murder, and Esther was forgiven and again named in Katherine's will.
After years of torment from Katherine, Jill turned the tables on her in July 1998 when she discovered a letter penned by the now-deceased Phillip, naming Jill as the sole owner of the Chancellor Estate. Jill evicted Katherine, who then found a legal loophole which resulted in Katherine and Jill being forced to live at the Estate together. The constant battle of living with Jill drove Katherine close to the bottle again. Rather than succumb, she ran off into the night, contemplated suicide on a bridge, and ended up lost in the streets, her purse stolen, cold, and alone. A homeless girl, known only as Mac, rescued Kay and took her to the Genoa City Shelter. Katherine managed to befriending Mac. Mac finally trusted Kay enough to confide in her the letter she carried next to heart—a letter from the father she had never met, written to her mother. Amazingly, the father turned out to be Kay's son, Brock, and Kay realized that Mac was her granddaughter. Mac's mother, Amanda, and Brock had been in love and working together in India.
Kay decided to track down her son in India so he could meet the daughter he never knew he had, but returned from her search without him. Shortly afterward, Kay received a call that Brock was presumed dead. Then Brock showed up, and they were reunited after many years. Mackenzie returned to the estate to get her things, intending to leave town, just as her father walked in and he and his mother were finally united. Jill took an instant dislike to Mac. Mac and Brock lived at the Chancellor Estate, slowly learning to trust and love each other. Though he wanted to be a father to Mac, Brock's need to help people sent him to volunteer in Louisiana, building houses for the poor.
Afraid that Mac's mother, Amanda Browning, would show up in Genoa City and take her back, Katherine petitioned and was awarded legal custody of Mac. When Amanda did show up, Mac rebuffed her and sent her away. But Amanda had run away from Mac's stepfather, Ralph, too, and was living at the same homeless shelter where Mac and her father, Brock, were volunteers. With her boyfriend Billy Abbott's help, Mac and her mother accepted each other in their lives again. Kay asked Amanda to move to the estate, and Amanda agreed. Then Mac's stepfather, Ralph Hunnicutt, showed up in Genoa City and began stalking her, and he coerced Amanda into helping him steal from the Chancellor Estate. After a series of frightening events, Ralph and Amanda left town and Billy Abbott and Mac grow closer together.
Katherine and Jill were mortified when, in 2003, they are mistakenly led to believe that they are mother and daughter. While her then-husband, Gary Reynolds, was spending time overseas with their son Brock, Katherine had an affair with Gary's best friend, a local judge named Arthur Hendricks. Shortly before Gary returned, Katherine gave birth to a baby and handed it over to a school friend named Charlotte Ramsey, with instructions to give the baby up for adoption. Unfortunately, Charlotte was unable to drop the baby off as planned, and was forced to give her own name as the child's birth mother. Many years later, the woman Jill had always thought of as her mother, Liz Foster, discovered she had a brain tumor. Fearing that her time on Earth was limited, Liz decided to tell Jill that she was adopted. Liz survived, but the secret left Jill reeling. After a long search, she discovered Charlotte Ramsey's name on her birth certificate. Katherine was shocked when she saw Charlotte back in Genoa City a short time later, but still didn't piece together her connection with Jill. John Abbott, also a former schoolmate, recognized Charlotte. He eventually tricked Katherine into revealing that Charlotte had an abortion, which left her unable to carry children, when she was younger. With the truth about her barrenness about to surface, Charlotte went to the Chancellor Estate and confronted Katherine on May 20, 2003. Charlotte then told Kay that Jill was her biological daughter.[5]
The revelation about Jill caused Katherine to have a massive stroke, which left her nearly catatonic for quite a while. Still, there was an even greater sadness attached to this newly-revealed family connection. Interestingly, Jill's son Billy Abbott and Katherine's granddaughter Mackenzie Browning had been dating, but the supposed mother-daughter connection between Katherine and Jill would mean that Mackenzie and Billy were first cousins. Unbeknownst to them, the young couple was married, while a paralyzed Katherine could do nothing but watch. A horrified Jill and John tried to stop the wedding, but they were too late. Eventually, Jill managed to inform the newlyweds of the shocking news before the marriage was consummated. Heartbroken, Billy and Mackenzie had their union annulled, and the two separately left town. Jill helped her mother to recover and the two eventually resolved their differences.
Despite several obstacles along the way, the two former enemies began to form a true mother-daughter bond. Nevertheless, their feud was decades old, and it remains to be seen if Katherine and Jill can continue to be cordial—recent events have caused their deeply-rooted enmity for one another to resurface. Katherine began to have disturbing nightmares involving a baby. She soon determined that they were actually fragments of a repressed memory. Eventually Katherine recalled that years ago—unable to accept the fact that Jill had given birth to a child with her deceased husband Phillip—she kidnapped the baby, and gave him to a woman named Violet Montgomery, whom she met in a bar.n Violet was to place the child with a different family. The woman then gave Katherine a different baby that Jill raised as her son, Phillip Chancellor III.
While Jill adamantly refused to believe this at first, DNA testing of Phillip's remains confirmed that he was not Jill's biological son. It was then revealed that Jill's real son was, in fact, new-in-town Cane Ashby, who had recently married Amber Moore. Cane eventually ended his relationship with Amber, after he discovered that she had faked their wedding (with help from her friend Alison Stewart of Oakdale, Illinois).
Katherine, however, formed a bond with Amber after being trapped with her under the Clear Springs wreckage in October 2007. She sees a lot of herself in the young woman, and often offers her advice and a shoulder to lean on when others turn against her. Katherine was again furious with Jill upon learning that her daughter was planning on eloping with Ji Min Kim. She offered Ji Min a bribe not to marry her daughter, but Ji Min declined. He was murdered before he could marry Jill and the investigation proved that David Chow murdered him to pay off some of his gambling debts (associated with the mob).
On January 25, 2008, Katherine collapsed while talking to Amber. She was then examined at her home by a physician and informed on January 30, 2008 that she had a mini-stroke. Following this terrifying experience, Katherine enlisted Amber's help in writing her memoirs—the prospect of which could be frightening to many Genoa City residents. A year later, on January 22, 2009 while still trying to reclaim her true identity as Katherine, Amber accompanied Katherine to the doctor's office for an evaluation including being tested for Alzheimer's disease.
Back in 2005, while eating lunch at the Café Russe in Los Angeles, Katherine was approached by Massimo Marone. Massimo introduced her to friend Stephanie Douglas Forrester, the daughter of an old business acquaintance (John Douglas) belonging to Katherine. It was discovered that Katherine was the actual owner of Forrester Creations, via the Stephanie Douglas Trust, which her associate’s daughter sought to reclaim from her estranged husband (Eric Forrester). With Katherine's blessing, Stephanie achieved her goal, leaving the grand dame of Genoa City free to focus on her numerous other assets. (October 31 – November 1, 2005)
Katherine had been having a series of memory lapses that had gotten progressively worse over the weeks. She resisted attempts to get a medical diagnosis on what exactly was happening to her. She has also been trying to help her look-alike friend, Marge Cotrooke, stop drinking and enter rehab. The November 7th episode went off the air with Katherine driving Marge to the rehab center and then getting into a serious car accident during a heavy rainstorm. On the November 11th episode, she was pronounced dead, but her family and friends don't know that it was Marge who died, and that Kay was still alive, lying near the river. Kay was rescued by Marge's friend Patrick Murphy, who thought Kay was Marge, and taken back to his mobile home. In late December 2008, Katherine finally regained enough memories to realize she was Katherine Chancellor, not Marge Cotrooke. She convinced Murphy to take her to the Chancellor Mansion. He did, and minutes after she arrived, Jill also arrived and was obviously shocked to see her. After the shock wore off, however, Jill was convinced that Katherine was Marge, seeing as Jill remembered Marge from years ago. Katherine, having little memory still, couldn't disprove Jill's theory, and was arrested for trespassing and fraud. She has already remembered an incident with Gloria Abbott Bardwell upon encountering her at the jail. Katherine subsequently failed a DNA test which would have proven her identity (which calls into question whether she is actually Jill's biological mother).
Eventually, she has more than just Amber and Murphy believing in her true identity; she also has Nikki Newman who finally believes her. Katherine left Genoa City once again when the second DNA tests came in again saying she and Jill are not mother and daughter. Katherine returned to Murphy's where they reconciled; only later to be visited by Nikki and Paul Williams believing she is Katherine no matter what DNA testing results state. With the help of Nikki she proved to Victor Newman that she is Katherine as well. Soon after, Murphy presented Katherine with an engagement ring and proposed to Katherine back at the diner where Katherine accepted.
In return for the Jabot shares which Victor purchased from Gloria, Jill allows the corpse buried in Katherine's grave to be exhumed, and it is subjected to a third DNA test. Ultimately, Jill's DNA matches neither the corpse nor Katherine (whom Jill believes to be Marge). Thus, Katherine's claim about her true identity is bolstered, and it is proven conclusively that Katherine and Jill are not biological mother and daughter after all. After a final pair of DNA tests between Katherine and her son Brock are a match, not even Jill can deny the truth any longer. She bitterly rejects Katherine's overtures of affection, and the ensuing argument reignites the feud between the women in full force. Weeks later on May 1, 2009, Katherine and Murphy are married, with Brock officiating the ceremony.
Shortly thereafter (following his wedding to Lily Winters), Cane recalls his telephone conversation years earlier with a man regarding their joint plan to con Jill and Katherine. The man bears a startling resemblance to the supposedly deceased Phillip Chancellor III. On June 10, 2009, it is revealed that Phillip is indeed the other gentleman, and that he is still very much alive (unknown to everyone except Cane). Upon learning that Cane is not Jill's son, and that Phillip Chancellor III is alive and has returned to Genoa City, she suffers another mild stroke. However, Jill and Katherine continued to argue, but were later able to make some peace with each other.
On November 13, 2009, Katherine Chancellor became Reverend Katherine Chancellor. She became an ordained minister online so that she would be able to officiate the wedding between her dear friend Amber Moore and Amber's longtime boyfriend Daniel Romalotti.
Katherine decided to make Chancellor Industries public and to get others to own the company, but not majority because she still wanted to be the CEO and majority owner of course. The first one to become stockholder was Tucker McCall. He wooed Katherine into letting him into become a stockholder in the company.
For Christmas, Jill gave Katherine a gift, which had the name of her real child. Katherine didn't want to open the box because she thought as Jill as being her real daughter. After Jill begged her, she finally opened the box to find the name JoJo and flew to where her daughter was living, Oklahoma. When they found her she was a drunk and a bounty hunter. Katherine and Jill flew back with JoJo and she caused trouble from the time she arrived. In January 2010, it was revealed that JoJo was sent by Tucker McCall to scam Katherine. On January 15, 2010, Katherine held a stockholders' meeting. Tucker was the only one to show up and it baffled Neil, and J.T. He revealed to Katherine that he bought all the shares from the other stockholders, which meant that he was the owner of Chancellor Industries. She thought he was her friend and ally, but now he was neither, until he revealed that of course he was neither, but he was her son, which shocks and stuns her as well as everyone else. Later in the year, Katherine watched with much sadness, as Jill tried to bond with her newly discovered sister Lauren Fenmore Baldwin after discovering that her birth father was Neil Fenmore. After the Harvest Festival, Murphy was attacked by Meggie McClaine, a woman plotting against lovebirds Victor and Nikki Newman, and goes into a bad medical condition where he can only move his eyes. Meggie knows Murphy, as she was married to Murphy's son years ago. Eventually, Meggie schemes her to marry Victor and then kill just like what she did with Murphy's son. However, using Morse Code, Murphy is able to tell Ronan Molloy all about Meggie despite Meggie's threats against Katherine. Ronan and Murphy inform Victor about Meggie who is able to set Meggie up. Just as Meggie thinks that Victor is dying, he snaps out of it and Murphy and Ronan come in to arrest Meggie.
By February, Kay discovered that Jill was going to marry Australian businessman Colin Atkinson. However, Colin is hiding the fact that he is actually Cane Ashby's biological father, and that he is the head of a mafia family in Australia, who came back to bring Cane back into the fold. Kay, fearing that something was off about Colin, made clear to Jill that she was against the marriage. The night of the marriage, Cane was shot down by one of Colin's henchmen. Cane had apparently tried to stop the wedding, but it proved too late. Katherine was devastated with Cane's loss, and loved Cane regardless of his flaws and sketchy past. After the death, Colin comforted Jill, and also moved into the Chancellor Estate with her.
Around the same time, Victoria Abbott, Abby Newman, and Nick Newman's were wrapping up their lawsuit against their father Victor. Katherine, who mostly stood on the sidelines, was shocked to learn that her son Tucker McCall planned on profiting from the case. She immediately made clear that she was against the case and Tucker's business intentions. In fact, she vowed to destroy Tucker's business, and even sent back her offer to have Tucker and Ashley Abbott's wedding at her house. Following the lawsuit and Victor's announcement of taking Newman Enterprises public, she blasted Victoria, Nick, and Abby, and also vowed to help Victor in any way possible.
With Tucker and Katherine's relationship in turmoil, he prepared to marry Ashley Abbott in May 2011. However, as a result of a dirty scheme by Abby Newman to implicate Tucker and Diane Newman having an affair, Tucker is ran over by a drunk Abby. However, to protect Abby, Ashley takes the blame and switches places with Abby before the police came. Ashley is fine, and Abby recovers quickly. However, Tucker is seriously injured and is in a coma. When Jack calls Katherine with the news, she and Murphy rush to the hospital. She stayed with Tucker and later learns that Tucker had a DNR. Against Katherine and Ashley's wishes, his breathing tube is removed, but amazingly he took a breath by himself. As lawyers begin getting involved regarding business issues, Katherine came at odds with Tucker's right hand woman, Sofia Winters, as well as Jack, who fears that Jabot may be at risk now. However, a lawyer informs Katherine in front of Sofia and Victor that she is now in charge of McCall Unlimited given the present circumstances. In addition, she learns of $20 million set aside for a son that he had previously looked for, but failed. Katherine was amazed to learn of this new grandchild, and this coincided with the loss of Chance Chancellor's redeployment to the army. At a party of Chance, Kay hired Paul Williams to look into Tucker's son. On June 21, 2011, Katherine became a great-grandmother with the birth of her granddaughter Mackenzie's new child, Dylan Hellstrom.
As acting CEO of McCall Unlimited, Katherine immediately puts an end to buying Newman Enterprise stock, which was a key plan under Tucker. Sofia Winters feels that Katherine is dismantling all of Tucker's plans, but Katherine claimed that Tucker knew what her ideas where and that he put her in charge, thus she should respect her plans. Katherine later suggested that Sofia take a leave of absence after she had insulted her. Also, as Ashley Abbott is arrested for attempted murder for Tucker, Katherine now feels uncertain about Ashley's innocence and put a protective order for Tucker, which keeps Ashley away. Once, Ashley sneaks in to see him, Katherine fires her as CEO of Jabot. Soon, Jack Abbott and Victor Newman both begin gearing up for a fight for the CEO position at Jabot. They both confront Katherine about it, with Jack wanting to protect his father's legacy, while Victor suggested that Victoria become CEO. However, Victoria declined and Victor put together an offer to buy Jabot from Katherine, which she began to seriously consider. However, the ghost of John Abbott ended up suggested Jack for Jabot, and after a heartfelt moment Jack had with Katherine, she made him CEO.
Eventually Tucker woke up and asked why Abby tried to kill him. Ashley ended up explaining that she accidentally ran him over, and when the DA came in to question Tucker, he explained that he didn't remember much, included who was driving. Soon after, Tucker asked Ashley to marry him immediately. Katherine walked in just as they were wed. She thought the marriage was ill-advised, and he and Katherine quickly began to fight when he went over some of the changes she made while he was in coma. Tucker ended up asking Ashley to take over since he felt that he wasn't fit yet to take over. Katherine ended up visiting Victor about Tucker's theory about Abby, but Victor never came clean regarding the truth leaving Katherine annoyed. Katherine also visiting Jack, and he announced that he would support her in her new battle against Tucker.
Katherine ended up challenging Tucker's ability to run McCall Unlimited, and after her evidence of Tucker's incompetence, Katherine was allowed to continue to run the company until he can prove his competence. Afterwards, Katherine announced that she would challenge the validity of Tucker's marriage to Ashley Abbott. They both are opposed to it, but Ashley and Tucker ended up separating because of the truth regarding Tucker's affair with Diane Jenkins.
In August 2011, Kay continues searching for Tucker's long lost son and with the help of Paul Williams, she learns that it is Devon Hamilton, Neil's adopted son. When Tucker rejects her again and fires Devon from his record label, she hires her grandson as the head of her new record label, but decides to keep the secret anyway. On September 8, Kay decides to add Devon to her will and Jill questions why. Jill eventually figures out Devon is Tucker's son. Later Paul confronts Kay and promises that he will tell Devon the truth if she doesn't do it herself. Kay explains that she doesn't want Tucker to corrupt Devon. On October 3 2011 Tucker wins back Jabot and Katherine has a stroke and is taken to the hospital. Tucker goes to the Genoa City Police station where Abby has been arrested for being the driver in the accident in which Tucker was hit. After some promises by Tucker to make the DA the cover of the magazine "Restless Style" because of his constant harassment of Tucker and his family, charges against Abby are dropped. Tucker leaves and goes to Jabot, he is sitting at Jack's desk when Jack comes in and they discuss each other's guilty consciences. News of Kay's stroke gets out quickly and all her friends come to visit her, while waiting for the doctors to give them more information about her condition. On October 5, 2011, Katherine wakes up after suffering from a stroke and Jill was there by her side. Tucker finds out about Devon and tells him now Devon refuses to communicate with Katherine. She still tries to reconnect with him, and also invites Harmony to come stay at the Chancellor estate. Katherine later attends Kevin & Chloe's wedding, but when Kevin calls it off, she leaves because of a chill. And Billy & Victoria get married, but she is unable to attend.