The Daring and the Lovely’s Thorsten Kaye Wins at Daytime Emmys 2024

The 51st Daytime Emmys have named their winner for finest actor!

On Friday, June 7, Thorsten Kaye gained the award for excellent lead efficiency in a daytime drama sequence: actor for his position as Ridge Forrester in The Daring and the Lovely.

As he approached the stage and accepted the award, he took time to thank not solely his solid, but additionally the relations who’ve supported him by each step of the way in which.

“I gotta be very sincere, I do not like award exhibits,” Kaye shrugged earlier than joking, “I did not like award exhibits till tonight. Now they make good sense!”

“The opposite factor that does not make sense is that anybody may do that alone. We won’t. You want an amazing boss who sees you hears, you want a solid that tolerates you,” he continued. “You want a complete village of folks that have agreed that they are not going to allow you to drown, not tonight. I’ve all of that so thanks.”

Along with having knowledgeable assist system, Kaye issued a particular shoutout to his family members.

“I’ve bought Marlowe and McKenna — being your dad is the best honor of my life,” he stated because the digicam panned to his daughter McKenna wiping tears from her eyes. Kaye then honored his spouse, and added, “Susan, thanks for this stunning youngsters and every little thing that you just sacrificed didn’t go unnoticed. Thanks. Honey, I like you.”

The class was dominated by actors in CBS exhibits. Amongst these up for the award had been The Younger and the Stressed‘ Eric Braeden, The Daring and the Lovely‘s Kaye, Scott Clifton and John McCook and Days of Our Lives star Eric Martsolf.

Here’s a take a look at the actors who had been nominated for the award.

Created by the late William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, The Younger and the Stressed follows the lives of the residents of the fictional Genoa Metropolis. Since its premiere in March 1973, the sequence has welcomed over 350 solid members.

Braeden made his debut as charming but cussed Victor Newman in 1980. Although he is been on the long-running sequence for over 40 years, the actor beforehand informed PEOPLE he had no plans on ending his tenure on the cleaning soap opera any time quickly.

“I really feel very loyal to The Younger and the Stressed, very beholden to Victor and really beholden to the viewers who has supported us for all these years,” he defined. “I intend to remain so long as I can.”

“I’ve all the time regarded for which means in performing, however I’ve discovered to know that the essence of what we do is to entertain, to make folks completely happy,” Braeden added.

The final time Braeden took house the win was in 1998. He is been nominated 9 different instances.

The Daring and the Lovely, which premiered in 1987, is the sister present to The Younger and the Stressed and was additionally created for CBS by the Bells. Whereas actors have crossed backwards and forwards from each sequence, The Daring and the Lovely is about in Los Angeles and follows the Forrester household and their high fashion empire.

McCook, who takes on the position of household patriarch Eric Forrester, is the cleaning soap opera’s longest operating male actor and has been with the present since its inception. All through his tenure, the actor has obtained 4 Daytime Emmy nomination and nabbed the award in 2022.

The Daring and the Lovely‘s third nomination for lead actor is Scott Clifton.

Clifton started his journey on the cleaning soap in 2010 and performs portrays William “Liam” Spencer III. All through his profession, the actor has obtained 9 Daytime Emmy nominations and gained three. In 2017, he made historical past when he turned the primary male actor to win Daytime Emmys in all three efficiency classes: youthful, supporting, and lead.

The finale nominee rounding out the pack is Martsolf, who stars as Brady Black on Days of Our Lives.

The actor made his debut on the lengthy operating cleaning soap in 2008. In 2014, he gained his first Daytime Emmy for supporting actor and was nominated once more for a similar award in 2019.

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Over time, Martsolf has cemented his repute as an authorized “cleaning soap hunk” for his steadily shirtless portrayal of Black. In a canopy story for Playgirl’s April digital problem, the actor shared why a strong ability set was simply as essential as sustaining a sure physique in cleaning soap performing.

“One can’t management what the general public thinks or how they outline you,” he stated on the time. “The nice daytime actors have simply as a lot depth on the within as displayed on the surface. Endurance within the cleaning soap world requires understanding of character and an unbelievable work ethic. It’s not for everybody.”

The Daytime Emmy Awards airs dwell on Friday, June 7 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+.