Soap opera actor visits Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE - Sally Sheehy and Delores Carvalho walked out of The
Steakhouse at Moses Pointe smiling.
Sheehy has watched "The Young and the Restless" since 1973. The
two women just met one of the show's stars, Jess Walton.
"My husband watches it too," Carvalho said. "We record it. It's
just neat. You kind of relate with what's going on ... It just lets
you get away from regular life. Why not fantasy?"
MOSES LAKE - Sally Sheehy and Delores Carvalho walked out of The Steakhouse at Moses Pointe smiling.
Sheehy has watched "The Young and the Restless" since 1973. The two women just met one of the show's stars, Jess Walton.
"My husband watches it too," Carvalho said. "We record it. It's just neat. You kind of relate with what's going on ... It just lets you get away from regular life. Why not fantasy?"
Both of them said Walton was a wonderful person, and noted how she stopped and greeted them as she was walking in. The actor spent roughly two hours greeting about 160 fans of the show Saturday afternoon.
"I enjoyed it because this was the most laid back one of these I've done, and I was able to spend the most time with people," Walton said. "I absolutely loved it ... These people were just wonderful."
Some people came forward with stories about how long they've been watching, and Walton prompted some by asking them questions.
"I just get them started talking and they're usually pretty passionate about the show, so it's not hard," she said. "It's very interesting to me. I love hearing all of their different takes on things."
She finds people's stories interesting, pointing out a mother and daughter, who came to the event, saying the daughter has an animal rescue.
"We're going to think about moving up here and we have little rescue dogs and everybody is warning us about coyotes and they're going to get killed," Walton said. "She has trained her dogs to all come near her."
The ages of the people at the event ranged from the young to old. Walton pointed out a family where three generations came, saying it's part of the multi-generational aspect of soap operas.
"The most common comment I get is, 'I started watching with my grandmother,'" she said. "Which is what I've always maintained is the success of soap operas is that families are very split up ... Usually, where I come from on the coast, they've left. Soap operas are all set up around families, so there's that feeling of stability, and I think that's one of the reasons they're so popular."
Larry Pierce, the general manager, met Walton and her husband roughly 20 years ago, while he was living in California. He said the couple was planning to visit.
"I said, 'What's the point of knowing famous people if they can't help you out,'" he said.