The Young and the Restless: Who’s leaving Y&R in 2025? A devastating departure and a tragic death!

the young and the restless 2026 is about to kick off, but we’re taking a look back at the characters and actors who are leaving Young & Rui 2025. We have deaths, we have recasts, and there is much more to discuss. We’ll discuss all the cast changes and character canvas details in 2025.

Well, early 2025, the young and the restless Focus on completing a major storyline involving Jordan Howard (Colleen Zanker), Ian Ward (Ray Wise) and Sharon Newman (Sharon Keyes) and her hallucinations of Cameron Kirsten (Lyndon Ashby).

Jordan Howard’s Fatal Tea Party: Colleen Zenk Exits The Young and the Restless

We saw the last of Jordan Howard at the end of January 2025. Her great-niece Claire Grace Newman (Hayley Erin) poisons a cup of tea during their showdown. Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle), Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), Claire and Jordan are all in the tack room at Newman Manor.

Claire knows she must stop her crazy great-aunt Jordan once and for all. So after Claire poisons her tea, Jordan drinks it. Although she knew it would kill her, she knew Claire poisoned it and that her great-niece wanted her dead. But eventually, Jordan was cornered and decided death was better than prison. That was the end of Jordan’s character.

Ian Ward’s Lazarus Act: Ray Wise Returns as Haunt Mariah on Y&R

Shortly thereafter, Ian Ward exited as the long-term villain. We saw Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) shoot Ian in January 2025, right after he shot Victor. Ian’s character looks very lifeless. Paramedics announced the time of death, but as Ian got into the ambulance he woke up – not quite so dead after all.

Lazarus Syndrome is happening. Then in October 2025, we had Ian back, haunting Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) at a mental health clinic in Boston as she tried to recover from the trauma he had inflicted on her.

He suddenly appeared again in December and troubled Maria again. So, Ian isn’t gone for good, at least not yet. He would bring more chaos to Maria. I suspect that Ian will return as Ian at some point, and not just as a hallucination to torment the Newmans and mess with their minds.

Cameron Kirsten Says Goodbye: Lyndon Ashby’s Last Visions of the Young and the Restless

Next, let’s talk about Cameron Kirsten’s exit. This is his second exit. He came back to torture Sharon, but she stabbed him to death in the sewers in 2023, if you remember. But Cameron returns when Sharon starts hallucinating about him because Ian and Jordan drugged her.

However, Cameron’s hallucination also disappeared in January 2025, when Sharon realized that she no longer needed him. Remember, he’s kind of like her Jiminy Cricket, her counselor, talking things over in her head. Cameron and Sharon said goodbye, and when she opened her eyes, Cameron wished she was gone forever.

Amanda Sinclair and Mishael Morgan suddenly disappeared on Y&R

Okay, let’s talk about a particularly sudden departure. That’s Amanda Sinclair (Mishael Morgan). She has been away for over a year, as the actress moved to Canada to live with her family there. Her husband is Canadian.

Then Amanda Sinclair came back in May. She returns to recast Kane Ashby’s (Billy Flynn) debut. He debuted in June 2025. Amanda is Kane’s lawyer, his close friend and confidant.

She was a big part of his storyline and then disappeared. The last time we saw Amanda was in September 2025, she just disappeared. Amanda’s character left suddenly and without explanation. There’s no mention of Amanda being out of town doing other things. She just popped and disappeared.

An unceremonious death? Connor Floyd steps down as chance principal on ‘The Young and the Restless’

Okay, let’s talk about character deaths and exits. Conner Floyd takes over a job days of our livesIronically, he played the role of Chad DiMera, a character played by Billy Flynn before exiting sky come over the young and the restless Play Kane. So head writer Josh Griffith decided to kill off Chance Chancellor’s descendants.

In July he was killed at his castle in Cain, France. “Dead” arranges a soap opera exchange between Connor and Billy. But a lot of people were angry not only that they killed Chance, but that we didn’t even see the funeral on screen. It’s a bit disrespectful. Many fans were not happy with the exit.

Damian Kane’s brief romance: Jermaine Rivers exits Y&R

This brings us to the death of another character, Damian Cain (Jermaine Rivers). They chose Damian for the role, Lily Winters’ (Christel Khalil) new love interest. And then they even brought in his mom, Amy Lewis (Valarie Pettiford), and brought in a great actress to play her.

Then, in July 2025, Damian was suddenly stabbed to death in the castle by Kane Ashby’s psychological assistant Carter. Carter stabbed Damian, then he shot Chance, then Carter shot himself. For many fans, Damien’s exit was disappointing.

Not only because he and Lily were heating up, and Lily was crushed when he was murdered, but because we have Amy, and we learn that he’s Nate Hastings’ (Sean Dominic) brother. In the end, just bringing him in and taking him out felt pointless.

Cole Howard’s Controversial Death: J. Eddie Pike’s Exit Storyline on ‘The Young and the Restless’

Another character death in 2025 occurred when Cole Howard (J. Eddie Peck) exited in July. It’s unlikely he died of the highly treatable Legionnaires’ disease – sloppy writing. His daughter Claire and her mum Victoria were clearly devastated and letting him die was a stupid thing to do. They didn’t even bother to google it and found out that it’s very survivable.

Summer Newman heads to Italy: Allison Lanier leaves Y&R

Now to the other exit, luckily it’s not a character death. Summer Newman (Alison Lanier) left the young and the restless In May 2025, her three-year contract expires. Allison Lanier reportedly decides to step down from role and stay away from Young & Rui.

So to stage the actress’ exit, they had Summer travel to Italy after Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) and Chelsea Lawson Newman (Melissa Claire Egan) left Marchetti Go to work with their boyfriends Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) and Adam Newman (Mark Grossman).

I decided to stay in Italy during the summer. She was dating someone but she was mentioned a lot. They visit off-screen, with her adopted son Harrison Locke (Redding Munsell) visiting her.

Since Summer has been mentioned multiple times and Kyle Abbott (Michael Miller) thinks he and Claire are done, maybe we’ll get Summer back, even if they have to recast and change the actress if she still doesn’t want to return. But for now, Summer remains off the screen.

The Abbott Sisters: The Young and the Restless by Beth Maitland and Eileen Davidson

OK In 2025, Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland) and Ashley Abbott (Eileen Davidson) are also in and out. Their exit was triggered by Tracy’s psychotic fiancée Alan Laurent (Christopher Cousins), who turned out to be Tracy’s psychotic twin brother Martin Laurent (also Christopher Cousins), who had been impersonating Alan.

martin leaves the young and the restless In April 2025, he was arrested by Chance after kidnapping and traumatizing Sharon and Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford). After Martin leaves, we see Tracy and Ashley heading to New York to work on their own trauma recovery.

In November 2025, both Tracy and Ashley returned for Thanksgiving. Then Tracy returned for the wedding of Danny Romulotti (Michael Damian) and Kristen Williams (Lauralee Bell). This Christmas, she also has a show. I do hope to see more of Traci Abbott in 2026.

As for Ashley Abbott, maybe there’s more to it than that. ashley leaves the young and the restless She only plans to come back for occasional brief stays as Ashley if needed, but she says she has no plans to come back to stay. Leave a comment telling you who you will miss Young & Rui Exit in 2025.