Hope Logan in the Middle of a Public Scandal

You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

This weeks Bold and the Beautiful had Hope the centre of attention, but in a very bad way…

While on a surprised request by Marcus to meet him at Dayzee’s, Hope and Liam arrive separately and agree to keep their hands off each other while in public. Marcus proposes to Dayzee and she accepts. Hope and Liam are swept away by the sweet and romantic proposal and filled with happiness, that they without thinking share a kiss. What they don’t know is that they are seen by a mother and her young daughter Maggie, who has supported and believed in Hopes message for her HFTF line.

The mother, visibly upset, actually goes up to Hope and brings her back to reality. She calls out Hope for being with a married man while Liam is in the process of going through a divorce. She calls Hope a hypocrite for preaching about morals and values in her campaign, while in reality she does the exact opposite. The conversation gets pretty heated with Liam stepping in and defending Hope, and the mother calls out Liam for being just as guilty as Hope in this whole mess.  The woman leaves with her daughter, but not before saying that Hope is a fraud and committing adultery…

This really hits home for Hope and she becomes very upset. She excuses herself and takes one of her anti-anxiety pills.

Later on that night Hope’s attitude has done a complete 180 and she is seen as giggly and calm when talking to Liam about that nights altercation. Liam is baffled and amazed at Hope’s calm demeanor and positive attitude, and even admitted he was worried that she would be very upset and emotional. However, Hope’s calm take on the whole situation doesn’t have Stephanie fooled, because how could someone be so calm after such a verbal attack, in a matter of only an hour after it happened? Stephanie advises Brooke to keep an eye on Hope.

What Hope and Liam don’t know is that while they were at Dayzee’s, Maggie took a picture of Hope and Liam kissing. The next day the pictures and story is leaked that Hope is with a married man and now Hope finds herself in a worse position then she was in before.  I wonder how the public and all of Hope’s loyal fans will feel if Hope tries to justify her actions because her and Liam are “married in their hearts” and therefore what she’s doing is okay?

What’s hypocritical (and there are many) is that just a few weeks ago she had the nerve to go to Steffy and demand her to sign the annulment papers, because it’s what was best for “everyone” and Forrester. For FORRESTER. Um hello Hope…you don’t think sleeping with Steffy’s husband won’t come out, and won’t have a negative impact on Forrester?!

Suddenly waiting 6 months to be with Liam seems like a fair tradeoff then being in the spotlight of a public scandal, while being labeled a hypocrite and adulteress. Don’t you think Hope? 

I would love to hear your comments on this issue. Was Maggie's mother way out of line to insult Hope in public and publish those pictures? Or is karma beginning to catch up with Hope?

‘H’ is for Hypocrite, err I mean, Hope Logan

Oh Hope Logan.

If you were to look up the word ‘hypocrite’ in the dictionary, you would see a picture of Hope Logan beside it. This weeks Bold and the Beautiful had Hope commit adultery. For the past 2 years, Hope has been a  spokesperson for her Hope for the Future line, a line that’s about sending a message to young girls that it is okay to hold out in abstinence, that it is okay to follow your own beliefs and values, and that you shouldn’t let other people pressure you into something you’re not ready for.

However, in typical Logan fashion, they’re mantra is, “Do as I say, and not as I do.”

Hope let her insecurities get the best of her. Her aunt Katie and her mother Brooke let their hatred for Steffy overpower their love for Hope. They told her what she wanted to hear, that she and Liam were married in their hearts and that nothing else mattered. When Hope asked Katie, “What about my fans?? I can’t betray them.” Katie replied with a “They don’t have to know what happens behind closed doors”. What a great aunt she is! Remind me to never go to her for advice!

But before Hope goes off to sleep with Steffy’s husband, she tries one more time to get Steffy to sign the annulment papers. Of course Steffy said no again, for the hundredth time. That was when Hope decided to add salt to the wound, by casually telling Steffy that she and Liam were going to spend their first night together. Steffy held her ground by telling Hope that if she went ahead with this that she would be committing adultery. Of course Hope tried to justify that what she was going to do wasn’t wrong, that she and Liam love each other and would have been married already if it weren’t for Steffy, and that they were married in their hearts already. Long story short, Hope goes to Liam’s and they have sex that night.

Sorry Hope. You can try and beat around the bush all you want, but the fact is, Liam IS STILL MARRIED and you slept with a MARRIED MAN. Not only did you sleep with a married man, your FIRST TIME was with a married man! You can NEVER go back in time to change that! You can try and sugar coat it all you want, but the fact is you slept with a married man, and you weren’t ready. You tried to be everything your mother is not. You tried so hard to be the exact opposite of her and to do something good for yourself. But in the end, you listened to her bad advice and you ended up doing something typical Brooke would do. It’s sad to see because the morning after Hope is torn up with guilt for sleeping with a married man, and when Brooke asks her what she wanted to tell Liam last night, it was “To stop.” Maybe Brooke will realize what she has done? Nah, that’s wishful thinking.

Hope sleeping with Liam was a horrible way for her to lose her virginity. She listened to her aunt and mother, who were pressuring Hope into sleeping with Liam as a way to stick it to Steffy. Hope should have followed her heart and done what was right for HER, not what everyone else THOUGHT was right for her. It was bad enough that she was going around telling everyone and bragging to Steffy, that she was going to sleep with Liam, and when it actually happened, it was nothing like she thought it would be and now she is full of guilt and remorse.

Can’t say I pity her, she got exactly what she wanted. 

What are your opinions on this subject matter? I would love to hear what you think. Do you think Hope is innocent in this mess or not?