Ridge and Bill Fight Over Brooke

Looks like Ridge is still the pompous ass we all know and love.

On this week’s B&B Ridge had the nerve to take off Brooke’s engagement ring right off her finger! He took it off because he didn’t approve of Brooke and Bill’s relationship and of Bill being a bigger presence in RJ’s life by being his step-dad.

Last time I checked, I don’t remember anyone asking for Ridge’s opinion?

Ridge then has the nerve to go to Bill’s office where he repeats himself all over again on how he doesn’t want Bill anywhere near Brooke and RJ. He pretty much tells Bill that he is not good enough for Brooke and RJ and to stay far away from them, and that he and Brooke will always be connected. Bill also shared his two cents with Ridge about how he has always mistreated Brooke over the years and that he cannot dictate anymore what she can and cannot do. Bill loved pointing out the fact that Ridge ran away to Paris over a text message Brooke sent to Deacon, and conveniently decided to come back to LA over a year later as he pleased, in which Ridge said something along the line of “it’s more complicated than that”.  These scenes between Ridge and Bill I find entertaining and pretty funny. Bill has a lot of one- liners to Ridge that are funny, like “go sketch another dress to make yourself feel better.” Both actors play very well against each other. Things then start to get really heated when Ridge takes a swing at Bill and they start fighting, right as Brooke walks in the door (Really now Ridge, why don’t you tell Bill how you really feel?). Brooke starts screaming for them to stop but they don’t listen. Brooke pulls Ridge off Bill and she steps in between them to stop the fight. 

I’m sure deep down Brooke loves all this attention that she’s getting from both Bill and Ridge. It’s still unclear at this point if she’s marrying Bill on the rebound of Ridge and Katie’s engagement, or because Bill is her destiny. I have a feeling that the one who is going to be hurt the most out of this situation is Katie. Poor Katie – she is always the third wheel in any relationship. If you recall, there was Bill and Steffy’s relationship, Bill and Brooke’s affair, Bill and Brooke’s lovechild, now Bill and Brooke’s engagement and spur of the moment wedding out of the country, and also Ridge trying to protect Brooke from Bill. Even now, with Katie being engaged to Ridge, he is still going out of his way to protect Brooke.  That last point has to bother Katie.

Do you think Ridge was out of line to take Brooke’s engagement ring? Does Ridge have a say on Bill being a bigger presence in RJ’s life? Did he have the right to confront Bill and to tell him to back off? Do you think Katie will get hurt from Ridge trying to protect Brooke?