William "Billy" Abbott and Lily Winters are fictional characters on the CBS Daytime Drama The Young and the Restless. Billy Abbott is the son of John Abbott and Jill Foster Abbott while Lily Winters is the biological daughter of Malcolm Winters and Drucilla Winters as well as the adoptive/legal daughter of Neil Winters. Billy is currently portrayed by Jason Thompson and Lily is portrayed by Christel Khalil.
LilBil is the name given to the relationship between Billy Abbott and Lily Winters.
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| Billy and Lily (Jason Thompson and Christel Khalil) | |||||
| The Young and the Restless | |||||
| Current status | exes; good friends 2023-present | ||||
| Duration | 2020 -2023 | ||||
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| Family | Abbott Winters | ||||
| Alias(es) | LilBil | ||||
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Storylines[]
Background[]
Billy and Lily both have had a rough go in their lives. Lily had spent some time behind bars for a car accident caused by her negligence. That accident killed her brother, Devon Hamilton's fiancée, Hilary Curtis, and their unborn baby. At the same time, Billy had once again broken up with Victoria Newman after striking up a friendship behind her back with Amanda Sinclair, Hilary's twin. Then, Billy's mother, Jill, offered them both jobs and informed them that they would be working together.
Billy and Lily were not ready to be co-workers[]
The last interaction Billy Abbott and Lily Winters had before working together was when a jealous Billy made his way to visit Lily in jail to inform her that her husband, Cane Ashby had kissed his partner, Victoria Newman. That was the last straw for Lily after an already-troubled marriage and she divorced Cane from jail. When she was released, she lived out of town for a while but returned when Jill offered her a chance to revive the media part of Chancellor Industries called Chance Comm. She offered her never do well son the job of being Lily's partner as well. Both thought this might be a bit awkward, but it turned out they got along well. While Lily was not approving of all of Billy's journalism choices, she seemed to just go along with whatever he wanted whenever he explained himself.
Beginning of relationship[]
Billy and Lily began to have a romantic relationship after getting into a groove at Chance Comm. The pair are open with each other about past relationship hardships and mistakes that were made. Billy tells Lily about how he was upset with Phyllis so he used her daughter Summer to hurt her the way that she hurt him. Billy informs Lily that they have moved on from the situation and both Phyllis and Summer were able to forgive him. The couple moved on from previous relationships and were ready to start fresh with each other. Billy and Lily were happy and continued to join there two families together with Lily being able to meet his kids that he shares with ex partner, Victoria Newman. After constant back and forth between each others places, the pair decided to get a place together and start a new life together.
Billy and Lily clashed over Ashland Locke[]
Billy Abbott's feelings for his ex, Victoria Newman, intruded on his relationship with Lily Winters after they had moved in together and he wanted to use Chance Comm to publish the truth (as he knew it) about her new duplicitous husband, Ashland Locke. First, Lily wanted Billy to be sure he knew what he was writing. She also learned that if he published his findings, they could be in big trouble. Second, Lily was a little bit concerned about Billy's obsession with Victoria and anything that had to do with her. Yes, they shared children together, but for a while, it seemed to go a little further than that. Eventually, when they learned Victor Newman had tricked them into publishing wrong information, Billy seemed to admit his obsession was a mistake when they essentially brought down their company by jumping the gun on a story Billy never should have written. The consequences of him jumping the gun with the story is he was fired from Chance Comm
Billy started an after dark podcast[]
After Billy Abbott lost his job helping Lily run Chance Comm, he and Lily remained together despite her anger. Then, Billy decided his next venture would be a podcast he produced and hosted in the middle of the night in which he essentially rambled on about his emotional troubles. While it seemed like therapy for Billy, the podcast was not really doing much for Lily, although she thought it would. There was also the issue of Victoria. Billy's ex now knows she married a liar when she said "I do" to Ashland Locke and has ended things. That makes Billy want to be there for Victoria and help her pick up the pieces of her broken life. Understandably, that doesn't sit well with Lily, and as of this writing, the pair are having the same troubles they have had from the start. Billy is impulsive and Victoria will always be on his mind. That might just destroy his relationship with Lily.
Current predicament[]
The couple are currently with other people; the relationship with each other grew to be too much and didn't equal what the other wanted. After the pair broke up Lily got back together with ex, Daniel Romalotti, while Billy got back with ex, Chelsea Lawson. The pair remain close friends and co workers at Chancellor Winters