| Billy Abbott and Phyllis Summers | |||||
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| The Young and the Restless | |||||
| Current status | Ex-lovers; friends | ||||
| Duration | 2016-2018 | ||||
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| Family | Abbott Summers | ||||
| Alias(es) | Philly | ||||
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William "Billy" Abbott and Phyllis Summers are fictional characters and a former couple on the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. Billy is currently portrayed by Jason Thompson since January 2016 (formerly, David Tom from Feb 2014 ~ June 2014, Billy Miller from 2008 ~ Jan 2014, and Burgess Jenkins from July 2014 ~ January 2016 ). Phyllis is currently portrayed by Michelle Stafford and formally by Gina Tognoni. Billy is the son of the late John Abbott Sr. and Jill Abbott Fenmore Atkinson. Phyllis is the daughter of George Summers and Lydia Callahan.
Storylines[]
Still fuming about what Victor did to her, Phyllis has teamed up with Billy to take down Victor Newman once and for all and bring him to his knees. Billy has his own agenda to want to crush Victor, and when Phyllis offers to help him; Billy tells her to stay out of it; however Phyllis tells Billy that she has her own scars on her life left by Victor and that she wants revenge.
Phyllis joins Jack at the birthday party for her niece, and while there both families put aside their differences for the sake of the children. Later after Phyllis helps Billy put the kids down, she and Jack leave and head back to Jabot where he can tell that his lovely redhead is up to something; however Phyllis brushes it off and scrambles off to a meeting she has.
When Victor shows up with bad news about Paragon, Phyllis and the others discover that Ian Ward's body was never found at the tower after the fire which leads Victor to think that Adam lied etc. Phyllis says that she can help Victor get Ian, and when he asks how; Phyllis says that she and Ian are tight friends, because first he was stalking Nikki; however now he's stalking her. Victor accuses her of knowing about Ian and saying nothing. Phyllis counters and says that she knew him as Fred the fisherman in the woods; however she also says that Victor should have told her about a maniac who brainwashed her daughter. Next Phyllis offers herself up as bait to help Victor catch Ian Ward, Jack is immediately opposed to this idea and when Victor and Jack talk together; Jack tells Victor to offer his wife as bait, and Victor has the same look that Jack had to which he responds that now they each feel the same way: neither of them would want their wife around Ian Ward never mind being bait.
Jack talks with Phyllis about her plan, and clearly he is dead set against it; however Jack realizes that Phyllis is clearly still in pain about the whole Marco situation, and will never forget what Victor did to her or their marriage.
After Jack leaves, Phyllis winds up in Billy's room at the club. She wakes him up from his drunken stupor, and tells him that she is there for redemption, not only for him but for Jack as well. Billy is not in the mood to talk, but Phyllis will not let up as she tells him that she knows about him making an @$$ of himself at the Underground, Billy says that if she is there to lecture him then he doesn't want to hear it
Billy tells Phyllis how badly he has messed things up with Victoria: being obnoxious to her at the club, then taking their relationship pouring gasoline on it and setting it on fire, and probably not seeing his kids for Christmas. Phyllis tell her brother in law that she has survived disasters way worse than mouthing off at a bar and getting drunk, she further says that her life should definitely not be what it is now as it should have been destroyed on many various occasions...and for a while her life was very bad; however she made it out...she always does. Phyllis further says that Billy can make it just like she did if He stops this pity party and steps up and makes some changes; Billy comments that he sicced Paragon on the family and promised the family that he would not be that guy who messed up anymore. However, she reminds Billy that they were in on getting Victor together plus that she wanted to get Victor much more than Billy did. Billy is surprised to hear this and asks "What the hell else did that man do to you?" Phyllis looks as if tears are about to creep into her eyes, but Billy says that he doesn't want to know and drag her back down the rabbit hole with him. Phyllis finally says that she is going to get everyone in the Abbott family together for the fast approaching holidays of she has to do it single handed.
After Billy wakes up from his coma, Phyllis pays him a visit to talk about a plan she was to take down Victor and get the computer program back from Victor. Billy tells Phyllis that he wants to help her take Victor down; however she is not willing to let him risk his fragile relationship with Victoria to help her, but Billy cannot be swayed and the two agree to join forces and whatever they do...they agree to not tell their respective spouses about their plan.
While working with Billy take down Victor; Phyllis soon finds her alliance with Natalie a bit more complicated when she learns that Victor has ordered Natalie to move in with her daughter Summer. While Jack is ripping Phyllis, Billy and Natalie apart about the computer program; Phyllis gets a phone call from Summer telling her that they need to talk. Phyllis' expression begins to change as she hears her daughter admit that she told Victor everything about her and Billy working together to take the computer project from Newman.
Phyllis is a bit exasperated as she asks Summer why on earth she would throw her and Billy under the bus; Summer explains that while she hates what her grandfather did to her mother she still loves him, and then begins to cry as she thinks that her mother hates her now. Phyllis is concerned for Billy as Summer asks if she really messed up this time;
Later, the more Phyllis talks to Billy the more they bond over their feelings, vendetta against Victor, and Passkey. Phyllis eventually gets the feeling that Billy wants to be more than her friend, and her suspicions are confirmed on the night of the benefit fundraiser for the Abbott-Winters Foundation that Jack and Neil started together; after Phyllis help Billy out by fixing his pants the two wind up trapped at Billy's house by a severe thunderstorm which has made a tree fall down blocking their cars in the driveway.
Billy and Phyllis sit in front of a fire with a bottle of champagne, and clearly he is more tipsy than she is. However soon Phyllis trips, falls on top of Billy, and he pulls her into a long passionate kiss; Phyllis luckily realizes what she is doing and pulls herself away from him as she sees that he was not going to stop.
Soon the cops appear at the door, having been sent by Jack to check on his brother and wife. The police and emergency services move the trees and clear the road so it's safe for them to leave and had to the club for the rest of the benefit. When Jack sees his wife he asks her where she has been; Phyllis says that she was caught in the storm and waited at Billy's house until it was safe to leave; however she neglects to tell him about the kiss.
Phyllis begins to spend more and more time at Billy's house during time when she should be with her husband. At one point she shows up and the two go for a ride on Billy's motorcycle, wind up covered in mud, and return to take a shower, wash clothes.
Unfortunately Jack shows up and is stunned to see his wife in the house, wearing nothing but a shirt; Phyllis explains that they went for a ride and wound up splattered with mud hence why she is not wearing her clothes. Later after the pair get dressed, Phyllis tells Billy that she doesn't need him for a friend because she has a wonderful husband and she does not want to break up the marriage of the family; she then leaves vowing to not ever come back. However, Phyllis keeps going back to Billy's house, and it becomes apparent that he is more than attracted to his sister in law, and he tries on more than one occasion to sleep with her.
However, Phyllis does fall prey to temptation and sleeps with Billy on more than one occasion...though she regrets her actions deeply; Phyllis continues her affair with Billy, and even lies to Jack and pushes him away so she can be with him.
After the uneventful birthday at the cabin, Jack has to go back to town but he leaves Phyllis at the cabin alone. While she is there; Phyllis is thinking about both her affair with Billy and the guilt she feels for not telling Jack the truth.
Later, Billy shows up at the cabin clearly on purpose because he wants to see her, be with her. Billy gave Phyllis an ultimatum to either choose him or Jack. However Phyllis clearly is torn between the two, and at the cabin she tells him what happened with Jack: that she got drunk because she didn't want to have sex with her own husband, for the fact that she would feel like she was cheating on Billy.
Despite Phyllis' pleas that she loves Jack and doesn't want to wreck her fragile marriage; Billy tells her that what she and Jack have is an illusion and not real, whereas the attraction they have is very real. The pair eventually make love on the couch, and Billy and Phyllis tell each other "I love you".
After recovering from her ordeal at the cabin, Phyllis tries to keep her marriage together while still carrying on her affair with Billy. One day while she is at Billy's house; Jill unexpectedly drops by looking for her son, and on the floor in the front hall she finds a beautiful white blouse. Jill examines the shirt and sees that it's a very expensive designer shirt...too high end for Bethany; Jill then deduces that Billy has a woman in the house and when she goes upstairs she stop outside the room when she hears a familiar female voice. Phyllis. Jill hears them say "I love you" and that they want to be together etc. Jill is shocked by what she is hearing and sneaks out of the house without them knowing that she was there.
Recently, Billy and Phyllis rekindled their relationship after Billy felt rejected by Victoria when he thought they were getting back together. After Victoria tells Billy that she has been giving him the wrong signals and apologizes; Billy leaves and winds up at Summer's place where Phyllis is still staying. However by the time Victoria calls Billy to apologize; it's too late and Billy and Phyllis wind up making love on the couch.
The couple keep their relationship a secret for a while, since them sleeping together was the final cause of her marriage to Jack going up in smoke. One night, while Billy and Phyllis are alone; Victoria calls him so he can talk to Katie who is having trouble sleeping. Phyllis hears this and goes to change into a sexy slip and regains his attention following the phone call after she hears him tell Victoria that his kids are always his number 1 priority.
Phyllis and Billy meet up in the park and she comforts him as he feels bad about what happened in California, later the two are seen together in the park talking and Billy has told Phyllis that she is the woman he wants to be with. The couple continue to support and love each other in there relationship
The pair unfortunately break up when on a 2 day break Phyllis sleeps with Nick and continuously lies to Billy about it after they got back together. The break up comes on the heels of Billy asking Phyllis to marry him at Nick and Sharon's wedding. But once the truth came out, Billy broke up with Phyllis and to get back at Phyllis and Nick, he slept with the pairs daughter, Summer as revenge.
The pair today are cordial and there for each other when they the other needs support.
