| J.T. Hellstrom and Colleen Carlton | |||||
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| J.T. and Colleen | |||||
| The Young and the Restless | |||||
| Current status | Exes; dissolved by her death | ||||
| Duration | 2000-2007 | ||||
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| Family | Hellstrom Carlton Abbott | ||||
| Nickname(s) | Jolleen | ||||
| Cause of death | Colleen: Declared brain dead after drowning | ||||
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J.T. Hellstrom and Colleen Carlton are fictional characters and a supercouple from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. J.T. was portrayed by Thad Luckinbill, and Colleen was portrayed by three different actresses during the pair's time together, including Lyndsy Fonseca, Adrianne León and Tammin Sursok.
Jolleen is the nickname for the relationship between J.T. Hellstrom and Colleen Carlton
History[]
With the help of her new friend JT Hellstrom, Colleen tried her best to stay out of trouble. She worked on the school yearbook, performed in the school play, and returned to both jazz and ballet. Colleen was taken onto the Glow by Jabot team, taking Mackenzie Browning's place as assistant to the webmaster. Too much partying all summer left J.T. lacking the books he was supposed to have read prior to starting Genoa City University. To the rescue was 15 year old Colleen who had a crush on J.T. She had read all the books and tutored him in what he'd need to know. J.T. enjoyed her company, but had no intentions to deflower the young teen. But due to J.T. now being a college man, and his reputation with the girls, John forbade Colleen to see him. Colleen ran away, but she was found meeting J.T. in the park after Tracy returned to G.C. and called the police. J.T. was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and Colleen chose to go to Juvenile Hall rather than go home to New York City with her mother. Eventually Brad intervened and convinced Traci to allow Colleen to stay with him and Ashley. Colleen and J.T. fell in love as they continued to see each other on the sly, and JT composed and sang songs for her. Brad was finally convinced that J.T. had changed and allowed Colleen to see him so long as her grades don't suffer.
J.T.'s friend Brittany feared she was pregnant and disappeared. Being such a close friend, her parents, Frederick and Anita Hodges, came to J.T. for help. J.T. was with having breakfast discussing Brittany at The Lodge, where Anita had taken a room after Fred didn't come home the night before. They caught Fred coming down the stairs after spending the night there with Jill Abbott. J.T. helped the distraught Anita upstairs to her room, where she seduced him. J.T. was wracked with guilt over what they did, and confided in his boss and confidant, Lauren Fenmore. Colleen found out and it broke her heart. But they reconciled.
Colleen, J.T. and Sierra Hoffman were convinced that Kevin was bad news, going so far as to interrupt what was to be their first sexual encounter at Kevin's apartment. Kevin took revenge by trashing the loft where J.T., Raul and Brittany live. Kevin then went to go meet Colleen in the park where he knew she waiting for JT. Kevin scared her with threats and pushed her down on the bench, but J.T. showed up just in time and ran Kevin off. The next day, Lily skipped school to go to Kevin's all day. For Colleen and Sierra, that was the final straw, and they told her parents.
As Kevin sat at the bar at Gina's, angrily writing the words "bitch" on a napkin, he overheard that Gina was closing up early. Kevin hid until the place was locked up. then left a message with Cody at Crimson Lights that Colleen's grandfather John wanted to meet her at Gina's before the they all went to the annual Arts Council Gala. When Colleen showed up at Gina's, Kevin lured her into the walk-in refrigerator, and locked the door. He poured a drum of floor cleaner plus alcohol all over the restaurant and started it on fire. Later, he went by the scene of the crime and found Lily there, who begged him to leave because JT and Brad suspected Kevin was involved in Colleen's disappearance and started the fire. When Brad and JT saw Kevin they demanded to know where Colleen was, but Kevin said that he was only passing by. After Kevin cornered Colleen in the ruins of Gina's, and scared her once again, JT went to his apartment and beat Kevin up.
It was Christmas 2003, and Colleen and her friend Sierra visited the same pawn shop where they had gotten their tattoos and piercings to buy JT a hard case for his beloved guitar. It was expensive, but Colleen loved JT so much she whipped out her credit card and charged it, deciding to worry about it later. JT wanted to get Colleen an expensive sapphire birthstone pendant but was short of cash. His love for Colleen was so great that he pawned that guitar at the same pawn shop to buy it. When Sierra found out about it, she talked the owner "Worm" into showing up at JT's as Santa following their gift exchange to return the guitar.
Colleen arranged for JT to sing at a Crimson Lights one night when record promoter, Shiloh, was in the audience. Shiloh was so impressed, she offered JT a recording contract. JT was reluctant, but Colleen pushed him to be a big star and make her proud. JT went to LA with Shiloh to record and make a music video, leaving Colleen behind. But Colleen showed up to surprise him, and overheard JT saying at a press conference that he was single and available. Heartbroken, Colleen returned to Genoa City. JT was a no-show at his record release party when he followed her back to GC. Even though JT explained it, Colleen was influenced by Daniel Romalotti's tales of life on the road with his rock star father, and decided to let JT go so he could have a career. Colleen packed up her things and returned to New York City to live with her mother again. As luck would have it, JT appears to have lost his chance by walking out on his contract obligations, and has gone back to work for Paul Williams and training to be a detective.
Colleen surprised JT by returning to Genoa City for Christmas 2004, but they decided to go their separate ways. She graduated from high school early in New York City, accompanied her parents on a book tour of Europe that summer and began attending New York University the fall of 2005.
Colleen won J.T. back from Mac after J.T. had a one-night stand with Victoria Newman - her father Brad's fiancé. Brad forgave Victoria but Colleen gave a vile speech at Victoria’s wedding shower suggesting Victoria be checked for VD before the marriage! Colleen moved into the loft apartment with J.T.
JT and the virginal Colleen finally made love as she attempted to forget her grandfather John's recent death. Months later, Colleen found herself being drawn to her college Art History Professor Adrian Korbel and became his research assistant. Finding themselves trapped together at the college during an ice storm, Adrian and Colleen made love in his office. Colleen was wracked with guilt, and tried to break up with JT, but since she didn't tell him about Adrian, he didn't let her.
JT and Colleen heard a boy playing on the ice scream as he discovered Brad's body showing through the ice. JT checked out the situation and had to deliver the bad news to Colleen
Colleen brought Billy along and refused to sign, accusing Victor of arranging the setup. Victoria told her they would have her removed, and Colleen said she would sue. Victor and Victoria were also furious with JT because the video showed him pulling Colleen down off the table. Victor asked JT for an explanation, and he said he felt that it was important to help a friend keep from humiliating herself, to which Victor asked for his resignation. JT and Victoria's relationship eroded further when JT suggested that Victor had set up Colleen. JT gave Colleen a ride home where reminiscing about their former relationship led to necking on the couch. Meanwhile Victoria and Deacon Sharpe closed an art deal with champagne in his suite, and were getting cozy when Amber interrupted. Both JT and Victoria left before it went any further, JT telling Colleen that he wouldn't jeopardize his marriage and child. But within days, after an argument with JT, Victoria went to Deacon’s room at the GCAC and they had sex.
A broken-hearted JT whispered, "Goodbye Sweetheart" into Colleen's ear and went off to be with his wife, but he returned the next day and spent some time alone with Colleen. JT admits to her that he loves her before her mother takes her off life support.
JT gave a eulogy about what he remembered most about her at Colleen's celebration of life party.
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