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WATCH: The Young and The Restless’ Peter Bergman on Weirdest Moment as Jack: “I Thought, What?” (VIDEO) originally appeared on Daytime Confidential.
The Young and the Restless‘ Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) has had to deal with plenty of triumph and tragedy on screen, but what would Bergman say is the weirdest thing his character has done in his decades on the show? Bergman was asked that question by Soaps.com, and here’s what he had to say!
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The actor mused:
I was at a bar one day, moping about losing Phyllis [Michelle Stafford/Gina Tognoni], or I don’t know what. And Michael Baldwin’s [Christian LeBlanc] mother [Gloria, Judith Chapman] sat at the bar next to me, and before we knew it, we were drinking too much and playing bar games, and I just kissed her.
Needless to say, Jack smooching his ex-stepmom (whom he hated for years) wasn’t something Bergman expected. He went on:
And I read that in the script and I thought, What? And it turned into months of great fun with Judith. Yeah, it was great fun.
Check out the full interview below.
This story was originally reported by Daytime Confidential on Aug 8, 2025, where it first appeared.