The Young and the Restless star Melody Thomas
Scott’s memoir “Always Young and Restless:
My Life On and Off America’s #1 Daytime
Drama” dropped in the market this week.
As the title suggests, the book details the actress’s entire life, which includes her rough past as well.
In this video, we will be sharing with fans some facts that have been disclosed for the first time in her memoir.
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As someone who has spent over six decades
in the industry, and over four decades
in the daytime show biz, Melody Thomas Scott
does have some tales to tell.
And what better way could there be than a
memoir?
Melody’s memoir was released on August 18,
2020.
And the book has been receiving a lot of attention
as it reveals her darkest personal struggles.
Born to teen parents, Melody had a difficult
childhood.
Her parents would not be around to take care
of her, and thus, she lived with her grandmother
who was mentally sick.
Her grandmother was hell-bent to make her a Hollywood child actor that she would make her do anything.
In the book, Scott mentions how her acting
instructor Cosmo Morgan sexually abused her
in her childhood at his apartment and in his
car in the presence of her grandmother.
Later, she was also abused by another acting
instructor, also in the presence of her grandmother.
Her grandmother believed that it was okay for a woman to trade sexual favors if it meant progress in her career.
Once when she was 8, her grandmother absurdly
bleached her hair to make her an attractive
hire for a role in The Sound of Music.
Sadly, she did not get the role.
Despite having a horrific start, she eventually
began landing good roles.
Melody claims that being on the set was the only time she got freedom from her
grandmother’s obsessive watch.
In the book, she has mentioned that she recently
got her first plastic surgery, a chin lift,
which she links to a bad memory from her childhood.
Melody says watching her profile with multiple
chins on Y&R episodes reminded her of her
absentee mother, someone she did not want
to be reminded of.
So she decided to change her looks and is
very thrilled with the results.
Melody has talked about several other life-changing
moments of her life in the memoir.
The veteran soap opera star is very excited
and relieved that her memoir is finally out.
While the book has been reviewed by some top-tier
personalities,
here’s what Emmy Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth thinks of it.
We would like to congratulate Melody Thomas
Scott on the release of her memoir, and we
wish her all the very best in her life ahead.
