Fed: Ridge excited about new love after tired old love triangle

AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2006
Fed: Ridge excited about new love after tired old love triangle

By Jonathon Moran, National Entertainment Writer

SYDNEY, Aug 8 AAP - For almost 20 years, the Bold and the Beautiful's Ridge Forrester
has been doing it really tough, with both Brooke and Taylor vying for his affections.

But now now he has a new love, and Ronn Moss, the actor who plays Ridge in the hit
US daytime soap, couldn't be happier.

Because, frankly, he was tiring of the same two women.

"I have actually got a new love interest in the show so it has perked things up a little
bit for me, I must say," says 54-year-old Moss, who will visit Australia on a concert
tour with his band this month.

"It is about time. After about 19 years they've finally given me somebody new."

Ridge's new love interest is actually Brooke's sister Donna, a pairing that is likely
to give rise to some interesting storylines.

"For me it is a good change because I have been lamenting for years about how I need
some new blood on that show," said Moss.

"I am getting tired of the same two women."

Moss is best known for his TV career, music is his first love.

Before his daytime soap days, Moss fronted rock band Player, which had a massive worldwide
hit with Baby Come Back in 1978.

Moss has released two solo albums - Uncovered and I'm Your Man - since 2000.

His Australian tour begins in Canberra on August 24 with dates booked for Sydney, Wollongong,
Melbourne, Adelaide, Nambour and the Gold Coast.

"We have a bit of a stage show going on with a bit of a backdrop and lights and video
playback and stuff during the show," he said from LA.

"It is a little more involved, a more visual show than I have ever done before. So
we will have a bit of the bells and whistles, kind of a story in the life of what has
gone on for me up to this point."

Moss says many of his Bold fans will see the show, and he hopes they'll see and appreciate
a different side of him.

"They will come to see Ridge and hopefully walk away seeing Ronn," he said.

Moss will perform some of his own material, along with covers such as Robert Palmer's
Addicted To Love.

He's has also choreographed a few dance moves.

"I am not going to be dancing up there like Britney Spears - it is not that kind of
thing," he laughed.

"It is all tongue-in-cheek, having fun with it and it should be good."

Meanwhile, Moss says he is still keen to buy a home in Australia, something that has
been on the cards for some time.

"I have looked at several places and it is just a matter of finding the right place," he said.

"I am attracted to the area around Sydney Harbour."

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