The Bold and the Beautiful fans have been in panic mode since the soap brought up Eric Forrester’s health issues and retirement again.

John McCook has been starring on the CBS soap since 1987, no one would be shocked if the actor did decide to retire from the show.  Is the fan fave leaving B&B?  Keep reading to find out!

It’s hard to imagine The Bold and the Beautiful without Eric Forrester, the show has centered around the patriarch and his family business for nearly FOUR decades.

Whenever the soap introduces a new storyline about Eric’s health or retiring from Forrester Creations, rumors begin circulating hinting that John McCook is retiring from show bizz.

Is John McCook Retiring
John McCook recently sat own for an interview and addressed those pesky retirement rumors.

The actor made it clear that they are nothing more than rumors, and McCook plans on working on The Bold and the Beautiful for many more years.

Here’s what the daytime star had on CBS’s Soapy podcast, “I am not going to leave, I have no reason to leave.” In fact, John McCook even went on to joke that he’s going to keep working until the day he dies.

The Eric Forrester portrayer added, “I figured that I’m never going to retire or quit, I will just sit here one day, and they’re going to call Laurette [his wife] and say, ‘he’s dead, come get him.’”

Big Drama At The Office
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers hint that McCook has some big storylines coming up. With Bill Spencer’s (Don Diamont) new fashion house arriving on the scene, there’s going to be a lot of drama at Forrester Creations.

Are you happy to hear that John McCook isn’t going anywhere any time soon? Let us know down below in the comments and keep checking back here on Soap Opera Spy for more Bold & Beautiful cast news and updates.

Amanda Austin
Amanda loves poking fun at celebrity train-wrecks and over-analyzing soap operas. She is a proud internet addict, devotes entirely too much of her life to social media, and has been known to binge-watch TV shows on Netflix for 12 hours straight. When she isn’t glued to her laptop screen, she does brave the outside world a few times a week – all while clinging to her cell-phone and her tablet for dear life.

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