10 Best Ridge Forrester moments from The Bold and The Beautiful fans will always remember

Ridge Forrester is a name that has consistently stood out in The Bold and the Beautiful’s drama-filled legacy over decades of fashion, feuds, and fiery romances. Whether you know him as the flirty designer with a wardrobe full of secrets or the indecisive lover caught between his two kyptonites, Brooke and Taylor. Ridge has always been the man at the eye of the storm. Played iconically by Ronn Moss, Thorsten Kaye, and briefly by Lane Davies, Ridge has gone through a rocky but emotional journey.

Ridge is a man who walks the fine line between a charmer and a heartbreaker. He’s faked deaths, survived plane crashes, and designed couture while tangled in scandal. Only Ridge Forrester could give a full-blown performance while his life was falling apart every other day. Buckle up and brace for a thrilling and dramatic ride, because here are 10 special Ridge Forrester moments that fans simply can’t forget.

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Ridge Forrester as a serial playboy (1987)

Back in March 1987, The Bold and the Beautiful launched one of its earliest emotional gut-punches, with it all revolving around Ridge Forrester’s reputation as L.A.’s suavest heartbreaker. Ridge had been wooing the sweet and idealistic Caroline Spencer, much to the delight of his parents, Stephanie and Eric Forrester. But not everyone was buying the act. Caroline’s father, Bill Spencer Sr., had Ridge’s number from day one, branding him a serial playboy unfit to marry his daughter.

Still, Caroline believed in Ridge, despite Bill’s protests. When Ridge proposed, Caroline said yes. However, there was one condition. They’d wait until after the wedding to consummate their love. Ridge agreed, surprising even Eric, who worried his son wasn’t capable of honoring a commitment to someone so pure. Despite doubts, Eric sketched the perfect wedding gown.

Then came the wedding day, with the lace, the flowers, and the lies. Right before “I do,” Bill Spencer Sr. dropped a bomb, claiming Ridge had cheated on his daughter. The exposé was so overwhelming that Caroline fainted at the altar, leaving fans in shock and solidifying Ridge’s legacy as daytime’s most complicated Casanova.

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Counsel from Taylor (1990)

Grief met grace when Ridge Forrester crossed paths with Dr. Taylor Hayes in 1990, under tragic circumstances that would define the next chapter of his life. At the time, Taylor was treating Ridge’s wife, Caroline Spencer, and she, along with Brooke Logan, was the one to break the devastating news to Ridge that Caroline was dying of leukemia. In the shadow of Caroline’s death, Taylor wasn’t just a doctor anymore, instead becoming Ridge’s emotional anchor.

It was Taylor who gently relayed Caroline’s final wish to Ridge, encouraging him to move on and embrace happiness again. But what began as consolation evolved quickly into chemistry. Their next meeting ended with a kiss, but this budding romance had its thorns. Taylor was also dating Storm Logan, while Ridge’s heart was still tied in knots, especially since Brooke, the woman he truly loved, was now married to his own father, Eric Forrester. Talk about messy!

Taylor challenged Ridge to face his truth. She didn’t want to be the runner-up prize in Ridge’s romantic tug-of-war, and asked him to choose his true love. And thus, a new decade-long love triangle was born.

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Ridge crashes Brooke’s “I Do” (2004-05)

It was 2005 when daytime TV exploded: Brooke, radiant and pregnant with Nick's child, was seconds away from marrying Nick Marone until Ridge Forrester crashed the altar. Alive after being presumed dead in a furnace accident during the 2004 South American hostage saga, Ridge burst back into Brooke’s life, halting the ceremony mid-“I do.”

This seismic reunion plunged fans into stunned silence. Even though a DNA test first pointed Nick as the father, later tests confirmed Ridge was the dad, further intensifying the drama. Ridge saving the day and stopping the wedding sprang their love triangle back into full gear, solidifying this moment as one of The Bold and the Beautiful's most iconic moments. Total soap opera revivals, romantic entanglements, and a groom who will not remain in his grave.

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Testimony for Caroline (1987)

In one of the most psychologically devastating arcs The Bold and the Beautiful ever tackled, Caroline Spencer’s world was shattered after a brutal s*xual assault at the hands of Ron Deacon, a man she had met one night at a bar while grieving her breakup with Ridge. What followed was a draining legal battle, with Caroline caught between her trauma and the corrupted, relentless defense tactics of Ron’s attorney.

But in the storm of courtroom chaos, one voice broke through with clarity, and that voice was Ridge Forrester’s. Called as a witness in November, Ridge delivered a testimony that was as tender as it was pivotal. Speaking highly of Caroline’s values, her belief in waiting until marriage, and other details of her character, discredited the defense’s narrative and helped Caroline get justice. His words weren’t just strategic; they were deeply personal, filled with underlying love and respect.

That moment wasn’t about Ridge, the playboy or fashion tycoon. It was about Ridge, the man who stood up for a woman he once loved. And for Caroline, battered by a system that doubted her, Ridge’s testimony was a lifeline, a momentous gesture that quietly rekindled the warmth between them.

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Taking the fall (2018)

In April 2018, The Bold and the Beautiful shook soap realms when Taylor Hayes admitted that she shot Bill Spencer, justifiably furious after believing he’d harmed Steffy. As the truth emerged, Ridge didn’t hesitate; he quietly stepped in to shield Taylor, ready to bear the blame himself. He didn’t call the police. He never corrected the swirling suspicion around him. Instead, Ridge prepared to take the fall, even keeping silent as Liam eyed the blame.

Bill Spencer, moved by Ridge’s silent sacrifice and pressured by Steffy, chose not to press charges, silently honoring Ridge’s unspoken act. Ridge’s characterization in the storyline captures his greatest attribute best: loyalty to a fault. A reminder that in daytime drama, heroism sometimes comes in silence and uncredited.

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St. Thomas (1998)

On The Bold and the Beautiful, no storm is ever just weather. In 1998, Ridge Forrester was swept into one of the most tempestuous love triangles daytime television has ever witnessed. A misunderstanding ignited the fire when Ridge believed Taylor was falling for his brother Thorne, and in a haze of heartbreak and booze, ended up in bed with Brooke. Though nothing happened, the visual was enough to shatter Taylor’s trust. She walked away, pregnant and silent.

Brooke, sensing an opportunity, toyed with telling Ridge the truth. But when a proposal came her way, she chose silence and a sparkling ring. The wedding was imminent. Taylor, realizing Ridge still had her heart, rushed to stop the ceremony, only to go into labor en route. Fate is a sorrowful affair, and Ridge believed the baby was Thorne’s. Meanwhile, Brooke faked a miscarriage and whisked Ridge off on a honeymoon.

But the truth always surfaces. When Ridge learned Thomas was his son (named after St. Thomas), the island where he and Taylor once fell in love, he faced a crushing choice. In the end, loyalty to love and blood won out. He chose Taylor, leaving Brooke behind, and finally said “I do” to his true north.

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The DeWitt debacle (2000-01)

No list of Ridge Forrester moments is complete without the fever-dream insanity that was “The DeWitt Debacle.” In true Bold and the Beautiful fashion, this storyline had it all—high drama, venomous snakes, psychological warfare, complete with a child abduction so twisted it still haunts fans years later.

It all began when Morgan DeWitt lied to Taylor, claiming she got pregnant via artificial insemination, when in fact, Ridge was the father. Things spiraled into full-blown madness after Clarke spilled the beans to Ridge. A furious Morgan, hellbent on revenge, unleashed a literal python on Clarke (yes, a snake) and nearly ended him. She threatened to kill him if he told Taylor the truth. But Ridge confessed anyway. A heated altercation between Morgan and Taylor ended in tragedy when Morgan fell down the stairs and lost her baby.

What followed was soap opera mayhem at its finest. Morgan faked mourning, kidnapped baby Steffy in St. Thomas, dyed her hair red, renamed her "Stacey," and terrorized her housekeeper into silence. She even trapped Taylor in her basement and seduced an old flame into helping. But Ridge, ever the hero, pieced the puzzle together and drove a car through her house to save Taylor.

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Man and horse (2009)

In a show bustling with chaos, champagne, and catwalks, few moments gallop into legend quite like this one, when Ridge Forrester was once again set to marry Dr. Taylor Hayes. But if you're a The Bold and the Beautiful fan, you know weddings rarely go off without a dramatic hitch.

Brooke Logan, Ridge's undying love, was the missile ready to strike. Not one to let destiny or a romantic rival stand in her way, Brooke mounted a horse and stormed through the countryside like a soap opera Joan of Arc. She arrived just as the officiant was about to seal the deal, bursting into the ceremony with such force that the bewildered celebrant famously declared Ridge and Taylor “man and horse.”

It was equal parts absurd, iconic, and romantic mayhem, and pure Bold gold. Because in the Ridge-Brooke-Taylor saga, love doesn’t just interrupt weddings, it tramples them on horseback.

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Taylor's resurrection (2002-2005)

Only in The Bold and the Beautiful could a storyline swing from grave-digging to royal resurrection with Shakespearean flair, and fans lived for it. In the early 2000s, the wickedly unhinged Sheila Carter pulled the trigger on both Brooke and Taylor. Brooke survived. Taylor? Pronounced dead. Cue mourning, melodrama, and a sarcophagus surprise?

Years later, Ridge Forrester found himself haunted by visions of Taylor. Was he losing his mind, or was something supernatural afoot? In a moment ripped straight from Wuthering Heights, Ridge dug up Taylor’s grave, only to find a mannequin in her place. Enter Taylor, very much alive, very much regal, and dramatically back from the dead for the second time.

The mastermind behind her survival? Once again, Prince Omar Rashid of Morocco, Bold’s resident international mystery man with a flair for faking deaths and saving damsels. Taylor’s return was a thunderclap, and soap opera history was made. Because in the world of The Bold and the Beautiful, not even death can keep a Forrester love triangle from rising again.

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Finding family roots (2001)

After a near-fatal accident in 2001, Ridge needed a blood transfusion. During the procedure, it was discovered that his blood type did not match with Eric Forrester's, which united Stephanie’s thoughts that Massimo Marone, who had once been close to her, was actually Ridge’s father instead of Eric's. Stephanie initially asked Massimo to keep the truth secret, but Massimo gradually groomed Ridge by bringing him into Marone Industries.

The revelation officially came to light when Massimo confirmed Ridge’s paternity during a confrontation in Portofino, Italy, shattering his perceived identity as Eric’s son. Despite decades as a Forrester, Ridge's biological roots were Marone, though he retained his emotional bond with Eric.