The Young and the Restless' Melissa Claire Egan's dad meets Chelsea in Genoa City

On The Young and the Restless, Chelsea Lawton is probably better off without her father in Genoa City, but the actress who plays her happily had a “bring your dad to work day.”

Melissa Claire Egan of The Young and the Restless

Fans of The Young and the Restless remember when Chelsea Lawton’s (Melissa Claire Egan) mom, Anita (Catherine Bach) spent quite a bit of time with her in Genoa City. Some may even remember that Jeffrey Bardwell (Ted Shackelford) of all people turned out to be Chelsea’s dad. She may not want to remind anyone of that fact, but for Egan, introducing her dad to Genoa City was a treat.

On Instagram, Egan shared some photos of her dad visiting the set with her. “It’s take your dad to work day!” she captioned a photo of the two of them smiling in what looks like could be her dressing room. In another photo, they smiled arm in arm in the hallway with Egan in costume. Presumably, he got to see her daughter at work, acting as Chelsea.

In the same hallway, Egan’s father was grinning next to her co-star Joshua Morrow (Nick Newman). Another shot showed her dad relaxing in Crimson Lights. As for her TV mom, Anita Lawson, Egan posted a photo of the two of them together in March. “Love dinners with my Mamma Duke!” she captioned affectionately (Bach famously played Daisy Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard).

Chelsea Lawton has some daddy issues

Having Jeffrey Bardwell as a father may not be many people’s first choice of a father, but he hasn’t been around Genoa City for a while, and when she last saw him, he was being…well, reasonably average. But Chelsea has other daddy issues to deal with.

Chelsea recently moved in with her baby daddy, Adam (Mark Grossman), after much deliberation and a determination to keep their relationship platonic. But within weeks, she changed her mind and she and Adam reunited. So far so good with her renewed family unit, but then Adam had an idea to level up their time together: He wanted Chelsea to work with him, too.

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Despite having a great career going at Marchetti, being a successful designer, and a top position as creative director, Chelsea decided to put that aside to join Adam at his communications company. But not only does she not have experience in that field and it’s not her passion, the company is owned by Newman Enterprises, which means she’s under Victor’s control. While Victor isn’t directly in charge, what Chelsea didn’t know is that Victor has been using the company to get revenge on Billy and Jack. Chelsea hasn’t even chosen a corner office yet, and she’s already about to find out that she might have made the wrong choice.

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