The Young and the Restless' Billy Abbott, hard done by or his own worst enemy? 

On The Young and the Restless, many fans believe that Bill has been given a rough deal and is often dismissed without due cause. Is that true? Let's explore what’s happened.

Has Billy been cast out without cause on The Young and the Restless

What is it that Billy (Jason Thompson)has done to have everyone just give up on himon The Young and the Restless? Is he really that bad? Looking at the facts, let’s start with Jill (Jess Walton) taking Chancellor away from him, which had more to do with Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) than it did with Billy, and Cane (Billy Flynn), well, he knew what he was getting into when it comes to Billy before everything went sideways; it’s not like Billy changed his colors and became a different person.

Fans expressed this on the Soap Central Message Boards.

What did Billy do for Jill to rip Chancellor from him?

Archangel wrote –– Fire Lily—for cause! Lily was staging a coup to oust Billy as CEO, and she admitted it. Any CEO would have fired such an employee. Inform Chance that it was too soon for him to be co-CEO; Chance subsequently left the Chancellor position voluntarily. Hire Phyllis. Yes, Phyllis can be too much sometimes, but she's a genius in IT. Jill forced Billy to fire her; he obliged, and Jill let Victor get into her head regardless. Conclusion: Billy was fired out of fear he'd run Chancellor into the ground before the company (Abbott-Chancellor) even got started.

What did Billy do for Cane to dismiss him?

Arckangel continued –– He was partly motivated by proving something to Jill and shoving it to Victor. (Which was already the case before Cane brought him back on board.) He appeared to be overexcited or something... (Which was already the case before Cane brought him back on board.) Cane single-handedly cancelled the Abbott Communications launch without any prior notice, leaving everybody scrambling or wondering. If anything, Billy was stepping away from Chancellor and focusing on Abbott Communications. Cane is the one who reignited that fever in him, redangling Chancellor before him.

That's when Billy had that argument with Jack and gave him his funding back. He trusted Cane to help him regain the Chancellor position and obtain financing for Abbott Communications, and he was suddenly dismissed—not because he had done anything wrong, but simply because he appeared erratic. Conclusion: Both Jill and Cane dismissed Billy out of fear that he'd do something reckless when he hadn't done anything reckless.

Henyvo02 replied with, "You are missing whole parts of what happened."

Billy tried to oust Devon from his own company and enlist Lily's help, which is why Lily went against him. Billy dismissed everything Chance tried to do; he simply did not want to share the power with him

He renamed the company Abbott-Chancellor, putting his last name first, not because of any loyalty to Jill, but because it was his last name and did it without anyone else's approval. Abbott-Chancellor was started, and Billy was running it into the ground. Billy never owned the company; it was not his, but it was Jill's, and he acted like he did. Billy most certainly was being reckless in what he was doing, and Jill saw it. He was on a power trip and was taking the company down with him

Valued contributor CloverLeaf had this to say –– Who cares? Billy is not a responsible adult. He is a terrible businessman. He is motivated by revenge. He has mental problems. He has an addictive personality. He is constantly trying to prove to others that he is a hero. He is unhappy with himself and his identity. You want to blame everything he has done on his mother? Well, go ahead. I have said this all my life: there comes a point when a person is responsible for what they do. Billy is certainly old enough to be held accountable for all of this.

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Where do you stand on this? Is Billy hard done by, or is he the orchestrator of his own predicament with no one to blame but himself?

See what Billy does next by watching full episodes of The Young and the Restless weekdays on CBS or stream on Paramount Plus.

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