The Young and the Restless character, Daniel Romalotti, has one big duty at Danny’s upcoming remarriage to Cricket — keep Phyllis away! Can he play middleman between his two parents? Daniel’s portrayer, Michael Graziadei, is talking about the upcoming event and is reflecting on what it’s like to play Danny and Phyllis’s son.
Grazaidei sat down with Soap Opera Digest to analyze Daniel’s dynamic with his unpredictable mother, Phyllis (Michelle Stafford), and his far more stable father, Danny (Michael Damian).
He says he enjoys his scenes with Stafford more than any others. He raves about her talent and her ability to find things in the material that he may not have thought were even there. He says, “[I]t is always a surprise, and it is always a joy. I mean, I cannot say enough good things about Michelle.”
The actor observes that he and Stafford have a unique on-screen mother/son dynamic that’s not like anything else. He also feels lucky to have a great rapport with Damian, his TV dad. In fact, the two have stayed in touch during times that either both or one of them has been away from Genoa City. “I think that the two of us just have a nice relationship together,” he says.
One thing Graziadei (“Graz,” to many) has in common with Daniel is a love of music. Daniel’s been learning how to play the guitar from Tessa (Cait Fairbanks), and Graziadei says he wouldn’t mind it if Daniel performed on-screen with Danny. “I think that’s something that absolutely would make sense in this world,” he says.
Graziadei says viewers will have to tune in to see what happens at the wedding in terms of musical (not to mention other) surprises. “There might be a surprise for everyone at my father’s wedding!” the actor says in character.
Whether or not Daniel sings with his dad isn’t the only thing on viewers’ minds. Christine (AKA Cricket) asked Daniel last summer to keep Phyllis away from the wedding. We’ve seen Phyllis crash Cricket’s bridal shower at the jazz lounge. She had an emotional breakdown with Danny afterwards.
We doubt that Phyllis still loves Danny, but there’s just something about Cricket that gets under her skin! Will Phyllis try to stop the ceremony, or will she just settle for making it less than memorable for the bride and the groom? Tune in to find out!
Earlier this year, Todd Chrisley received a pardon from the President. However, Patricia Altschul is a tougher sell. Unlike POTUS, this Southern Charm star refuses to absolve Todd of his verbal crimes. Instead, this queen honey bee is standing ten wealthy toes down, adamant that Charleston is not a place for a “felon” like Todd.
Todd and Patricia are the reality feud I never saw coming. Their tiny tit for tat started after Todd’s release from prison. “During the [post-prison] press conference, I had stated that we are doing a hotel and it’s going to be near Charleston, South Carolina,” Todd explained. In response, Patricia said, “Well, there goes the neighborhood.”
Well, Todd did not like that. So, he made several jests about Patricia, which mainly focused on her older age and her finances. Overall, it was gross.
So, recently clapping back via Decider, Pat quipped, “He’s very irrelevant. I said four words—there goes the neighborhood — and he went on, and he did a whole program about me. It was just a comment in passing.” Nevertheless, Patricia stands by her original stance, saying, “We just don’t need any more felons in Charleston.”
Todd and his wife, Julie Chrisley, were indicted on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States back in 2019. They swore they were innocent. Yet, they were still found guilty. In all, The Chrisleys: Back to Reality stars received a combined 19 years in federal prison, but thanks to their pardons, they walked out of their prison cells for good in May of this year.
And now, Ms. Pat wants them to heed her words and not walk toward her in Charleston.
Southern Charm Season 11 premieres on November 19, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock, or Hayu in Canada, the UK, and Ireland.