Hey everyone, this is David.

Welcome back behind the Belved rope. Let's just get right into it today because we are joined by actress author writer model two time daytime any winner reality TV star icon gay icon soap legend missed

David. Hi everybody. What is going on Eileen? How are you today? I'm good. How are you doing? I'm doing good. What are you up to? How is LA doing today?

You know, it's it's well like everybody we're dealing with the COVID thing, which is a game changer for all of us. So it's really about trying to stay optimistic and positive.

With a lot of you know, a lot of crap hit the fan right now. There's a lot going on, right? It's very much in my face because of working. So I mean, I'm getting emails weekly is, you know, people have tested positive.

So it's definitely part of my reality.

You know, and I had to throw model in there because that is where you started in the business way that when.

I kind of sort of, but yes, I did. Well, when you started in 1982 on why and on.

Yeah, which is going to be 40 years next year. Like when I know. But when you think back to that, I mean, does that seem all like another lifetime or is it who's that girl or do you remember that vividly?

Of course, I remember it vividly. I mean, you know, it doesn't seem like it was that long ago, but clearly it was. But yeah, I mean, you know, I was only 22, not even quite 23.

So I mean, it was it was a huge deal and it changed my life clearly forever.

And it was, did you think when you started that, you know, you would have a 40 year off and on career and so it's now, I mean, I didn't think I'd have a, I mean, who knew I came to the sad realization when I first became an actor when I was around 20, I started taking classes.

And then you're just so excited to get one job and then I get the one job right a guest start on a show or I got, I got a horror movie and blah, blah, blah. And then I realized that that was just one gig. I had to string along like a bunch of gigs to have a career.

And it was a very rude awakening for me. I was like, oh my god, how am I going to do this. So yeah, I mean, I'm very grateful. It's been, it's been quite a ride. I was actually dancing barefoot at a club in Orange County when a photographer came up to me and said, do you want to do some modeling.

I was literally barefoot dancing at a club and I started doing some modeling and then that kind of kind of, I got bit by it.

You just kind of fell in love with acting.

Well, you know, I was, I was a model first, but like, you know, Orange County model, I did some modeling in Hawaii. When I was in Hawaii, I was there for a couple of months staying with the girlfriend, we didn't have a phone or TV or car. And I did some modeling and and why key key to get my air to my air, my airplane, fair home.

And I remember today on the beach going, do you want to go back to school or do you want to move to LA. And I was like, you know what, I'm just going to give it a shot. And I moved to LA and I started acting classes to loosen me up for modeling and then modeling when, you know, I was never tall enough anyway.

Anyway, that's how it kind of started.

Well, when I think of soap legends, I mean, I personally think of Jeannie Francis, Eileen Davidson and Miss Susan Luchy. You've been on Y and R, holding beautiful Santa Barbara days of our lives.

And I think about the old TV history when you played five roles on days of our lives, what is that like is that like yay. This is so challenging and this is amazing for an actress or is it like holy crap is so hard.

It was both it was both I'd asked for it. They were going to cast somebody who kind of looked like me to play Susan and I said, can I, you know, I'd like to play both roles.

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