Ridge has dumped Taylor for Brooke on numerous occasions, but this most recent breakup was the first one played by Rebecca Budig<\/a>, who assumed the role of the Bold and the Beautiful<\/a> psychiatrist a little over a year ago.<\/p>\n Budig both incorporated Taylor\u2019s long history with Ridge (Thorsten Kaye<\/a>) and Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang<\/a>) and put her own unique spin on Taylor taking a backseat to that darn destiny Ridge and Brooke always end up re-embracing. For her understated and vulnerable performance, TV Insider is honoring Budig with Daytime Performer of the Week honors.<\/p>\n Ironically, Taylor and Ridge\u2019s breakup scenes took place in the guest house on the Forrester estate where they once lived as man and wife. Taking Brooke\u2019s near-death experience in Naples, Italy, as a sign they were destined to be together, Ridge informed Taylor that he couldn\u2019t marry her.<\/p>\n He said it hurt because he loved her. \u201cBut you love Brooke\u2026more,\u201d Taylor said almost as if she were replaying a bad dream. \u201cIs that what you\u2019re saying, Ridge? Brooke\u2019s the woman you want to spend the rest of your life with \u2014 not me.\u201d<\/p>\n Budig played these scenes as a woman losing the man she loved (again) and also as a psychiatrist. On one hand, her heart was breaking. On the other, she saw Ridge as a friend or even a former patient, hoping to keep him from walking down a path that hasn\u2019t always brought him happiness.<\/p>\n CBS<\/p>\n Taylor asked Ridge not to let what happened in Italy tear them apart, not just for herself, but for Ridge, too. As objective as she can be, Taylor doesn\u2019t believe that Brooke is the right woman for Ridge.<\/p>\n A lesser actress might have resorted to name-calling, shouting, fist-pounding on her leading man\u2019s chest, and other histrionics, but Budig had Taylor employ passionate reason to try to point out to Ridge why they were so good together. \u201cNo, I won\u2019t let you do that, Ridge,\u201d Taylor emphatically stated.<\/p>\n \u201cI know what you\u2019re trying to do,\u201d Taylor continued. \u201cYou think you can let me down easy. I\u2019ll shed a few tears before sending you back to Brooke, but that\u2019s not what\u2019s going down this time. I\u2019m not letting you fall for Brooke again. Her ridiculous hold on you comes to an end \u2014 today.\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, the more time that passed, the more Taylor had to grasp the reality that, as a woman, she was once again losing the man she loved. But it wasn\u2019t an instant process. \u201cI\u2019m not going to stand here and watch her ruin your life again. I\u2019m not just some life raft between your shipwrecks with Brooke,\u201d Taylor proclaimed.<\/p>\n While her initial response was to analyze the situation, Budig had Taylor grow more emotionally attached to her stance. \u201cYou and Brooke don\u2019t ever last,\u201d Taylor reminded Ridge.<\/p>\n Ridge said he didn\u2019t expect Taylor to understand his decision. Actually, she does because Taylor has been through this time and time again. In fact, Taylor, perhaps, understands the situation even better than Ridge.<\/p>\n Budig had Taylor let out a breath of acceptance as she came to the conclusion that there was no fighting the tidal wave of destiny that came crashing into her life once again. Rather than slap Ridge, as a different character might have done, Taylor embraced her ex, wishing him well. She chose to focus on the love that remains, not the love that Ridge was taking away from her.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll be fine,\u201d Taylor said, her eyes welling up with tears. \u201cAs painful as this is, I\u2019m thankful, actually, for the time that we\u2019ve had together.\u201d<\/p>\n But make no mistake \u2013 the breakup was heart-wrenching for Taylor. \u201cI think in the back of my mind I always knew this was coming,\u201d said a resigned Taylor, hastening to add with just a smidge of bitterness in her tone, \u201cGuess Brooke is your destiny after all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n