The Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers suggest that the controversy between Rebecca Budig (Taylor Hayes) and Hunter Tylo (ex-Taylor Hayes) is about as bad as the controversy onscreen currently.

This age difference certainly has fans talking but what are they saying about the new Taylor Hayes?

The Tale Of Two Taylors

The Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers reveal that Hunter Tylo played Taylor years before Rebecca Budig took over the role. Hunter is 62 which places Taylor’s age a lot closer to Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) than Budig’s 51 year old Taylor. This was huge controversy when Budig signed up for the job of Taylor Hayes.

This happens all the time, a lot of older actors play teenagers at times on soaps. However, fans have noticed the difference here and some simply are not happy with this decision.

Budig was recently asked about this in an inter with The TV Watercooler. Budig replied, “Well, I think that’s why I ultimately thought I wasn’t right for it! Because I was younger than Hunter, for sure. There is an age difference, but that’s not for me to worry about.”

B&B Spoilers: The Third Actress To Play Taylor Hayes

It turns out that Rebecca is the third and youngest actor to play Taylor. There was Hunter Tylo who played Taylor in the early years of the show.

When Taylor returned, Krista Allen took over and played a very good Taylor, but fans complained about the age difference there as well. Of course, no one had ever taken over the role before either.

Krista is only two years older than Budig and that is what has fans concerned. Obviously, Krista’s departure had nothing to do with age since a younger actor was hired to play the role.

However, there is an issue with the fact that Taylor looks so much younger than Brooke since there is an 11 year difference between the two Taylor actresses.

The Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers: Rebecca Budig Is Thrilled With The Role

Budig could not be happier than to play Taylor. Of course, fans know that Budig played Greenlee on All My Children before it was canceled years ago. Later Budig played money hungry, bad girl Hayden Barnes on General Hospital. Hayden pretended to be married to Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) for a while.

Budig states that she is excited to play a doctor because that is something she has never done before. Of course, Taylor is a shrink and Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) sometimes feels like her patient instead of her ex-husband. Will Taylor eventually turn bad girl in the end so she can try to win Ridge back way from Brooke Logan?