Minds Matter
Viewers were initially stunned when they saw Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) talking to a mannequin in the image of Hope Spencer (Annika Noelle) on The Bold and the Beautiful.
The instant reaction from some was that the show might have been poking fun at the use of real-life mannequins on the show, which was necessary to keep personnel safe from COVID-19. However, it’s something far more serious than that… In fact, Thomas is struggling to maintain control of his life!
“This isn’t a fetish storyline,” Atkinson explains. “It’s the story of a guy who
