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Massimo married Jackie and built her a mansion and planned a great future. Masimo bought Jackie a chain of international fashion boutiques which was renamed [[Jackie M Designs]]. |
Massimo married Jackie and built her a mansion and planned a great future. Masimo bought Jackie a chain of international fashion boutiques which was renamed [[Jackie M Designs]]. |
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Eventually Brooke and Ridge got married leaving Nick hurt but when Ridge was kidnapped in [[South America]] by thugs working for [[Sheila Carter]] who Massimo had an affair and fathered a daughter, [[Diana Carter]]. Brooke and Nick were also captured trying to rescue Ridge but all were rescued by Massimo but during a fight with Shelia and her thugs Ridge fell into a |
Eventually Brooke and Ridge got married leaving Nick hurt but when Ridge was kidnapped in [[South America]] by thugs working for [[Sheila Carter]] who Massimo had an affair and fathered a daughter, [[Diana Carter]]. Brooke and Nick were also captured trying to rescue Ridge but all were rescued by Massimo but during a fight with Shelia and her thugs Ridge fell into a furnace and everyone assumed he was burned alive. Massimo was horrorified to see his eldest son die and told the story to Stephanie and Eric when they arrived. Grieving for Ridge's death Brooke went to the furnace and was seduced by Nick but it was soon revealed that Ridge was alive, having been pulled out of the furnace before being burned. Everyone was glad to have Ridge back but Brooke learned she was pregnant. |
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Brooke did not know who fathered her child Ridge or Nick and told Ridge about her night with Nick in South America and soon took a paternity test. The test revealed that Nick was the father who was thrilled but Ridge was crushed after the paternity and Brooke divorcing him in order to raise the baby with Nick. Massimo soon found himself in the middle of a war between his two sons but supported Nick's relationship with Brooke thinking Nick was the father. This cost Massimo his eldest son who gave back his Marone ring and resigned from [[Marone Industries]] returning to Forrester Creations. |
Brooke did not know who fathered her child Ridge or Nick and told Ridge about her night with Nick in South America and soon took a paternity test. The test revealed that Nick was the father who was thrilled but Ridge was crushed after the paternity and Brooke divorcing him in order to raise the baby with Nick. Massimo soon found himself in the middle of a war between his two sons but supported Nick's relationship with Brooke thinking Nick was the father. This cost Massimo his eldest son who gave back his Marone ring and resigned from [[Marone Industries]] returning to Forrester Creations. |
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| Massimo Marone IV | |||||||||||||||
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| The Bold and the Beautiful character | |||||||||||||||
| File:MassimoMarone.jpg Joseph Mascolo as Massimo Marone | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Joseph Mascolo | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 3622 August 23, 2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 4846 July 7, 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Created by | Bradley Bell | ||||||||||||||
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Massimo Marone IV was a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. The character was played by veteran actor Joseph Mascolo from August 23, 2001 to July 7, 2006.
Character
Massimo Marone is the father of Ridge Forrester and Nick Marone. Massimo was a childhood friend of Stephanie Douglas Forrester and was an apprentice of her father, Chicago business tycoon John Douglas. He attended Northwestern University with Stephanie, Beth Logan, and Eric Forrester and dated Stephanie before she met Eric. During a trip to Lake Geneva they slept together and conceived Ridge. Massimo was very unhappy when Stephanie decided she was going to marry Eric Forrester who everyone thought was the father of the child she was carrying, Ridge.
Massimo went on to build an international shipping company Marone Industries and became a very wealthy and powerful man. Massimo came to town to attempt to marry his old college girlfriend Stephanie Forrester but was unsuccessful but when her son Ridge cut his hand in an argument and needed a blood transfusion it was discovered there was no way Eric Forrester could be his father. Stephanie realized that Massimo was Ridge's father and admitted it to him but made him promise not to tell anyone. Massimo reluctantly agreed but after a year told Bridget then Ridge and welcomed him as his son making him Vice Chairman of Marone Industries and heir to his fortune.
At first Massimo disapproved of Ridge's fiancee Brooke Logan but after seeing how in love they were he gave the pair his blessing. When a Marone Industries captain, Nick Payne came to town after a ship wreck and took an interest in Brooke caused Massimo to put his foot down. Massimo soon learned that Nick's mother was his old flame Jackie Payne. During a plane ride Jackie revealed to Massimo that Nick was his son and both realized that her ex-husband Frank Payne knew Nick was Massimo's son and deceived Jackie and Massimo. Massimo was thrilled to have another son but faced a danting task with his two sons, both of whom were courting Brooke.
Massimo married Jackie and built her a mansion and planned a great future. Masimo bought Jackie a chain of international fashion boutiques which was renamed Jackie M Designs.
Eventually Brooke and Ridge got married leaving Nick hurt but when Ridge was kidnapped in South America by thugs working for Sheila Carter who Massimo had an affair and fathered a daughter, Diana Carter. Brooke and Nick were also captured trying to rescue Ridge but all were rescued by Massimo but during a fight with Shelia and her thugs Ridge fell into a furnace and everyone assumed he was burned alive. Massimo was horrorified to see his eldest son die and told the story to Stephanie and Eric when they arrived. Grieving for Ridge's death Brooke went to the furnace and was seduced by Nick but it was soon revealed that Ridge was alive, having been pulled out of the furnace before being burned. Everyone was glad to have Ridge back but Brooke learned she was pregnant.
Brooke did not know who fathered her child Ridge or Nick and told Ridge about her night with Nick in South America and soon took a paternity test. The test revealed that Nick was the father who was thrilled but Ridge was crushed after the paternity and Brooke divorcing him in order to raise the baby with Nick. Massimo soon found himself in the middle of a war between his two sons but supported Nick's relationship with Brooke thinking Nick was the father. This cost Massimo his eldest son who gave back his Marone ring and resigned from Marone Industries returning to Forrester Creations.
Jackie began an affair with Deacon Sharpe and Massimo soon discovered it overhearing the two talking about their affair and suffered a massive stroke after confronting them. When Ridge heard he reopened his heart to Massimo and helped him in his recovery. Deacon taunted Massimo in his home while he was incapictated in a wheelchair but soon recovered a planned his revenge on Deacon. When Brooke gave birth to her baby Jackie revealed to him that Brooke's doctor said there was a problem with the DNA test. Jackie had Deacon secretly run a second paternity test which revealed Nick wasn't the father. A third test revealed that Ridge was the father of Brooke's baby whom she named Ridge Jr. nicknamed R.J. by Thomas. Massimo was furious with Jackie blaming her for his ruined relationship with Ridge and the pain Ridge went through in the months prior to R.J.'s birth all because she wanted Brooke to be with Nick instead of Ridge.
Massimo sooned hired Deacon as Jackie's executive assistant at Jackie M in an attempt to enact his revenge. Soon Deacon began get cravings for alcohol because Massimo hired a woman to slip refined alcohol into Deacon's drinks which eventually led Deacon to leaving L.A. and entering recovery. Massimo then had Megan Conley put files in Jackie's computer which led to her arrest and near conviction for supporting Nick's relationship with Brooke, after Ridge left her when his assumed dead wife Taylor returned. Eventually Nick was able to convince Massimo to order the FBI to release Jackie. Massimo along with Stephanie tried to stop Nick and Brooke's marriage but Massimo aided Ridge in his attempt to win Brooke back and Ridge and Massimo reestablished their father-son connection. After Nick had a one-night stand with his ex-wife and Brooke's daughter Bridget Brooke ended their marriage and returned to Ridge.
Massimo was very helpful in finding the Stephanie Douglas Trust which was setup by her father when Stephanie first married Eric which made her sole owner of Forrester Creations. It was soon revealed that Eric had hidden the trust for over 40 years as a way of getting back at Stephanie's father, who made it clear that he disapproved of Eric and that the only reason he let Stephanie marry Eric was because she was pregnant with Ridge . Massimo unsuccessfully tried to marry Stephanie who planned on remarrying Eric in order fulfill Felicia's dying wish to see her parents back together. Nick then convinced the board of Marone Industries to make him the new CEO as revenge on his father for framing his mother.
Massimo left L.A. for an unknown destination. Recently Nick and Stephanie told each other that neither of them knew of Massimo's whereabouts and neither has heard from him.