Daniel Romalotti
| Daniel Romalotti, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||
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| The Young and the Restless character | |||||||||||||||||
| File:MichaelGraziadei.jpg Michael Graziadei as Daniel Romalotti (2007) | |||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Desiree and Hannah Wheelan (1994-1996) Michael McElroy (1996-1997) Chase MacKenzie Bebak (1997-1998) Roland Gibbons (1998) Cam Gigandet (2004) Michael Graziadei (2004-present) | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1994-1998, 2004-present | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | May 19, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Created by | William J. Bell | ||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Romalotti, Jr. is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Daniel first appeared as an infant in May 1994, the son of Phyllis Newman and Danny Romalotti, although his biological father is Brian Hamilton. The character was first played by a set of twins Desiree and Hannah Wheel from 1994 to 1996, when Michael McElroy took over the recurring role from 1996 to 1997. Chase MacKenzie Bebak took over from 1997 to 1998, and Roland Gibbons played the character briefly in 1998 before the character left town.
Subsequently, the character was rapidly aged, with Cam Gigandet assuming the role on March 10, 2004.[1] The actor was fired after only a few days and he last aired as Daniel on May 6, 2004. The role was recast with Owen Beckman, but the actor was also fired soon after landing the role, but as opposed to Gigandet, Beckman's scenes were deleted when Michael Graziadei was cast in the role.[2] Graziadei first aired on May 10, 2004.[3]
Character's background
Daniel first arrived in Genoa City in 2004 after returning from boarding school to live with his mom. Since she didn't raise him as a kid, Daniel resented her as well as her boyfriend Damon Porter. Daniel then befriended Kevin Fisher who was desperate to regain some respect after performing some not so nice deeds. Daniel then agreed to help him out in exchange for him hooking him up with Mackenzie Browning. The two had a lowlife named Alex come on to Lily too strong so that Kevin could rescue her. However, Alex went too far and slipped her a date rape drug and attempted to rape her. However, Kevin did arrive in time to "save" her. When Alex kept threatening Daniel and Kevin, Phyllis found out and she and Damien scared Alex enough to get him out of town. Daniel then decided to give Phyllis a chance.
Daniel had a romance with Lily Winters in 2005, after he was involved in an accident with Cassie Newman, resulting in her death. Unbeknown to Daniel, who had suffered memory loss from the accident, fourteen-year-old Cassie was driving. Daniel and Lily then ran away to Los Angeles to escape vehicular homicide charges and a Romeo and Juliet-style romance unfolded. The fugitives were caught and Daniel was soon exonerated. Lily's furious parents, Neil and Dru, soon sent her away to boarding school, leaving Daniel devastated. Lily returned in February 2006 and they reunited and eloped to Las Vegas. Later on, Alex returned to blackmail Daniel and Kevin. Daniel then decided to come clean to Lily who then told her parents. However, she decided to forgive him as did her parents.
In early 2007, Daniel began a flirtation with the conniving Amber Moore, of which Lily was unaware. He then began helping her in her mission to keep her new husband Cane Ashby so that she could get her hands on his new-found family's money. To say thank you, Amber gave Daniel a pass to watch a video of her on an adult website, which eventually led to Daniel becoming addicted to pornography. After Lily figured out who was the person that had a picture of her naked breasts on Daniel's cellphone (which was Amber) she realized that she couldn't trust her husband any longer and subsequently kicked him out. When Neil found out about Daniel's recent behavior, he fired him from his job at Newman Enterprises. Daniel then moved in with Kevin and Amber.
Daniel, Amber, and Kevin found a princely sum of money (700 grand, to be precise) belonging to Plum, one of Amber's beaus from her Strangers By Night days. They found the money next to Plum's dead body and decided to keep it all a secret. They then received a visit from John Bonacheck who claimed to be looking for Plum and his money because Plum had stolen it from his war buddy Carson McDonald. It turned out Bonacheck was a rogue member of the FBI who wanted the money for himself and even kidnapped Amber, Cane, and Carson. Once they were rescued, Daniel, Kevin, and Amber were arrested. However, Kevin's brother Michael Baldwin had the charges against them dropped. All of this caused he and Lily to end their marriage. Lily then began a relationship with Cane while Daniel soon began a flirtation with A.D.A. Heather Stevens after she began to show her more sensitive side, which was a big deal considering she was attempting to prosecute he, Kevin, and Amber and she also managed to send his mother to prison for extortion (she was released after two months). After a party that Daniel had thrown to help cheer Heather up in the midst of her court cases, he and a drunken Amber had sex.
Since the encounter made their living together awkward, Amber moved out. However, the two were unable to stay away from each other and had sex again which ended with Daniel discovering that Amber had kept some of the stolen money they got from Plum. Although she tried to convince he and Kevin to keep it, they decided to burn it. Daniel then got Amber a job at his mom, Nick, Jack, and Sharon's new magazine Restless Style. While at the launch party for the magazine, Amber helped convince Daniel to mend the rift between him and his father Danny who came to perform at the event. He and Amber then began an actual relationship. Recently Daniel's father Danny returned and offered him a job on his tour as an assistant photographer, which Daniel accepted.
Daniel returns home on July 10, 2008, and finds out from his girlfriend, Amber, that his mother Phyllis Summers Newman, has been trying to break them up by making Amber believe that Daniel had been cheating on her. Soon after, she informed him that she slept with Adrian Korbel out of inadequacy, whereupon he angrily and suddenly broke up with her and left her apartment, much to her devastation. He is currently struggling to get over the break-up via "rebound dates" with Colleen. As of October 15, 2008 Amber and Daniel are back together.
In early 2009, Daniel starts his painting and drawing with Amber at his side as a fashion designer. In mid 2009, Daniel is asked to make a fake copy of a Terroni and paid a sum of money for it. Later it is believed that he and Jana killed the man who asked him to do this in an alley. Daniel manages to stay out of jail long enough to meet Deacon, Amber's ex-lover and father of Amber's adopted child, Eric Sharpe, when she in Los Angeles. Then, Daniel is put into jail, leaving Amber to get him out of jail herself.
While Daniel is in jail, he receives a phone call from Deacon, claiming to be Michael, Daniel's lawyer. On the other end, he hears Amber and Deacon having sex. When Amber visits him later, he yells at her, asking her why she did that and what was he supposed to do now that he was going to propose. Amber and Daniel break up.
Daniel is released, due to the DVD Deacon sent to the A.D.A, Heather.
On September 14, 2009, Daniel proposed to Amber, calling her his "soul mate". Two months later, he and Amber are finally married. The couple ignores the fact that the date is Friday the 13th, which is often associated with bad luck.
Their marriage begins to fall apart over Amber's obsession of her adoptive son, Eric Sharp, and Daisy Callahan's personal obessession with him.
Daisy had drugged him into making it looked as if he had sex with her while her aunt, Sarah Smythe, posing as Lauren Fenmore attempts to kill his mother on another scheme with Patty Williams(posing as Dr. Emily Abbott). Amber realizes that Daniel didn't betray her. However, her fear over Eric's safety leads to her abandoning him and therefore ending their marriage. Amber leaves Genoa City with Eric in tow and a heartbroken Daniel finally gives up on their marriage.