After a year of The Bold and the Beautiful fans wondering when RJ Forrester would come back into the picture, they finally got their wish. However, Joshua Hoffman is no longer playing Ridge’s namesake. Brayan Nicoletti has stepped into the role.

The influencer-turned-fashion designer has missed quite a bit at the family company. But it’s his past history on the soap that could come into play, given the feud brewing between the Forresters and the Spencers. Let us fill you in on the must-know details.

Key Takeaways

• RJ’s complicated family tree
• His experience at Forrester Creations
• How the Forrester heir’s love life may impact the story

The Forrester Always Caught in the Middle

RJ (Nicoletti) is Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) and Brooke’s (Katherine Kelly Lang) son, which makes him both a Forrester and a Logan. When he first returned home in 2023, he’d made a point of wanting to stay out of his parents’ business. He’s the lone child of Ridge’s that isn’t Taylor’s (Rebecca Budig), so unlike his siblings, Thomas (Matthew Atkinson) and Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), he’s quite happy with Brooke being his father’s “destiny.”

Due to the back-and-forth nature of Ridge’s affection toward his children’s mothers, RJ is often on the opposite side of what his older siblings want. It’s not something he likes, but it’s not only his parents who put him in a tough spot. His sister, Hope (Annika Noelle), and his brother, Thomas, do as well. While the former couple isn’t blood-related, they do share RJ as a sibling. This makes the family dynamic awkward at the best of times and tense at the worst, especially when Thope are on the outs.

During Hoffman’s run as the character, RJ’s rival on the soap was his cousin Zende (Delon de Metz). Though the two have buried the hatchet now, they had many a verbal altercation during the storyline where their grandfather, Eric (John McCook), had a near-fatal health condition. It was at this time that RJ had been working closely with Eric on the Forrester patriarch’s legacy collection. He was also deeply in love with Luna Nozawa (Lisa Yamada).

Zende had feelings for Luna, too, which put him at greater odds with RJ. He’d even slept with her in an accidental drugging plot that was rewritten when Luna went from being a “good girl” to a villain. Because he hasn’t been on-screen, it’s assumed RJ is at peace with his entire family, though that won’t last for long now that he’s back.