DC #937: Daytime Legend Michele Val Jean on Primetime "Ambitions"

Published: Aug. 12, 2019, 3:39 p.m.

On the latest\xa0Daytime Confidential\xa0podcast\xa0Luke Kerr\xa0is joined by\xa0Ambitions\xa0creator and head writer\xa0Jamey Giddens\xa0and daytime writing legend Michele Val Jean, who is a Consulting Producer at\xa0Ambitions.\xa0

During the visit the two share how it feels to already be at\xa0Ambitions'\xa0ninth episode "Giving Up."\xa0

Michele talks about juggling writing for\xa0The Bold and the Beautiful\xa0and\xa0Ambitions\xa0at the same time. As one of the few African American writers in daytime, Val Jean shares what it was like to be in an all-black writers room at\xa0Ambitions.\xa0

For years Jamey revered Michele and\xa0Susan Dansby\xa0as African American writers in daytime. Find out what it's like to now by their boss in the\xa0Ambitions\xa0writers room.

Michele loves to write really damaged men.\xa0 She shares how much she enjoys writing for Ambitions'\xa0Damian Collins (Alexander Mulzac). She also reflects on writing Ryan Chamberlain (Jon Lindstrom) at\xa0General Hospital\xa0and weighs in on Ryan's latest storyline.\xa0

The episode wraps with Jamey and Michele teasing what's to come in "Giving Up" and the rest of the season.\xa0

Watch Episode 9 of\xa0Ambitions\xa0Tuesday night at 10 EST/9PST on OWN. Live tweet with the cast, crew and\xa0Daytime Confidential's\xa0Melodie Aikels\xa0on\xa0Twitter\xa0using hashtag: #Ambitions.\xa0

All this and much more on the latest\xa0Daytime Confidential\xa0podcast!

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