What’s Really Going On With J. Eddie Peck? The Scene That Has Y&R Viewers Worried.
“Just a Cough”—Or Something More?
As a long-time Young and the Restless fan (I’ve been watching since the Danny and Cricket days!), I usually don’t get too shaken by a single line or a passing symptom. But something about Cole Howard’s latest appearance on April 24 had my internal alarms ringing.

In the scene in question, Cole—played once again by the ever-charismatic J.
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Eddie Peck—sits down to a quiet dinner with Victoria Newman and their long-lost daughter Claire. The table is beautifully set. Emotions are delicate but optimistic. And then… the cough. At first, just a small one. Then again, and again.
“You okay?” Victoria asks, clearly concerned.
“Probably just allergies,” Cole replies with a smile, brushing it off like nothing.