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Christel Khalil Urges ‘Y&R’ Fans to Give the New Lily & Cane a Chance
Stephanie Sloane
JUNE 23, 2025, 12:35 PM

Days of our Lives‘ Billy Flynn [Chad DiMera] has joined The Young and the Restless as Cane Ashby, bringing a storyline shake-up that Christel Khalil, who plays Cane’s ex-wife, Lily Winters, is happy to embrace.

“I’ve been wanting to be used more, so it’s great to be working a lot more and have something to really sink my teeth into,” Khalil begins. “For a long time, it’s been mainly a business storyline, which has been really fun to play and work with Victor [Newman, Eric Braeden], but it’s nice to have that other layer of emotion and relationship and connection to play as well.”

Khalil reveals she had no idea Cane would be written back in until shortly before Flynn began taping. “Josh Griffith [executive producer and head writer] kept it a secret for a very long time,” she shares. “I didn’t realize they were bringing Cane back until a week or two before he started. I was super excited; it was such a great character, and it was a shame to not have the character there.”

Although Khalil had never met Flynn, his reputation preceded him. “I heard great things from some of the other cast members who had either worked with him or knew people that worked with him,” she reports. “He’s such a great guy and great to work with.”

But this isn’t a simple “Lane” reunion, Khalil previews. Rather than revisiting the familiar dynamic between Lily and Cane, viewers should prepare for something entirely fresh. “I feel like the story is very compelling, and I think if fans can look at it with a new lens, they’ll really like it,” Khalil says. “I think the good thing that Josh has done is he’s completely changed the character of Cane….

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