Y&R SPICY HOT TAKE! Devon Winters Was Supposed to Be a Sperm Donor and His Promotion to Daddy Has Not Been Working Out for Anyone in Genoa City

DEVON WINTERS IS OFFICIALLY BEING DEMOTED BACK TO SPERM DONOR

TL;DR: Devon Hamilton, now Devon Winters, was supposed to be the sperm donor for Abby Abbott Newman Chancellor and her husband Chance Chancellor on The Young and the Restless. He exceeded that mandate without being asked. He has since made everyone around him significantly more boring, filed legal paperwork reviewing Mariah’s plea deal while genuinely believing he and Abby were on the same page when Abby absolutely did not agree, and expressed genuine confusion when she called him out. He is the Eeyore of Genoa City. Even Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh has more self awareness than this. The demotion is officially recommended.

Let Us Start at the Beginning

Devon Winters was not always Devon Winters. When Abby Newman, then Abby Abbott Newman Chancellor, and her husband Chance Chancellor needed a sperm donor, the man they approached was Devon Hamilton. Devon Hamilton signed the legal paperwork. Devon Hamilton fulfilled the biological arrangement. Devon Hamilton was supposed to step back and let Abby and Chance raise their family.

Devon Hamilton did not step back.

He expanded his role. He inserted himself into Abby’s life in ways that went significantly beyond the original arrangement and somewhere along the way took the Winters name and became a full partner in a situation that started as a medical procedure and a stack of legal paperwork.

Here is the part that is genuinely extraordinary. Devon Hamilton signed legal paperwork to become a sperm donor. Devon Winters is now filing legal paperwork about the child that sperm donation produced. He has come full circle legally and nobody asked him to do either round of paperwork without a proper conversation first.

Do you think Devon has earned his current role or should he be returned to his original position? Send your hottest takes to [email protected] and we just might publish them!

The Eeyore Problem

There is a character in Winnie the Pooh named Eeyore. Eeyore is a donkey who carries the weight of the world on his shoulders, speaks in a low sad monotone, and approaches every situation with the quiet certainty that things are probably going to go wrong. Eeyore is beloved. Eeyore is also exhausting to spend extended time with.

Devon is the Eeyore of Genoa City.

He is earnest and serious and well intentioned and completely convinced that he is always the most reasonable person in any room he walks into. He approaches every situation with the energy of a man who has already decided what the correct answer is and is patiently waiting for everyone else to catch up. At least Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh has self awareness about his energy. Devon does not.

This energy is contagious in the worst possible way. Devon makes the people around him more boring by proximity. Abby is a perfect example. Abby Abbott Newman Chancellor was electric and unpredictable and genuinely fun to watch. Devon arrived. Abby got quieter. These things are connected and Genoa City needs to acknowledge that connection out loud.

The sperm donor role did not come with a boring clause. Devon brought that himself.

What Devon Did and Why He Does Not Understand the Problem

Mariah Copeland kidnapped Dominic. Mariah took a plea deal. Treatment not prison. Both Devon and Abby were unhappy with that outcome. Devon genuinely believed they were completely on the same page about what should happen next.

So Devon filed paperwork to have the plea deal reviewed.

In his mind he was acting on their shared position. He was being decisive. He was doing the thing they both wanted done. He fully expected Abby to see it exactly that way.

Abby does not see it that way.

Abby’s position is clear. We did not decide this together. Filing paperwork on a major legal matter affecting their son without a conversation is not acting on a shared position. It is making a unilateral decision and presenting it as a foregone conclusion.

Devon genuinely does not understand why Abby is furious. That is not a defense of Devon. That is the most damning thing we can say about him. Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh would at least suspect he had done something wrong.

The Case for the Demotion

Devon Hamilton signed paperwork to be a sperm donor. Devon has since signed paperwork about that child without telling the child’s mother. The legal journey of this man is something to behold.

Abby has been Abby Abbott Newman Chancellor. She then added Winters to that collection when Devon exceeded his original mandate. This woman has carried more last names than any one person should have to carry and she has done it while being consistently more interesting than the men attached to those names.

Holden Novak was recently revealed to be Malcolm Winters’ son. That makes him a Winters. The jury is still out on whether Holden would be better for Abby. What is not in question is that he is hotter and more fun. Abby Newman Winters has a certain ring to it that does not require adding three more surnames to an already impressive collection.

Devon Winters was supposed to be a sperm donor. The promotion was never fully earned. The demotion is officially recommended.

Does Abby deserve better than Devon right now? And is the Eeyore problem fixable or has Devon permanently changed the energy in every room he walks into? Sound off below because this comment section is about to have very strong opinions!

WATCH THIS: Do you want to see more Patty?

@soapoperamag Stacy Haiduk is KILLING IT on both shows! I can't get enough of her as #KristenDiMera on #DaysofOurLives but I am THRILLED to have her back as #PattyWilliams on #YoungandtheRestless! If you could only choose one, which role is your fave? #DOOL #DAYS #YR ♬ original sound – Soap Opera Magazine