Soap star Thom Bierdz gets recognized as Phillip Chancellor III in the most unlikely places

Thom Bierdz, a talented actor-artist-author who I think the world of, returned to Young and the Restless last year after a 20 year absence not only from the soap, but from acting.

His presumed dead character of Phillip Chancellor III resurfaced with a storyline that mirrored Thom’s life in one way: he was openly gay. Phillip went off to Australia but here’s hoping he will return to Genoa City soon!

Anyway, Thom’s return to the soap has made for some unusual encounters like the one he shared on Facebook earlier today:

it’s been ages since anyone recognized me in the grocery store, but everytime i get tested at the clinic for HIV, all the workers (even in the mobile units) ask me questions from “how many partners have you had in the past 6 months?”, “what kind of sex do you have?,” and then, “is phillip coming back to the young and the restless?” talk about feeling exposed LOL after another HIV negative result last night, i treated myself to french fries.