has reflected on her relationship with her co-star Dylan Neal and admitted it was Dylan is , who was 17 when she first appeared on the popular soap opera as Jessica Forrester. The actress, who has since , reflected on their relationship in her memoir Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me from Hollywood. She's also opened up about it in an exclusive interview with The Mirror US.
"It was so interesting going back to the earliest years, like The Bold and the Beautiful years, and how I started out," Maitland said. Speaking about her time with Dylan, who played Dylan Shaw, Maitland added: "It was just such a journey to look back at your life and look at things and say, 'Oh my God I didn't see it that way then but now I do'. Like in relationships.
I had a relationship-ish with my co-star in Bold and the Beautiful and looking back, it was so toxic and I didn't identify that at the time." Maitland admitted writing her memoir was "such a cathartic experience" and recommended her fans sit down and write about their own lives. She said: "Just do it for yourself, just so you can read it and go back on your life.
" Maitland also shared a defiant message for her younger fans. "I tell younger people, if they get stressed and they think they're a disappointment or they think they haven't done well enough or 'I'm such a loser', I'm thinking any losses or any down turns in your life or anything stressful, it makes your story. "You don't want to watch a film of somebody who just has had this perfectly .
