FoxNews: 'Young and the Restless' star holds second job as flight attendant to not ‘forget who’ she is

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'Young and the Restless' star holds second job as flight attendant to not 'forget who' she is

"The Young and the Restless" actress Kate Linder has appeared in more than 2,000 episodes of the show, but chooses to keep a second job....                        ...                        ...                            ...Veteran actress Kate Linder is anything but restless.......Starring in the storied soap opera "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login" for more than four decades, Linder is an anomaly in Hollywood – she has a legitimate second career as a flight attendant, a job she keeps for accountability. ......"It's really interesting because one day I get to be on the set, the next day I get to be here doing this Hollywood Christmas parade, and then I get to serve coffee at 35,000 feet," Linder told You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login on Sunday of her unique schedule. "You don't forget who you are that way. It keeps you grounded."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The actress, now 77, joined the show in 1982 as an unnamed maid and confidant to the late actress Jeanne Cooper's character, Katherine Chancellor. Linder was offered a contract and a name for her character – Esther Valentine – in 1985, thanks to Cooper, who used the name in rehearsal. ......Appearing in more than 2,000 episodes and earning herself a star on the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in 2008, Linder lacks any jadedness. ......"I've seen a lot of people that sometimes believe their own press," she shared. "I feel so very fortunate to do what I do. This is all I've ever wanted to do. No one in my family was in the business, so it was always like taking one step forward and two steps back, and yet, how fortunate and how lucky am I?"......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......It's why she is still working as a flight attendant for You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login where she says, yes, she is sometimes recognized......."I was standing at the gate ready to get on a plane, and this woman looked at me and she said, 'You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login? No, you're not,'" she remembered. "And I said, 'I was when I woke up. So something's wrong. I don't know what's wrong.' She couldn't believe that I was going to be working that flight. And she ended up being on that flight."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......In 2022, Linder explained her initial apprehension about disclosing her job as a flight attendant. "In the beginning, I didn't tell anyone because I thought they would take me less seriously as an actress," she told You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. "But then, as the years went by, I would meet viewers on the plane and have these wonderful stories. I thought that as long as I keep doing both jobs well, I would keep doing them."......Of playing the same character for several decades, Linder said each day is unknown, despite how monotonous it may seem. "It's just like real life because you just don't know what's going to happen when you wake up in the morning. I don't know what Esther's going to do, or what's going to happen or what's going to come up. I am always so excited to read the scripts and find out. That's what keeps it exciting for me. I'm very proud of our show."...

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