The Bold and the Beautiful's gay couple: Actors tease kiss, chemistry, and queer romance

"Remy has been a bit of a bad boy in the past few storylines — he's done some not-so-great things," Weissman tells Out. "I was like, 'How do I approach this with humanity? How do I show that he really is this kid who has a lot of trauma, and a lot of issues, and is lashing out because of his lack of healing?'"

"None of that justifies the actions and the things he did in the past," Weissmann notes. "But, as an actor, it gives me a baseline. I tried to inject as much humanity and vulnerability as I could."

Weissmann hopes that this new gay love story becomes "Remy's redemption arc" on The Bold and the Beautiful, adding: "Remy can now show what it's like to be a person who's done some not-so-great things and is like, 'Okay, I'm asking for a second chance. I'm trying to show that I've changed. I want to take accountability.'"

"I hope the other characters can see that Remy is still open to growing," the actor says.

Most details about Deke — even the character's first name! — were kept under wraps prior to Cone's official debut on The Bold and the Beautiful this Tuesday.

"I'm trying to figure out what I can say," Cone tells Out when asked to describe Deke. "He's very loving, and caring, and kind of a 'daddy,' in a way. He kind of fathers people, and he means well. He means the best for everyone."

Weissmann chimes in, "Deke gets shit done. He takes care of the people in his life that he cares about. He knows right from wrong, for sure, maybe a little bit more than Remy does."

"Deke is wiser than his years," Cone says. "I feel like he could definitely be an anchor, and a figurehead, for Remy's morals."

Weissmann, otherwise known for starring on TV shows like Saved by the Bell (2020 reboot), Dear White People, and Grey's Anatomy, recalls meeting Cone during a chemistry read for The Bold and the Beautiful.

"I was pretty certain that Harrison was the guy that [casting producers] were going to pick," Weissmann says. "Our chemistry was very comfortable, and I just felt a kinship with him pretty quickly. He was also a really incredible actor, and we were all very impressed by that. Doing any sort of intimate scenes with another actor is so much easier if you have those building blocks."

Cone agrees, "I feel like we had good chemistry right from the start. It was really easy to stay present with each other. I'm very thankful to have him as my on-screen boyfriend because he's super sweet and made it easy to get to know."

"There was a lot of off- and on-screen time," Cone says. "Being able to connect with him, and talk, made it easier when we were going in for our first scenes." Beyond their experiences embodying these characters, Cone points out: "I also just really ship them. I think Deke is going to help Remy kind of realize his wrongs and be able to grow from it."

Best known for his roles on The Summer I Turned Pretty, Ick, American Horror Stories, and Hacks, this is Cone's first time doing a soap opera.

"Nothing's like a soap. It's crazy!" Cone says. "You go in, and it's like 20 pages in 40 minutes. I had never done that before. I had done regular film and TV, [but] not in this format."

Weissmann, on the other hand, argues that Cone made a great first impression.

"From the first day, he kind of just jumped right in and was a soap pro," Weissman recalls. "He handled it with such professionalism. It's not easy to adjust to that level of material every day, but he did it effortlessly. I was very impressed, and was very happy to have someone as genuine and caring as him to get to play my boyfriend."

When asked how much thought went into this first gay kiss between two male characters on The Bold and the Beautiful, Weissmann admits that he felt a bit of self-imposed pressure. "I was like, 'It better be hot. It better be cool. It better be sweet.'"

"I was excited that we get to be the first queer male characters on the show; that's not a title that we take lightly. It's a lot of responsibility," the actor reflects. "We want to handle those characters with a lot of care and a lot of grace. I know there are lots of fans who have been watching for a long time and wanting something like this to come along. The response has been so kind."

Weissmann is focused on making these dedicated B&B fans proud, and hopes that they understand that a queer relationship is "still a flawed relationship like any relationship between two characters is on a soap opera."

This degree of care and commitment led Weissmann to be nominated for a 2025 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series for his first year playing Remy in The Bold and the Beautiful.

The biggest challenge — or biggest opportunity, depending on one's perspective — of a soap opera is that the volume of episodes forces characters to be more fleshed out than the average 10-episode season of a TV show in the streaming era.

To that point, Weissmann notes that "there's a lot of care between Remy and Deke that's not just a one-dimensional queer relationship. There's a lot of layers into their connection, and I'm excited for everybody to see it."

Just a few months ago, Cone played Mariah Carey's first love interest — identified as Mr. Player — in the music video for "Type Dangerous," the lead single off Carey's upcoming studio album Here for It All. Now, the actor has shifted gears to play an up-and-coming designer working at Forrester Creations on The Bold and the Beautiful… And Remy's love interest.

"I was super excited to just be part of the show," Cone chimes in. "To find out that we'd be able to have that representation on the show for people to see and feel connected to it… I also just want to make the fans proud of it. I want it to be special for them."

Remy's introduction to the B&B fandom wasn't exactly warm and sweet, Weissmann admits, while taking on the challenge of showing a different side of the character.

"Coming on as a bit of a villain in the beginning, you notice that fans are protective of the legacy characters; they're protective of the good characters. I was really impressed with that sort of love and care for a show," Weissmann says. "And we had a fan event, I believe it was last month, in L.A., and that was the first time I got to meet any of the Bold fans in person."

"It was so awesome," the actor adds, "because this show isn't just on once a week…it's on every day. So these people have lunch with you, they have coffee with you. You're a part of their lives, and they're a part of our lives. So I think that is a really special relationship that I had yet to experience before being on Bold."

Cone, who is a newcomer, argues that this is the perfect starting point for a new audience to discover The Bold and the Beautiful as well.

"It's a landmark, pivotal moment in the history of the show," Cone says, "which is a super exciting period to be a part of the show. And it's also an exciting point to tune in, even if you've never watched it, because you're tuning in on a point that has a new dynamic and relationship."

The Bold & the Beautiful airs new episodes weekdays on CBS, and is also available for streaming on Paramount+.