Who Y&R's Zuleyka Silver Credits For Helping Her Get Through Kyle And Audra's Steamy Love Scene

Surprised that the writers paired up Audra with Kyle, Zuleyka Silver admitted to Soap Opera Digest that she never expected there to be a sex scene between them because she didn't know Michael Mealor was on the show's group production text thread. "I was thinking, 'Oh, it's going to be Tucker, Trevor St. John, or Sean [Dominic, Nate] or something,'" she recalled. When she found out it was going to be with Mealor, she wondered how the connection was going to play out. Silver felt that both characters are attracted to each other, but questioned whether Audra would actually be into Kyle if he wasn't part of a wealthy family.

Because her previous sex scenes with St. John were rather mild, she was shocked when Mealor explained his character was previously a bad boy and he'd done many of those scenes over the years. "Okay, so he's, like, professional at these sex scenes and I'm — not!" she jokingly stated. She further explained that because she was nervous going into the scenes, Mealor's professional demeanor helped her get through it. "I think it really helps when you have a partner who understands that you're not a pro at sex scenes, and does everything they can to make you feel comfortable on set and stuff," she remarked. She also felt that the character pairing works because they come across as opposites, and she enjoys the positive fan reaction to it.