Could Ivy Be Electra’s Mom on ‘Bold and the Beautiful’? Ashleigh Brewer Weighs In

The Bold and the Beautiful‘s Electra Forrester (Laneya Grace) doesn’t need dating apps. She’s got her assertive Aunt Ivy Forrester (Ashleigh Brewer) trying to play matchmaker with her and eligible hottie RJ Forrester (Brayan Nicoletti).

Taking a page from Brooke Logan Forrester (Katherine Kelly Lang), who once withheld a letter from Ridge to Caroline, hoping to keep Ridge for herself, Ivy made sure a letter from Will Spencer (Crew Morrow) didn’t end up in Electra’s hands as he was hoping to patch things up between them.

Additionally, Ivy’s been eavesdropping from the balcony overlooking the Forrester living room and other hidden places so she can keep tabs on the relationship progress Electra and Will are making.

A bit obsessive for an aunt, no? Perhaps the online speculation that Ivy is actually Electra’s mother might be more than speculation? “I have heard the rumor,” Brewer tells TV Insider. “I’d personally love it if it were true.”

Brewer, who hails from Australia, where soaps are pretty popular, too, recalls the British serial EastEnders, telling a similar tale. “One of my favorite storylines was when a mother and a daughter had an argument, but the daughter didn’t know that the mother was her [mother],” Brewer shares.

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“I can neither confirm nor deny,” the actress adds about a closer Ivy/Electra connection, adding with a chuckle, “And I legitimately do not know!”

While some may think that Ivy wanting to push Electra away from Will is a bit much, Brewer says that her character has a great motivation to make that happen — despite any potential familial reveals.

After all, Ivy has had failed romances with not one, but two Spencer men: Liam (Scott Clifton) and Wyatt (Darin Brooks), who are Will’s half-brothers.

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“I think Ivy got really badly burnt by the Spencer men, and I think she’s realized that she’d seen this happen one too many times and this will not happen to her niece,” Brewer offers. “Ivy will protect her niece from what she went through because she dated two [Spencer men].”

Brewer happily embraces Ivy’s controlling issue as it’s been compared to late Forrester matriarch Stephanie (Susan Flannery), who did her share of meddling in the romantic lives of her children over the decades.

“I think Stephanie and Ivy are a bit like long-lost soulmates,” Brewer muses. “Susan has moved to Australia [in real-life], so there’s that connection, too.”

If Brewer needs to check out Stephanie and Brook’s other manipulations, she can check out the BBTV app, a subscription-based platform that offers users the ability to watch over 9,000 episodes from B&B‘s nearly 40-year history!

In trying to butter up RJ, hoping to make a love match between him and Electra, Ivy complimented the aspiring designer on his biceps. That prompted Daphne Rose (Murielle Hilaire) to suggest that Ivy go for RJ himself if she thought he was that terrific.

Hmm…would B&B go there? “Anything can happen,” Brewer responds.

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