Richard Burgi: Latest News

Soap opera actor Richard Burgi was fired from The Young and the Restless after Christmas and is revealing it's because he 'naively and inadvertently violated the show's Covid policy'.The 63-year-old took to his Instagram stories to clear up rumors about why he was let go from the series, where he played Ashland Locke, explaining he was confused about isolation time after contracting COVID-19 in December.The soap industry has been plagued recently with issues surround coronavirus safety protocols with several actors - like Ingo Rademacher and Steve Burton - fired for their refusal to follow them. Honest mistake:Soap opera actor Richard Burgi was fired from The Young and the Restless after Christmas and is revealing it's because he 'naively and inadvertently violated the show's Covid policy' In Burgi's case, however, he seemed to have just made a mistake due to conflicting policies between the CDC and the show.The actor recently tested positive for COVID and'took the necessary five days the CDC had recommended, came back, and then tested twice negatively at the studio'.