This is an excerpt from the Soap Opera Digest website chat that was done the morning of the awards show.

SODhost: Thank you very much, Kathryn. Eric Morgan Stuart and Tom Eplin (Another World's Chris and Jake) are here to chat with you. Send in your questions now!

Talkkerr asks:Eric, would you like to see a buddy storyline in the cards again for Chris and Jake?

Tom Eplin: You can't get away from me can you?

Eric Morgan Stuart: Ummm, well... seeing how Rhonda won't kiss me anymore [LOL].

Ycstar1 asks:Eric, how do like being in competition with Tyrone?

Eric Morgan Stuart: I don't consider myself in competition with Tyrone... I think Tyrone's in competition with *me* ... and I think Toni's in competition with Jake. So it all works out :)

Baby_cat7 asks: Eric, I love the character of Chris on AW and am glad to see a black actor finally getting a real story. How do you feel about being one of  the few black actors with a frontburner storyline?

Eric Morgan Stuart: It feels great to be a black actor with a storyline. I don't look at it that way, just as an actor with a storyline... and if we look at it that way, the rest of the world will.

Tom Eplin: What do you mean? I've been a black actor in a front burner storyline for years :)...

Eric Morgan Stuart: And when it comes out that Tom Eplin is a black actor :)...

Simms876 asks: Good Luck tonight!! Besides Toni, who would you like Chris paired up with?

Eric Morgan Stuart: Etta Mae or Rachel... If I can't have Rachel Cory, damn it, I don't want anybody!

Bernard_Michael asks: Tom Eplin, what are your thoughts about Ellen Wheeler returning to AW as Marley Love? Will the audience have to suspend their disbelief concerning Vicky and Marley? They are identical twins, like me and my brother.

Tom Eplin: I'm excited. I think it will add more story for Jensen. I've always said Ellen's a great actor, and I think it's a great boost for the show. I hope that in time they'll accept Ellen as Jensen's sister, and enjoy the story and the show.

Eric Morgan Stuart: I think it will take a lot of pressure off of Jensen. It will allow for more storyline for Marley by herself and Vicky by herself.

Jaketheman5 asks: Would you like to see Chris and Jake go on an adventure? I like the scene where you two guys stole a Christmas tree?

Eric Morgan Stuart: I would love to go on an adventure with Jake, but I would also like to see the ending [of the Christmas tree caper]. I never saw the damn tree after we stole it, never saw Vicky's cottage. I think the best adventure would be Jake and Chris living together in Chris' apartment.

Tom Eplin: The odd couple.

Baby_cat7 asks:Eric, do you see a reunion with Chris's mother anytime soon?

Eric Morgan Stuart: I would love to see a reunion with Chris' mother.

Jaketheman5 asks:How do you feel about the recent departures on AW?

Eric Morgan Stuart: I think anytime departures from the show are made, there's always a readjustment period for all of us.

Tom Eplin: Bye! I'm gonna go take a nap.


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