Bye, Bill: It Was Fun While It Lasted for the Bold & Beautiful Tycoon

Introduce Remy’s mom with a soap legend like Vanessa Marcil in the part and let her and Bill clash over whether her kid’s a bad influence on Luna or she’s a bad influence on him.

If Days of Our Lives would be willing to loan out Lauren Koslow (Kate), she could reprise her long-ago role of Bill’s former stepmother — and potential future lovergirl.

OK, so Jamie Luner was all wrong as a recast Liza Colby on All My Children. She’d be great, though, as Sally’s mom, who comes to L.A. looking for her daughter and meets Bill instead.

When Don Diamont debuted as Bill, the womanizer made a crude play for Brooke’s sister. Should she get bored in her marriage to Eric, she could invite Bill to play some pickle ball.

Tap Days of Our Lives’ Arianne Zucker (ex-Nicole) to flirt up a storm with Diamont as the photographer Forrester Creations hires when it realizes designer Zende shouldn’t be pulling double duty.

Nobody’s looking to bring back “Felony Flo.” But you’ve gotta admit (doncha?) that her free-wheeling mom could return the pep to downtrodden Bill’s step.

Imagine the shockwaves that would ripple across daytime if Bill fell for Spencer Publications’ feisty new COO, only to learn during a Young & Restless crossover that she’s really Dru Winters!

The show could entice General Hospital viewers by hiring Kelly Monaco to play Bill’s new lust interest, the tough-as-nails editor-in-chief brought aboard Eye on Fashion to sharpen its focus.

After that dive she took from Bill’s balcony back in the day, the card-carrying troublemaker could say that she’s already fallen for him once. And if he could sleep with Sheila, he could schtup anyone!

When Li’s breakdown gets her put on leave, the M.D. who fills in for her — played by Eva LaRue, who is being wasted as General Hospital homophobe Natalia — could spike Bill’s blood pressure.

Suppose Liam’s mother isn’t as dead as we all think. And suppose when she resurfaces played by Kelly Sullivan (ex-Sage, Young & Restless), Bill’s feelings for her resurface as well. #complicated

Susan Haskell, aka the real-life wife of Thorsten Kaye (Ridge), is an Emmy-winning badass. Bring her aboard as the life coach who smacks Bill until he realizes that he’s the only reason he’s become such a Debbie Downer.

She’s altogether enamored of Carter Walton™ at the moment. But when the perfumer decides she wants a man who can make a little more trouble — and she will — Bill could be just the ticket.

If these two were to be drawn together again, we’d need a new spin on the old story. Perhaps Bill chafes at wearing a halo and lets his devil horns sprout once again.

Recast Rick’s ex the way former portrayer Karla Mosley (Dani, Beyond the Gates) suggested — Pose MVP MJ Rodriguez maybe? — and let her and Bill dance on the thin line between love and hate.

Since Young & Restless let us in on the fact that Diamont has chemistry with Tonya Lee Williams, why not cross over her character to Bold & Beautiful and let nature take its course… again.

Bold & Beautiful could bring back alum Sarah Joy Brown (ex-Aggie) as the MIA Forrester heiress and offer fans sunglasses to protect against the sparks that would fly with Bill.

Since Beyond the Gates crossovers aren’t outside the realm of possibility, the Duprees’ matriarch could have a secret past with Bill — and a scandalous future as well? (Sorry, Vernon!)

Now that Yellowstone has wrapped, Guiding Light vet Wendy Moniz is free to return to daytime — ideally as the judge who is just dying to overturn Luna’s parole… unless Bill can somehow convince her not to.

When Bill was done with Poppy, he was done done. Maybe now that he’s had some time to reflect, he’ll realize that he had a good thing and let it go. Actually told it to go!

Cast the role of Ivy’s widowed mother with a chemistry machine like Dina Meyer, who you’ve seen in Saw, Starship Troopers, etc., etc., and let the character return the life to Bill’s love life.

Drop Young & Restless vet Gina Tognoni (ex-Phyllis) in the role of Zende’s adoptive mom and bring her back newly divorced to catch Bill’s eye. Or not divorced. It wouldn’t matter to Bill!

After Bill rescued the doctor following her “death,” we were sure the show was gonna go there. It didn’t, but that doesn’t mean that it can’t — and something’s gotta thaw out the ice queen, no?

When her reunion with Ridge goes belly up the way they all do — we tried to warn her — the shrink could take a walk on the wild side with the Romeo she once shot for messing with her daughter.

Have Bill fall for a gorgeous amnesiac named Lacy, only to discover much later that the good-time gal is actually the not-as-dead-as-everyone-thinks Macy.

Rena Sofer is tied up on General Hospital as Lois these days. But another actress — maybe Michelle Forbes — could tackle the role and reexamine Bill’s attraction to Wyatt’s mom.

We’ve been saying for years that Young & Restless and Bold & Beautiful should do a long-term crossover and light a match between Diamont and Michelle Stafford.

Considering that she’s been on the outs with Ridge for weeks now, we’re surprised that Bill hasn’t already swooped in and tried to convince his ex that he’s her destiny.