Ridge Is Horrified to Discover That Deacon’s Son Is Actually His Own — The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers

The world of The Bold and the Beautiful is no stranger to shocking revelations, but this one takes the crown as perhaps the most explosive twist in Forrester family history.

A secret buried for more than twenty-five years has come roaring to the surface, threatening to destroy relationships, upend legacies,

and leave Ridge Forrester questioning everything he thought he knew about his past.

It all begins innocently enough—with a design portfolio. What should have been just another submission to Forrester Creations turns into a time bomb that detonates at the heart of Los Angeles’s most glamorous dynasty. The designs, filled with raw talent and uncanny familiarity, belong to Dex — the young man everyone believes to be Deacon Sharpe’s son. Yet as Ridge flips through page after page of sketches, his heart pounds with a mix of disbelief and dread. Each stroke of pencil, each flowing line, echoes his own artistic style. The resemblance is too striking to ignore.

As the sunlight pours through his office windows, Ridge’s mind spirals back a quarter century—to a time when his life was far less stable. In those days, his relationships with Taylor and Brooke were complicated, his career was ascendant, and his heart was restless. During one of his business trips to Paris, he met Isabella, a brilliant and fiercely independent fashion journalist from Montreal. What began as a fleeting romance turned into a passionate two-week affair—one Ridge had long since buried in the recesses of memory. He never saw Isabella again and never knew she was pregnant.

Unbeknownst to him, Isabella gave birth to their son and raised him alone, never revealing his father’s identity. She poured her love of art and fashion into him, nurturing his creativity until her untimely death three years earlier. Only then did she leave behind letters revealing the truth—letters Dex could not bring himself to read. Instead, he continued believing Deacon Sharpe, his mother’s former partner, was his biological father.

Now, the designs sitting on Ridge’s desk—so eerily reminiscent of his own early work—force him to face a truth he can no longer ignore. When Steffy calls to discuss the impressive “new designer,” Ridge can barely speak. The realization is already unraveling his composure. Could Dex be his son?

Haunted by guilt and uncertainty, Ridge decides to uncover the truth the only way he knows how—a DNA test. Using a discarded coffee cup from Dex’s interview, Ridge secretly sends a sample to a discreet laboratory known for handling Forrester family scandals. Days later, sitting alone in his car, he opens the envelope.

Probability of paternity: 99.97%.

The words blur before Ridge’s eyes as the weight of revelation crashes over him. Dex—Deacon’s son, Hope’s half-brother—is in fact his own child. A son he never knew existed.

The consequences are staggering. Brooke, who has only just begun to trust him again, will be devastated. Steffy and Thomas will be blindsided to learn they have another sibling. And Deacon—who has loved and raised Dex as his own—will have his heart shattered. Ridge is trapped between duty, guilt, and the unbearable burden of truth.

He finally resolves to confront Dex first. Inviting him to Forrester Creations under the guise of discussing his designs, Ridge sits him down in his office. His voice trembles as he confesses everything: the affair in Paris, the lost years, and the DNA test that proves their connection.

Dex is stunned. “That’s impossible,” he says, his voice breaking. “My mom told me Deacon was my father. She wouldn’t lie.” Ridge gently insists that Isabella left letters explaining the truth. “You’ll find them,” he tells him softly. “When you’re ready.”

The young man’s world shatters before his eyes. “Deacon raised me. He’s my father. You can’t just erase that.” Unable to process the revelation, Dex flees the office, leaving Ridge alone with the echo of his guilt.

But secrets this explosive can’t stay buried. Within days, word spreads across the Forrester and Logan circles. Steffy confronts her father in disbelief; Thomas reacts with anger and suspicion, convinced that his father’s “new son” will threaten his place in the family business. Brooke’s fury, however, burns brightest. “Another secret child, Ridge?” she screams through tears. “How many more are there?” Her rage shatters not just the glass in their home, but the fragile peace they had rebuilt.

Meanwhile, Deacon’s world collapses. When Ridge finally delivers the DNA results, Deacon sits in stunned silence, clutching the papers with trembling hands. “He’s not mine,” he whispers, tears spilling down his face. “All these years… he’s not mine.” Surrounded by old photographs of Dex—birthday parties, graduations, holidays—Deacon is consumed by heartbreak. Hope tries to comfort him, reminding him that fatherhood is about love, not biology, but her words barely reach him. “Why would he want me,” Deacon mutters bitterly, “when he can have Ridge Forrester?”

At the Forrester mansion, emotions run high. Thomas struggles to accept this new sibling, while Steffy, ever pragmatic, tries to see the bigger picture. “Does Dex even want to be a Forrester?” she asks. “You can’t just rewrite someone’s identity overnight.”

When Dex finally meets Steffy and Thomas, the tension is palpable. Yet as they study his face, the family resemblance is undeniable—the same jawline, the same spark in his eyes. “You look like Grandma Stephanie,” Steffy says softly, breaking the tension. “She would have loved your designs.” Thomas extends his hand. “Welcome to the chaos,” he says with a half-smile. “We’ve got plenty of it.” For the first time, Dex manages a faint smile in return.

But beneath the tentative gestures of acceptance lies a storm of emotions that will take months to calm. Dex now faces an impossible choice—between the father who raised him and the father whose blood he carries. Ridge, for his part, must navigate the fallout from his own recklessness and face the pain of lost years that can never be reclaimed.

As the sun sets over Los Angeles, Ridge stands by his office window, staring out at the city that has borne witness to so many of his triumphs and mistakes. Somewhere out there, his newly discovered son is grappling with his identity, his loyalties, and the meaning of family itself.

And though the road ahead promises heartbreak and upheaval, one truth remains clear: the Forrester family will endure. Because in their world—where secrets never stay hidden, and love is both their greatest strength and their deepest weakness—survival is not just a choice, but a legacy.

The revelation that Dex is Ridge’s biological son doesn’t just rewrite family history—it redefines what it means to be a Forrester. In a city built on style, passion, and deception, this latest twist proves that no secret, no matter how deeply buried, can stay hidden forever.

The Bold and the Beautiful just changed the game again. And this time, the fallout will echo through every corner of Forrester Creations.