She's come back from the dead twice on The Bold And The Beautiful, but Hunter Tylo's dramatic off screen life continues to rival anything the show's writers can come up with.
Talking exclusively to The Lowdown, tragedy-plagued Hunter, 47, reveals she has been forced to kick out her musician partner Corey Cofield and take out a restraining order following a string of incidents, including the disappearance of her pets, and financial irregularities.
"It was a bad soap opera," she says of the two-year relationship. "I booted Corey out after I found a letter he'd left on my computer — a love letter to his old fiancée.
"He claimed he couldn't contact her because he'd been out of town, but that he missed her."
The latest humiliation was the final straw for Hunter after the star's family begged her to bring an end to the relationship.
"I promised my mother on her deathbed that I would stop seeing Corey," admits Hunter. "She gave me a big smile and told me, 'See how mother knows best'."
The soap favourite, whose mum passed away on August 3, has had a string of heartbreaks. Her daughter Katya, 11, lost an eye to cancer, and her 19-year-old son Michael died in 2007 after he had a seizure and fell into a pool.
"Corey took advantage of me when my defences were low after the death of my son," Hunter says. "I cared deeply for him because I thought he was there for me when no-one else was. Then I found out he was engaged to another girl!"
