Atkinson also teased his return on Instagram on Tuesday (August 11), sharing a video of himself playing corn hole on the studio lot where the long-running daytime drama is filmed. When the actor turned the camera to show his face, a sign for The Bold and the Beautiful was visible in the background.

He had his son, Douglas, with him when they bid Hope and the rest of their family a farewell. Since the storyline left Thomas’s thread loose, fans hoped that he would return to the soap soon. However,

Fans are speculating about the return of Thomas Forrester, played by Matthew Atkinson, in The Bold and the Beautiful. The character last appeared in July 2024, when he and his fiancée, Paris, left for France.