Bold & Beautiful Fans Predict Eric Is About to Recruit Two Unlikely Allies for Payback

Ridge just booted Eric from the company he founded, and Bold and the Beautiful fans already have a revenge plan mapped out for the old man. It is not subtle, and honestly, it makes a lot of sense: Eric doesn’t stay down, he pivots. And the pivot everyone’s buzzing about involves Katie Logan, Thomas Forrester, and a brand-new fashion house going head-to-head with Forrester Creations.

Where things stand

Ridge pushed Eric out of Forrester Creations. That stung. But if you know Eric, you know hurt usually turns into resolve pretty quickly. Fans think he’ll come back swinging by building his own label and forcing Ridge to compete with the very guy who taught him the game.

How this fan theory plays out

• Eric launches his own fashion house and calls it something on-the-nose like Eric Forrester Originals. Petty? Maybe. Effective? Definitely.
• Katie Logan steps in as CEO. Before Eric got sidelined, Katie was already feeling ignored by Ridge and Brooke, which fans think is important timing. There’s also chatter that she accepts Bill’s offer to return to Spencer Publications and uses that position to bankroll and steer Eric’s comeback. Bill would absolutely love watching Ridge melt down over it.
• Katie has run companies before, so this isn’t a stretch. She also genuinely cares about Eric and would want to protect his health. That means not overloading him and bringing in a partner to share the design load.
• Enter Thomas Forrester. He turned Hope for the Future into a hit and then basically vanished from Los Angeles once that storyline wrapped. Pairing him with Eric gives him a fresh lane, away from Ridge’s shadow, and lets him rebuild his reputation on his own terms. With the Hope saga in the rearview and no current romance anchoring him, Thomas could even slide into that younger-Ridge heartbreaker energy. The show kind of needs that right now.

Why Katie, why Thomas

Katie’s arc lines up neatly with this revenge blueprint: she was sidelined by Ridge and Brooke, she’s got corporate chops, and she has a soft spot for Eric. Combine that with potential Spencer dollars behind the scenes, and she becomes the ideal power broker to get a new label off the ground fast.

Thomas is the logical creative partner. He’s proven he can deliver commercially, and this setup lets him shine without endless family baggage. Also, it conveniently keeps him in Eric’s orbit, which is good for storytelling and for Eric’s health if Katie wants someone steady helping carry the workload.

The fallout if this happens

If Eric, Katie, and Thomas link up, Forrester Creations suddenly has a real rival, not a novelty boutique. Ridge would be furious, the boardroom battles would write themselves, and the runway showdowns would be brutal. In other words, great TV.

Worth stressing: this is fan speculation, not a confirmed plot. But the pieces fit so cleanly that if the show goes this direction, I won’t be surprised at all.