The One Person Bold & Beautiful Fans Say Could Split Liam and Hope for Good

Just when it looked like The Bold and the Beautiful finally decided to toss Liam and Hope a clean, uncomplicated redo, the show tossed another match toward the gasoline. Fans are back on board with the couple, but not exactly sold. And now Thomas Forrester’s name is floating around again, which… yeah, that tends to end only one way.

The quick 'yes' that has people side-eying

This week, Liam (Scott Clifton) literally got down on one knee and asked Hope (Annika Noelle) to marry him. She said yes. Again.

Romantic on paper, sure. In practice, a lot of viewers think it’s rushed. Hope was just engaged to Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor) not long ago, and now she’s ready to turn around and remarry Liam? It’s very soap logic, but it raises the bigger question: did they actually sort out the old mess before rebooting their future?

Why Thomas is still the live wire

Hope and Liam’s history isn’t just complicated — it’s a filing cabinet of red flags. While she was still married to Liam, Hope admitted her thoughts had started drifting to Thomas (Matthew Atkinson). That wasn’t a fleeting crush. The dam finally broke in Rome when Hope and Thomas shared that very public, very scorching kiss. That blew up her marriage to Liam and launched the whole 'Thope' era. After that, we saw more heat in the design room and in Eric’s office. Subtle, it was not.

'I lost my way.'

Hope said that after the split from Liam — and she also said that detour helped her figure herself out, which, ironically, pointed her straight at Thomas. So now the obvious worry is whether she can truly downshift back into Liam’s safe-and-steady lane after tasting something that felt a lot more combustible.

Meanwhile, Liam has a long memory

Liam hasn’t forgotten the worst of it with Thomas — specifically that Thomas hid the truth about Beth being alive. That betrayal never really left him, which made Hope’s line-crossing with Thomas hit twice as hard. You don’t just patch over that with a ring and a reset.

The temperature check

• This week: Liam proposes, Hope says yes (again).
• Fans: happy to see them try, but think it’s too soon after Hope’s engagement to Carter.
• History lesson: Hope’s feelings for Thomas started while she was still married to Liam; they kissed in Rome and later hooked up in the design room and Eric’s office.
• Hope’s take: she 'lost [her] way' after the split, but that path also led straight to Thomas.
• Liam’s scar tissue: Thomas once hid that Beth was alive — an unforgivable move in Liam’s book, which makes any 'Thope' revival extra raw.
• Now: Thomas’s name is back in circulation, and a return to this triangle feels more 'when' than 'if'.

So do Liam and Hope make it?

There’s a very real shot they stall out — again. If the show leans into Thomas reentering their orbit, expect a slow-burn triangle that drags everyone through the emotional thresher. Team Liam probably won’t love it. The ratings might.