In an interview with Soap Opera Digest published around the time he disappeared from the cast of "The Young and the Restless," Peter Bergman revealed that he was sidelined from the series after finding out he had a detached retina and subsequently undergoing an emergency surgery.
To recover, "I had to keep my face parallel to the floor for 50 minutes out of every hour for 7 days," Bergman recounted. "My favorite activities are exercising and reading books and I could do neither one. It seemed like it took forever."
Bergman is not the first "Young and the Restless" actor to temporarily leave the show in order to recover from surgery on a detached retina — in August of 2021, Amanda Sinclair actor Mishael Morgan experienced virtually the same thing. Bergman told Soap Opera Digest that, fittingly, he reached out to Morgan for advice. "I called her and we talked for about 40 minutes. I'm not a big phone talker but I got as much information as I could possibly get from her about what to expect. She was fantastic."
Fortunately, Bergman appears to be back in action. He most recently appeared on the "Young and the Restless" Instagram page in a compilation of photos taken at a holiday party in late December. Jack's return, then, should be imminent.
