On this episode of The Young and the Restless (Friday, December 5, 2025), tempers flared and hands flew! Just when you thought the tension between Claire and Audra couldn’t get any worse, a confrontation at Society turned violent, while Nikki made a confession and promised to protect Jack and Jabot from Victor.

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Society

Holden leaves Cane a voicemail asking what he can do to protect Arabesque as Claire walks in. He offers to buy her a drink.

Claire apologizes. She’s meeting someone here.

Holden volunteers to buy the person she’s meeting a drink.

Claire laughs. She’s meeting with Kyle, so he might want to reconsider.

Holden asks if she’s made up her mind about him. Things feel different between them since LA. He asks if it’s because of what he told her about him and Audra.

Claire shakes her head. It’s about what he didn’t tell her. Trust is a big deal to her; she’s been lied to her entire life! She reminds him that she’d asked him for months to tell him about Audra. She thinks there’s more to it!

Holden laughs. She doesn’t trust him!

Claire says she can read people… It’s time for him to tell her whatever it was that happened with Audra… And not the part he’s told her already.

Audra walks in and hears Claire talking to Holden. She stalks up to her and tells her to get a life and stop digging into hers! She knows Claire grew up as “Auntie’s Evil Sidekick”, but not everyone is as corrupt as she is!

Claire says she was talking to Holden about his past.