 In the late 1970s, Harding Lemay penned a story that would introduce  the first gay character to daytime. He planned to have Michael  Randolph, son of show stalwarts John and Pat Randolph, return home  from college and announce his homosexuality, which would in turn  contribute to his parents marital breakup. Proctor and Gamble, the  shows owner, axed the story days before the first scene of the  story was to be filmed.