Wilson Bethel, who plays Ryder Callahan, and Stacy Haiduk, who plays Patty Williams and Emily Peterson have been let go due to their contracts. Both of these roles were meant to be short-term. Both of these actors joined the Y&R family just last year. Stacy Haiduk, who should've been nominated and awarded an Emmy in my opinion, has been in a frontburner storyline, dealing with her alter egos, Mary-Jane Benson, also known as Patty Williams, and Emily Peterson, Patty's psychiatrist. Wilson Bethel has also been in a frontburner storyline dealing with Sarah Smythe, Sheila Carter's sister, coming to Genoa City to kill Lauren Fenmore, Jana and Kevin Fisher and Michael Baldwin. Currently, he is romantically entangled with Jana Fisher, who "lost" her emotions after brain surgery and soon after dumped Kevin Fisher, her husband. There has been no word when Stacy Haiduk will leave the show, however, Bethel will leave the show on August 3rd.
