Anyone who has watched The Bold and the Beautiful for a few years knows that Brooke Logan is no saint. She cheated on

first husband Eric Forrester with his son, Ridge. She waited all of two seconds after his “death” to sleep with his half

brother, Nick Marone. She had an affair with daughter Bridget’s husband, Deacon Sharpe. She “accidentally” slept with

daughter Hope’s boyfriend, Oliver Jones. She…

Need we go on? And no, Taylor, we’re not asking you. (Here’s why.) Everybody gets the point. If Brooke is rocking a halo, it’s a tarnished one. Yet viewers can’t get enough of the vixen that the late, great Stephanie Forrester once dubbed “the slut from the Valley.” Heather Tom, who plays Katie Logan, thinks that the reason can be summed up in three words: Katherine. Kelly.

Brooke’s enduring popularity, the Emmy winner tells Soaps.com, is “a testament to Katherine, because not a lot of actors could pull off what she has. Brooke’s done terrible things, often to people she loves.”