 Fan outcry led producers to rethink recasting the role with newly appointed executive producer Jill Farren Phelps later saying that negotiations with Khalil had resumed and she "didn't yet know" how that would work out.On September 6, 2012, a plane carrying a banner stating ""Y&R" "Fans Want Christel Khalil as Lily Ashby"" was flown over CBS Television City in support of Khalil.Fans did a similar campaign in spring 2011 when Khalil's co-star Daniel Goddard was let go from the soap.