 When Colleen feels she is getting in the way of J. T.'s budding music career, she leaves Genoa City and a heartbroken J. T.

J. T. develops unrequited feelings for Brittany.After she marries, he begins dating Mackenzie.Though he falls in love with her, he pretends to be the father of Brittany's baby in order to protect Brittany from her husband's enemies.