Elizabeth Hendrickson has shared her thoughts on the controversial decision to kill her character's child off Young and the Restless, TV Source Magazine reported.

In an interview that was published Oct. 24, Hendrickson spoke about her current story as a grieving mother. On screen, the child was struck by a car and left for dead. The actress has been given some of the most challenging work of her career.

"It's kind of a hard thing because you don't want to kill a child, but there's nothing more than wanting an emotional storyline that you can sink your teeth into. I had been wanting [one] for a long time, which I really haven't had since [Delia] got cancer," she said.

Chloe Mitchell, Hedrickson's character, has returned to the front burner on the CBS soap opera with full force. However, acknowledged the fan outcry focused on Delia Abbott's death.

"I was excited to have this great emotional stuff and then to hear all the fans be so upset about it, I felt almost insensitive to the fact that I didn't really think about how it was going to affect our audience," she said.

Hendrickson added that viewers had a right to feel the way they did. She also mentioned that thankfully this was not real life even though the performances have made it feel that way at times.

"I think that after everyone has seen everyone's performances, I feel like the blow isn't as hard because now they can just, you know - at the end of the day we're just telling a story. I hate that it's a heart wrenching story, but thankfully this is not real life," she said.