They make a great couple. I can’t wait to see where this goes!

Plain and simple, Yes Definitely….I have never watched Melissa Archer anywhere. Greg Vaughan did what I thought was impossible….he became Eric Brady and I loved Eric before Greg….now I just love the character even more. As much as I hate the rape of him as a priest the conflict that this has brought about really has wonderful potential….I can’t wait to see how Serena will fit into this…and now Serena meet Marlena as well I wonder what’s up with that 🙂 ……that just add so many possible elements to the whole story!!!!

Personally, I agree with Greg. The Serena pairing is way too forced! She comes off as desperate, and he clearly is not over Nicole! Eric and Nicole’s story was a well written slow burn story. You don’t see that too often these DAYS! Ericole have unbelievable chemistry, and I’m praying for an Ericole reunion in 2015!

Great interview. I just love Greg Vaughn, but I am so sad and ANGRY at what the writers did to the Eric and Nicole love story. They made us wait so long, and for what.??They just ended it with a former priest not being able to forgive. I just don’t get it, and I believe the fans are not going to enjoy a newbee being a love interest for Eric. So sick of what they have done to Nicole’s character. She always comes out the loser. Just sick of Days period and after watching for 49 years, I just may stop.

I want Ericole back!! Chemistry like that doesn’t come along very often!!

Michael, once again hanging out with the dreamboat of Days. Really great interview. Greg is so down to earth and you can see it in the way he is with his 3 boys. The Serena story feels a bit rushed to me as well. I guess I miss the passions and luring of two people wanting to be together but they cant etc type of storyline. Looking forward to seeing how this unfolds.
Thanks!!

First of all, thanks for the incite into Greg & his character, Eric. I for one loved the pairing of Greg (Eric) & Ari (Nicole). They have undeniable chemistry & I was sad to see the relationship come to such an abrupt halt with no true closure for either character. I’m a huge Greg fan so seeing him have screen time despite it not being with Ari is something that will take some getting used to. Greg is an incredibly gifted actor & I hope he continues to get the screen time he deserves. Loved the interview & love Greg!! = )

Ericole was the perfect angst filled story and tptb trashed it. Why?? It’s like with AS gone KC & co, NBC, tptb don’t care any more. Good to know that Greg sees what viewers do – a rushed, out of left field story that makes no sense. Days is wasting a talented actress in Ari Zucker and the amazing chemistry of Ari and Greg. How sad.

Why are they forcing Eric and Serena together? MA might be okay, but should of been brought in for Rafe, Brady, or better yet Lucas instead of making Eric look boring with this story. Reunite Eric with Nicole along with their long await child. After 15 years wait they need their child which will be more story than a silly girl Eric meet in Africa could give.

it really is time to lay low on the constantly interweaving… the goes nowhere

chanteuse godiva top of the heap Nicole… layering for naught… w/ Daniel, Eric, and Brady

leave well enough alone

pair her with Rafe !

she’s at the top for leading lady contender

it can’t be that difficult to hire her mother … the very much alive, FAY

Fay alone would brighten the lives of Roman, Abe, Victor, and Stefano

YES, YES, and double yes

he is so dazzling ‘ly handsome : it’s not lost on the audience… that he is able to feature prominently

let him loose… wouldn’t it be something to see him so extreme from the priesthood… to Salem’ nuDIMERA esque leverage

his acting style leaves the audience piqued

EJ, Sami, and Kristen of the topless hierarchy are bereft… barren

forward : Eric, Nicole, Lucas, Kate, Kayla, JJ, T, Eve, Theresa, Justin, Adrienne, Paul,

feature these dynamic presence , as they are deserving

I love this team

would Stefano hire him

I do agree with GV’ Eric :

Eric and Nicole are never out of our orbit and in Salem

first loves do not leave

Greg is so cute. I love Days! I am loving paul narita to bits!!!!

I have the utmost respect for Greg Vaughan…as a decent human being….an incredibly sensitive actor….and a loving and responsible father. .I liked Greg’s response “I take what the writers give me and run with..it is my job to make it real ” He’s a Pro.

Greg Vaughan is such a H-U-N-K!!!!! And…he can A-C-T!!!!!

Love this candid interview. I respect that. I agree with GV, Ericole are not over, the story is not finished. He knows, and the fans know it. We were short changed a real pay off.
And yes this insta new love interested with newly created back story, am not buying it. AZ and GV’s chemistry is palpable. From the little I have seen with MA and GV….I will borrow the word ‘forced’ from the interview. No thanks. Eric was written to have one love of his life, Nicole. Serena would be better with Rafe or Brady. I hope they reunite Eric and Nicole in 2015. And hope they don’t change Eric too much…

I’m glad Greg is being honest about his new pairing. It IS forced. I hope Eric and Nicole find a way back to each other sooner rather than later.

Send Melissa Archer to GH and pair her with Silas…………hard to see her with someone else, even if it is a different Soap.

Jonathan Jackson and Anthony Geary had amazing chemistry but Greg was an excellent Lucky on GH and I would welcome him back in a heartbeat. I actually think he would be better as Lucky now since he looks older and so is the character.

Melissa Archer does fit in perfectly with the cast…i will have to wait and see how hers and Erics story goes…it does seem a little forced at the moment…its like the writers dont know what to do with Erics character and like they needed to hurry this to fill the void after Ejamis departure…Serena feels like the next Sami Brady…big mistake not casting her as Sarah Horton…Sarah and Eric still couldve played out this storyline plus had she been Maggies daughter it wouldve been a bonus having her connected to other characters…jmho!!!

Greg and Melissa have such great chemistry so far. I rather see the beautiful Serena with a guy who actually gets airtime, like Brady.

I wanted to say eric need to be with a woman that is honest to me that is serena and not that loser nicole.i hope that eric and nicole never get back together has a couple and beside the are so wrong for each other.

I am so looking forward to seeing this story develop. I love Greg Vaughan and want to see much more of him. I love Melissa Archer and know she will do an outstanding job.

I love Greg’s honesty. He has given me hope that ericole aren’t done, nicole is always the underdog and I will always root for her. I hope one day to get back the Eric that I loved, the one that cherished nicole.

I love Greg’s honesty. This was much needed for despondent DAYS fans that feel like they have lost one of the best pairings in a long time – Eric and Nicole. I support Greg, but can’t bring myself to watch the character of Eric with this other person. Eric and Nicole were perfect together and obviously something special. I hope they get this fixed so I can enjoy my show again!

Thank you Greg Vaughn for expressing how many DAYS fans feel. This story is forced, and while I normally enjoy MA as an actress so far Serena is no Natalie Buchanan. I just hope they shuffle Serena out of this story quickly, because I want to enjoy MA on DAYS and quite frankly if they keep her such a Melanie clone it’s. just not going to work

A wonderful interview with GV – he certainly doesn’t seem to be scared to voice his opinion. I hope he is right, and that Eric and Nicole will eventually circle back to each other. What Days did to their story still blows my mind – they finally had an interesting, believable couple, with built in angst, they crafted a beautiful, slow burn story that reminded me of the great supercouples of years ago and then they blew it all to pieces. I will never understand the purpose of that.

With regards to MA, I have no opinion of her one way or the other (I didn’t watch a lot of OLTL in the later years) and I was willing to give her a chance, but saddling her and GV with this clunker of a story is doing her no favors. It reeks of a rewrite and certainly feels forced. How they didn’t see MA and immediately think “Sarah Horton” I don’t know. Plus, there are a couple of unattached guys on canvas right now (Lucas, Rafe), pairing her character with either one of them would have made far more sense than this story IMO.

I have watched DOOL in bits and pieces over the years and am familiar with many past storylines and characters especially John and Marlena, Bo and Hope, and EJ and Sami. I am only watching it full time now because of Melissa Archer. I personally think Melissa Archer is doing a great job of making viewers believe that she knows Eric and that they share a past. However; I would have preferred for her to enter Salem in a different storyline. It is abundantly clear to me that Eric and Nicole are an end-game couple. They will have several years of breaking up and making up but I believe they will always be written back to each other so to bring her in as the speedbump is already setting her up to be hated by the Eric and Nicole fans before she is really given a chance. I enjoyed her as Natalie despite some of the ways in which she was written. But I was hoping for a fresh new character and one that is not set up for automatic turmoil. I know all characters get that at some point but she is already being set up adversarial. But chalk that up to the soap opera triangle game!

I appreciate the candid interview with Greg.
It does feel forced…where as GV and AZ just have that thing, the IT factor.
I don’t really see any chemistry with M.A to be honest. Feels awkward.
I think he even had more chemistry of sorts with Eve.
No one brings the heat like Ericole though.
They will always circle back to each other, like moths to a flame. I wouldn’t want to compete with that.
M.A fans should want better for her.
GG/Rafe needs a love interest with Jordan leaving.
Or Lucas, he definitely needs one!

I adore Greg Vaughan. He’s the perfect man…gorgeous, not full of himself, great father and human being. His role as a priest who was raped was insanely good, and for that he should hands down win an Emmy. When he cried, I cried. His pain was palpable. Nicole was his first love and that’s how it should stay. They had great chemistry. A couple of things…perhaps because nicole and Daniel are a couple now in real life, they decided to pair them on the show. Not good. I hated that scene in the park where they were playing ball. Please. The writing is terrible since EJ and Sami left. Kristen is the only one who shook things up. This Serena character IMHO has to go. She’s a bore and butter face just like Paige (I can’t stand her). Honestly, is there a shortage of good actors out there? The men win it hands down on days…Nicole , Kristen and Hope are the on,y pretty ones. As for MA and Greg, There is zero chemistry. She has zero sex appeal. Days seems to hire the same looking characters over and over. I feel bad for Brian Dattillo (Lucas). He hasn’t had a single girlfriend outside of Sami (who gets every man in the show) and Nicole (but Kate paid her to marry him). The girl they brought in temporarily who knew Jordan looked a little like Kate mIddleton and would have been better than this melissa archer. Even Kristen has more chemistry with eric! I don’t care of she was good on another soap, she doesn’t fit in on days…they all seem to be melding together and there no one really different. I’m exhausted watching jordan constantly squinting…either get her glasses or tell the actress to stop it,…she’s so maudlin and always depressed. They better bring in someone hot for Rafe…I thing the girl who played Fancy (Emily Wexler?) is gorgeous and she was his love interest on Passions….but if days doesn’t start to shake things up, I’m gone…and jennifer…they turned her into a total bore..she’s another one with no sex appeal…and what did they do to Abby’s hair…she’s looking like a school marm!

Chloe might have been a good match for eric since she’s very sexy…but nicole belongs with him…I thought maybe Rafe and hope would get together…but obviously not…

Nobody has chemistry like Eric and Nicole please bring them back together. Serena is not for Eric she is just boring !!!

I respect Greg Vaughan very much. He is a single parent with three young boys who he obviously loves very much.

He is being wasted in the chasm DAYS has sunk to over last 13 months. The show has changed again and doesn’t seem to have the money to continue. I think we will see show wrap up on its 50th anniversary. That probably equates to production stop at studios around May/June.

All of the DAYS actors should be keeping a high profile and garner support for their next gigs. Just like Kassie DePaiva, her role could not possibly been originally framed as an inexpensive Mrs. Robinson role. It is sad for the cast, crew and writers.

In the next 6-9 months, it may be the perfect time for Lucky to return to PortCharles on #GH. Always wish the best for a nice guy who is plain speaking and a solid actor with decent material. Looking for Greg’s next success far from the sets of the END of DAYS.

I’m a huge Melissa fan from OLTL – used to watch DOOL a long time ago and just started re-watching again with the appearance of Serena. I have to say: I think Ari is an amazing actress and I get why people are upset over Serena coming between that couple (although I have not seen them together) and I for one, would rather see Melissa’s character with Brady = that actor is more of a match to Melissa then Greg is and I think they could be dynamic together – so my choice is a Brady = Serena match

Agree with so many of the comments made. Eric (Greg Vaughan) and Nicole (Ari Zucker) are amazing together. Great chemistry!! I miss their incredible storyline. Couldn’t agree more that they are the next super couple or could be!!! Loved the build up of their relationship and am devastated that the writers tore them apart. Have not been able to bring myself to watch the show since they separated these two. Hope that Greg is correct that they are not over. Please put these two back together and I’ll return to the show.