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OLTL's Scott Evans Interviews before Kish Crushed and After!
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Kish fans will make sure to note of two interviews on the web right now with One Life to Live’s departing Scott Evans. First right here at On-Air On-Soaps, Michael Fairman talked with Scott about Fish being revealed as the biological dad of Sierra Rose, and his feelings on Fish’s entire story arc from the coming out story, to the sex-scene, to the pushback and the prejudice. This interview was taped a few days prior to Scott shockingly finding out he was released from the show.
Today, We Love Soaps posted a fascinating interview from this weekend’s Gay of our Lives event in New York. Damon L. Jacobs caught up with Scott for a few minutes to ask how he was handling things post-Kish, and his how he is dealing with the disappointment, and confirming how he found out about the end of his character via the Internet!
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Y&R’s Michael Mealor Ties the Knot
Congratulations are in order to The Young and the Restless Michael Mealor (Kyle) and his beautiful bride, Sasha.
The duo tied the knot in a wedding ceremony on March 23 at the Stanly Ranch Auberge Resorts in Napa Valley, California.
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In a post on Sasha’s Instagram account where she shared wedding pics of their big day, Mealor shared: “You are my world!”
Then, Mealor’s best friend, GH’s Josh Swickard (Chase) post his comment upon seeing the happy couple, adding “SASHA MEALOR!!!!😍❤️🔥🙌👏”
Back in December of 2022, Michael Fairman TV reported that Michael and Sasha were engaged, and from the looks of it things moved quickly – flash forward – the Mealors are ready to start their lives together as a married couple as April 2023 approaches.
Share your well-wishes and ‘congrats’ for Michael and Sasha in the comment section below.
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Stacy Keibler to be Inducted Into WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2023
With Wrestlemania 39 weekend in Los Angeles fast approaching, a fourth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame has been announced.
As many had predicted, Stacy Keibler will join Rey Mysterio Jr., The Great Muta and Andy Kaufman as the class of 2023. The induction ceremonies take place on Friday night and stream on Peacock beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
Keibler (age 43), the now mom of three, was shocked and emotional upon learning she was being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. When speaking with PEOPLE, who broke the news of Kiebler’s induction, Stacy expressed that she found out from an unexpected call from a WWE rep two weeks ago, while she was in her kitchen.
“When she told me, I screamed,” Stacy shared. “Tears were in my eyes, and I was completely overwhelmed with just gratefulness.”
As for how she made her way into pro wrestling, Stacy first made her mark after winning a contest to become a member of the WCW Monday Night Nitro, ‘Nitro Girls’ dance troupe.
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A self-admitted long-time wrestling fan, Keibler first made her mark when she became an ‘accountant and manager’ in WCW named ‘Miss Hancock’. When Vince McMahon purchased WCW, Keibler headed to WWE and in 2001 made her debut as part of The Alliance.
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Later, Stacy was renamed as ‘The Duchess of Dudlyville” and managed The Dudley Boyz. Still later, she managed Test, Scott Steiner, and then came Rosey and The Hurricane, where she became ‘Super Stacy” along with the superhero duo. Throughout her WWE career, she had shared memorable matches against Torrie Wilson and Sable.
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Since exiting the WWE in 2006, Keibler has appeared on numerous TV shows including: competing for the Mirror Ball Trophy on Dancing with the Stars and a guest-spot on How I Met Your Mother.
So, what do you think of Stacy Keibler being named to the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2023? Comment below.
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Been busy the last few years as a mother, wife and raising my kids, but excited to be back and reconnect! pic.twitter.com/op5VGtlLi3
— Stacy Keibler (@StacyKeibler) March 23, 2023
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‘Wheel of Fortune’ Welcomes WWE Superstars for Weeklong Tournament as Part of ‘Wrestlemania Goes Hollywood Week’
Wheel of Fortune has announced that in episodes airing March 27-31, that it will be known as “WWE Week’ as part of the ‘WrestleMania Goes Hollywood’ promotion as the WWE heads into its biggest event weekend of the year.
Wrestlemania 39 will emanate from Los Angeles at Sofi Stadium on April 1st and 2nd, and many of the WWE Superstars participating on Wheel of Fortune will also be seen at the annual Super Bowl of Pro Wrestling.
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Look for hosts: Pat Sajak and Vanna White to welcome multiple WWE superstars in a special Wheel of Fortune tournament.
Each day four different superstars will play alongside WWE superfans, all hoping to come out victorious and win the ultimate WrestleMania VIP experience.
WWE Superstars spinning the wheel will include: Drew McIntyre, Bianca Belair, Members of The ‘New Day’ (Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston & Big E), Austin Theory, The Miz, Bayley, Liv Morgan, Sonya Deville, Natalya & Carmella.
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You can check out how the WWE superstars paired up with their teammates to play in the Wheel of Fortune Tournament, plus a behind the scenes teaser below.
Watch Wheel of Fortune on ABC and ABC affiliate stations, and check out your local TV market for times and stations in your area.
Now let us know, which WWE superstar do you think will help a ‘superfan’ win the ultimate ‘Wrestlemania’ VIP prize? Comment below.
These @WWE Superstars have found their tag-team partners On Monday, the games begin pic.twitter.com/B9QPhhESSN
— Wheel of Fortune (@WheelofFortune) March 24, 2023
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OLTL doesn’t deserve such class. Although I’ve been sending in my postcards and emails. I’m sure we will be seeing Scott a lot more in the future. He’s a great actor.
Once Kish is gone it can be the Rex/Gigi hour.
Damon Jacobs is jokingly (not really IMO) offering his therapeutic services to Scott Evans for kish firings? The clear favoritism and kiddy (or kishy) gloves for Scott Evans and Brett Claywell is out of control. Some in the media are feeding into kish actors’s delusions that OLTL’s homophobic and this is a homophobia issue when it’s not. This is not the first firing on Daytime done in a brusque way and it certainly won’t be the last. Majority of actors go thru this. Heck majority of talented actors don’t even get hired! Countless actors are waiting in the wings to… Read more »
And of course Jacobs holds the interview in front of the word Stonewall. That is extremely manipulative.
Evans’s axing is not in any way a parallel to events leading up to the Stonewall riots. For Jacobs to subtlely parallel the 2 is sheer lunacy!
The next interview w/ the other actor in the same clip is not in front of the word Stonewall, so that’s very telling.
“Gay people” aren’t the only ones being affected by this axing. Kish is a rather popular couple on this soap, if you haven’t realized, loved by gays and straights alike. Brett Claywell & Scott Evans are not “screaming to the media” that this was about homophobia, they are simply defending themselves after their names were erroneously dragged through the mud. Someone at OLTL/ABC put them in a position where they had to defend themselves & their professionalism (of which they did, very well actually – they dispelled the rumors against them, which no one really believed anyway, because anyone who’s… Read more »
There’s no pt in debating w/ kish fans who only blame it on these shadowy agents who weild so much power bec of their homophobia that they can axe any gay couple they like. OLTL is last in the ratings and these so called homophobes are trying to get rid of them, yet not going after the more far reaching ABC gay characters on Modern Family, excellently portrayed by Eric Stonestreet, who always steals the show from Jesse Tyler Ferguson. As for the Stonewall reference, of course a psychotherapist would choose to have the interview there for its psychological impact.
Some people closely involved with all this don’t believe the firings had anything to do with “the gayness,” although they do acknowledge that the kish s/l was dropped b/c of focus groups, and ABCD has gone on the record stating kish was “killed” as a result of failing to resonate with “mainstream” audiences, and ABCD said they don’t want to waste their time on non-mainstream viewers, or basically any open-minded people. But there are plenty of mainstream fans who did enjoy these characters and s/l. And, since Evans andClaywell were fired b/c their s/l was dropped for these reasons, it… Read more »
Oh, and in regards to your outrage that the WLS interview took place in front of the Stonewall, you should really relax-it wasn’t some huge conspiracy. Evans, and a host of other actors were all attending a charity event that took place there. WLS covered the event, and conducted every interview in front of the venue there, as inside the tiny bar it was loud, crowded, and too poorly-lit for filming. Hope this clarification can put you at ease.