On today’s, September 2 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Dylan’s (Sydney Bullock) mother, Darcy Dylan (Kelly Sullivan) arrived in Los Angeles and make quite the err, splash, at the Bikini bar when she was introduced to the likes of Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) and eventually, Katie Logan (Heather Tom) and more!

When Darcy met up with her daughter, we learned that momma doesn’t have much cash and went on about being a single mom and the challenges it brings, and winds up getting an offer from Dylan to stay with her and off to the races we go! The introduction brought us the return of Kelly Sullivan to daytime TV.

Now, the two-time Daytime Emmy-nominated actress will chat live on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel tomorrow on Thursday, September 3 beginning at 8pm ET/5pm PT to discuss her new role, her time away from daytime, and of course, her previous soap opera experience.

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General Hospital fans remember Kelly as Crimson’s fashion editor, Kate Howard beginning in 2011, who battled dissociative identity disorder with her alter-ego, Connie Falconeri. Eventually, she was shot and killed by Ava Jerome (Maura West) in 2013, and had rekindled an old romance with Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) along the way. Sullivan made one other appearance on the soap in 2014.

KELLY SULLIVAN BECAME SOAP FAMOUS FOR HER ROLES AS KATE/CONNIE ON GH AND SAGE ON Y&R

Next, Kelly moved over to The Young and the Restless where she played Sage Warner from 2014-2016. In story, Sage was involved with both Adam/Gabriel (Justin Hartley) and Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow).  Sage is the biological mother to Adam’s son, Christian, and gave birth to him before she died, as part of a huge umbrella story that involved Sharon (Sharon Case) and Dylan (Steve Burton) too.

When not acting, Sullivan has become an accomplished acting teacher. Her previous credits include: The Morning Show, Never Have I Ever, The Winchesters, and Chicago P.D to name but a few. Kelly will also be featured in the upcoming film Ethan Almighty: Ethan’s Law, with a cast that includes: Kelsey Grammer, Brandon Routh (ex-Seth Anderson, One Life to Live) and Trevor Donovan (ex-Jeremy Horton, Days of our Lives).

FANS CAN PARTICIPATE WITH KELLY IN THE LIVE CHAT

If you have a question for Kelly Sullivan, but can’t be with us for the live chat, you can drop it in the comment section below, and we may just ask it during the broadcast.

Now let us know, what did you think of Kelly’s debut scenes with the cast from The Bold and the Beautiful? Did you enjoy Kelly in her previous role on General Hospital and The Young and the Restless? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

The Sydney mystery is solved! On Wednesday, September 2, Days of Our Lives revealed more details on the previous announcement that actress Sydney Malakeh was about to make her debut on the Peacock streaming soap opera on September 9.

However, now comes word via Deadline, that while previously unknown, Malakeh is taking on the role of Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) and EJ DiMera’s (Dan Feuerriegel), grown-up daughter, Sydney DiMera.

The last time anyone saw Sydney she was a pre-teen in the Days of our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas that streamed on Peacock in 2021.

Now the aged-up version is set to have a major storyline, in particular with the news of Brandon Butler showing up in his new role as Mason Whitfield, and especially the other DAYS casting announcement today of Franco LoPresti as Dante Vitali, with whom we last knew about off-screen was engaged to Sydney’s mother, Sami.

Taking to her Instagram on September 2, Malakeh shared, “Been waiting a long time to share this one. For the past 10 months, I’ve had the absolute pleasure of playing Sydney DiMera on Days of Our Lives. I cannot wait for you all to finally meet her September 9th on Peacock! It takes a village. So grateful for mine.”

WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?

From the looks of it, perhaps Sydney will be obsessed with Dante, sort of like Sami was obsessed with Austin and tried to get him away from her sister, Carrie (Christie Clark). Might Days be about to do a retread modernized version and this time have Sami on the receiving end of manipulations from her daughter? Time will tell.

As previously reported, Alison Sweeney is not due back on-screen until most likely late spring of 2027 after she taped a series of episodes last month in July.

Those who know the dramatic history of Sydney DiMera recall that back in 2008, Nicole Walker (Arianne Zucker), who was married to EJ at the time, had a miscarriage and lost their baby. To hold on to her marriage, she plotted to steal Sami’s newborn daughter and switch her with another baby named Grace who’s mother was teenager Mia McCormick (Taylor Spreitler). 

A few years later, Grace died, and then Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) began to put two and two together. After one of the biggest bitch-slap showdowns on the soaps back in 2009, Nicole admitted what she did to Sami by stealing her biological child and Sami was eventually reunited with Sydney.

The question is, do you think Sydney DiMera is a bad girl or a good girl? Do you think she and Dante Vitali might have a thing going on? Could she be involved with Mason? Weigh-in via the comment section, and just for good measure, here’s ‘The Slap!’ from Sami delivered to Nicole below.

Days of Our Lives is undergoing a major shift on-screen with the additions of several new characters and actors in September, and now comes word that none other than Franco LoPresti, who appeared in the smash hit series, Heated Rivalry, has been cast as Dante Vitali!

As viewers recalled, Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) revealed on her last trip back to Salem in 2o25 that she is engaged to Dante Vitali, who hails from the notorious Vitali mob family. Remember Ava Vitali played by Tamara Braun? Dante is said to be her cousin on her father’s side.

Look for LoPresti to make his DAYS debut next week on the September 14 episode, and when Dante emerges on the scene, he will be Sami-less. However as previously reported, Alison Sweeney jumped back into her signature soap role last month in July, so she will be seen at some point in 2027, since the Peacock streaming soap opera tapes 10-11 months in advance of dropping all-new episodes.

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WHAT ELSE HAS FRANCO LOPRESTI APPEARED IN?

Heated Rivalry fans will recall that LoPresti played hockey player, Cliff Marleau, who was a friend of one of the series leads Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) and who caused Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) concussion.

The Canadian-born actor has been seen on multiple movies for Hallmark Channel and Lifetime, and appeared in an episode of Tracker starring soap alum Justin Hartley (ex-Passions and The Young and the Restless) back in 2025. He is married to actress Emily Atalalo (pictured above).

What viewers do know of the back-story of Dante through Sami is that, he wanted no part of the crime family who was based in the United States. Dante had been living in Italy. But with Sami’s luck, can her engagement to this guy go any way but completely off course? We shall see!

So, what do you think about the casting of Franco LoPresti as Dante Vitali? Excited to see him hit the screen on Days of Our Lives next week? Did you watch the first season of Heated Rivalry? Comment below.