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WATCH: Jackée Harry Comes to Days of our Lives Promo

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Next week on March 1st look for the arrival of Jackée Harry to NBC’s Days of our Lives.

Harry is coming to the long-running soap in the new role of Paulina, who is connected to the Carver family.

In the newly-released promo heralding her upcoming DAYS debut, the actress shares, “I’ve got three good reasons you should watch me on Days of our Lives … I’m bold … I’m fabulous .. and you know I’m going to stir up trouble.  Let’s do this!”

Harry is best known for her roles in the sitcoms 227, Sister, Sister and numerous roles on television and motion pictures.

Watch the NBC promo featuring Jackée below.

What kind of trouble do you think Harry’s Paulina will stir up in Salem? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

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Come on Miss Harry! She is fabulous and I can’t wait for her to return to daytime.

I hope it’s as fun as it looks!

I believe I was meant to begin watching Days just so I can experience the tornado that will hit Salem next week in the guise of Jackee.

Welcome back to daytime.

Excited about this news, but… Can DOOL do the viewers a favor and never have Susan Banks onscreen again? Okay, we get it: she’s an eccentric, unusual character. Originally, she was created to showcase the acting talents of Eileen Davidson, giving her a total of five (!) DOOL characters. With Stacey Haiduk playing the role of Kristen and now Susan, I guess it’s a chance to showcase Haiduk’s acting chops.

At this point, I feel that I could play Susan! Just give me the wig and the teeth, and I’ll handle the rest! The thing is, the appearances of Susan do nothing to enhance the storyline or show. She is just an annoying, outlandish (and dare I say, unbelievable) character; it’s difficult to listen to her rantings and manner of speech.

ReRon will never dump the ridiculous doppleganger stories. That was evident enough when he made the idiotic decision that Bonnie Lockhart was more of a legitimate part of Days than Adrienne Johnson Kiriakis.

NO member of the Lockhart family was ever worth a second of airtime… let alone the doppleganger.

As for Susan… I thought she was supposed to be living somewhere in Europe, taking care of her “baby boy Elvis” (who apparently hasn’t fully recovered from being a Rolf-zombie yet). That would be a more plausible existence for her (offscreen, of course) than volunteering to sit in a prison cell while Kristen (whom she used to refer to as “mean mean mean!!” ) runs around Salem getting up in everybody’s business.

Satan, thanks for your reply. You’re right about those “ridiculous doppleganger stories.” I think we’re all getting tired of them. And Adrienne’s death was senseless, especially in lieu of the reemergence of Bonnie. Stay warm, Friend!

Hey, Jamesj! Have to disagree; I love Susan! I just find her hilarious and I think Stacy is doing a great job. Yes, she’s outlandish, but I expect her to be; as is Dr. Rolf. But I find these cray cray characdters/stories fun. Not, of course, if they were the main characters or the main stories…but just the right dose of levity.(As for Rolf, I do enjoy his bringing people back. Wish he crossed over to GH and brought a few characters of theirs back from the supposed dead.)

Having now seen Jackee Harry’s character I can say I can’t stand her. Way too obnoxious for me; way too much emphasis on race right out of the gate. I prefer soaps don’t go there, to covid or anything else that is current and laden with conflict or worry, grief, etc, in real life right now… I LIKE that race hasn’t come up in Salem; how the characters relate and blend as friends, family, etc. I have no desire to have any “conversation” or “teaching moments” on soaps. Curious to see what type of reception she gets from the viewers.

Hello Rebecca1! Long time, no back and forth… In this case (of Susan Banks), we can agree to disagree. But I certainly appreciate hearing from you on this and understand your viewpoint. I don’t go back as far as a lot of DOOL viewers, so I didn’t see firsthand the work of Eileen Davidson in the roles. I also like your idea of Rolf crossing over to GH and providing his “services….”

Regarding Jackee Harry’s character, I largely agree with you. Thus far, the obnoxiousness of her character overwhelms even her humor. And so far her work is reminiscent of other roles Harry has played. But we got the hint the other day that she is not as rich as she claims, so it will be interesting to see where they are going with this. I think that her obnoxiousness is the point. She is so different from the other (often heroic) people of color on the show. And she brings out the different, shall we say, “shades” of Julie’s character.

I totally understand your point about “real life” issues that provide “conflict or worry, grief, etc.” As for social issues, including race relations, I am okay with soaps on occasion turning into an “ABC After School Special.” If done right, soaps are able to deliver a good message and provide some “teachable moments.” Clearly, the issue of gay rights/gay marriage was handled on DOOL via Sonny and Will in major storylines. I’m sure some of the “less enlightened” viewers were endlessly offended. I feel that, with any sensitive issue, it helps when the viewers have an allegiance to the characters involved. The viewers are already invested in (notably) Abe, Lani, and Eli. So any conflict that may arise from Lani’s aunt will be seen through their eyes. I feel that anything that can be done to combat racism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, etc., even with fictional characters on a soap opera, is an effort worth making. I hope the writers of DOOL are again successful in their approach.

Getting back to your larger point of “real-life” suffering, 2020 is thankfully over. Many of us — wink! wink! — are ecstatic over the new tone and direction of our country. I hope things improve exponentially, and I further hope that the division in our country (political, racial, and otherwise) is lessened dramatically.

Best to you, Rebecca, and your loved ones!

Jamesj75
If you ever read this comment. I find it harder every day to find a site to make a comment, unless it’s GH, which I love, but there are three other shows too. Just wanted to agree thoroughly with your comments about Susan Banks, which I could tolerate with I.D but S.Hs rendition makes her intolerable and I wish I could just slap her and tell to just shut the hell up, which I do to the TV.A word about Jackee Harry. I think she’s playing the part true to form, gosh a thought. Hope she never gets together with Susan, OMG!

Violet, so glad to see your reply here, which I noticed because this comment is (was) featured on the home page (and with my name at the beginning). Glad you feel as I do regarding Susan Banks. It’s just annoying to see/hear her. Too, too much! In today’s episode, Jackee Harry’s character showed some redemption and was more appealing.

Regarding your question in another thread about someone shooting a corpse a long time ago: I go back to the late 60s in my soap viewing — and I watched a ton of them, but I don’t remember seeing (or reading about) that storyline. I hope someone else can connect the dots for you. Take care, Friend!

Well, the bad news is that Susan will probably be sticking around for the forseeable future…..

Because there was a podcast earlier this week where Thaao Penghlis revealed that his little brother (and Susan’s kid) Elvis is coming back to Salem in recast form!

No reliable info on who has the role yet, but given all the other recasts since ReRon’s been writing the show… I’m expecting the worst.

Thank all that’s unholy that Roger Howarth is still under contract at GH, because otherwise he would be the first person ReRon would call. Even though he’s not tall or British!

Jackee, you go girl!

So now that Kate is going back to the DiMera corporate offices with her latest boy toy, and Abe will need a new Executive Assistant in the Mayor’s office, is that how Paulina ends up in Salem?

Seeing as Abe seems to have a hard time keeping that position filled for the long term, it would make sense that he would go with a “family member”, hoping she might stick around longer. The timing of Kate’s departure can’t be a mere coincidence…. not with ReRon’s formulaic writing!

What a treat!! Jackee is so unique—-no one can walk in her “stylin” shoes. Yes, let this superb talent do her thing. DOOL needs her so badly—liven up the stage —the characters need to lighten up, too.

Aside–forgive me for being a nuisance by intergecting my nonsensical observations—but, is Nadia (Chloe) pregnant?—-what’s with the oversized bags?
I must be seeing things—-Am I imagining Marci’s pregnancy, as well? Need my eyes checked……

Celia, don’t feel bad, a friend and I definitely thought Belle was pregnant a while back. Maybe just her tummy with a too tight dress??

She made me laugh when she mentioned how rich she was. And the expression on Eli’s face after she said it. 🙂

Carrie
Did you see the Christening when Aunt Pauline handed them the blank check for the babies education? I thought Eli was going to run away with it, but Lanie calmed him down and said they’d talk about it.He was so funny.

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Days of our Lives Star, Greg Vaughan, Gives Health Update and Thanks Everyone for Their Support

Greg Vaughan (Eric, Days of our Lives, ex-Lucky, GH, and ex-Diego, Y&R) provided an update on his health on Sunday, March 17th. Vaughan had previously shared that he had become ill during a trip with his sons to Colorado, and had developed altitude sickness when he was having trouble breathing accompanied by terrible headaches and landed in the urgent care.

Now on St. Patrick’s Day, Greg took to his Instagram and shared how he is feeling now, and to thank everyone for their love and support.  As it turned out, Vaughan was diagnosed with high altitude pulmonary edema, commonly known as HAPE. However, he is on the mend slowly and surely.

In his new video post, the DAYS favorite started by expressing, “I just felt such an appreciation and gratitude for everything. . reaching out. Your prayers have been felt. It’s been a struggle, but I’m over the top. And, taking this moment just to say I didn’t realize the things that I was going through. My (original) post was simply just to educate, put some information out there and some things that I was feeling, just share that information and the struggle that I was going through, which I didn’t quite understand. And it wasn’t because I’m stubborn or just because I’m a father, a man, and didn’t want to go to a doctor. It is just something I thought was so minor that I could overcome it, just by taking care of myself.”

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The Daytime Emmy winner then revealed his actual diagnosis, “So, basically my situation was high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). With some good friends, doctors that had reached out to me, it kind of gave me some understanding on the aftermath, which was very, very beneficial.”

“But I’ve been resting, taking care of myself even though I live in a hamster wheel,” said the dad of three teenaged boys. “I gotta get up and, you know, do my normal domesticated stuff, eventually. I’m tired of laying down in this bed, but, I am feeling much better.”

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Talking on his confusion of trying to understand what could have been ailing him, Vaughan expressed, “I couldn’t quite figure it out, even though I was emphasizing and professing to my children going on our spring break getaway about hydration. I professed it. But, even though I was acting on it, it had a greater effect on me, and for which I did not even think, because my head was such in pain, and I was in a very bad state of mind – not being able to be out there with my kids on the mountain, enjoying their time, as well. I thought I was doing the right thing. Unfortunately, my lungs were full of fluids and my head was in severe pain and even migraine pills didn’t even help. So, I just want anybody that goes into the Colorado Mountains to know, it is no joke. It is this very serious thing which I guess is why they call it the Mile High City.”

Greg had a mountain of ‘thank you’s’ to give for the outreach he received from his original post, “For everybody internationally, wherever you are, I love you and I appreciate you and just the time and the thoughts that you’ve shared with me,” said Vaughan. “I didn’t realize that it would make such an impression on so many people around the world. I feel tremendously loved and I can’t say it enough. I’m good. And I appreciate you.”

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The actor concluded his video with, “To all the family and friends that have reached out to me, man, it means the world. So take care of yourself, enjoy your spring break with your families. It’s Saint Patty’s Day, obviously. I wish I could be out there.” Vaughan added, “I feel loved and touched and I can’t emphasize that enough. I’ll take better care of myself, promise you will do the same.” Before he signed off, Greg shared, “Just know, that I’m alive and well and breathing, and I’m sore. So, be well, take care. I mean it. Thank you, tremendously.”

Glad to know that Greg has been on the mend, and shared his appreciation for everyone that reached out to him during this trying time? Comment below.

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‘Access Hollywood’ and ‘Couple to Throuple’ Host Scott Evans to Appear on Days of our Lives

Scott Evans, host of Access Hollywood and the Peacock reality series Couple to Throuple, will make a guest appearance this week on Days of our Lives.

Circle the Thursday, March 21st episode of DAYS for Evans’ arrival in Salem. During his tape date last fall (since DAYS tapes months well ahead of when episodes actually stream), Scott posed for a snap alongside Mary Beth Evans (Kayla), Jackée Harry (Paulina), James Reynolds (Abe) and Greg Rikaart (Leo).

Teasers for the 3/21 episode of DAYS share that Leo tries to come up with his next gossip column, and Paulina and Abe return home to a mini-celebration set up by Johnny and Steve. Will Evans pop up in one of those scenarios? Stay tuned.

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For a long time, soap opera fans knew only of one Scott Evans. The one who played Oliver Fish on One Life to Live from 2008-2010.  But in show business, there are two Scott Evans’ that are widely-known.

Last Thursday, March 12th at the 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards, it found both Scott Evans and Scott Evans together in the green room and they taped this video ditty below, calling out how they both share the same name.

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Last weekend, viewers saw OLTL’s Scott Evans on-stage at the Oscars when he performed in the musical number “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie led by Ryan Gosling.

As for Access Hollywood’s Scott Evans, he has been with the entertainment news program since 2015, appeared in the recent Ladies of the 80s: A Divas Christmas with Linda Gray, Donna Mills, Nicollette Sheridan, Loni Anderson and Morgan Fairchild, and currently has an overall talent and development deal with NBCUniversal.

So, looking forward to seeing Scott on DAYS? Check out ‘Evans meeting Evans’ below, and then share your thoughts in the comment section.

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Days of our Lives Star Greg Vaughan Shares Sudden Health Scare: “I Truly Feel Like I Work & Live in a Soap Opera!”

What started out as an adventure with his sons, quickly turned into a nightmare for Days of our Lives Daytime Emmy winner, Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady).

In a series of Instagram posts, Vaughan shared the sudden health crisis he found himself in.  The images show Greg with an oxygen tank to help him breathe.

The actor began to fill people, sharing, “I’ve said more than a few times, I truly feel like I work & live in a Soap Opera! 🤪 this trip was nothing short of another great Vaughan adventure!”

He went on to say that on a father and son Colorado spring break trip, he began to feel shortness of breath, feeling tired and with a headache and after two days of hoping he would feel better, Vaughan finally went to an Urgent Care to get checked out.

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“I finally surrendered & went to urgent care and to my shock I learned that I was experiencing severe altitude sickness.” Vaughan admitted. “My Blood Oxygen was at 54% & my lungs were full of fluids! Blood oxygen, also known as oxygen saturation, represents the percentage of hemoglobin in your red blood cells that is carrying oxygen. Most people have an oxygen level of 95-100%….”

Providing more detail to his health scare, Greg shared, “Well, 4hrs later, a couple of bags of IV & oxygen tank strapped to my face, I was told that I needed to immediately get off the mountain! However I couldn’t, we still had another day to go & wanting the boys to enjoy their last day on the hill tops! I opted to go home with an oxygen tank, a good laugh for everyone, and I know will follow, but my boys looked after their old man & fortunately they had friends on this trip!”

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The experience of altitude sickness in the Colorado Rockies gave Vaughan a bit of a new perspective, “In all seriousness, no matter your age, and all the times I’ve ⛷️ & 🏂 in my lifetime, Colorado Rockies is no joke! As they say, ‘ take a breathe and smell the roses!’ That is truly something we need to remember & appreciate! #recover”

Share your well-wishes to Greg as he continues to be on the mend via the comment section below.

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