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There were several pages of discussing this in one of the SON monthly discussion threads in the early months of the show. It was interesting how different posters perceived the length of time of Hayley's backhistory with the family. My understanding/interpretation back then was that both Andre and Hayley had each lost their parents as young adults, in unrelated circumstances. But their circumstances were quite different, even though they each mentored by a Dupree sister -- Nicole and Dani. Andre was taken in by his biological uncle Ted and aunt-by-marriage Nicole -- but he was already an adult -- but they provided the mentorship/support that he needed. They didn't adopt him or raise him, but supplied the emotional support he needed. Ted and Nicole became sort of like parents to Andre in the early years after his real parents' deaths before the show started. Then Andre left town with his inheritance to travel the world as a photographer. Andre had just returned to Fairmont Crest for a visit when the show started in February, but then he decided to stay. Now Uncle Ted and Aunt Nicole are more like older peers to him, it seems. Hayley's story (which is now likely a hoax) -- but anyways, as I understood it back then: Hayley's backstory in the early months of the show (Mentioned by other characters as having happened at some point years before the show started) . . . -- was that Hayley came to town after losing her parents as a young adult, and also Naomi thought of her as a best friend. Naomi would invited Hayley over for dinner at Dani and Bill's house, so she sort of became an honorary member of the family. *Maybe* Hayley stayed at Bill&Dani's house for a short while as she supposedly had nowhere to go, or *maybe* she had her own place but sometimes stayed overnight in a guest room after dinner or whatever. I clearly remember Dani mentioning that she(Dani) had begun to have befriended Hayley herself, which made the Bill/Haley affair worse. Dani wasn't friends with any of Bill's other women. I got the impression Dani had *NOT* been acting in any maternal role towards Hayley. Dani regarded herself as an older friend of Hayley's, whereas Naomi thought of Hayley as a peer and close friend/best friend. But Dani did mentor Hayley and saw that Hayley was smart and had "potential". (LOL). I think Dani was the one who encouraged Bill to hire Hayley? ? ? Bill had been having affairs with other women all along, but Dani had known about it and had tolerated it. What upset Dani and the other characters was that they learned that Bill had been bringing Hayley into his bedroom, and that Bill and Hayley had been having sex in the bed he shared with his wife Dani. (All of Bill's prior sexual affairs had been at other locations and not in his own home). I think the confusion for viewers was: Dani and Naomi kept stating in the early weeks of the show their outrage about Hayley's affair with Bill: "We took her in, and then she betrayed us!" Maybe remarks implying she was in the bosom of the family, etc. That and her supposed backstory of being an orphan, gave some viewers the impression that she'd been taken in by the Duprees as a child or teen and was a true member of the family for many many years. But I think "we took her in" was meant metaphorically as "we took her into our hearts" or "we took her into our inner circle" and *not* that they adopted her. They *never* said she'd been with the Dupree-Hamiltons since her child or teen years. And they hadn't said it was *many* years. Now it seems that it was just long enough for Hayley to get her hooks into the family and for them to treat her like family -- and she was entrenched in a relatively short period of time. She works long cons, but she works them efficiently -- just long enough to be effective. Perhaps the characters saying "We took you in" caused viewers to assume that it was a longer period of time than it actually was? I really don't think Hayley was living with Dani and Bill when the affair began -- but that was never clarified so I cannot be positive. Perhaps Hayley lived elsewhere but she hung out at Bill&Dani's house a lot, so it was easier to sneak her into the bedroom for a quickie? At any rate, it's clear NOW that Hayley might be older than what some characters thought; and she is certainly older than what the viewers assumed.

https://x.com/KristinaWagnr/status/1978539294194377178

This!

The above-mentioned update from Kirsten Storms. https://michaelfairmantv.com/general-hospital-kirsten-storms-reveal-health-battle-brain-surgery/2025/10/14/

Mary Beth Evans doesn't have a hyphen

I use ALMc but I don't think anyone else does.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-10-12/days-of-our-lives-star-reaches-settlement-with-producers-over-sexual-harassment-allegations For anyone wanting to read it without the log-in/paywall stuff... try in Chrome via "incognito mode". Or ... an archived copy of the LA Times article: https://archive.is/e2eCL (This is archived as of 5:42pm PDT, Oct. 12, 2025. If the article is updated later, that archive wouldn't show any new edits.)

For anyone wanting to read it without the log-in/paywall stuff... Here's an archived copy of the LA Times article: https://archive.is/e2eCL (This is archived as of 5:42pm PDT, Oct. 12, 2025. If the article is updated later, that archive wouldn't show any new edits.)

Ashley Puzemis, Leo Howard, and Rachel Boyd for the 60th photoshoot

https://www.tiktok.com/@abigailklein_/video/7471013797197630750 gif of the tiktok behind spoiler tag ---------------------------------- Abigail Klein and Rob Wilson

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGBpU9LTCEB/ judievansofficial February 13, 2025

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGLunhgSNlD/ stephen_e_nichols Celebrating the 60th season of #Days with a cast photoshoot and boy am I lucky! Look at my beautiful partner! #patchandkaylaforever #days60 #days60thanniversary

Access Hollywood did a feature in February 2025 in which they specifically discuss the 60th Anniv photoshoot, and interviewed Ali Sweeney. (screengrabs from the Access Hollywood video) from Alice Halsey ig stories

Cherie posted this in February

The 60th anniv is November 8, so I assume the official cast photo(s) will be released the last week of October or the first week of November.

Elia Cantu posed with Brandon Beemer for the same 60th Anniversary photoshoot back in February. (but now he's off-contract, per the very-recently-airing closing credits). https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGV9pA8vGyu February 21, 2025 eliacantu 💎 Happy 60th Anniversary @dayspeacock (our diamond year) Here’s some #bts from our recent cast photo shoot with the talented & dapper @brandonbeemer Makeup: @dahlface99 Hair Styling: @amber4hair TU’s: @marionsrunningwithshears #eliacantu #brandonbeemer #days #dool #daysofourlives #photoshoot #diamondyear #diamondanniversary #actor #actress #daytimetv #soapopera #

I appreciate reading your thoughts, @Taoboi

I stepped away from BTG temporarily because I needed a break from Leslie whom I don't enjoy at all. For me she's not "love-to-hate". For me, I just want her gone (I realize that's just me, and I know others enjoy her and that's fine.) But I had planned to return to BTG eventually. But then, meanwhile, my own life (real life) has become very very busy the past month, with no end in sight. All I've had time for is watching clips of Monica's death and funeral on GH. I couldn't do that *and* BTG right now, as I'm just too busy. (busy in a good way). I am glad to have devoted the past year and a half to regularly posting about it (on the behind-the-scenes thread before it started airing; and then posting daily once it began airing). I have supported BTG as best I can. And I take advantage of the sales at my local grocery store for Tide! I was following BTG recaps and spoilers for a while but now I can't even keep up with that. However, I am enjoying reading this thread daily and still read all the posts, even if I don't exactly know anymore what scenes have just aired. I don't know when/if I can come back to BTG regularly. But I do still appreciate it! and really appreciate everyone's posts!

What's confusing regarding AnnaLynne is that she (apparently? maybe?) started taping a month after she was announced to be on contract. So did she sign in Dec. 2023 but start taping in Jan. 2024? Was her contract specified for that circumstance? Or maybe it was just advance publicity that she would later be on contract?

There was a big DAYS cast photoshoot done in February 2025, to be released officially around the time of the 60th Anniversary in November 2025. When it was photographed, there were several individual photos floating around on social media from that photoshoot day -- behind-the-scenes -- of actors posing solo, in pairs, or in small groups. AnnaLynne posed with Billy Flynn and Dan Feuerriegel. I remember seeing those photos back then, and there was some tentative speculation wondering if Cat would be paired with EJ. That was several months before viewers knew there'd be a storyline about Cat investigating EJ. ALMc has it on her ig ... February 24, 2025 theannalynnemccord ⏳ #behindthescenes @dayspeacock #60thanniversary #photoshoot

Definitely looks the same as this picture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Lord

@JAS0N47 Do contracts start on the tape-date or the airdate? I used to know but I have forgotten.

LOL, I typed so many details, it was inevitable that I'd make a mistake, and I did. Yes. I meant August 8, 2024.