https://x.com/soapsdotcom/status/1932070618326773892
Alison Sweeney promises that, even though Sami misses John’s funeral, she gets to pay her respects in a way that ‘felt very real’
https://soaps.sheknows.com/days-of-our-lives/news/784947/where-is-sami-john-funeral/
Just posting here the quotes from Ms. Sweeney
“I don’t know if it was meant to be a secret — so I don’t want to step on their toes — but I came back a little bit later because I couldn’t be there for those scenes,” Sweeney revealed. “They arranged for me to do it a week later, maybe two weeks later. I do come in and have scenes about John, but my timing was a little bit off after all of that.”
Sweeney admitted that it was “hard” not to be with her Days of Our Lives cast to film the poignant scenes.
“We knew when we were filming the scenes that it wasn’t going to air [until] six months from now and we’re going to have these feelings all over again and that’s sort of what’s happening,” she said. “I’m watching these scenes on TV and seeing all the comments on social media. And we’re reliving it, so that’s really hard.”
“mourning doesn’t always happen [when] everyone gets together on one day.” She added, “Sometimes, that’s an ongoing thing. Having Sami come back and share those moments with Marlena, like a week later or something, allows us to tell that story.”
Sweeney said tenderly, “I’m really glad that I got to be a part of it in the way that I was, it felt very real.”