SOAP SLEAZE JOINS PASSIONS

Daytime Emmy nominee Crystal Chappell (Olivia, Guiding Light) has prime soap dish on her husband, Michael Sabatino. "He's going to do some time on Passions," Chappell tattles to TVGuide.com. "I think it's only 10 episodes [and he'll play] a sleazy guy. Yeah, that's usually his thing."

Indeed, Sabatino — who has been pursuing a second career as a building contractor — has played many soap nasties. My two faves: Rapist Lawrence Alamain from Days of our Lives and Knots Landing's devilish Chip Roberts, who was impaled on a pitchfork. Ouch! Most recently, Sabatino recurred as crooked lawyer Vince Russo on his wife's show, GL.

A Passions rep confirms that Sabatino has been cast in a short-term role but kept mum on specific details. Stay tuned....

Awesome! Even though I really don't catch PSNS alot. Sabatino is such a great actor. This is weird too since JER was supposedly behind Sabatino's firing from DAYS in 93. Cool though!

Sounds interesting. I'm intrigued!

I loved him on AMC as the evil Dr. Jonathan Kinder who got Erica hooked on pain killers

OMG that is so cool!!

I wonder if he will be one of the new characters included in the 16 people in Italy. He may be involved in the Fancy/Noah/Maya plot with that women who is threatening Fancy and Maya. Perhaps he is the one who killed that women's partner and took the mysterious package, although I thought that was Alfieri's character. Maybe they wil extend his run too-I hope so because I love him!!

Awesome! He's one of my favorite soap actors.

This is weird too since JER was supposedly behind Sabatino's firing from DAYS in 93. Cool though!

Yup, Reilly got rid of Lawrence.

I wonder if he is going to be the Monk?

Well I guess Michael & Crystal don't hold a grudge with JER.

I only wish both would rejoin DAYS. Carly/Bo/Hope would be much better then Billie/Bo/Hope.

Sabatino is AWESOME...he was SOOOOOOO good on DAYS and is SOO good at playing bad guys.

I am actually jealous of PASSIONS!!

I *LOVE* Michael Sabatino. He was in several KNOTS episodes I saw (1982-1983 season, I want to say), and I LOVED Chip Roberts. He was nice to look at too!

I wonder if he is going to be the Monk?

Doesn't look like it...

From TVGuide.com:

He's playing J.T. Cornell, the tabloid reporter who got Ethan's paternity scoop from those beeyotches Gwen and Rebecca years ago. Look for Theresa to have an informative meeting with J.T. in Rome on May 18. (TVGuide's words, not mine )

Doesn't look like it...

From TVGuide.com:

He's playing J.T. Cornell, the tabloid reporter who got Ethan's paternity scoop from those beeyotches Gwen and Rebecca years ago. Look for Theresa to have an informative meeting with J.T. in Rome on May 18. (TVGuide's words, not mine )

What the HELL?!

Um, I'm sorry but has James E. Reilly flipped his lid?!

MORT was the one who revealed Ethan's true paternity at Theresa and Ethan's engagement party. Not this J.T. Cornell?!

To rhyme with that pathetic name,

WHAT the HELL?!!! : o

JER, it says he got the scoop from you know who...not that he revealed it. Mort, bless her fish-fileting heart, could have gotten the information in some other way. Though, I must say, Mort revealing it int he first place...odd.

JER, it says he got the scoop from you know who...not that he revealed it. Mort, bless her fish-fileting heart, could have gotten the information in some other way. Though, I must say, Mort revealing it int he first place...odd.

Keith, I believe you're confusing Mort with DORT, Kay's buddy at the Crane Cannery, portrayed by the Divine Louise Sorel (ex-Vivian Alamain, "Days of Our Lives.")

Mort was played by another soap vet, Martin Grey (ex-Jim, "Santa Barbara," ex-Lennie "Grace Under Fire"). He revealed Ethan's true paternity at Ethan and Theresa's engagement party in the Crane Mansion in Late January 2001.

WHOOPS! Was he the tabloid reporter?