Deidre's own birthday in real life is Halloween. She has said in multiple interviews through the years that the possession was her favorite storyline (that would be the original possession storyline.) No idea what she thought about 2.0 under Carlivati.
But yeah I agree with everyone who posted that it would be nice to hear something different in her interviews.

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5 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

I asked Claude

4 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I still say Days could’ve made Paul’s existence a lot easier to understand if they had consulted Jason47

I'd bet on @JAS0N47 anytime.

8 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I vaguely remember the flashback of Tori saying that she didn't tell John about Paul because he was a priest, but I always thought she also said that Paul was already a little boy when that was supposed to have happened

8 hours ago, carolineg said:

Perhaps the affair occurred in the Isabella/Rebecca gap instead?

yes to both

Here's Jason's birth order, but it's only births onscreen, with a few exceptions., so Paul's not mentioned.

https://www.jason47.com/days/daysbirths.html

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Well, Chat GTP disagrees with Claude and says Belle is older.

Well, it doesn't exactly clear anything up, so one of us would probably have to find episodes of Days 2015 and watch them again and I DO NOT volunteer as tribute. So I will just agree Paul is older than Belle lol.

I am pretty sure the show was a little wonky and vague with the details so we all can choose our own adventure on Paul's age and conception timeline.

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59 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

Well, Chat GTP disagrees with Claude and says Belle is older.

I've never used AI for anything, and never plan to, but checking the records as I've done as a human since my first computer in 1995, I found these items just now:

4/13/15 transcript:

Paul (speaking to Tori): I know you were working here in Salem nine months before I was born. You must have met my father here. Is john Black my father?

John first learned he had been (and still was) a priest in September 1994. Kristen broke things off with him, and he met with Tony and Kristen as Father John in February 1995.

So I always took the Tori meeting to have taken place sometime in late 1994/early 1995, which would mean based on what Paul said to Tori in 2015, that he was born around the end of 1995, two years after Belle (October 1993).

Those are going by what actually happened on the show in real time.

Of course, with SORAS anything can change. Paul was already a famous MLB pitcher when he arrived in Salem in 2014, so if you give him around 3-4 years in the minors, and if he was drafted directly out of high school/not college, plus 2-3 years in the majors by 2014, then that backdates his birth to around 1990.

And with Claire graduating from high school in 2016, that means Belle gave birth to her in 1998, pushing her birth to at least back to 1982.

Of course Marlena today said she just arrived in Salem in 1976, and with Belle being born now in 1982 at the latest, that means she would have to have had DJ with Don and Sami/Eric with Roman all between 1976-1981! And then Belle with John in 1982.

That's why SORAS never works when you use actual dates (like Marlena in Salem for 50 years)!!

9 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Days announcer: Two brothers fighting over one man's love!!

Days of our lives!

And it would be groundbreaking too. Two brothers in love with the same man has never been done on a soap before.

A classic Bill Bell story with a modern twist 👍

9 hours ago, carolineg said:

The Leo/Gwen/Kristen one would be an obvious agreement for our entire table.

lol

Non-negotiable. They’re all out 😂😂

Maybe have Leo die in a fire and Gus gets accused of purposely leaving him there, which causes problems for him and Javi

Congratulations, Brady!

I still don't see why this couldn't have happened yesterday, and been somehow tied to Marlena/Dee's 50th Anniversary though. But it was nice to see him officially join BlackPatch and start carrying on John's legacy. If we can't get Paul full time lol Brady is definitely the one of John's kids that should be in this position. Despite all the mistakes that Paula/Jeanne have made, this was the right choice for Brady. He and Steve asking Johnny to investigate the company was really good as well. And I'm interested in seeing the mystery of the tainted drugs play out, and the ripple effects that it could have across the canvas. Hopefully, it ends up being huge, and involves as many characters as it can. And if it leads to Dimera finally going belly-up, I'm all for it. Involving Kayla in this could be good as well.

Speaking of Kayla, I like that she was there for Stephanie today, and that Stephanie finally got to talk to Kayla about everything that came up during her session with Marlena. The pacing has been really off but I'm glad that they finally got around to it. And I'm looking forward to seeing what happens as a result of Joy''s mandate about Kelsey. It's a good conflict for Alex and Stephanie, especially considering everything Stephanie said to him today. But it's still too bad Jeremy's not here to comfort Stephanie, all while keeping the secret from her about bringing Joy back to Salem lol

Sarah tipping off Xander about everything was a good idea as well, mostly because it adds another dynamic to all of this. And could lead to a full on Xander/EJ feud or some kind of conflict for Brady/Sarah. There's still love there between Sarah/Xander.

3 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

And it would be groundbreaking too. Two brothers in love with the same man has never been done on a soap before.

A classic Bill Bell story with a modern twist 👍

Non-negotiable. They’re all out 😂😂

Maybe have Leo die in a fire and Gus gets accused of purposely leaving him there, which causes problems for him and Javi

I wish they'd get rid of all the gay storylines. Days really purs it on thick! I'll never forget the day tat Chanel and Ally were in bed. I had to forward through it. Sickening! They also showed a threesome between them with Alex. So all that, along with the farce, has me close to ceasing to watch Days anymore.

On 6/1/2026 at 12:43 PM, TEdgeofNight said:

Poor Days is so lifeless! As someone said in the May discussion, the show drags. It was a longggg 42 minutes today. I thought the show must be close to being over today and paused it to see the time and it was only 16 minutes in. It’s so dull. And like I said last week, they just put scenes together and call it a show. I like Mark, but out of nowhere todays A storyline is Kat and Mark about their mother. How did that become the top storyline? Isn’t Paulina the Mayor? Oh sure, she has time to offer to run Sweet Bits. Abe is already kissing Lexie (who has a mustache)? Theo desperately needs to be recast! John Paul Lavoisier is out of control with his acting style. It’s very irritating. Welcome to current Days. Throw scenes that make no sense together and call it a show. Today was agonizing.

Hear, hear!

For as down as I've been on the show recently, I'll give them this: they did a nice job with Deidre's tribute. I will always wish these things felt a little bigger, as opposed to someone just sitting around sharing memories, but they handled it well. Using Paul as the talk-to was great because he didn't know all this history, so she was actually explaining it, as opposed to people just going, "And then remember when this thing happened? And then this one?"

Great to see Don Craig get some screen time, too!

Since we sort of solved the issue of Paul being older or younger than Belle I am curious about the info I see about Tori. Online it said she was a student when she met John (which is possible), but wasn't she working for the Dimeras at the time as a housekeeper? Paul used the term working in the dialogue @JAS0N47 provided.

That's how John met her. It's sounds less creepy than her being a student and John was out trolling bars looking for co-eds 😂

Brady being Belle's big brother is legit as we saw them born on screen, and saw them grow up together. And maybe teen Brady defended or protected Belle in some storyline, or in a scene?

Brady, Paul, and Belle, being born within a few years of one another allows for some wiggle room, since Paul was conceived and born offscreen.

Twins Eric and Sami are so much older, since teen Sami kidnapped newborn Belle.
Has Belle ever referenced Eric as her "big brother"?
I dunno because they often seem to write Belle and Sami as being closer in age than they are.

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