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Johnny Receives a Visit From a Dead DiMera, While EJ Helps Belle Drown Her Sorrows
Friday, April 8, 2022: Today on Days of Our Lives, Johnny gets an unwelcome visit, Chanel's left heartbroken again, Clyde refuses EJ, and Shawn worries who his wife will turn to.
Friday, April 8th, 2022

Ciara tells Ben she’s not thrilled with the idea of his dad being part of their lives, let alone that of their baby. Acknowledging that his dad is trying way, way too hard, Ben promises that he’ll get him to back off
Still reeling from the news that Shawn really did father Jan’s baby, Belle insists her husband not touch her. Shawn wants to try and work things out, but Belle says they have nothing to talk about and she’s going to go back to John and Marlena’s place. They rehash recent events, with him reiterating that he kept silent because he was horrified by what he’d done with Jan.
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However, Shawn says that when he slept with Jan, he thought he was with his wife. Belle, on the other hand, knew she was sleeping with Philip when they wound up between the sheets years ago. He quickly apologizes. He only brought up Philip in order to point out that he forgave his wife for that transgression.
Belle says that she’s not sure she can live with the fact that Jan’s baby will tie her to Shawn for the rest of their lives. Ciara enters, giving Belle the perfect opportunity to exit. Shawn fills Ciara in on the fact that she’s not the only one who’s going to be welcoming a new baby. After filling her in about Jan, he worries about who Belle is confiding in.
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Inside the crypt, Johnny reflects on happier times with Chanel and worries about what the devil might do while in Allie. As he’s trying to escape, Andre appears. “You’re dead!” insists Johnny. Andre explains that over his lifetime, he made some unfortunate choices. So, after Abby killed him, he wound up “the indentured servant to Mephistopheles himself!”
Andre explains he returned to tie up loose ends where Johnny’s concerned. He drafted a farewell to Salem letter explaining the young DiMera’s disappearance. Johnny refuses to sign it, pointing out the handwriting doesn’t even look like his. No one will believe he’s returned to Italy. Andre stabs him with a pen and signs it with his blood to authenticate it.
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As Abby prepares to enter the DiMera crypt, Chad approaches, scaring the crap out of his wife. She catches him up on the fact that Allie’s missing. At the main house, they discuss EJ. Chad successfully dodges Abigail’s questions regarding his twitchy behavior. He suddenly spots an envelope on the mantel under Stefano’s portrait. Chad opens it and tells Abigail it’s from Johnny.
Andre returns to Johnny after delivering his letter. Now, no one will come looking for him. Andre tells Johnny they’ll meet again. Either there, or in hell.
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At the apartment, Chanel hugs Allie, relieved she’s come home but wants to know where she’s been. After she explains she was with Johnny, “Allie” tells Chanel she’s decided they are mistake. Seeing Johnny made her realize she rushed into this. Chanel says it sounds like the same speech she heard from her brother. She feels like she’s talking to the same person. “Allie” says she needs time to be alone. Also, she’s done with the bakery. After Chanel leaves in tears, AllieDevil hopes she doesn’t have to play out that scene again because she needs to focus on Ben and Ciara’s baby.
EJ tells Clyde that the deal they worked out at Statesville is no longer in effect and they need to renegotiate the terms. Clyde offers to scramble up some eggs for EJ, but he’s not there for the blue plate special. Instead, he says that one of them has to get outta Dodge. “I left town last time,” points out EJ. “It’s your turn this time.” He reaches into his pocket and Clyde asks if EJ’s going to shoot him. “My methods are far more civilized than yours,” says DiMera smoothly, pulling out a checkbook. “I’ll see that you have the funds to start a new life, as long as that new life is nowhere near mine.”
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Before they can come to an arrangement, Ben enters, having overheard just enough to be suspicious. EJ covers by saying he was offering Clyde a job. Clyde says he has to reject the “job offer” because leaving town would violate the terms of his parole. Plus, he wants to be around for his grandbaby.
After EJ leaves, Ben question Clyde’s interest in his baby. When Clyde acts offended, Ben explains they already have enough unwanted attention on it… by the devil. After seeing how Ciara fought for Ben, Clyde knows the devil’s in for a hell of a fight… and his money’s on Ciara.
EJ finds Belle drinking at Brady’s Pub and joins her. He’s confident Belle will put the devil behind her just like he did. They toast.
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Next on Days of Our Lives: Victor makes Sonny an offer, and Xander is desperate to get through to Sarah.
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<p>Talent clearly runs in the family. This shot of the <em>Days of Our Lives</em> leading man, who plays John (duh!), was taken in 2006, just a year after son Ben made his own daytime debut as Lucas on <em>General Hospital.</em></p>
<p>The word “squee” was all but <em>invented</em> to try to encapsulate the relative adorableness of little Ford, the son of <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> leading man who plays Liam. The tyke’s not even smiling in this picture from 2019, and he <em>still</em> looks like he’s seconds away from out-cute-ing Bambi.</p>
<p>“They tell you it will go by fast… well, 18 years went by in a flash,” marveled Cameron Mathison on son Lucas’ birthday in 2021. Also seen here in this 2010 portrait is the <em>General Hospital</em> star and wife Vanessa’s adorable daughter, Leila (who’d turn 15 in 2021).</p>
<p>In 2016, back when the soap legend was still playing Hope on <em>Days of Our Lives</em>, she and son Jack Daggenhurst (from her second marriage) pitched in at the L.A. Mission. Missing from this shot: Alfonso’s firstborn, son Gino Macauley. He’s in the next photo, though, from 2006…</p>
<p>Aww. Look at Alfonso giving Gino that adoring look that we’ve all gotten at one time or another from our moms in those blissful instances when they’ve totally forgotten how many times they’ve had to send us to our rooms or ground us!</p>
<p>In 2016, the same year the veteran of <em>Young & Restless</em> (as Rey), <em>Days of Our Lives</em> (as Dario), <em>All My Children</em> (as Griffin) and <em>Guiding Light</em> (as Tony) welcomed his second daughter with wife Kaitlin, the Emmy winner and their firstborn, Riley, had a ball — literally — hanging outdoors.</p>
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<p>Good angle, bad angle… who cares? We love the absolute joy on the Emmy winner’s face in this 2002 snap in which she’s sweetly sandwiched by husband Helmut Huber (who, sadly, passed away in 2022) and their son, Andreas.</p>
<p>The <em>Young & Restless</em> scene stealer, who plays Lauren, may have been horsing around with son Austin Recht (with former husband Ron Recht) at this 2014 photo shoot, but they still managed to take a gorgeous portrait. Missing from this shot: Austin’s brother, Landon.</p>
<p>Here’s Landon, with Mom at the 2008 Emmys. C’mon, we weren’t gonna let the horse get more facetime than Landon!</p>
<p>The <em>Days of Our Lives</em> vet — who comes and goes as Jack like the seasons, it seems — has four kids, two with first wife Christina Saffran, two with his second, Lana Buss. Pictured with Dad in 2006 is his firstborn, daughter Grace.</p>
<p>In 2007, not too long before the launch of her reality show, the future <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> actress (who plays Shauna, as if you didn’t know) posed for paparazzi with Sam, one of her two daughters with ex-husband Charlie Sheen. Not for nothin’, Sam, but we feel ya, kid; sometimes we hate having our picture taken, too.</p>
<p>In 2007, the year that her superlative work as Laura on <em>General Hospital</em> finally won her a Daytime Emmy, the soap icon was able to share the experience with daughter Elizabeth, her second child with husband Jonathan Frakes of <em>Star Trek: The Next Generation</em> fame.</p>
<p>No need to be camera-shy with a face that cute, kiddo! On the left in this image from 2013 is, of course, the <em>Days of Our Lives</em> heartthrob who plays Eli; nestling into his shoulder is his firstborn, son Caden. Maybe daughter Gaia, born in 2012, is even better at hiding.</p>
<p>His hair’s gotten darker as he’s gotten older but Jesse, the son of <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Ashley and husband Vincent Van Patten sure had Mom’s sun-kissed blond locks back in 2009. On an unrelated note, does anyone know where we can get a head of hair that gorgeous?</p>
<p><em>Bold & Beautiful</em> perfectly describes the young women who are near and dear to Quinn’s portrayer: Pictured here during a 2017 visit to the set are daughter Avalon, with second husband Stanford Bookstaver; Meghann, the daughter of first husband Wally Kurth (Ned to her Lois on <em>General Hospital</em> back in the day); and daughter Rosabel, with Kurth.</p>
<p>The <em>General Hospital</em> Emmy winner who plays Alexis has said of her singer/songwriter daughter, Kate, “I birthed her and <a href="https://www.nancyleegrahn.com/family/" target="_blank">take no credit for her</a> talent and, more importantly, her beautiful soul. She came in that way.”</p>
<p>Say “Cheese!” <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Galen Gering (Rafe) and his sons, Dillon and Jensen, nailed it during a 2013 photo shoot. None of them even blinked!</p>
<p>“I am so proud of the man that you’ve become,” the <em>Young & Restless</em> Emmy winner — Jill on screen — told son Cole on his 2021 birthday (or 17 years after this pic was snapped at a party for the CBS soap).</p>
<p>The real-life daughter of <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Steve — photographed with Dad in 2008 here — is now a recording artist who puts out music under her own first name, but with a twist: She adds an extra L.</p>
<p>Aww. That’s the late, great <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> star — the original Sally Spectra, as if you didn’t know — with son Raymond on the set in 2014.</p>
<p>“Smile for the camera,” you can just imagine the photographer saying right before this shot was snapped in 2018. Dad Jason Thompson (Billy, <em>The Young and the Restless</em>) and mom Paloma Jonas obliged, of course. But kids Rome and Bowie? Being kids, not so much.</p>
<p>The <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> patriarch, Eric to his on-screen friends and family, has three kids with wife Laurette Spang in real life: Jake, Rebecca and, seen here with Dad in 2012, Molly, a regular on the sitcom <em>Last Man Standing.</em></p>
<p>In 2002, the <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> patriarch celebrated an Italian remote with his missus and two of their three kids, son Jake and, once again, Molly.</p>
<p>The <em>General Hospital</em> MVP, Carly on screen, got into the swing of things, so to speak, during a 2010 photo shoot with Lauren and John, her kids with former husband John Wright.</p>
<p>Oh, these two are more than <em>Friends</em>, they’re family. The <em>Days of Our Lives</em> icon, who plays Victor, is the father of Hollywood superstar Jennifer Aniston, with whom he’s pictured here in 2012. He also has a son, Alexander, with his second wife, Sherry Rooney, whom he met when they were castmates on <em>Love of Life.</em></p>
<p>This is “Like father, like son” taken to a whole new level by the <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> alum — much-missed as Rick — and sharp-dressed chip off the old block Luke at the 2016 Daytime Emmys. (MIA from this shot are Luke’s sisters, Grace and Molly.)</p>
<p>In 2005, the <em>Young & Restless</em> Emmy winner, who plays Traci, was accompanied to a schmancy party in New York by daughter Emelia, who’s since become an accomplished bassoonist. Now <em>there’s</em> a word we don’t get to type every day!</p>
<p>The real-life marriage of <em>General Hospital</em> exes Felicia and Frisco may not have stood the test of time, but it left them with a lasting friendship and two handsome sons, Peter and his kid brother, Harrison.</p>
<p>Almost a decade after this picture was taken of<em> Days of Our Lives</em>’ Kristen (and Susan, for that matter), daughter Sophia, by then a grown woman and rising star, guested on the show as the masseuse whose appearance at Xander’s door made the audience gasp, “What’s going on here?”</p>
<p>On hand when the <em>Young & Restless</em> legend celebrated her 35th anniversary as Nikki in 2014 were daughters Alexandra Yeaggy (from her previous marriage) and Elizabeth Scott (from her union with<em> Bold & Beautiful</em> producer Ed Scott), and stepdaughter Jennifer Scott.</p>
<p>We definitely give these shots from 2018 a big thumbs-up, too, boys! Levi and Jackson — the <em>General Hospital</em> actress’ sons with Don Money — clearly know that picture-taking is <em>ultra</em>-serious business. (Missing from this photo: Dakota, the daughter of Lulu’s portrayer, who would’ve been about a year old at the time.)</p>
<p>It’s not for nothin’ that the soap vet, currently Dollar Bill on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em>, named his autobiography <em>My Seven Sons and How We Raised Each Other</em>. Believe it or not, that’s how many he has: twins Anton and Davis (on the far left and far right), his kids with wife Cindy Ambuehl, and Lauren, Alexander, Luca and Sasha, his boys with his first wife. Missing from this shot: son No. 7 Drew Mazur, the nephew that the actor raised following his sister’s passing.</p>
<p>Talent apparently runs in the family. Christian Gudegast, the son of the actor who plays <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Victor (shot here in 2007), is an accomplished screenwriter whose credits include <em>A Man Apart</em> (starring Vin Diesel) and <em>London Has Fallen</em> (starring Morgan Freeman).</p>
<p>Ah, life was literally a beach for the future <em>Days of Our Lives</em> actress, who more recently played Sarah, back in 2015 when daughter Aleda accompanied her to the beach for a remote shoot for <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em>. The actress, you’ll recall, was playing the ill-fated Caroline at the time.</p>
<p>The onetime <em>Young & Restless</em> co-stars — you’ll recall that her real-life hubby subbed as Chance when he and Abby said, “I do” — have two beautiful daughters, seen here in 2019: Olivia and Sophie.</p>
<p>We can only imagine that an instant before this 2010 portrait was taken the <em>General Hospital</em> Emmy winner, who played Jason, jokingly said, “Have a seat!” and suddenly, he had a lap full of his kids with wife Sheree Gustin, daughter Makena and son Jack. Missing from this shot: daughter Brooklyn, who wasn’t yet even a gleam in Dad’s eye.</p>
<p>Don’t “stair.” Oh, wait… We get it. In 2005, the <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> dynamo took “steps,” so to speak, to get sons Julian and Jeremy Snider (from her first marriage) to fit in the same shot as daughter Zoe D’Andrea (from her second marriage), stepdaughter Danyelle and her friend.</p>
<p>Cool as he is, Mason Martsolf wasn’t <em>too</em> cool to hang with his dad, who plays <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Brady, at a 2017 screening of the movie <em>To the Beat</em>, in which the youngster appeared. Missing from this shot: Mason’s twin brother, Chase.</p>
<p>From left, that’s Mason again, the soap vet’s wife Lisa and Chase. Or maybe it’s Chase first, then Mason? The couple <em>does</em> have twins, after all — luckily, not soaps’ traditional good and evil kind!</p>
<p>Well, “hay” there! In this 2010 portrait, the <em>General Hospital</em> vet, who plays Sonny, is surrounded by daughters Heather (whom he and wife Paula adopted upon the passing of her mom, Paula’s sister), Cailey and Cassidy, and son Joshua.</p>
<p>You don’t have to look hard at these images of <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Lily and son Michael from 2017 to see how much they love one another — or how much fun the two of them have together.</p>
<p>In this shot from 2011, Gavin — aka the son of the <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> knockout who plays Donna — shows us just how enviably easily he can touch his toes. Kid, we haven’t even <em>seen</em> ours in years!</p>
<p>Embodying the family that plays together in 1999, that’s the <em>Days of Our Lives</em> vet — Kayla, duh! — with husband Michael Schwartz and their kids, Daniel, Katherine and Matthew. On an unrelated note: How is it possible that the actress looks like not a <em>day</em> has passed since this picture was snapped? Enviable!</p>
<p>As you can see in this 2016 photo — taken at a baby shower for <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe), by the way — the <em>General Hospital</em> actor, who plays Spinelli, and wife Kiera literally have their hands full with daughters Finola (born in 2014) and Juna (born three years earlier).</p>
<p>Dads may never stop being embarrassing, but at least getting to have for one the <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> leading man (aka Ridge) means occasionally jetting off to exotic locations like Monte Carlo, as he and partner Susan Haskell did in 2014 with daughters McKenna and Marlowe.</p>
<p>The former marrieds, who met while playing Maxie and Johnny on <em>General Hospital</em>, recently marveled at how fast their little girl, Harper — who was <em>really</em> little in this 2014 photo — was growing up. “<a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/588755/days-of-our-lives-general-hospital-stars-daughter-seventh-birthday/" target="_blank">How is our baby so big?!?</a>” asked Barash, who’s now Jake on <em>Days of Our Lives.</em></p>
<p>If this 2016 photo of <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Phyllis and daughter Natalia had a theme song, it would be “I Got You, Babe.” If it had subtext, it would be, “We’ll get you in there next time, Jameson,” since it’s missing Natalia’s kid brother.</p>
<p>Getting all of the daytime MVP’s kids in one shot would be a neat trick — she has six. But hey, at least we got one — firstborn Benjamin (with ex-husband Jonathan Knight). This particular pic was taken in 2008, when <em>General Hospital</em>’s future Ava was competing for her fourth Emmy for playing <em>As the World Turns</em> pot stirrer Carly.</p>
<p>Taking daughter Kate to the 2010 Emmys was probably wise of the three-time winner. Her elder daughter seems likely to follow in her legendary footsteps. <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/general-hospital/news/619749/general-hospital-maura-west-daughter-kate-timeline-life-story-photos/" target="_blank">Kate is “incredibly talented,”</a> exclaimed West after seeing her little girl slay on stage as <em>Hamlet</em>’s Ophelia.</p>
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