Soaps
8 Current & Former Real-Life Soap Couples You Totally Forgot About
Most soap fans are preoccupied with the romances airing on our favorite daytime soaps. The relationship twists and turns can be hard to keep up with in soap world.
Over the years, soap sets have been the first chapter of many offscreen romances. Days of our Lives helped reconnect Billy Warlock and Julie Pinson, who are still happily married today. Did you know two Port Charles (RIP) stars also found love and have been married for over two decades?
Swooon is looking back at current and former real-life soap couples you likely forgot about (or didn’t even realize were together) over the years.
Billy Warlock and Julie Pinson
These two soap stars first met in 1999 while starring on soaps in the same universe. Warlock was playing A.J. Quartermaine on General Hospital, while Pinson was playing Eve Lambert on Port Charles. They crossed paths year later on Days of our Lives — Warlock played Frankie Brady, Pinson played Billie Reed —and rekindled their romance. They’ve been happily married since 2006.
Erin Hershey Presley & Brian Presley
Erin Hershey Presley and Brian Presley were part of the younger generation that joined Port Charles in 2000. They starred as Alison Barrington and Jack Ramsey. Their characters only shared a kiss on the show, but the Presleys found love together offscreen. They married in 2002 and have three children.
Rebecca Herbst and Michael Saucedo
Rebecca Herbst prefers to keep her personal life out of the public eye, but the actress did find love on GH. She is married to former GH costar Michael Saucedo, who played Juan Santiago. They wed in 2001 and have three children.
Kristen Alderson & Chad Duell
Former General Hospital costars Kristen Alderson (Kiki Jerome) and Chad Duell (Michael Corinthos) were in a relationship from 2012 to 2015. Alderson is now engaged to Taylor Crousore, with whom she has a daughter. Duell is currently dating Luana Garcia, and they have a son together.
Brandon Beemer & Nadia Bjorlin
These Days of our Lives costars actually dated for seven years back in the day! Brandon Beemer, who is back on DAYS as Shawn Brady, and Nadia Bjorlin, who played Chloe Lane, were in a relationship from 2006 to 2013. Bjorlin has since found love with Grant Turnbull, and they have two sons.
Maura West & Scott DeFreitas
Maura West is currently on General Hospital playing Ava Jerome, but she rose to soap fame on As the World Turns as Carly Tenney. That’s where she met her now-husband, Scott DeFreitas, who played Andy Dixon. The couple married in 2000 and have welcomed four kids. She has a son from a previous marriage.
Jon Lindstrom & Eileen Davidson
Did you even know these two were married? GH’s Jon Lindstrom and Y&R/DAYS star Eileen Davidson were married from 1997 to 2000. He then married his As the World Turns costar Cady McClain in 2014. They have since split. Davidson has been married to Vincent Van Patten since 2013.
Catherine Hickland & Michael E. Knight
Catherine Hickland was a scene-stealer as Lindsay Rappaport on One Life to Live. She married All My Children fave Michael E. Knight, aka Tad Martin, in 1992. The couple split in 2006.
