Post by flyboyla on Jan 5, 2024 5:23:35 GMT
Didn’t see this one coming, but I’m glad to hear this. Perhaps they can bring back Shawn and Belle now that they don’t have to pay Steve Burton’s salary which was probably pretty high for a daytime actor.
In a video posted to The Daily Drama’s YouTube page, Steve Burton has confirmed his departure from DAYS, where last year he returned to reprise the role of Harris Michaels, a character he originally played back in 1988. He shot his exit scenes in December 2023 at the conclusion of his one-year contract. Addressing fans in the video, Burton said, “Well, I just shot my final scenes here on DAYS OF OUR LIVES and I just want to say, thank you so much to the cast, to the crew. It’s been amazing. I can’t believe it’s been a year already! So, thank you so much to the fans. It’s just — I’m always so full of gratitude. So thank you. Stay tuned.”
When he first inked his deal with DAYS last year, Burton told Digest, “When you’re in the busi-ness 36 years and people are still calling? I’m super-grateful.” He described DAYS as “a great environment to work in, and I feel like I’m getting a real run at things.” The actor, who by then had Daytime Emmy-winning stints as GH’s Jason and Y&R’s Dylan under his belt, expressed his appreciation for the diversity of his daytime career. “I was on set sitting with Stephen Nichols [Steve] and I thought, ‘Man, I’ve been able to work with all these legendary people from GH, Y&R and DAYS,’ ” he marveled. “It kind of dawned on me: What a career it’s been to be able to work with these types of people, the people I saw on the cover of Soap Opera Digest my whole life.”
In a video posted to The Daily Drama’s YouTube page, Steve Burton has confirmed his departure from DAYS, where last year he returned to reprise the role of Harris Michaels, a character he originally played back in 1988. He shot his exit scenes in December 2023 at the conclusion of his one-year contract. Addressing fans in the video, Burton said, “Well, I just shot my final scenes here on DAYS OF OUR LIVES and I just want to say, thank you so much to the cast, to the crew. It’s been amazing. I can’t believe it’s been a year already! So, thank you so much to the fans. It’s just — I’m always so full of gratitude. So thank you. Stay tuned.”
When he first inked his deal with DAYS last year, Burton told Digest, “When you’re in the busi-ness 36 years and people are still calling? I’m super-grateful.” He described DAYS as “a great environment to work in, and I feel like I’m getting a real run at things.” The actor, who by then had Daytime Emmy-winning stints as GH’s Jason and Y&R’s Dylan under his belt, expressed his appreciation for the diversity of his daytime career. “I was on set sitting with Stephen Nichols [Steve] and I thought, ‘Man, I’ve been able to work with all these legendary people from GH, Y&R and DAYS,’ ” he marveled. “It kind of dawned on me: What a career it’s been to be able to work with these types of people, the people I saw on the cover of Soap Opera Digest my whole life.”
