Days Opinions For The Week Of July 13, 2026

Opinion Article

Stephanie proved that she was a hypocrite. She was willing to break up with Alex when he kept her from finding out that Kayla called her when she, Marlena, and Kate were gone. Fast forward and now she’s done the same thing to Alex. Stephanie saw that Joy called him and decided to take it upon herself and delete his message. Joy suddenly needed his help because her tire was messed up. Stephanie chose not to tell Alex about the call, and Joy got into an accident while Kelsey was in the car. We know that Joy made it a big deal so she could play on Alex’s sympathy, but Stephanie made it easy for her. Alex yelled at Stephanie when he found out what happened to Joy. He didn’t light into her the way we wanted, but we got a chance to see something. Any time we get to see Stephanie get put in her place, we want to see it. She kept thinking that she was so perfect, but she found out the hard way that she isn’t.

Speaking of Stephanie, she decided to get drunk with Theo. Let’s move back for a second. Alex and Stephanie got into a heated argument because of what happened with Joy. Joy became a huge obstacle for them. Stephanie told him that Joy was using him, but he didn’t want to hear about it. She couldn’t talk to her parents or the other relatives she had in town. Stephanie decided to get drunk to solve her problem. Theo got drunk because of his issues with his family. We will talk about that soon. She shouldn’t have taken that route. Alex wasn’t happy about it when he saw Theo in their apartment. He couldn’t really say much since he spent the night with Joy. Joy will keep going out of her way to make sure that she comes between Alex and Stephanie. She may act as if she’s so innocent, but Joy is trying her best to come between Alex and Stephanie. If Stephanie keeps doing things like deleting messages and getting drunk with other people, she will make it easy for Joy to get Alex back.

It’s time to get into Theo’s situation. He found out that Stefano was the reason Lexie had her brain tumor. Theo went ballistic when he found out the truth. He seemed okay with his mother knowing the truth, but he was upset with Abe for knowing what happened. Abe had to basically get on his knees and beg for his forgiveness. Theo refused to hear what he had to say. It took him a long time to get over what Abe did. Theo needs to be more forgiving. He gets so angry when someone makes a mistake. Theo did the same thing to Gabi when she accused him of telling her secret. She apologized over and over again, but he refused to accept it. He needs to consider taking anger management classes to get over his issues. Luckily he finally forgave Abe after he apologized enough.

Lexie chose to take the coward’s way out of telling her family the truth. She knows that she’s dying, but she didn’t want her family to see it happen again. We understand that she didn’t want to put her family through the pain of watching her die again, but she’s being cruel to her family. They won’t know that she died so they couldn’t say goodbye to her. It’s not fair to make her family worry about her. Lexie is being very selfish. They might be able to get her to the right people who could help her, but she wants to keep them in the dark. She shouldn’t allow them to worry about her disappearing. They will be upset that she didn’t come back home. Abe and Theo would be heartbroken if she disappeared and didn’t come back. They will think she abandoned them.

The writers need to do something about Nicole’s character. They should recast the character or show a blonde woman to represent her. Holly was on the verge of death, but she felt like it was more important to go back to Paris. She loved her daughter so why would she leave her when she needed her. Holly felt like she was alone because Nicole left her. Maggie is no different from Nicole. She decided to stay with Melissa. We’re not surprised that Holly snapped at Sarah since she implied that Holly was on drugs. Holly felt like she didn’t have anyone in her corner since she didn’t take drugs. She looks guilty because EJ made sure no one knew that the drugs that got in her system were from his company. Holly lashed out at Sarah because she didn’t know the truth. Nicole would have stayed by her side and believed that she was innocent.