{"id":71032,"date":"2026-08-18T18:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=71032"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:20:31","slug":"days-update-thursday-july-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/days-update-thursday-july-30-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Days Update Thursday, July 30, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: large\">Days of Our Lives Update<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dayslogo.jpg\" alt=\"Days of Our Lives logo\" width=\"235\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style3\">Update written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/22\/biojoseph\/\">Joseph<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Philip is at the Titan office, on the phone with an investor, trying to convince him to give Titan a loan. Philip ends up hanging up and throwing his phone in frustration. Gabi then arrives and picks up his phone, saying she thinks he dropped something.<\/p>\n<p>Alex goes home and tells Stephanie that the custody meeting did not go well because Joy decided to add a condition that she refused to budge from. Alex reveals that Joy wants it stipulated in the contract that if he is going to have any visitation with Kelsey, Stephanie can not be present for the next 18 years of her life.<\/p>\n<p>Joy and Kelsey are outside the Brady Pub. Joy looks over the custody papers and declares that Alex is making things difficult by not signing the papers, but she knows he will come around because he loves Kelsey as much as she does.<\/p>\n<p>Brady, Marlena, Tate, and Rachel sit together at the Brady Pub. Belle and Chad arrive to welcome Rachel home and give her a present. Rachel asks about Thomas. Chad says he and Charlotte are in Boston with their grandparents, so he&#8217;s representing the DiMera side of the family. Rachel responds that she&#8217;s glad Chad is there, but questions where her mom is and asks if she&#8217;s coming. Brady and Marlena assures she must just be stuck in traffic. Rachel questions Belle and Chad getting her a gift together. Belle then informs her that they are kind of dating. Rachel jokes about that making them her double aunt and uncle while Brady jokes that he&#8217;ll have to acquaint her with their complicated and crooked family tree.<\/p>\n<p>Philip questions what Gabi is doing there as he thought they said everything they had to say. Gabi thinks she said too much, so Philip asks her to elaborate. Gabi brings up accusing him of knocking off her Gabi Chic handbag and admits she may have jumped to conclusions. Philip questions why she now thinks that. Gabi responds that she spoke to Arianna. Philip asks if Ari convinced her that it wasn&#8217;t him. Gabi explains that Ari was her DiMera internship with a bag that she had given her before it was released and when she left it alone, it was gone, then she found it later in a room that she doesn&#8217;t even remember being in. Philip asks if she thinks someone at DiMera was responsible for the counterfeit bags then. Gabi says maybe, but she doesn&#8217;t have any proof. Philip points out that didn&#8217;t stop her from accusing him.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie questions Joy not wanting her allowed around Kelsey until she&#8217;s an adult. Alex calls it absolutely crazy and assures that he&#8217;s not going to sign anything as he would never go along with anything that would cut her out of his daughter&#8217;s life. Stephanie argues that he has to sign something or else Joy could take Kelsey and leave town. Alex assures that won&#8217;t happen and says they just need to let Joy cool down. Stephanie thought they were already doing that as she&#8217;s been keeping her distance, trying to prove she&#8217;s not a threat. Stephanie questions what if Joy never changes her mind.<\/p>\n<p>Joy enters the Pub with Kelsey and waves to Belle as she walks by their table, so Belle goes to talk with her. Joy then tells Belle that she was going to call her because she needs her help with a legal matter.<\/p>\n<p>Philip argues that Gabi accused him of stealing from her without any evidence, even though he told her repeatedly that he didn&#8217;t do it and promised he never would. Philip adds that even after she betrayed him, he cared about her too much to disrespect her work and creativity. Philip complains that he was open and vulnerable which has never been their strong suit. Philip asks if Gabi believes him now that Titan had nothing to do with this. Gabi confirms that she does. Philip asks what that means.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel says she&#8217;s texting Kristen but she&#8217;s not answering. Tate takes Rachel to refill her milkshake. Belle sits with Joy and asks what&#8217;s going on that she needs legal advice. Joy responds that she just had a meeting with Justin and Alex about Kelsey&#8217;s custody. Rachel and Tate come over, so Rachel meets her baby cousin Kelsey. Rachel brings up how Tate thought he had a baby but it turned out not to be his. Joy says she&#8217;s sorry to hear that as Tate then takes Rachel back to their table. Belle asks Joy further about the custody meeting. Joy explains that she and Alex had the birth certificate amended to add him as the father and they were supposed to sign an agreement on his visitation rights, but he refused to sign it because she doesn&#8217;t want Stephanie around her daughter which Belle questions. Joy declares that as long as Alex has Kelsey, Stephanie can&#8217;t be present. Tate overhears that and says she can&#8217;t do that. Tate argues that she can&#8217;t ask Alex to pick between his wife and his kid. Tate warns that when you start using a kid to manipulate somebody, it doesn&#8217;t work out for anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie asks Alex what happens if he doesn&#8217;t sign the custody agreement and if Joy will let him see Kelsey at all. Alex says they didn&#8217;t really get in to all of that, but he assumes not. Stephanie tells him that she&#8217;s so sorry. Alex says it isn&#8217;t her fault. Stephanie argues that it&#8217;s all because of her that he can&#8217;t be with his daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Joy tells Belle that she&#8217;s taking Kelsey to the park and she appreciates her time. Belle asks to go talk about this outside, so Joy agrees and they exit together. Marlena and Brady step aside to the counter. Brady asks if she&#8217;s heard anything from Kristen. Marlena says she hasn&#8217;t, but she assumes she&#8217;s on her way because she can&#8217;t imagine Kristen would miss her daughter&#8217;s homecoming. Brady says that&#8217;s why he&#8217;s really worried that something&#8217;s wrong. Marlena asks if he thinks something happened with Kristen. Brady explains that after Marlena left Bayview, Kristen showed up and she was sad and emotional. Brady says that Kristen said it was just over the time she lost with Rachel, but then she started apologizing to him and thanking him for being a great dad while adding that Rachel would be relying on him more than ever. Marlena calls that very unlike Kristen. Brady notes Kristen hugging Rachel like she didn&#8217;t want to let go and that it kind of felt she was saying goodbye to both of them. Brady states that even if Kristen was moving on from him, nothing would tear her away from Rachel.<\/p>\n<p>Alex repeats to Stephanie that this is not her fault. Stephanie disagrees, complaining that Joy is punishing him because of what she did. Alex says it&#8217;s just messy right now and that custody arrangements are never easy. Alex insists they will figure it out and that in time, Joy will see that having Stephanie in Kelsey&#8217;s life is only going to make it better, just like she made his life better. Stephanie thanks him for saying that. Alex tells Stephanie that he loves her and that Kelsey will too. Alex is sorry for interrupting her work and says he&#8217;ll let her get back to it as he has to check in at the office anyway. Alex says he will call her in a little while and he wants them to do something tonight to get their minds off this. Stephanie says that sounds good as they kiss and Alex then exits. Stephanie then grabs her phone and calls Roman to ask if Joy is around. Stephanie says she will head to the Pub soon then as she hangs up and exits.<\/p>\n<p>Belle tells Joy that Stephanie made a terrible mistake that she deeply regrets, but she would never let that happen again. Joy argues that she doesn&#8217;t know that. Belle talks about Stephanie being through something deeply traumatic and thought Joy was breaking in to her home. Joy argues that it demonstrated poor judgment for Stephanie to pull out her gun and shoot at her. Belle repeats that Stephanie went through a horrible ordeal and was traumatized. Belle argues that Joy worked with Stephanie at Body and Soul, so she knows what kind of person she is. Belle has no doubt that Kelsey would be perfectly safe in Stephanie&#8217;s care. Belle thanks Joy for hearing her out as she heads back in to the Pub.<\/p>\n<p>Gabi informs Philip that she will release the funds that she promised him, confirming the amount they agreed on from Stefan&#8217;s inheritance will be hitting his bank account by tomorrow morning, so he&#8217;ll have plenty of time to make the loan payment. Philip admits he&#8217;s relieved as he thought they were going have to start selling the furniture to pay the electric bill. Gabi jokes that it wouldn&#8217;t be the worst idea as they could start over with some Gabi Chic decor. Philip admits he can&#8217;t thank her enough for this as she saved Titan and his family, so he then hugs her and they end up kissing until Alex walks in. Alex jokes about Philip getting some work done while Gabi says they had some business to discuss. Philip informs Alex that Gabi rethought her decision and is giving them the money from her inheritance. Alex asks if they&#8217;re serious. Gabi explains that she realized she jumped to the wrong conclusion about Philip and the company, so she wants to make up for what she did. Alex can&#8217;t believe it as Gabi confirms they can make the loan payment. Alex excitedly thanks Gabi and hugs her.<\/p>\n<p>Joy sits outside with Kelsey and asks if she&#8217;s being unreasonable. She decides maybe she is as she pulls up Alex on her phone. Stephanie then approaches and asks if they can talk.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel gets a text from Kristen, saying her mother isn&#8217;t feeling well so she went to take care of her in Aremid, but that she&#8217;s happy she&#8217;s home and she can&#8217;t wait to see her. Brady says that&#8217;s great and that they will check in with her later. Rachel asks for some fries, so Tate takes her to the kitchen. Marlena comments to Brady about the good news about Kristen, but Brady doesn&#8217;t buy the story as it&#8217;s the first he&#8217;s heard about her mother being sick and Rachel Blake has a caregiver, so there&#8217;s no reason Kristen should&#8217;ve gone to see her mother when she could&#8217;ve made her daughter&#8217;s homecoming. Marlena suggests giving her a call, so Brady steps away as Belle and Chad return to the table. Belle asks if everything is okay. Marlena says Brady is just checking on something and asks about their trip to Italy. Belle says they will be going to Rome and Milan. Marlena knows Belle always has an exact plan. Belle says they&#8217;ve decided to relax about this trip and see where things lead. Marlena then questions what is going on here and what they are keeping from her. Chad tells Belle that she&#8217;s on her own, so Belle admits to Marlena that it&#8217;s about Stefano&#8217;s chess board.<\/p>\n<p>Gabi says she should get going and that the money should be in their account by tomorrow morning. Philip repeats that he doesn&#8217;t know how to thank her for this as she knows what it means to him and his whole family. Gabi responds that she&#8217;s really glad she could help. Alex thanks her again as Gabi then exits the office. Philip dances in celebration as Alex questions what just happened here. Philip tells him that Gabi agreed to save the company. Alex asks if that was before or after he started kissing her. Philip says it was after, so Alex asks if it was a thank you. Philip says it just happened as he impulsively hugged her, they got caught up in the excitement, and that&#8217;s all.<\/p>\n<p>Joy assumes Alex told Stephanie about the custody agreement. Stephanie says that&#8217;s why she wanted to come talk to her as she hoped they could come to an agreement between them, so Alex won&#8217;t be forced to choose between her and his daughter. Joy says she&#8217;s not asking him to choose, she&#8217;s just saying that she doesn&#8217;t want Stephanie around her daughter which hasn&#8217;t been a problem so far. Stephanie argues that it&#8217;s only been a short time while they are talking 18 years. Stephanie tells Joy that she and Alex are married, so they are a package deal. Stephanie says she either wants Alex in Kelsey&#8217;s life or she doesn&#8217;t and asks which one it is.<\/p>\n<p>Marlena thought Belle was going to let Paul handle the investigation. Belle argues that it&#8217;s not really an ISA case while Marlena worries that with Stefano involved, everything is dangerous. Marlena warns that Stefano and every one in his family are a threat to them, excluding Chad. Belle knows Marlena doesn&#8217;t want to be involved but says that she and Chad have made some real progress which Marlena questions. Belle explains the missing pawn and the Italian Lire inside a hidden department in the chess board which may be a clue. Marlena guesses that&#8217;s why they are heading to Italy which Belle confirms. Marlena declares that she cannot condone this as they have no idea what they will find and it&#8217;s far too dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Joy argues that Stephanie pulled a gun on her and could&#8217;ve killed her. Stephanie knows that&#8217;s her rationale for her decision even though she has told her that she deeply regrets everything that night and made it clear it will never happen again. Joy believes that she means that, but says she can only go with her gut and she would spend all of her time wondering that something else might set Stephanie off and she can&#8217;t live her life like that. Stephanie is starting to think this has nothing to do with what happened that night and nothing to do with Kelsey at all. Stephanie thinks this is Joy&#8217;s way of trying to come between her and Alex, because she wants Alex to herself.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel wants to start taking karate lessons at Tate&#8217;s gym which Brady says is a great idea. Tate jokes they can be in the same class. Brady says it&#8217;s so good to have his kids together again. Rachel asks if he thinks Kristen will be back from Aremid tomorrow. Brady says he hopes so. Belle promises Marlena that they will be safe while Marlena argues that they can&#8217;t make that promise on the trail of Stefano DiMera. Belle promises to call Paul if anything sketchy happens while Chad says they would call DiMera Security if they face any trouble. Marlena knows she can&#8217;t forbid them from going while Belle doesn&#8217;t want to make her unhappy. Marlena says she has to remind herself that they are adults, able to make their own decisions. Belle thanks her, so Marlena asks her to promise to keep her in the loop on every single moment which she agrees to do.<\/p>\n<p>Gabi walks through the town square and stops to think back to kissing Philip. Gabi smiles and pulls out her phone. She makes a call and says to make the transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Alex asks if Philip has told Xander about this. Philip says he&#8217;s the first person he&#8217;s seen since Gabi broke the news. Alex excitedly tells him to get Xander on the phone and call Kate and Maggie. Philip wonders if they should wait until the money hits the account tomorrow. Alex asks if he thinks there&#8217;s a chance it might not. Philip assures that he does believe Gabi. Alex jokes that she sealed it with a kiss, so it seems legit. Alex tells Philip to relax as this is a good thing and hugs him. Philip agrees they can finally sleep tonight as things are definitely looking up.<\/p>\n<p>Joy tells Stephanie that she&#8217;s not trying to come between her and Alex nor does she want him to herself. Joy adds that the way Stephanie is acting is not projecting stability. Stephanie accuses Joy of acting neurotic since coming back to Salem and using her mistake to her advantage to freeze her out, so it&#8217;s her, Alex, and Kelsey with 18 years. Stephanie brings up Joy calling Alex at the hospital and telling him that she had an emergency when it was just her insurance and then calling with a flat tire. Stephanie argues that Alex went running every time while she said nothing as they are doing everything they can to keep Joy happy in hopes that she will let Alex be a good father, but instead she just doubles down on her insane demands. Stephanie argues that Joy knows what she&#8217;s doing is wrong and selfish. Joy responds that before Stephanie showed up, she had actually changed her mind as Belle convinced her that maybe she had gone too far and that Stephanie was just a good person who made one bad mistake, but now having her attack her like this and calling her a homewrecker, liar, and neurotic, it&#8217;s clear that Stephanie is as mean and unhinged as she thought. Joy then declares that she is never letting Stephanie near her baby.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/daytime\/days\/\">Back to the Main Days of Our Lives Page<\/a><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/daytime-soap-updates\/\">Back to the Main Daytime Updates Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/daysanim.gif\" alt=\"Days of Our Lives cast animated GIF\" width=\"137\" height=\"153\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days of Our Lives Update &nbsp; Update written by Joseph Philip is at the Titan office, on the phone with an investor, trying to convince him to give Titan a loan. 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