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22.03.2024 - 21:51 / justjared.com
Relationship drama often drives the plot of our favorite soap operas, and a happy ending isn’t always right around the corner.
Some characters find a fairytale love story, but it’s rarely without a few bumps along the road. After all, affairs, amnesia and so many other unexpected plot twists make it pretty hard for a relationship to go the distance.
There isn’t often quite as much drama in real life, but the set of a soap opera is actually a spot where romantic relationships are born between costars. While there aren’t as many wild plot twists, these love stories can be nearly as contentious as the ones we see onscreen.
And they aren’t all guaranteed to last.
We previously rounded up 15 soap opera couples who are dating in real life, including one that has been married for nearly 50 years!
However, we were able to find as many former couples who have broken up. Several actors have dated and even married multiple costars. Others made it decades before deciding to call things off.
The list also includes stars who divorced and called of engagements or simply broke things off. There’s also one iconic love triangle that started out as the plot of a popular soap opera before bleeding over into real life!
Scroll through the slideshow to see a lineup of soap opera power couples who split up…
My guest this week is Callum Turner.
Coronation Street's Georgia Taylor, who has been a familiar face on our screens for years, is best known for her role as Toyah Battersby which she took on at the tender age of 17.Toyah quickly found herself at the heart of a number of hard-hitting narratives - including a devastating rape storyline that shocked the nation. It's now been reported that Corrie bosses will revisit the harrowing 2001 story with the rumoured discovery of Toyah's stillborn baby at the Red Rec park.This controversial move would see distraught Toyah panic after learning the land will be dug up for development.Toyah is of course already going through trying times as she tries to protect sister Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) from falling under the spell of 'reality coding’ cult leader Rowan.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Zendaya‘s most prolific roles to date in HBO’s “Euphoria,” which won her two Emmys for outstanding lead actress in a drama series, and three of Marvel’s “Spider-Man” films have something in common: High school. But she’s leaving the classroom behind for her new film, Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers,” which casts Zendaya as a tennis phenom and finds her at one point during the movie playing a mother in her early 30s. “I’m always in a high school somewhere,” Zendaya recently told Vogue magazine about her career thus far.
If really love soap operas, then you know that there is always something happening within the fandom.
Coronation Street fans were left saying 'no way' when Tracy Barlow left the street after more than 20 years in the van of her new love interest Tommy Orpington.
Julian Alvarez has won pretty much everything there is to win as a player, so much so that he doesn't know exactly where all his medals are.
Love stories on all of our favorite soap operas are usually riddled with drama, and they certainly aren’t all built to last.
We want to know which soap opera has you glued to your screen every afternoon!
If you’re a fan of soap operas, then you know that there is always something happening within the fandom.
This week, Summer Spellman said farewell to her 'three dads' as she took up an unmissable opportunity away from Weatherfield. The exit of the teenager, played by Harriet Bibby, from Coronation Street was actually revealed in February when she told her guardian Billy Mayhew she had been offered a chance to study in America.
It sounds like Carl Radke has zero regrets about calling off his engagement to Lindsay Hubbard! And if you have watched the current season of Summer House so far, you understand why!
If you’re a big soap opera fan, you may be wondering about the renewal or cancellation status of your favorite series – Days of our Lives, The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, and/or General Hospital.
Meghan Markle, known officially as the Duchess of Sussex, Countess of Dumbarton and Baroness Kilkeel, often prefers to call herself a "princess".
Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow‘s banter made it into Iron Man!
NCT Dream have released their brand-new mini-album ‘Dream( )scape’, which dropped alongside a music video for title track ‘Smoothie’.In the trippy music video for ‘Smoothie’, members of the boyband wield swords while slicing up giant fruits. Other scenes in the clip also feature various fruit-inspired visuals, alongside thrilling action scenes and more.“Smoothie Smoothie Smoothie, shake it all out and grind it / Smoothie Smoothie Smoothie, Smoothie Smoothie Smoothie / Dirty taste, take it,” the band rap on the new song’s chorus.‘Dream( )scape’ marks NCT Dream’s seventh mini-album and features six new tracks: ‘icantfeelanything’, ‘Smoothie’, ‘Box’, ‘Carat Cake’, ‘Unknown’ and ‘Breathing’.NCT Dream are set to embark on a world tour in support of their new mini-album.
Pyramid Game‘s growing popularity.Pyramid Game follows the lives of students at the fictional Baekyeon Girls’ High School, where every month they cast a vote in a popularity poll that will subsequently sort them into ranks. The system establishes the school’s hierarchy, leaving those at the bottom vulnerable to physical, verbal and psychological abuse from classmates.The K-drama, which premiered in late February, has caused concern among teaching staff in South Korea that children may begin emulating the show due to its growing popularity, which includes depictions of school violence and bullying.South Korean news outlet Chosun Ilbo reported on March 22 that several elementary and middle schools across the country, mainly in the city of Jeonju, issued letters to students and parents in order to “prevent the spread of Pyramid Game” among cohorts in school.In the letter, the institutions also advised parents to guide their children accordingly.
New thriller Passenger begins on ITV this weekend, where mysterious things are happening in the northern town of Chadder Vale. The drama, penned by Bolton's Andrew Buchan, begins with detective Riya Ajunwa investigating the disappearance of a local girl Katie Wells.
Tish Cyrus hasn’t given up on reconciling with her youngest daughter Noah yet!
EastEnders star Patsy Palmer returned to the show with a big smile, but behind the scenes, she's dealing with family heartache. Her older brother is battling to overcome his addiction problems. Fans saw Patsy, 51, come back as the feisty Bianca Jackson on the soap.
Jennie McAlpine recently made a much-welcomed return to screens as Fiz Dobbs in Coronation Street. She left the cobbles in early 2023 as she landed a new job in Norwich where she worked at a different factory as a supervisor, upon the suggestion of serial killer Stephen Reid.