The Best Leading Lady For John Black

By Janet Di Lauro Oct 12, 2016 3:24 p.m. ET

Days of our Lives

John’s list of wives, fiancees, and girlfriends has been plentiful during his 30-year run on Days of Our Lives

John (Drake Hogestyn) has had his share of identities – and women — since first surfacing on Days of Our Lives back in 1986. Originally, he fell in love with Marlena, believing he was her presumed dead husband, Roman. Later, he went on to marry and conceive a child with Isabella. Then, there was his short-lived romance with Kate. Soap Hub asked fans which woman you think was best with John.

“Jarlena” Forever
It’s Marlena (Deidre Hall) by a landslide. No surprise here. Some 70% of fans believe she is John’s true love and soulmate. She befriended and guided him when he arrived in Salem as The Pawn, a man with no identity. As their friendship grew, it developed into a strong unbreakable bond, surpassing all others. As a result, you think “Doc” will always be #1 in John’s heart and his best match.

Team Izzy Bee
When Marlena was presumed dead, Isabella (Staci Greason) entered John’s life, helped him put his shattered life back together, and slowly taught him to believe in love again. As a result, 29% of you feel she was the best woman for John. Their pairing was pure and sweet, and an incomparable one-of-a-kind love story.

John and Kate, Minus the 8
A tiny 1% actually prefer Kate (Lauren Koslow) with John and feel she was the best woman he was ever paired with. John’s affection transformed the usually self-centered Kate. She stood by his side and offered her support, while he battled an addiction to pain killers. It was a real, adult love story and, given the chance, you think they could have emerged into a real Salem power couple.

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Janet Di Lauro

Oct 12, 2016 3:24 p.m. ET 3,593 articles

Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.