On the April 14 episode of Days of our Lives, Kate reminded Maggie that Kate and Victor were together much longer than Maggie and Victor were, and that they had a son, to boot. Maggie challenged that she was the love of Victor’s life. We beg to differ.
Key Takeaways
- Victor met Maggie after decades in and out of Salem.
- Victor had many prior wives.
- Only one woman truly had his heart forever.
Maggie’s Recent Redhead
We’re not saying that Maggie (Suzanne Rogers) and Victor (John Aniston, who died in 2022) weren’t deeply in love. (Though we did roll our eyes every time Victor did something Victor-like, and Maggie got all huffy about him acting Victor-ish. Whom did she think she was marrying, exactly?)
And we’re certainly not saying that Victor loved Kate (Lauren Koslow), Vivian (Louise Sorel), or Carly (Crystal Chappell) more than Maggie. He absolutely did not. But there were two other women — whom Victor did not marry — who claimed his heart first… and maybe best?
First Up — Loretta
There was Loretta, Isabella’s (Staci Gleason) mother. Loretta was married to the evil Ernesto Toscano, but had an affair with Victor. Their fling was passionate, but ultimately meaningless.
Though it gave Victor a daughter. And, through Isabella, a grandson — Brady (Eric Martsolf). So when Kate flexes about giving Victor Philip (John-Paul Lavoisier), remember, Brady is much less of a screw-up heir.
The One and Only Caroline Brady
But Maggie or no Maggie, Isabella/Brady or no Isabella/Brady, the undisputed love of Victor’s life was Caroline Brady (Peggy McKay). Not just because they had a son together, Bo (Peter Reckell), or grandchildren like Shawn (Brandon Beemer), Georgia, and Ceara (Victoria Konafal), even a great-granddaughter, Claire (Oliva Rose Keegan).
But Victor carried a torch for Caroline for decades. He tried to get her away from Shawn Sr. dozens of times. He even slept with her daughter, Kimberly (Patricia Pease), out of nostalgia, and was once thought to be Andrew’s (Colton Little) father. Now that’s a love to last a lifetime!
