If the truth about Victor’s letter naming Philip as his heir ever came out on Days of Our Lives, Phil’s tenuous relationship with Xander could be severed in the blink of an eye. This secret is already poised to cause a lot of trouble all around. This includes Xander and Sarah’s relationship since she’s been ardent in keeping it from her hubby. But another relationship almost went down the hopper when Xander overheard Philip and Stephanie talking about a secret they wanted to keep from Alex. He mistakenly assumed they were having an affair. Abigail Klein explained what Stephanie did that prevented a romantic disaster.
Cooler Heads Prevailed
Although Stephanie and Philip (John-Paul Lavoisier) made the egregious soap opera mistake of gabbing about their secret in public, Xander (Paul Telfer) thankfully misinterpreted what they were talking about. But when he confronted his brother about the supposed affair, Alex (Robert Scott Wilson) heard it and nearly went ballistic. However, cooler heads prevailed when he confronted Stephanie about it because she did the unthinkable in a daytime drama: she told the truth.
Klein explained to Soap Opera Digest that her Salem alter ego “Has to be honest with Alex. She wants this relationship to work more than anything, especially the second time around.” Sarah was able to convince Steph to keep the secret because of Xander’s unpredictable nature. Plus, there’s the fact he could kill Philip at any moment if he learned he’d been duped. However, keeping it from Xander was secondary to preserving Stephanie’s relationship with Alex.
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It Was Risky
The actress further explained that Steph gambled on the solidity of her relationship with Alex. And her character thought, “Maybe he’ll see it my way. Maybe he’ll understand why we’ve been keeping this from Xander because he knows how volatile Xander can be and how dangerous this could become.” She noted that it was a risk because Alex could have chosen to spill everything to Xander.
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While the secret bothered Steph on many levels, her gambit paid off. Alex ultimately chose to forgive Steph and decided to keep the truth from Xander, understanding that it affects many more people and relationships than just Xander and Philip. The actress remarked that Stephanie wasn’t going to let another lie, the one about her having an affair, take root and destroy what she and Alex had worked so hard to cultivate.
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