Finally! Here’s When Days of Our Lives’ Alison Sweeney Is Returning — Hint: It’s Soon!
We’ve known it was coming since last August. Alison Sweeney would be making her return to Days of Our Lives and bringing Sami home to Salem once again. We just weren’t quite sure when it would happen. But as we got into 2025, it seemed increasingly likely her return was imminent.
Belle was sleeping with EJ once again. (And just admitted she can’t seem to quit him.) Johnny found out EJ had raped his mom to conceive him. (Though Sami seemed to be ignoring every attempt to get in touch with her.) And now, EJ’s been shot.
In other words, this is the perfect time for Hurricane Sami to blow into town! And now, according to spoilers, the big day is coming next Thursday, April 10th — when Belle makes a confession to a presumably unconscious EJ! That’s going to go well, we’re sure.
Fans will remember that it’s been about three years since Sweeney’s last Days of Our Lives appearance, when Sami stormed out of town, vowing never, ever to return again.
Just as she was about to tie the knot with Lucas, she’d learned he’d been the one to kidnap her, discovered her sister Belle was sleeping with EJ and was just done with it all.
And in the years since, she’s stuck to that vow, not even coming home when her mom supposedly died, her brother went through heartache after heartache and her sister’s marriage nearly fell apart. Back when Sweeney’s first return was announced, TV Insider spoke with her about the big comeback.
“I remembered Sami’s grand exit storming out of the DiMera mansion,” Sweeney recalled. “I was interested to hear how and why they were bringing Sami back to town. With Sami it could be anything.”
And though she’s keeping mum on what’s bringing Sami back to town, she did tease to TV Insider that, “It was definitely an unexpected storyline they pitched me. I have to tell you, of all the ideas, I was pretty shocked.”
For someone who’s played a character who’s done as many shocking things as Sami, Sweeney’s surprise is definitely intriguing! Whatever the story brings, Sweeney told TV Insider she, “was thrilled to be invited to return. I love playing Sami and I am always happy for the chance to come back.”
And once the news broke, Sami’s portrayer shared just two words on X/Twitter to sum it all up: “So excited!!” Same!
For now, we’re just about on the edge of our seats to see how she reacts to Belle sleeping with EJ again, and how she explains things to Johnny! Because according to spoilers, he’s her next encounter after Belle and EJ. And Johnny, we all know, has a lot of questions for his mom after learning about his horrifying conception.
There’s no word yet on how long Sami’s story arc will be this time, but we can expect it’s going to make quite the splash!
