Michelle Bauer Santos Article: Return of the Five Housewives

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Then Tina told me something that I found truly shocking. "I'm really loving Guiding Light." But Tina, last year you told me you absolutely hated the clone story (moi too!), and had stopped watching the show.

"I did peek in every once in a while," she admitted, "and my 17-year-old daughter told me what was going on. Bravo to the killing of the clone. But what's really great about GL right now is Danny and Michelle."

"I love Danny and Michelle," swooned Ginny and Tina and some of the other women simultaneously.

"When Danny kisses Michelle, he really, really kisses her," cried Tina as the women swooned. "We just love Paul Anthony Stewart."

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Against All Odds

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Soap Opera Update – August 3, 1999

Danny and Michelle prove that love can survive! Miraculously, between surviving near-death experiences, as well as the slings and arrows hurled at them from their disapproving families, GUIDING LIGHT's Danny and Michelle have found fun and romance in the San Cristobel sun. After witnessing the camaraderie and good-natured banter between their portrayers, Paul Anthony Stewart and Joie Lenz (now Bethany Joy Galeotti), it's easy to understand why Danny and Michelle are one of the most dynamic couples in daytime!

Why are Danny and Michelle...

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Danny has a change of heart, but Carmen takes advantage of the situation by making a demand of him.

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Danny & Michelle run into Josh & Reva at a restaurant, and then things take a weird turn when Josh & Reva get arrested.

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Danny & Michelle run into Danny's old girlfriend, Theresa, and Ben Warren begins to try to use her to get even with Danny.

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Love and the Mob

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CBS.com - June 22nd, 1999

Michelle and Danny have weathered many storms, the biggest of which is his family. But these two star-crossed lovers remain determined to make their relationship work. We spoke with Joie Lenz (now Bethany Joy Galeotti) about the appeal of Danny and Michelle, and what lies ahead for them.

Danny and Michelle are working to be together, regardless of his family.

LENZ: Right. But Michelle is very insecure right now. He's told her that he's going to get away from his family but he swore up and down for months when they were married that he could never leave his family this...

Wet n' Wild

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Soap Opera Weekly - September 21, 1999

Guiding Light head writer Barbara Esensten considers Danny and Michelle's recent San Cristobel pool scene the hottest she has ever seen between two young actors. "We all went, `Oh!' when we saw it," she says. In case you missed it: Michelle is furious with Danny because she found out how they almost got arrested. The next morning, Danny is still in his tuxedo from the night before, and Michelle comes downstairs wearing a bathrobe. They start to argue again, then she walks outside. She drops her robe and jumps into the pool nude to cool off. Danny comes...

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Danny & Michelle visit the Bauer home to tell Rick and Meta about the wedding, and Michelle makes a call to the FBI while she's there.

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My Best Friend

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CBS Soaps In Depth - August 17, 1999

Joie Lenz (now Bethany Joy Galeotti) met her best friend, Jenny Kuiken, over a year ago when Kuiken transferred to the New Jersey Christian high school that Lenz attends. "We bunked next to each other on a school retreat and bonded," Lenz recalls. "We hit it off from then." But with the actress' heavy work schedule, these days, the teens don't get to spend as much time together as they'd like. "I take notes for Joie in school, then we try to see each other as much as possible," Kuiken says. "And we talk on the phone a lot!" Adds Lenz: "I feel like we have...

Guiding Light - Manny #14

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Michelle meets one of the Santos family "clients".

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Joie Ride

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Soap Opera Digest - November 17, 1999

Earlier this year, Joie Lenz (now Bethany Joy Galeotti) made a memorable turn on Guiding Light in a difficult role. As the teenaged clone of the soap's heroine Reva (Kim Zimmer), Lenz made a rather unbelievable character believable. Her complex and layered performance of the sassy adolescent Clone Reva perhaps even approached what multiple Emmy-winner Zimmer would have done with the role had she played it.

Sadly, the clone grew up, as clones have a habit of doing, and Lenz's short-term job came to an end. But as quickly as the clone aged (and Zimmer resumed...

Joie goes to Disney World

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Soap Opera Digest - August 31, 1999

Intrepid Traveler: Joie Lenz (now Bethany Joy Galeotti) (Michelle)

Destination: Disney World, Orlando, Florida

Companions: Jenny Kiuken, Gretchen Main and Rachelle Scarpa

Here, There and Everywhere:
Lenz headed to Disney World for one last weekend hurrah with her girlfriends before they left for college. "It was a graduation present from both my parents," she explains. "We stayed in a Disney hotel – the Caribbean Beach Resort – and went to Epcot and the Magic Kingdom. We lucked out and really had great weather. It rained for about 10 minutes every day, but...

Guiding Light - Manny #6

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Danny kisses Michelle to provoke a violent outburst from Jesse. Danny also finds out who killed Mick, and he revisits the scene of the crime where he stages Michelle's death to save her life.

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Jesse and Michelle take a break from each other. When Danny learns that Michelle is leaving for Europe, he begins to spiral out of control with his drinking.

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Mistaken Identity"

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Soap Opera News - April 28, 1998

Joie Lenz (now Bethany Joy Galeotti), who played the Reva clone as a teenager, thought she would be playing someone else when she auditioned for the show. "I had pages for Michelle, for some reason," she remembers. "Then they called me back and said, `Oh, here's the part you're really reading for.' So I went back in and read with Robert Newman (Josh), which was a lot of fun."

Lenz did some research before starting the role. "I spoke with Kim (Zimmer, Reva), and got the video Reva: The Scarlet Years," she says. "From that, I picked up some mannerisms and...

Interview with Soap Opera Digest Online

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First up, where are you from?

Lenz: I was born in Hollywood, Florida and we lived there for three years and then we moved up to New Jersey and I've been here six years... I also lived in Texas for eight years. Actually, Ryan Brown [Bill] and I went to the same elementary school. He was in sixth grade and I was in first grade. We didn't even know we went to the same school until the first day I met him at a photo shoot. I said to him, "Hey, I read a bio on you and I learned you lived in Arlington [Texas]. I did, too." We talked about different places there and then he asked me, "Where did you...

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Danny discovers that Michelle has met with Mrs. Silva.

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Against All Odds

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by Michelle Ann Moro

CBS Soaps In Depth – October 12, 1999

Can Danny and Michelle's love survive his mother's wrath?

It was hardly love at first sight. He was determined to learn who killed his older brother; she was terrified that he shared his ill-fated sibling's deadly temper. Yet thrown together under dire circumstances, goody-two-shoes Michelle Bauer and junior mobster Danny Santos somehow fell in love. Here is their strange but true story.

Danny Seeks Revenge!

The chaos in Michelle's life began nearly a year ago, the night sleazeball Mick Santos approached her and pal Drew on the beach,...

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Michelle puts on a good show for her new mother-in-law even though she and Danny remain at odds.

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Michelle suspects that something's up when Danny doesn't respond to her advances. Not wanting to keep any secrets from her, he confesses that Josh has asked him to fly him to San Cristobel to rescue Reva.

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Soap Opera Digest Online Chat

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SOD Online Interview with Paul and Joie.

SODhost: Welcome to our chat with Joie Lenz & Paul Anthony Stewart -- Guiding Light's Michelle & Danny! Paul and Joie are here! Please welcome GL's Paul Anthony Stewart & Joie Lenz!

LENZ: Hi everybody from the West Side Highway!

STEWART: Hey what's up y'all from my luxurious penthouse pad!

LENZ: Yeah, right!

What have been your favorite scenes together so far?

LENZ: Oh... well, definitely not those scenes in the woods. Those were way too long.

STEWART: I personally enjoyed throwing Joie in the shower.

LENZ: Yeah, those scenes in general, when I...