Kelly and Mark Produce New Reality Show!

Kelly Ripa (ex-Hayley) and Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo) announced a new reality show for E! called Dirty Soap.  The show will follow six soap stars and give viewers a look at how they juggle the changing daytime environment as well as their own lives.  The eight episode series will premiere on September 25 and will profile Farah Fath and John-Paul Lavoisier from OLTL, Nadia Bjorlin and Galen Gering from Days, and Kirsten Storms and Kelly Monaco from GH.  Hey Mark and Kelly, why no AMC peeps!?

No Return for Mark and Kelly

Sorry Hayley and Mateo fans, but Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos will not be making a return trip to Pine Valley before AMC signs off of ABC on September 23.  Eva LaRue (Maria, who returns on Tuesday, July 19) reports that they wanted to come back, but Kelly could not work it around her schedule. 

Do You Recognize This Woman?

It's Olivia Birkelund (ex-Arlene)!! Ahh Arlene, one of my all time favorite characters. She was a tramp without the heart of gold. Let's take a little walk down Arlene's memory lane shall we?

She was who she was. She didn't care about anyone but herself. She hardly even cared about her daughter Hayley. But she kept trying to insinuate herself into Hayley's life. She even got a drunken Adam to marry her! Adam was so distraught over believing Stuart was dead (and not knowing that it was Arlene who mowed him down in her car while she herself was drunk!) that he married her. He didn't want anything more to do with anyone and thought by marrying Arlene he would successfully push his family away. Arlene even managed to get pregnant by Adam again, but ended up miscarrying the child.

As for Hayley, well Arlene always played like Hayley was her life but that didn't stop her from bedding Hayley's husband Alec on his wedding night to Hayley! Nor did it stop her from trying to seduce Mateo on more than one occasion (OK, one time was while on Libidozone, not that this horny mom needed it!). Hayley was so distraught to find another man of hers in Arlene's bed that she strangled Arlene and left her for dead. Then, seeing Arlene's body on the deck of the Fidelity, Adam tossed her overboard! Hayley was so guilt ridden over believing she killed her own mother that she started to take on Arlene's persona. Scary!!! It was while Hayley was on trial for Arlene's murder that Mateo brought her to the courtroom! He found her hiding out in the Carribean. Read more about Arlene on the PVB's Bio!

Happy Birthday Mark Consuelos!!

Happy birthday wishes to Mark Consuelos. AMC's former Mateo celebrates his 39th birthday today!

Flashback: A Not so Classic Case of "I Do."

Back in 2001, Adam Chandler and Liza Colby wed for the last time. And as usual it was full of drama. Adam was recently divorced from Arlene Vaughn (don't ask!) and Liza realized she still loved him. But then, complications come into full swing! Ahh you remember the Libidozone filled ride on the Fidelity right? Well, Hayley caught her mother trying to seduce Mateo during that little soiree and seemingly killed her. Adam found Arlene's body and, in an effort to protect Hayley, he threw Arlene's body overboard!

Riddled with guilt, Hayley took on her mother's persona and as "Arlene" she called all the Chandler's to meet her at the Fidelity. Adam hired a hitman to kill Arlene once and for all. The hitman shot Vanessa by mistake, and it was revealed that Arlene was really Hayley! So with no Arlene, Hayley was put on trial for murder. Adam admitted in court that it was him who threw Arlene overboard but soon after his admission, Mateo showed up in court with a very much alive Arlene who was living it up in the Caribbean! Hayley was free to go, but Adam was placed under house arrest. It was during this house arrest that he and Liza married for the third time.

It wasn't long after this though, that their happy re-reunion fizzled. They divorced in 2003.