![]() ![]() ![]() The actress concluded that, “If I made Erika happy and she enjoyed working with me, then my time on OLTL was a massive success, and I’m forever grateful for the experience.” It may sound strange but that one unexpected email gave me closure to my daytime career and finally after many years, let me feel proud of myself! She also complimented me, saying how “special” it was to work with ME □ While we’re heartbroken that it took so long for the woman who played not just Llanview’s Gigi, but Salem’s Mimi (as recent as 2019!) to feel pride in her work, we couldn’t be happier to hear Slezak was the one to help her realize the truth. It may sound strange, but that one unexpected e-mail gave me closure to my daytime career and finally, after many years, let me feel proud of myself!” “After eight or so years of no contact,” she explained, “ got ahold of my email in early 2019 to congratulate me on having my son and to see how I was doing! I was so surprised!”Īs if that wasn’t touching enough, Viki’s portrayer “also complimented me, saying how ‘special’ it was to work with me. Until Galfond had her son, three years ago. But over the years, as happens despite the best of intentions, they lost touch. “Erika’s professionalism and kindness to everyone on-set was bar none,” the actress continued, saying that the daytime legend pushed her to be better just by being there. I learned & grew so much working there with Erika in particular as my greatest influencer & role model… just tweeted an Erika Slezak clip and it has me reflecting! She then went on to share a heartfelt tribute to Slezak saying that the clip Carlivati shared had her reflecting on how she “learned and grew so much there, with Erika in particular as my greatest influencer and role model. “I miss One Life to Live,” the actress, going by her married name, Galfond, tweeted, “That was fun.” The fans weren’t the only ones moved by the tribute - though we suppose we can count Gigi’s portrayer as a fan, both of her lost soap and of its biggest star: Erika Slezak. All Carlivati could muster to tweet with that one was an emoji with a single tear. Getting ready to say goodbye to One Life to Live ten years ago on with and #oltl /Zen4MhgWbrĪnd then there was the beautiful clip of Viki saying goodbye to One Life to Live‘s soap within a soap, Fraternity Row, and voicing exactly what we were all feeling. “Getting ready to say goodbye to One Life to Live ten years ago,” he wrote. Carlivati tweeted a bittersweet photo of him on The View with Hillary B. One Life to Live alums like Farah Fath (Gigi) and the show’s former headwriter - and Days of Our Lives‘ current headwriter - Ron Carlivati, have been getting all the feels on this year’s anniversary. More: This wine-soaked drama has us thirsty for more We have a special tribute lined up for tomorrow, so be sure to come back and check it out, but we aren’t the only ones feeling the wistful call of nostalgia right now. Tomorrow, January 13, marks a milestone anniversary for one of the saddest days in daytime history - after more than 43 years on the air, One Life to Live aired its final episode on ABC. ![]()
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