RON CARLIVATI ON DAYS EXITS

A slew of actors, including Lucas Adams (ex-Tripp), Marci Miller r (ex-Abigail), Sal Stowers (ex-Lani) and Lamon Archey (ex-Eli), have left Salem over the past few weeks, and this week, Victoria Konefal (Ciara) and Robert Scott Wilson (Ben) say their good-byes, but Head Writer Ron Carlivati (r.) assures that it was all a matter of timing.

"This is not some mass exodus," emphasizes the scribe. "This is nothing for people to panic about. We had some characters exiting at the same time, but it's not connected. With some of our actors, their deals come up at the same time, because maybe they made a new deal when we came back from Covid. Yes, we do have a few characters that leave around the same time, but it is not indicative of some big crisis at the show. Some of these actors were on recurring, it was not working, it was costing the show a lot of money for scheduling, and we decided we needed to exit some people if they didn't want to be here full-time."

Carlivati says he understands the stars' desire to spread their wings and seek employment elsewhere. "My attitude is, these actors are super-talented, they're young, they want to go see what else they can do. And I think it's great but harder for us. But I do think that they should definitely go and try."