She also told everyone on set that Hayes was the first performer to ever sing on daytime television.
“Wow,” Bill said upon seeing the cake.
“Thank you,” Hayes said before getting a sweet kiss on the cheek from his wife.
“Thank you to our cast and crew for celebrating Billy’s 98th Birthday on set today.
And the double chocolate cake was delicious,” the caption read.
Doug soon found himself embattled in a love triangle with Addie Horton and her daughter, Julie Olson.
Shortly after Hope’s birth, Addie tragically died.
Doug and Julie later rekindled their romance, andJulie became a surrogate mother to Hope.
Two years later in 2020, the actor celebrated his 50th anniversary with the show, perDeadline.
“He is just warm and wonderful,” executive producer Ken Corday toldSoapsof Hayes.
The man you see on screen is very much the man Bill is off-screen."
