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[sportsgirl]

Camila Banus Is Leaving Days of our Lives After a Decade as Gabi, But…

no one is ever truly gone from Salem, a source reminds us.

It’s a bad news/good news scenario for fans of Days of our Lives. First the bad: Camila Banus is leaving her role of firecracker Gabi Hernandez, reports Daytime Confidential. Now the good: She may already be thinking of coming back.


Per the website, when the entire cast was let go this fall as the soap negotiated its renewal with NBC, a number of the younger actors were psyched about suddenly being freed up to try their luck in primetime and film. No one could’ve been surprised if Banus had happened to be among them: The rising star had, after all, previously made inroads outside of soaps, scoring roles on ABC’s Mistresses and Fox’s Star.

But — and this is a very exciting “but” for those of us who savor the kind of trouble that Gabi makes — with the television industry still in flux, Banus could be reconsidering her decision to cut ties with the character that she’s played for a decade. How tough would it be for her, or anyone, to go out and get a new gig when it’s still pretty tricky just to go out?

Plus, “no one is ever truly gone from Salem,” a setside source is quick to point out. True enough. Just recently, Alison Sweeney (Sami), Louise Sorel (Vivian), Martha Madison (Belle) and Brandon Beemer (Shawn) all returned. And soon, Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe) and Jay Kenneth Johnson (Philip) will be back on the canvas.

Now, if you’ve ever been on the Internet — and since you’re here, we’re betting you have — you know that rumors of Banus’ Days of our Lives departure have been swirling for months. A May Instagram post seemed particularly telling. “Hey, film and television industry,” she wrote. “I’m an actor available for work.” Among her tags for the post: #hireme. It would be hard to be more telling than that, eh?

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[Kpatch]

I can use a Gabi break.

Thanks for the info sportsgirl.

[silvananoir1]

It's always good for Daytime actors to try their luck. Gabi is popular so Days will be more than happy to take her back. She's done pretty well in prime time before and maybe this time she'll get something bigger and more permanent. She'll be back but I'd like to see the character take a bit of a hiatus.

[sportsgirl]

I just don't understand bringing back Brandon Barash if Gabi wasn't going to stick around. The Gabi/Stefan pairing was very popular.

[sportsgirl]

[silvananoir1]

I'm not surprised. She's incredibly popular so it seems like whatever the dispute was, it's been resolved.