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All-Time Terrible Soap Opera Bromances

Dorathy Gass

September 5, 2017

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Across General Hospital (GH), Days of Our Lives (DOOL), The Young and the Restless (Y&R) and The Bold and the Beautiful (B&B), bromances were popular before bromances were even a thing. But what about those awkward male friendships that don’t really make the cut? Below are some of the all-time terrible soap opera bromances!

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**8. Daniel Jonas and Brady Black (DOOL)**

Daniel and Brady formed a bond after being in the same inner circle and with Brady being the grandson of Victor Kiriakis and Daniel being the Greek tycoon’s godson. They did have some good times together and did have each other’s back when push came to shove, but they both had a bad habit of dabbling with same women. Nicole Walker was one that they both had a relationship with, as well as Kirsten DiMera. Bros always come before women, everyone knows that!

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**7. Paul Williams and JT Hellstrom (Y&R)**

Did these guys really engage in a bonefide bromance or was it simply a glorified working relationship? Most Y&R fans would lean to the latter. Sure, they solved some pretty crazy investigations together in the early 2000s when Paul was a PI and JT was his sidekick. When JT left town in 2010, Paul may have been upset, but he wasn’t exactly devastated to the bromance level. Plus, Williams barely mentions Hellstrom.

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**6. Zende Forrester and Carter Walton (B&B)**

From an outsider’s perspective, there are two attributes that Zende and Carter have in common: They both claim to be really good friends, while they simultaneously try to steal each other’s girlfriends! Zende’s flirtatious approach to Carter’s fiancé, Zoe, ended up ruining their chances of getting married. Not even a year later, Carter began sleeping with the girl that Zende wanted to marry, Paris. One suspects that these two “friends” need to have a sit-down chat and create some boundaries, because there’s no bromance here!

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**5. EJ DiMera and Will Horton (DOOL)**

Speaking of Salem, while EJ and Will were technically family at one point, these two haven’t always been able to trust each other. While they did warm up to each in and around the 2012-time period by sharing a sweet bromance, there was also a time when Will hated EJ. He shot him at one point and even tried to blackmail his once stepdad. With both characters having passed on, there is zero chance of reigniting this bromance, but stranger things have happened in the land of soaps.

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**4. Kevin Fisher and Chance Chancellor (Y&R)**

These two members of the Genoa City Police Department came from very different backgrounds, which is typically good fodder for chemistry. But despite Kevin’s background as a creepy lawbreaker and Chance being a perpetual boy scout, these two have yet to find their footing. Perhaps Kevin’s geeky qualities combined with Chance’s all-business vibe will make for an “odd couple” chemistry in the future, but as their investigation into Ashland’s passing indicated, these two don’t have any common interests outside of work.

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3. Ethan Lovett and Johnny Zacchara (GH)

These two shared a bit of a bromance in Port Charles and it was nice to see some young blood try to rule the mob scene on GH for a change. However, was it truly a bonding experience for both Ethan and Johnny or was their mutual hate-on for Sonny Corinthos the real reason these two came together? Seems like the hate on, if you look at the bigger picture.

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**2. Nick Newman and Michael Baldwin (Y&R)**

Let’s face it, for one reason or another Michael seems to do so much better in the BFF zone with women versus men. He’s been a great friend to Christine Blair, Diane Jenkins, Avery Clark, and of course, Phyllis Summers. Nick and Michael embarked on a bromance of sorts while Nick was with Phyllis. They are still quite friendly around town, even though Nick and Phyllis are no longer…but would anyone currently say they are engaged in a bromance? Nah.

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**1. John Black and Abe Carver (DOOL)**

John and Abe are still quite good friends to this day, so why do this duo hit the bottom of this list? Well, because the base of their bromance status occurred when John Black thought he was Abe’s real BFF Roman Brady. When Roman came back and everyone realized that John was not Roman, Abe and Roman picked things up where they left off. Carver certainly didn’t drop John like a bad habit or anything, but no one can say that their bromance compares to anything close to what Roman and Abe share.

Dorathy Gass

Dorathy Gass is an avid fan of daytime drama and has been watching Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and Young and the Restless for over two decades now. As a full-time freelance writer, she gets to combine her love of soap operas and writing through her Fame 10 articles. Also a mother of two busy girls and a mommy blogger, she's been published multiple times over in Huffington Post Parents and Scary Mommy.