So long to the beloved and very unpredictable Victor Kiriakis: John Aniston’s final episode of Days of Our Lives dropped today on Peacock.
DOOL announced before Christmas that it would pay tribute on Dec. 26 to Aniston, the veteran soap actor best known for his 30-plus-year run as the soap’s crime boss and in his personal life as the father of Jennifer Aniston.
He died Nov. 11 at the age of 89. As was typically the case for his character, Aniston’s final scenes as Victor were filled with both anger and comic relief.
While stewing over the notion that his nephew Sonny (Freddie Smith) invited his ex-hubby Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) into the Kiriakis household for the holidays, Victor threatened to throw the cute cad out “on your sugar plum ass.” He then chastised Leo for “wearing baby jam jams” around the house. (They were actually holiday PJs but don’t try telling that to Victor).
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