Not many characters can say they were in the midst of chaos before anyone played them.
In Daniel’s defense, he shouldn’t be held responsible for his mother’s nefarious actions.
How Daniel’s life started, though, is another story entirely.
Daniel never had a chance.
He never had an opportunity to live an everyday, healthy life because Phyllis set him up for failure.
Secrets and lies always come to light and nobody knows that better than Daniel and Phyllis.
The mere circumstances around Daniel’s alleged conception were shady and morally bankrupt.
Phyllis was feigning to have a baby by Danny, so she drugged and took advantage of him.
Eventually, the jig was up, and Daniel’s true paternity came out.
He wasn’t Danny’s son at all.
Instead, he was the illegitimate child of Phyllis and a random man from her past.
Naturally, Danny was furious, and he took the required steps to have Daniel removed from her custody.
Daniel didn’t return to town until many years later as a highly disgruntled teenager, perSoaps In Depth.
Slowly things got better between the mother and son, perDistractify.
Still, Daniel’s relationship with Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) tested their bond.
The teen romance put Phyllis in the undesirable path of her rival,Drucilla Winters(Victoria Rowell).
Teenagers are going to do whatever they want to do.
Though a forbidden romance, the two kept seeing each other.
However, Cassie Newman (Camryn Grimes) developed an infatuation with the much older Daniel.
Cassie was desperate to fit in and willing to risk it all to be close to Daniel.
Unfortunately, that decision triggered a chain of events that cost Cassie her life, perSoaps In Depth.
Despite Cassie’s deathbed confession, Daniel faced vehicular manslaughter charges.
At this point, Lily was facing charges as well, but a deal kept her out of prison.
Lily and Daniel were prohibited from seeing each other, but young love always finds a way.
After being caught together several times, they eventually eloped in Las Vegas.
Their marital bliss wouldn’t be long-lasting thanks to Daniel developing an addiction to pornography, perSoaps.com.
However, her anxiety and paranoia got in the way of their marriage.
She feared for her son’s safety because of the psychotic and tormented Daisy Callahan (Yvonne Zima).
He’s only made sporadic appearances, with the most recent in 2016, perSoap Central.
His mother, sister Summer Newman, and even Lily are still power players.
Hence, the door is always open for his return.
