Inside Shawn & Belle’s Rocky ‘DAYS’ Romance With Brandon Beemer & Martha Madison

As the offspring of two of Days of our Lives‘ most iconic supercouples, Belle Black (Martha Madison) and Shawn Brady (Brandon Beemer) were destined to be together, but their path to romance has been a rocky one.

“I don’t think that Shawn and Belle have ever been happy with us,” reflects Madison, who has played the role since 2004. “I think the longest stint where we were ‘happily married,’ I don’t think we had a single love scene. I had a producer once say to me, because I was asking, ‘When are Shawn and Belle going to be happy?’ And he said, ‘Martha, the kiss of death in this industry is to be part of a happy couple.’ So now I’m like, ‘Break them up!'”