Days of our Lives Early Spoilers Aug 3-7: Kristen Leaves Salem While Brady Rejoices

Days of Our Lives spoilers for August 3-7, 2026 excite with Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) exiting Salem thanks to her brother EJ DiMera’s (Dan Feuerriegel) revenge plan. Plus, Brady Black (Eric Martsolf) is celebrating his daughter’s homecoming, but he may have even more reason to celebrate very soon.

Also, next week we have more people searching for Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien). We’ll have Gabi Hernandez (Cherie Jimenez) having a change of heart and Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis) is finally allowed to go home from the hospital. But we have to wait and see how long she sticks around Salem.

And as we always do on early edition day, we start with what’s coming the rest of this week, then we dive into what is happening next week.

Days of our Lives Spoilers: Leo Turns to Rafe for Help

So, on Wednesday, July 29th, we’ve got Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) asking Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) for his help. And Leo may mention the dead man’s switch letter and how desperate he is to find Gwen, and he wants the FBI’s help. Rafe may ask Leo to find out exactly what he knows. And of course, Cat Greene (AnnaLynne McCord) already gave Rafe the letter that Gwen left for Leo, and they’re already using it. But I bet that Rafe and Cat are going to leave Leo in the dark.

Susan Banks (Stacy Haiduk) is back in Salem. So Stacy Haiduk is doing double duty as EJ’s mama and his mean sister Kristen this week. And Susan is convinced that EJ’s gone too far and her psychic senses are tingling. Susan rants at EJ that he is not Stefano. And Susan says she will never let EJ be that monster. But come on, it’s too late for that. He’s already gone bad. I wonder if Susan’s Psychic Network will give her specific info on what Elvis Jr’s been up to lately, because it’s all bad deeds.

DOOL Spoilers: Chanel & Johnny’s Baby’s Comes Soon

Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) tries to cheer up Chanel Dupree (Raven Bowens). We’re going to see Johnny and Chanel spending time with adorable little Trey. And of course, they’re getting ready for their baby to be born. Chanel is going to go into premature labor soon. And it could be touch and go given her cancer and the chemo situation making Chanel a high-risk pregnancy.

Abe Carver (James Reynolds) and Theo Carver (Tyler Joseph Andrews) catch Lexie Carver (Nikki Crawford) in a lie on Wednesday. She told them she was going alone to see her mom, but Lexie’s really going off to die alone, and Kristen convinced her to swap spots and head to DiMera Island to die instead of her, which EJ will hate. But with Lex’s symptoms coming back, she may not be thinking clearly, and that’s why she’s caught in a lie.

Days of Our Lives: Confrontations and Shocking Developments

Then on Thursday, July 30th, Gabi shocks Philip Kiriakis (John-Paul Lavoisier). Not only do they wind up in each other’s arms this week, but it sounds like Gabi really hurt Philip when he said he was hurt by Gabi’s false accusations the same way that she hurt Theo by jumping to a bad conclusion.

So, Gabi may agree to invest in Titan and stick to their deal. And Philip’s wondering if she now suspects Dimitri of selling fake Gabi Chic bags since it might have happened on their watch. Arianna Hernandez (Vico Escorcia) did let a prototype out of her sight. So clearly somebody took snaps of it.

Rachel Black (Lorelei Olivia Mote) is officially out of Bayview and Brady, Belle, and Tate are all celebrating. But will Kristen be there to celebrate Rachel’s freedom also? Or does EJ already have her picked up by then? Maybe he’ll be kind to let Kristen see Rachel one last time before his henchman grabs her up.

Alex Kiriakis (Robert Scott Wilson) reassures Stephanie Johnson (Abigail Klein) that he will never agree to the terms that Joy Wesley (AlexAnn Hopkins) wants and her custody terms are kind of ridiculous. She doesn’t want Stephanie around Kelsey ever. Now, I can understand that Joy is still upset at this moment because Stephanie nearly shot her.

But I think that she is being slightly unreasonable. Belle Black (Martha Madison) gets a visit from Joy who wants some advice. So, I wonder if she’s going to talk to Belle about a restraining order because of the shooting or Joy might revisit pressing charges to pressure Alex into accepting her terms.

Days of Our Lives: Family Surprises and Desperate Searches

Then on Friday, July 31st, Lexie’s got a big surprise in store from Abe and Theo. They want to make up for lost time. So, Abe and Theo do a Christmas in July thing with a tree and presents. All of that for Lexie to make up for all the holidays they missed out on as a family.

And this Theo and Abe surprise could be why Lexie is late to meet up and swap with Kristen. EJ and Kristen share a moment of honesty at the end of the week. And this may be right before EJ’s henchman shoves Kristen into a shipping container and tells Kristen, “Have a nice flight.” So, she may be pounding on the walls and devastated that Lexie doesn’t show up.

Javi Hernandez (Jacob Martinez) and Gus (Michael Ocampo) discuss the future. Also this week, Chad DiMera (Connor Floyd) asked Leo why he thinks Dimitri von Leuschner (Peter Porte) took Gwen. And Leo says he texted Dimitri to see where Gwen was. And he got a reply that sent all of Leo’s spidey senses tingling.

So, he’s trying to get to Alamania as fast as possible, and he may head out of town with Chad and Belle. Also, Chad has an update for Rafe about Gwen. So, we’ll see if Leo gets Belle and Chad to help him find Gwen before they head off to Italy on the chess set mystery.

DOOL: August Fallout and Long-Term Consequences

Then the week of August 3rd through the 7th, we may see Kristen is gone for good or at a minimum gone for now. Rachel will be devastated and I’m guessing that Brady may suspect EJ, but we know that he will lie and deny and in the end Brady should send EJ an edible arrangement to thank him for getting Kristen out of Rachel’s life.

She’s a bad influence. Stacy Haiduk confirmed a while back that she has wrapped her run. She’s now over on recurring status on Young and the Restless at the moment, but I’m sure Days of our Lives will bring Kristen back at some point.

Lexie misses her opportunity to sneak away and swap so she can die alone on the island. And the stress of all of this may cause her to collapse. Theo and Abe are going to rush her to the hospital. Lex’s death is imminent and EJ’s going to be distraught. Abe and Theo, too, and they’ll be raging at EJ.

Days of our Lives Spoilers: Chad & Bell Take Off

Belle and Chad are headed for Italy to crack the chess set mystery, but Gwen’s disappearance may trigger a detour to Alamania. Leo is desperate to get his bestie back and now suspects his and Gwen’s mutual ex, Dimitri, took her and not EJ. Dimitri von Leuschner is back on the scene soon.

And it looks like he may have snatched Gwen for a little revenge since she kidnapped him with EJ’s help. Very soon, Leo’s trying to convince Dimitri to cut a deal with him if he won’t bargain with Rafe. Chanel could go into labor soon. She is in her third trimester, and we know she’s going to be rushed into the hospital in distress.

And Kayla Brady (Mary Beth Evans) is there hustling everybody out as Chanel begins to hemorrhage. Philip and Gabi may be on the road to reconciliation or maybe not. So, Philip may be playing Gabi on Xander Cook’s (Paul Telfer) orders so they can get her money. Philip is totally capable of playing Gabi like this.

On the other hand, she might be toying with Philip, too. They are a lot alike. Also, we’ll find out more about who is stealing Gabi’s designs and selling them to a knockoff company. I’m very suspicious of Gus based on the timing and how little we know about him.

Days Spoilers: Holly Learns the Truth

Julie Williams (Susan Seaforth Hayes) considers romance with Foster and Holly’s out of the hospital soon and she may find out that EJ planted the pills to cover his butt in the whole arsenic cover up. Not too long until Holly leaves Salem since Ashley Puzemis was fired from Days. So, Holly and Tate because the actor was also fired may head to Paris together to be near her mom and little brother.

And in way way way ahead spoilers, these are for June 2027. So, 11 months from now, Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney), Carrie Brady, Lucas Horton (Bryan Dattilo), and Will Horton (Chandler Massey) are heading back to Salem for a big Brady family reunion. Maybe for Sami’s wedding to Dante Vitali. I just hope that it’s not because something is wrong with Roman Brady (Josh Taylor).