Days of Our Lives Spoilers Nov. 12: Belle Black Offends Chad DiMera After Leaning on His Paper to Go After EJ

BELLE BLACK’S CASE AGAINST EJ RUNS STRAIGHT THROUGH CHAD’S NEWSROOM

TL;DR: Belle offends Chad on Thursday, November 12. The trouble brewing between them is about EJ and Chad’s paper, not Dominic. Nothing confirms a breakup.

Thursday’s Listing Puts Belle on the Wrong Side of Chad

It is confirmed for Thursday, November 12: Belle Black (Martha Madison) inadvertently offends Chad DiMera (Conner Floyd). The official line for the episode stops right there, and every major preview repeats it almost word for word.

So what does Belle do? The best clue is not Dominic. It is EJ. One weekly preview published November 10 says Belle has been leaning on Chad to turn his newspaper loose on EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel), and it wonders how she could be so clueless about what that asks of him.

These Days of Our Lives spoilers land on a loaded Thursday. Dante Vitali (Franco LoPresti) confronts Dominic Marino (Kyle Pryor), EJ confides in Tony DiMera (Thaao Penghlis), Tate Black (Leo Howard) shares his suspicions with Brady Black (Eric Martsolf), and Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) is haunted by her past.

The Newsroom Fight Started Weeks Ago

As our daily recaps showed, this did not come out of nowhere. On Friday, October 30, EJ warned Chad not to print lies about him in the paper and ordered him to keep Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) off any story about him. Chad refused to take orders about his own paper.

Then came Lexie’s memorial on Friday, November 6. Belle, now Salem’s district attorney, kept quiet about her own investigation into EJ, said she could not compromise it and urged Chad to hand over any evidence before he printed a word. Chad shot back that she was the one who pushed him to get involved, and that he could not say more without exposing his source.

That is the trap. Chad runs The Spectator, and Leo has been digging into counterfeit goods moving on DiMera ships, a scheme Chad suspects leads back to Tony or EJ. A DA who wants the evidence and an editor sworn to protect his source are one careless sentence away from exactly what Thursday promises.

Is Belle using Chad’s paper, or is Chad being too touchy? Write to our editor at amber@soapoperamagazine.com and tell us who is right.

Are Chad and Belle Breaking Up on Days of Our Lives?

Not in anything confirmed. One preview columnist says the couple’s promising start feels like it is heading for an abrupt end, and one gossip blog predicts Belle Black dumps Chad over Cat in the coming months. Neither is a breakup spoiler, and the official listing says only that she offends him.

Here is what the breakup chatter misses. Belle’s target is EJ, not Dominic. Every preview that explains the newspaper favor points at EJ, and none ties it to Dominic’s claim that Marlena is his mother. On November 2 the couple agreed to take family outings slow for the sake of Chad’s children. That is a careful couple, not a finished one.

Where Cat Greene Fits In

One two-week preview says the Thursday spat soon turns into bickering about Cat Greene (AnnaLynne McCord). Nobody else has that, so treat it as a maybe. The history is real, though. On Halloween, Chad turned down Thomas’s blessing to be friends with Cat again, said she had done something to anger him and admitted he wished she would not date EJ because it was dangerous.

In the winter promo, Chad tells Belle he is over Cat, and Belle does not buy it. Cat is also working her own angle on EJ, promising Rafe she has the goods on him. If Belle Black and Cat are both circling EJ from opposite sides, Chad is standing in the crossfire. One reader in our Facebook comments insisted Cat still has a thing for Chad.

Dominic Is Not the Story This Time

Belle has her own Dominic worries. At the memorial on Monday, November 9, she kept him at arm’s length and demanded assurance that his story about her mother was true, and he agreed to a DNA test. Chad played peacemaker, stepping between EJ and Dominic. Our recap of Lexie’s memorial has every beat.

On Friday, November 13, Marlena is honest with Dominic. My gut says Belle Black wants that DNA result as badly as anyone, but Thursday’s trouble is about a newspaper and a DiMera who is not Dominic. Fans tracking every Salem twist know a newsroom fight can be a love story’s last chapter or its best one.

Should Chad forgive Belle, or does she owe him more than an apology? Make your case in the comments.

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Belle Owes Chad an Apology Before EJ Gets the Last Laugh

We are with Chad on this one. By his account, Belle pushed him into the EJ story, then she asked him to hand over what he found like he works for her office. A man who stood up to EJ over his own paper is not going to roll over for his girlfriend either.

Still, this couple has survived Italy, Stefano’s secrets and a stranger at the door. Is this the first crack in Chelle or just a bad Thursday? Tell us on our Facebook page.