Why Days of our Lives’ Suzanne Rogers says Maggie Horton will always be part of her life

Lately, on Days of our Lives, Maggie Horton has been steering Titan through dire straits, trying to keep Victoria’s legacy from slipping into the wrong hands. Behind the scenes, Suzanne Rogers has been fighting her own battle — a summer spent tackling stage 2 colorectal cancer, a treatment plan that knocked her sideways before easing into remission. But after months of whispered speculation and retirement rumors, Rogers is the one turning the page herself.

A lifelong Days of our Lives role, and a promise to stay

Rogers spoke with People about what it means to stand in Maggie’s shoes after more than half a century, and she didn’t hide the depth of that bond. “Sixty is wonderful. I mean, not many shows can say that,” she said, her voice catching a little on the pride baked into those decades. “I love it. It’s my whole life and my home for a long time.”

She joked that if the show ever told her the ride was over, she’d take the note with grace. “Oh, listen. If they say ‘bye,’ I’ll go – I had a good run," she said. But the truth followed immediately, firmer and far less negotiable: “I’m not going until they lock me out.”

That mix — the humor, the humility, the grit — is exactly why the exit rumors never rang true. Even in the thick of medical treatment, she kept her eyes on the work, returning to the set as soon as she had the strength, determined not to let Maggie fade from the canvas.

A hard summer, a clearer horizon

Rogers has been honest about how rough the summer was. The treatments changed her rhythms, her patience for the “small things,” and her relationship to time. But remission has given her a second wind, and Maggie’s storyline — the Titan shake-ups, the family knots, the sense of legacy still being built — seems to fit that momentum.

She didn’t lose her hair, didn’t lose her sense of play, didn’t lose that instinctive pull toward the fans who look to Maggie the same way they look to the Horton ornaments each December: something sturdy, something familiar, something that stays. And if you ask Rogers how long she plans to hold that place? She’ll grin, shrug like it’s the most obvious thing in the world, and remind you: she’s not going anywhere. They’ll have to drag her away first.

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And maybe that’s the quiet magic of Rogers — the way she folds her own resilience into Maggie without ever making a fuss about it. You watch her walk through a boardroom showdown or a family crisis, and there’s this ease under the surface, a steadiness that feels earned. After everything she’s battled off-screen, she carries herself like someone grateful to still be here, still doing the work, still telling the story. And in Salem, that kind of staying power isn’t just legacy — it’s the heartbeat of the place.

Days of our Lives is available on the Peacock streaming app.

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