It’s been almost a decade since viewers said good-bye to AMC’s Tad, but fans still call out for him when they see his portrayer grocery-shopping. “It’s pretty cool,” says Knight, “because as a soap actor, you get a very personal reaction. They remember where they were in their lives — not where you were in the show. So it’s, ‘To get a date in college, I had to watch AMC,’ or, ‘I had to spend some time in the hospital, and I remember Erica was…’
“People also talk about the end a lot,” he adds. “Like, ‘Man, I felt like I was losing family.’”
At least Knight is confident that, off screen though it may be, Tad is living out his happy ending with Dixie. “She’s probably back from the…
