Exclusive Interview
‘When Calls the Heart’s Jack Wagner & Wife Michelle Wolf Share Honeymoon Details
What To Know
- Jack Wagner married Michelle in May 2025.
- The couple honeymooned in Italy as he filmed The Bold and the Beautiful.
- Wagner and Wolf opened up to Swooon about their romantic getaway.
Fans of When Calls the Heart won’t want to miss the Season 13 finale, which airs March 22 on Hallmark, to see the next development in the relationship between Elizabeth Thornton (Erin Krakow) and Nathan Grant (Kevin McGarry). Jack Wagner, who plays Bill Avery, is due for an onscreen win in terms of romance, and Season 14 is certainly a window of opportunity.
Wagner’s Bold and the Beautiful character, Nick Marone, certainly lost out in love with Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang). Following a near-drowning ordeal in the Mediterranean last summer, Brooke was rescued by Ridge (Thorsten Kaye), and the two reconciled.
However, Italy was far from a romantic wash for Wagner, certainly not off-screen. The actor/singer used the opportunity to shoot scenes for B&B in Italy as a way to go on a real-life honeymoon with his bride, Michelle Wolf, whom he wed on May 18, 2025.
“I love Brad [Bell, B&B’s executive producer/head writer], who wrote that story, and working with [Katherine] Kelly [Lang] is great,” Wagner told Swooon on the red carpet for Hallmark Channel’s March 18 event for When Calls the Heart and Hope Valley: 1874. “My wife [Michelle] and I got married, and we did the honeymoon, which coincided with shooting B&B in Naples [Italy].”
Wagner and Wolf honeymooned on the Amalfi Coast. “We met [B&B] in Naples and spent five days with them shooting around Naples and the Amalfi Coast,” the actor, who got his start in soaps as Frisco Jones on General Hospital, shared. “It all worked out – five days personal, and five days work.”
Both Wagner and Wolf had been to the Amalfi Coast in the past, and Wolf gushed over how “strikingly beautiful it is.” She added, “It really photographs beautifully, obviously. But once you get there, there’s the majesty of the rocks, the cliffs, the flowers, the architecture, the food, and the Italian spirit. It’s all nice, just so nice.”
Wagner echoed his wife’s sentiments on the Amalfi Coast and added that the hospitality shown to them was first-rate. The popularity that cast members from B&B enjoy in Italy is compared to that of The Beatles, given how popular the show is in that country.
“Wherever we ate, they’d shut the restaurant down because they love the show so much,” Wagner revealed. “They would feed us seven to eight courses! The thought of going back to work [made us] all have espresso to get back to work in the evening. So, it was great. It’s great to see how excited the Italian people are about B&B.”
Wagner originally played Nick Marone on the half-hour soap from 2003 to 2012. He showed up for the soap’s 35th anniversary episode in 2022 when Brooke recalled many of her leading men, including Nick. Wagner returned again for an arc that eventually led to a Brooke/Ridge reunion in 2025.
“I love playing Nick,” Wagner added. “He’s a tough guy, right? And now, he’s an entrepreneur, a mogul!”
The Bold and the Beautiful, Weekdays, CBS
When Calls the Heart, Season 13 Finale, March 22, 8/7c, Hallmark Channel
