Mateo Santos
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Mateo Santos Sr. is a fictional character
from the soap opera All My Children
. He was first portrayed by Tito Ortiz in a guest appearance in 1994 but is best known as being portrayed by Mark Consuelos
from 1995-2002. Consuelos temporarily returned as Mateo for All My Children's 40th anniversary on January 4-5, 2010
, Mateo comes to Pine Valley in 1995 with his family.
One night, Mateo stumbles upon a distraught Hayley Vaughan
on the beach still in her wedding gown. Mateo and Hayley get to know each other and simply talk all night. The two remain friends even after Hayley decides to go through with a second ceremony to Alec MacIntyre.
Once Alec is sent to jail for trying to kill Hayley's mother, the two become engaged and move in together. Mateo and Hayley buy Hal's Bar together and rename it Holidays.
Mateo's old buddy from Texas, Tanner Jordan, soon shows up. Mateo gives Tanner a job at Holiday's as a waiter; schemer Tanner repays him by sabotaging Mateo and Hayley's relationship. Tanner's tricks to this end even include hiring someone to pretend to be Hayley's deceased stepfather.
Tanner gets Hayley to fly with him in a private plane to Texas under the pretense of "visiting" Mateo. Tanner claims the plane was in distress and feigns an emergency landing. He then drugs Hayley and rape
s her. When a groggy Hayley protests, he claims it is consensual sex.
Mateo tracks Hayley and Tanner down to an abandoned cave. There is a struggle and Tanner is shot and dies. Mateo gets Hayley to a nearby hospital and the two are wed by a hospital chaplain.
Their wedded bliss is cut short when Raquel Dion, Mateo's first wife, shows up and she is not alone. She brings with her Mateo Jr. (referred to as Max), the son Mateo never knew he had. To add insult to injury, their marriage has never been annulled.
Raquel wants Mateo back. She tells Hayley that she and Mateo slept together since she came to town and goads Hayley, a recovering alcoholic, with Vodka. Hayley turns to Ryan Lavery
for comfort.
Eventually, Mateo saves Hayley's life yet again, pulling her from a burning warehouse. The two reunite and remarry in June 2000.
Due to extremely high levels of lead in Hayley's system, Mateo and Hayley cannot start the family that they had originally planned. Arlene
, Hayley's trainwreck of a mother, blows into town. She crashes their wedding reception and announces that she and Hayley's father have tied the knot. When it comes out that Arlene is pregnant, Mateo suggests adopting her baby. Arlene refuses, and eventually miscarries.
Later that year, during a launch party for Ryan's company, Incredible Dreams, everyone is drugged with a libido enhancing drug called Libidozone. Mateo is found in bed with Arlene; Hayley, having enough of her mother's antics, later strangles her. However, Mateo finds out that Hayley did not really kill Arlene: he finds proof in a newspaper article that Arlene faked her death. Mateo is hot on her trail to the Caribbean
and drags her back to Pine Valley just in time to prevent Hayley from confessing in court that she had strangled Arlene to death.
Finally, Mateo and Hayley's dream to become parents comes true when a psychic
that appears on her talk show tells her she is pregnant.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
from the soap opera All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
. He was first portrayed by Tito Ortiz in a guest appearance in 1994 but is best known as being portrayed by Mark Consuelos
Mark Consuelos
Mark Andrew Consuelos is a Spanish-born American television and film actor.-Personal life:Consuelos was born in Zaragoza, Spain to a Mexican father and an Italian mother. He is the youngest of three children, he has a brother, who is a doctor, and a sister, who is a lawyer. Consuelos has lived in...
from 1995-2002. Consuelos temporarily returned as Mateo for All My Children's 40th anniversary on January 4-5, 2010
Character history
Originally from San Antonio, TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, Mateo comes to Pine Valley in 1995 with his family.
One night, Mateo stumbles upon a distraught Hayley Vaughan
Hayley Vaughan
Hayley Santos is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children; in the series' narratives, she is a member of the powerful and wealthy Chandler family, specifically Adam Chandler's daughter. She was portrayed by actress Kelly Ripa from 1990 to 2002...
on the beach still in her wedding gown. Mateo and Hayley get to know each other and simply talk all night. The two remain friends even after Hayley decides to go through with a second ceremony to Alec MacIntyre.
Once Alec is sent to jail for trying to kill Hayley's mother, the two become engaged and move in together. Mateo and Hayley buy Hal's Bar together and rename it Holidays.
Mateo's old buddy from Texas, Tanner Jordan, soon shows up. Mateo gives Tanner a job at Holiday's as a waiter; schemer Tanner repays him by sabotaging Mateo and Hayley's relationship. Tanner's tricks to this end even include hiring someone to pretend to be Hayley's deceased stepfather.
Tanner gets Hayley to fly with him in a private plane to Texas under the pretense of "visiting" Mateo. Tanner claims the plane was in distress and feigns an emergency landing. He then drugs Hayley and rape
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...
s her. When a groggy Hayley protests, he claims it is consensual sex.
Mateo tracks Hayley and Tanner down to an abandoned cave. There is a struggle and Tanner is shot and dies. Mateo gets Hayley to a nearby hospital and the two are wed by a hospital chaplain.
Their wedded bliss is cut short when Raquel Dion, Mateo's first wife, shows up and she is not alone. She brings with her Mateo Jr. (referred to as Max), the son Mateo never knew he had. To add insult to injury, their marriage has never been annulled.
Raquel wants Mateo back. She tells Hayley that she and Mateo slept together since she came to town and goads Hayley, a recovering alcoholic, with Vodka. Hayley turns to Ryan Lavery
Ryan Lavery
Ryan Aloysius Lavery is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children, as portrayed by Cameron Mathison from January 12, 1998 to 2002 and from 2003 to 2011. The character is set to come back in January 2012 when the series returns online...
for comfort.
Eventually, Mateo saves Hayley's life yet again, pulling her from a burning warehouse. The two reunite and remarry in June 2000.
Due to extremely high levels of lead in Hayley's system, Mateo and Hayley cannot start the family that they had originally planned. Arlene
Arlene Vaughan
Arlene Vaughan is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera All My Children. The character was originated by actress Phyllis Lyons. She portrayed the role from 1990 to 1993. Olivia Berkelund, most identified in the role, took over the role in 1995 and portrayed it from April 1995 to September...
, Hayley's trainwreck of a mother, blows into town. She crashes their wedding reception and announces that she and Hayley's father have tied the knot. When it comes out that Arlene is pregnant, Mateo suggests adopting her baby. Arlene refuses, and eventually miscarries.
Later that year, during a launch party for Ryan's company, Incredible Dreams, everyone is drugged with a libido enhancing drug called Libidozone. Mateo is found in bed with Arlene; Hayley, having enough of her mother's antics, later strangles her. However, Mateo finds out that Hayley did not really kill Arlene: he finds proof in a newspaper article that Arlene faked her death. Mateo is hot on her trail to the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
and drags her back to Pine Valley just in time to prevent Hayley from confessing in court that she had strangled Arlene to death.
Finally, Mateo and Hayley's dream to become parents comes true when a psychic
Psychic
A psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...
that appears on her talk show tells her she is pregnant.