The character was written off of DAYS in 2005 but returned in 2008 in the form of Eric Martsolf, who continues to portray Brady to this day.

Is Eric leaving days for good?

As for Eric making the decision to leave Salem in order to head back to Africa, Zucker notes Nicole “already knows he's leaving and walking out. It's not so much about making him stay as much as it's trying to communicate with him and then see where it goes after, which is ultimately him leaving.”

Does Eric come back to Days of Our Lives?

With Nicole's secret about sleeping with Xander hanging over her head on Days of Our Lives, it didn't come as too much of a surprise that Greg Vaughan's return as Eric led to the end of their marriage. ... Nicole and Eric's love story was a long and tortured one, so they deserved a happy ending.