Will sees success when his parents marry in 2007 and his newly united family take the name Horton, to distance themselves from his grandma Kate.
As a child, Will endeavors to bring his parents together, whilst his grandma Kate Roberts ( Lauren Koslow) schemes to keep them apart. Sami and Lucas fight each other for custody, and Will, who is renamed Will Roberts, has a 'tumultuous upbringing'.
The character is initially named Will Reed, after his presumed father, Austin Reed, but it is later revealed that Austin's half-brother and Sami's friend Lucas Roberts ( Bryan Dattilo) is his father. Initially portrayed by a series of child actors, the character grew up in real-time as the show aired, eventually to be played by adult actors Chandler Massey (2010–2014, 2017–), and Guy Wilson (2014–2015). The character first appears in the episode of November 16, 1995, when his mom Sami Brady ( Alison Sweeney) gives birth to him. Will Horton is a fictional character from the American daytime TV soap opera Days of Our Lives, known for a highly praised coming out story, award-winning performances by actor Chandler Massey, and as one half of US daytime drama's first male gay wedding and marriage.
