Blair Cramer
Encyclopedia
Blair Cramer is a fictional character
on the American
daytime drama
One Life to Live
. She has been most notably portrayed by Kassie DePaiva
, who first appeared in the role on December 17, 1993, and has since been nominated twice for the Daytime Emmy for Lead Actress
.
on October 19, 1991, who portrayed the character through January 29, 1993. Notably, Korf is a biracial actress of Japanese
and Caucasian
descent, while her successor DePaiva is Caucasian. References to the character's Asian cultural heritage disappeared once DePaiva assumed the role.
with a secret — she is the daughter of Dorian Lord's as-yet-unmentioned older sister Agatha "Addie" Cramer, conceived when Addie was raped. Blair keeps Addie, mentally ill and institutionalized for years, hidden in her loft, and blames her Aunt Dorian for her mother's illness. Seeking revenge, Blair tries to ruin Dorian by getting her aunt's signature on a document confessing to the murder of Victor Lord in 1976. As it turns out, Dorian had been told Addie had died by their parents, who had institutionalized her.
Just after midnight on New Year's Day
1992, Blair meets Max Holden
, and the two lonely individuals soon fall passionately in love. However, Blair seeks to marry billionaire Asa Buchanan
to gain the financial security and power she needs to care for her mother and destroy Dorian. A persistent Max woos Blair into having sex with him hours before her wedding to Asa on June 16, 1992 — literally on top of her wedding dress. Nevertheless, Blair marries Asa anyway. The union is a loveless one, and the marriage is clearly doomed when Blair feigns being pregnant to get her share of the Buchanan money. On Christmas Eve 1992, the argument that follows after he discovers Blair's deception, Asa has a heart attack and Blair leaves him on the floor to die (He is soon discovered by his ex-wife Renee Divine and recovers). During a divorce hearing in January 1993, Asa paid off a maid named Sunny to say she witnessed Max and Blair making love in Blair's bedroom and as a result she was given no financial settlement by the judge. She in turn took off with money from Dorian's safe and left town on January 29, 1993. By the time Blair's marriage to Asa falls apart, Max has moved on to the love of his life, Luna Moody.
On December 17, 1993, Blair was immediately tracked down in Florida by Viki and Sloan to admit that she tricked Dorian into signing a confession for killing Victor Lord. In 1994, Blair tries to use Max's ever-increasing gambling habit to split him up from Luna. Blair and Max spend a wild weekend in Atlantic City
, but later Blair accidentally hits Luna with her car and paralyzes her. Realizing that he loves Luna, a sobered Max faces his addiction and ends his relationship with Blair, seemingly for good. Cord Roberts
consoles a devastated Blair, and they fall into a romance.
, and after several drinks they fall into bed. When she discovers in 1995 that Todd is the "secret Lord heir" — son of deceased millionaire Victor Lord and half-brother to heiress Viki Carpenter
— she scrambles to marry him to secure the money she needs to pay for Addie's care. She pretends to be pregnant with his child, and they wed.
Todd buys a tabloid, The Intruder, and renaming it The Sun, he immediately sets himself as the rival to Viki's newspaper, The Banner. Blair falls for Todd and really becomes pregnant with his baby, but she is mugged and miscarries. Max reveals to Todd that Blair wasn't pregnant when they married; a furious Todd nearly rapes her. Their marriage in shambles, Blair discovers that she is pregnant again; ultimately, Todd has their union annulled.
By November 1995, Todd and Blair reunite and marry again. Todd travels to the Irish
island of Inishcrag to make amends with Marty Saybrooke
, the woman he had raped years before. Todd helps Marty's love, Patrick Thornhart
, evade a terrorist group, but is mistaken for Patrick, shot, and presumed dead.
On New Year's Day 1996, a vengeful Blair vows to destroy Marty for her part in Todd's death. Blair gives birth to Todd's daughter Starr
, and then decides to seduce Patrick to punish Marty. By now, Marty is engaged to Luna's brother Dylan Moody, but still in love with Patrick. He resists his attraction to Blair, even as Marty marries Dylan. When Marty insists on staying with a paralyzed Dylan despite her feelings, Patrick finally falls into Blair's arms. As they make love on the floor of her penthouse on August 16, 1996, a man watches from the shadows: Todd.
Todd later reveals himself, delighted with daughter Starr but vowing to punish an "unfaithful" Blair. She is overjoyed that Todd is alive, but he soon engages her in a fierce custody battle for Starr. Though considering reuniting with Blair, Todd's anger is fueled by the revelation that she is pregnant with Patrick's child. Baby Starr is diagnosed with aplastic anemia
and needs a bone marrow transplant. Blair's unborn child is a match, but she is soon in a car accident; her child with Patrick is stillborn, and she names him Brendan. Unbeknownst to Blair, the other driver had been her young cousin Kelly Cramer
; after Kelly's role in the accident is revealed, she and Blair are at odds for some time. Alex Olanov
turns out to be a suitable donor for Starr, but by now Todd and Blair are at war, and divorce in 1997.
Todd pays lawyer Téa Delgado
$5 million to marry him in a bid to defeat Blair in the custody battle over Starr. Téa and Blair are soon at each other's throats; when Téa falls through a window during an argument with Blair, Todd is temporarily awarded full custody of Starr. By 1998, Blair wins back visitation rights to her daughter; she renews her relationship with Max, but breaks it off when she discovers that Asa has paid Max to get information on her. Blair falls into the arms of Sam Rappaport
; in love with Blair, Max proposes, but she turns him down.
Blair and Todd marry a third time in 2001 but divorce in 2002; they remarry in 2003 but that union is annulled in 2004.
In 2007, Blair remarries Todd for the fifth time (in exchange for a Téa-inspired $5 million) to help his bid to win custody of his biological son Sam Manning (then known as "Tommy McBain"). Todd's child with Margaret Cochran
, Sam had been kidnapped by Todd's nemesis Dr. Spencer Truman
shortly after birth and had been presumed dead. His son's existence revealed, Todd is desperate to take him back from his adopted parents, Dr. Michael
and Marcie McBain. Todd is awarded custody, but Marcie flees Llanview with the child.
In May 2008, Todd is in a car crash with Sam, who is not in a car seat; Blair is awarded custody of Sam. In August 2008, Todd and Blair have a custody battle over Sam; Blair is awarded custody once again. In December 2008, with Téa's help, Blair marries John McBain
to gain custody of her kids, and they do. In March 2009, Blair is put in a coma after being stabbed by Powell Lord III, later identified to be the same person who killed both Lee Halpern and Wes Granger.
In July 2009, Blair divorces John despite Blair wanting a annulment
. Also, Todd and Blair have a one-night stand
in the cabana of La Boulaie. In August 2009, Blair sets out to find out Téa’s deep, dark secret and hires Rex Balsom
as a private investigator
to dig up information on Téa’s missing Llanview years. He finds out that Ross Rayburn
, who tried to kidnap Blair's kids at Todd's order in 2002, is in Tahiti
and was with a woman; Blair thinks the woman was Téa. In September 2009, she finds Ross, and he tells her he is married to Téa.
In October 2009, when Blair tries to spoil Todd and Téa's wedding ceremony, Ross tricks her by taking her on a boat out on a Llanview bay to stop Blair from ruining the wedding. While on the boat, Ross gets Blair to admit that she still has romantic feelings for Todd. They return to shore and Blair finally tells Todd about Téa's marriage to Ross. Later, Ross and Blair converse with each other about everything that has happened lately. Meanwhile, Téa is shunned by Todd after having a huge argument with him about the invalidity of their marriage and flees to La Boulaie to confront Blair about the matter. She badgers Téa to admit the truth about yet another secret. Téa confesses that she has been hiding the fact that she has a child with Todd. Blair tries to force Téa to tell this to Todd, but and Blair get into a physical altercation and when pulling at each others hands they release and Tea and Blair are both flung back and Blair falls into the window onto the pool below.
Blair survives and decides to keep Téa's secret, only because she fears it will push her and Todd together. She is eventually kidnapped by Ross along with Téa and Todd's daughter, whom Ross believes to be his, Danielle Rayburn
. Blair goes to great lengths during their capture to keep Danielle safe. Eventually they are rescued by Todd, Téa, Bo and Nora. At first it looks as though Todd killed Ross, it is later revealed that he is alive. Blair then begins a merely sexual relationship with Ross's brother, Elijah Clarke. Blair also moves out of Dorian's when Dorian begins to do the bidding of Mitch Laurence
, unaware that she is going along with his plans to ensure all the Cramer women's safety.
On July 2, 2010 Elijah asks Blair to marry him, she then tells him she needs time to "think." They go to Tahiti where they run into Ross Rayburn. They were about to marry until Blair found out what Eli has done. She shoots him but the bullets are blanks. When Blair returns to Llanview, she is saddened to learn that Tea has died. Blair makes Tea the funeral she thinks she would have wanted. In October it is discovered that Eli and Tea are alive: Eli comes back to Llanview and kidnaps Starr, Hope, and Dani they go to Cherryvalle to treat Eli but in the staircases Eli find Tea and takes her as well. Starr and Hope escape Eli are kidnapped once again by Hannah O'Connor. Todd, Blair, John, and Bo face off with Eli at the warehouse. Eli wants Blair to run away with him so she listens and gets into the van, but sneakily leaves and goes in the warehouse looking for Starr and Hope but instead she is shocked to find Tea in the warehouse, and alive. Tea and Blair share an emotional reunion, and Blair unties Tea and tells her they have to run because Eli will blow up the warehouse. Eli notices that Blair is gone and blows up the warehouse with Tea and Blair inside it. Blair and Tea pick themselves up and try to find a way to get out of the warehouse. Todd and John go into the warehouse and try to find Blair and possibly Hope and Star. Tea and Blair find John and Todd and they are all rescued.
On August 1, 2011, the man with Todd's original face arrives at the premiere and reveals himself to the family. Blair, Starr and Tea are stunned, and Blair asks him where has he been in the past eight years. The man (simply known as "TM") says he was locked up, but doesn't know where. He says that she, Starr, Jack and Tea have kept him alive all this time and he was coming to take his family back. TM kisses Blair, reminding her of their wedding back in 1995. While TM is taken into custody by John, Blair, Starr, and Tea are left to doubt if the man who has been Todd for the last eight years is an imposter. Later, Blair is back at home telling Dorian all about Todd and the man with Todd's old face. Dorian asks her if she was sure who the real Todd was, and Blair only says that the man with Todd's old look seems to act, smell, and talk like the real Todd used to. Blair then calls Tomas and says she wants to know everything about what really happened to Todd eight years ago.
It is revealed that the man with the original face is Todd Manning, and that the other with the surgically altered face is actually Todd's identical twin, Victor Lord Jr. Todd tells Blair that he blames her because she didn't try to find him while he fought to get back to her and their children. However, Todd wants to get back together with Blair, the love of his life. "You're the one", he tells her, in Viki's cabin after he has been shot by his mother Irene. Blair nurses Todd back to health and while reminiscing about their checkered pass, almost share a kiss.
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on the American
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daytime drama
Soap opera
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One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
. She has been most notably portrayed by Kassie DePaiva
Kassie DePaiva
Kassie DePaiva is an American soap opera actress and singer. She was credited prior to 1996 as Kassie Wesley.-Private life:...
, who first appeared in the role on December 17, 1993, and has since been nominated twice for the Daytime Emmy for Lead Actress
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
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.
Casting
The role was originated by actress Mia KorfMia Korf
Mia Korf is an American actress. She is probably best known for the role of Blair Cramer on One Life to Live.-Biography:...
on October 19, 1991, who portrayed the character through January 29, 1993. Notably, Korf is a biracial actress of Japanese
Japanese people
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and Caucasian
White people
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descent, while her successor DePaiva is Caucasian. References to the character's Asian cultural heritage disappeared once DePaiva assumed the role.
Arrival
On October 19, 1991, Blair Daimler comes to fictional LlanviewLlanview, Pennsylvania
Llanview, Pennsylvania is the fictional setting for the long-running American soap opera One Life to Live. The city exists in the same fictional universe as cities from other existing or defunct ABC daytime dramas, including Pine Valley from All My Children, Port Charles from General Hospital, and...
with a secret — she is the daughter of Dorian Lord's as-yet-unmentioned older sister Agatha "Addie" Cramer, conceived when Addie was raped. Blair keeps Addie, mentally ill and institutionalized for years, hidden in her loft, and blames her Aunt Dorian for her mother's illness. Seeking revenge, Blair tries to ruin Dorian by getting her aunt's signature on a document confessing to the murder of Victor Lord in 1976. As it turns out, Dorian had been told Addie had died by their parents, who had institutionalized her.
Just after midnight on New Year's Day
New Year's Day
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1992, Blair meets Max Holden
Max Holden (One Life to Live)
Max Holden is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. He was most popularly portrayed by James DePaiva.-Storylines:Max Holden came to Llanview in 1987 and as soon as he got there, he became involved in a love triangle with two women, Tina Lord Roberts and Gabrielle Medina....
, and the two lonely individuals soon fall passionately in love. However, Blair seeks to marry billionaire Asa Buchanan
Asa Buchanan
Asa Buchanan is a fictional character and patriarch of the Buchanan family on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. The Texan industrialist father of newly-arrived characters Clint and Bo Buchanan, Asa was originated in 1980 by Philip Carey. Carey portrays the nearly continuously for nearly three...
to gain the financial security and power she needs to care for her mother and destroy Dorian. A persistent Max woos Blair into having sex with him hours before her wedding to Asa on June 16, 1992 — literally on top of her wedding dress. Nevertheless, Blair marries Asa anyway. The union is a loveless one, and the marriage is clearly doomed when Blair feigns being pregnant to get her share of the Buchanan money. On Christmas Eve 1992, the argument that follows after he discovers Blair's deception, Asa has a heart attack and Blair leaves him on the floor to die (He is soon discovered by his ex-wife Renee Divine and recovers). During a divorce hearing in January 1993, Asa paid off a maid named Sunny to say she witnessed Max and Blair making love in Blair's bedroom and as a result she was given no financial settlement by the judge. She in turn took off with money from Dorian's safe and left town on January 29, 1993. By the time Blair's marriage to Asa falls apart, Max has moved on to the love of his life, Luna Moody.
On December 17, 1993, Blair was immediately tracked down in Florida by Viki and Sloan to admit that she tricked Dorian into signing a confession for killing Victor Lord. In 1994, Blair tries to use Max's ever-increasing gambling habit to split him up from Luna. Blair and Max spend a wild weekend in Atlantic City
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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, but later Blair accidentally hits Luna with her car and paralyzes her. Realizing that he loves Luna, a sobered Max faces his addiction and ends his relationship with Blair, seemingly for good. Cord Roberts
Cord Roberts
Cordero "Cord" Roberts is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. The role was originated in 1986 by John Loprieno, who left the series in 1992 and then returned from 1993 through 1997...
consoles a devastated Blair, and they fall into a romance.
Todd Manning and other storylines
In late 1994, Blair bonds with town pariah Todd ManningTodd Manning
Thomas Todd Manning is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. Created by writer Michael Malone, the role was originated in 1992 by actor Roger Howarth. In 2003, Howarth departed from the series and the role was recast with actor Trevor St. John as Todd, initially written...
, and after several drinks they fall into bed. When she discovers in 1995 that Todd is the "secret Lord heir" — son of deceased millionaire Victor Lord and half-brother to heiress Viki Carpenter
Victoria Lord
Victoria "Viki" Lord is the principal fictional character and matriarch of the Lord family on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live...
— she scrambles to marry him to secure the money she needs to pay for Addie's care. She pretends to be pregnant with his child, and they wed.
Todd buys a tabloid, The Intruder, and renaming it The Sun, he immediately sets himself as the rival to Viki's newspaper, The Banner. Blair falls for Todd and really becomes pregnant with his baby, but she is mugged and miscarries. Max reveals to Todd that Blair wasn't pregnant when they married; a furious Todd nearly rapes her. Their marriage in shambles, Blair discovers that she is pregnant again; ultimately, Todd has their union annulled.
By November 1995, Todd and Blair reunite and marry again. Todd travels to the Irish
Ireland
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island of Inishcrag to make amends with Marty Saybrooke
Marty Saybrooke
Dr. Margaret "Marty" Saybrooke is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live. The role was originated by Susan Haskell, who portrayed Marty from January 24, 1992 through September 16, 1997 and made brief appearances on February 16, 2004 and February 2005...
, the woman he had raped years before. Todd helps Marty's love, Patrick Thornhart
Patrick Thornhart
Patrick Thornhart is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera, One Life to Live. He was played by Thorsten Kaye from October 1995 to September 16, 1997, and an unknown actor by June 3, 2011 to June 6, 2011.-Storylines:...
, evade a terrorist group, but is mistaken for Patrick, shot, and presumed dead.
On New Year's Day 1996, a vengeful Blair vows to destroy Marty for her part in Todd's death. Blair gives birth to Todd's daughter Starr
Starr Manning
Starr Irene Manning is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. Portrayed by Kristen Alderson since 1998, Starr is the oldest child of Todd Manning and Blair Cramer, and was originally known for her mischievous behavior, exacerbated by her parents' volatile...
, and then decides to seduce Patrick to punish Marty. By now, Marty is engaged to Luna's brother Dylan Moody, but still in love with Patrick. He resists his attraction to Blair, even as Marty marries Dylan. When Marty insists on staying with a paralyzed Dylan despite her feelings, Patrick finally falls into Blair's arms. As they make love on the floor of her penthouse on August 16, 1996, a man watches from the shadows: Todd.
Todd later reveals himself, delighted with daughter Starr but vowing to punish an "unfaithful" Blair. She is overjoyed that Todd is alive, but he soon engages her in a fierce custody battle for Starr. Though considering reuniting with Blair, Todd's anger is fueled by the revelation that she is pregnant with Patrick's child. Baby Starr is diagnosed with aplastic anemia
Aplastic anemia
Aplastic anemia is a condition where bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cells to replenish blood cells. The condition, per its name, involves both aplasia and anemia...
and needs a bone marrow transplant. Blair's unborn child is a match, but she is soon in a car accident; her child with Patrick is stillborn, and she names him Brendan. Unbeknownst to Blair, the other driver had been her young cousin Kelly Cramer
Kelly Cramer
Kelly Cramer is a fictional character on the long-running daytime soap opera One Life to Live, most notably portrayed by Gina Tognoni, who first appeared in the role February 17, 1995 and left on August 24, 2011.-Casting:...
; after Kelly's role in the accident is revealed, she and Blair are at odds for some time. Alex Olanov
Alex Olanov
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turns out to be a suitable donor for Starr, but by now Todd and Blair are at war, and divorce in 1997.
Todd pays lawyer Téa Delgado
Téa Delgado
Téa Delgado is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. The role was portrayed by Florencia Lozano from January 27, 1997 to March 2, 2000 and briefly in 2002; Lozano returned to the role once again on December 5, 2008.A stern but passionate personality, the character has...
$5 million to marry him in a bid to defeat Blair in the custody battle over Starr. Téa and Blair are soon at each other's throats; when Téa falls through a window during an argument with Blair, Todd is temporarily awarded full custody of Starr. By 1998, Blair wins back visitation rights to her daughter; she renews her relationship with Max, but breaks it off when she discovers that Asa has paid Max to get information on her. Blair falls into the arms of Sam Rappaport
Sam Rappaport (One Life to Live)
Samuel "Sam" Rappaport is a fictional character on the long running ABC soap opera One Life to Live. He was originally portrayed by Kale Browne from March 5, 1998 to April 11, 2001. The role was taken over on May 8, 2001 by veteran All My Children actor Laurence Lau, who was made famous for...
; in love with Blair, Max proposes, but she turns him down.
Blair and Todd marry a third time in 2001 but divorce in 2002; they remarry in 2003 but that union is annulled in 2004.
In 2007, Blair remarries Todd for the fifth time (in exchange for a Téa-inspired $5 million) to help his bid to win custody of his biological son Sam Manning (then known as "Tommy McBain"). Todd's child with Margaret Cochran
Margaret Cochran
Margaret Cochran is a fictional character on the soap opera, One Life to Live. The character was played by Rebecca Mader from March 26 to June 8, 2004...
, Sam had been kidnapped by Todd's nemesis Dr. Spencer Truman
Spencer Truman
Dr. Spencer Truman was a fictional character on the soap opera One Life to Live. He was played by Paul Satterfield from May 25, 2005 to January 30, 2007. Satterfield has reprised the role, in the form of Ghost by characters Miles Laurence and John McBain, several times in 2007...
shortly after birth and had been presumed dead. His son's existence revealed, Todd is desperate to take him back from his adopted parents, Dr. Michael
Michael McBain
Dr. Michael McBain is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.-Casting:The role was originated by R. Brandon Johnson in November 2003, with Nathaniel Marston stepping in on February 16, 2004 and ultimately leaving on November 29, 2007. On January 9, and January 10, 2007, Robert...
and Marcie McBain. Todd is awarded custody, but Marcie flees Llanview with the child.
In May 2008, Todd is in a car crash with Sam, who is not in a car seat; Blair is awarded custody of Sam. In August 2008, Todd and Blair have a custody battle over Sam; Blair is awarded custody once again. In December 2008, with Téa's help, Blair marries John McBain
John McBain (One Life to Live)
John McBain is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live, portrayed by Michael Easton since October 1, 2003.-Natalie and Evangeline:...
to gain custody of her kids, and they do. In March 2009, Blair is put in a coma after being stabbed by Powell Lord III, later identified to be the same person who killed both Lee Halpern and Wes Granger.
In July 2009, Blair divorces John despite Blair wanting a annulment
Annulment
Annulment is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to be invalid from the beginning almost as if it had never taken place...
. Also, Todd and Blair have a one-night stand
One-night stand
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in the cabana of La Boulaie. In August 2009, Blair sets out to find out Téa’s deep, dark secret and hires Rex Balsom
Rex Balsom
Rex Balsom is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live, portrayed by John-Paul Lavoisier since May 9, 2002.With the character initially named "Jamie" prior to production, then-Executive Producer Gary Tomlin "toyed with the idea" of putting Rex in a gay storyline;...
as a private investigator
Private investigator
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to dig up information on Téa’s missing Llanview years. He finds out that Ross Rayburn
Ross Rayburn
Ross Rayburn is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. The role was originated by Shawn Christian in 2002. Michael Lowry portrayed the role from August 28, 2009 to December 14, 2009, from January 8 to 13, 2010 and on April 29, 2010...
, who tried to kidnap Blair's kids at Todd's order in 2002, is in Tahiti
Tahiti
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and was with a woman; Blair thinks the woman was Téa. In September 2009, she finds Ross, and he tells her he is married to Téa.
In October 2009, when Blair tries to spoil Todd and Téa's wedding ceremony, Ross tricks her by taking her on a boat out on a Llanview bay to stop Blair from ruining the wedding. While on the boat, Ross gets Blair to admit that she still has romantic feelings for Todd. They return to shore and Blair finally tells Todd about Téa's marriage to Ross. Later, Ross and Blair converse with each other about everything that has happened lately. Meanwhile, Téa is shunned by Todd after having a huge argument with him about the invalidity of their marriage and flees to La Boulaie to confront Blair about the matter. She badgers Téa to admit the truth about yet another secret. Téa confesses that she has been hiding the fact that she has a child with Todd. Blair tries to force Téa to tell this to Todd, but and Blair get into a physical altercation and when pulling at each others hands they release and Tea and Blair are both flung back and Blair falls into the window onto the pool below.
Blair survives and decides to keep Téa's secret, only because she fears it will push her and Todd together. She is eventually kidnapped by Ross along with Téa and Todd's daughter, whom Ross believes to be his, Danielle Rayburn
Danielle Rayburn
Danielle "Dani" Manning is a fictional character from ABC soap opera One Life to Live. Created by writer Ron Carlivati, the role was originated in 2009 by actress Kelley Missal. The character was conceived as part of her mother Téa Delgado's absence on the series from 2002 through 2008...
. Blair goes to great lengths during their capture to keep Danielle safe. Eventually they are rescued by Todd, Téa, Bo and Nora. At first it looks as though Todd killed Ross, it is later revealed that he is alive. Blair then begins a merely sexual relationship with Ross's brother, Elijah Clarke. Blair also moves out of Dorian's when Dorian begins to do the bidding of Mitch Laurence
Mitch Laurence
Mitchell "Mitch" Laurence is a fictional character, portrayed by Roscoe Born, on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live, from 1985 to 1987 and again from 2002 to 2003...
, unaware that she is going along with his plans to ensure all the Cramer women's safety.
Elijah Clarke and surprising friendship with Tea
On May 6, 2010 Blair and Tea have a confrontation that forever changes their prior relationship as enemies. Blair made a copy of Tea's medical records and she found out that Tea was going to die of a brain tumor, so she invited Tea over to her mansion to discuss Tea's illness, apologize for how she has treated Tea in the past, and offer to help however she can. However, Tea is initially furious to find out that Blair has copied her medical files, and threatens to sue Blair. Blair says Tea can fight her all she wants. Tea assumes Blair cannot wait for her to die, so she can return to her old flame—Todd Manning, but Blair says she has no intention of getting back together with Todd, and says she does not want Tea to die. Tea tries to push Blair away, even physically, but Blair fights to contain Tea and Tea breaks down in Blair's arms. They cry together, and Blair tells Tea she will help however she can. Subsequently, Blair convinces Tea to seek medical treatment for her tumor, but Tea initially fights her on the subject, but eventually gives in. Later, Blair invites Tea and Danielle over to get ready for prom with Danielle's older sister Starr. Blair and Tea spend some quality time together and bond once the kids leave for prom. Shortly thereafter, Blair takes Tea to her first radiation treatment. Several weeks later, Blair finds Tea passed out lying on the floor of her hotel room, and she gets her to the hospital. Blair promises to make sure that Danielle is a part of her family, once Tea dies, and she comforts Tea. Weeks later, Tea calls Blair over to ask Blair to be Danielle's legal guardian in case something happens to Todd; Blair promises to always be there for Danielle. Blair and Tea share an emotional goodbye with a memorable montage of some of their history together.On July 2, 2010 Elijah asks Blair to marry him, she then tells him she needs time to "think." They go to Tahiti where they run into Ross Rayburn. They were about to marry until Blair found out what Eli has done. She shoots him but the bullets are blanks. When Blair returns to Llanview, she is saddened to learn that Tea has died. Blair makes Tea the funeral she thinks she would have wanted. In October it is discovered that Eli and Tea are alive: Eli comes back to Llanview and kidnaps Starr, Hope, and Dani they go to Cherryvalle to treat Eli but in the staircases Eli find Tea and takes her as well. Starr and Hope escape Eli are kidnapped once again by Hannah O'Connor. Todd, Blair, John, and Bo face off with Eli at the warehouse. Eli wants Blair to run away with him so she listens and gets into the van, but sneakily leaves and goes in the warehouse looking for Starr and Hope but instead she is shocked to find Tea in the warehouse, and alive. Tea and Blair share an emotional reunion, and Blair unties Tea and tells her they have to run because Eli will blow up the warehouse. Eli notices that Blair is gone and blows up the warehouse with Tea and Blair inside it. Blair and Tea pick themselves up and try to find a way to get out of the warehouse. Todd and John go into the warehouse and try to find Blair and possibly Hope and Star. Tea and Blair find John and Todd and they are all rescued.
Dealing with Jack, Murder cover up and Original Todd
In 2011, Blair and Tea are supporting each other during a time of trouble- Todd has gotten shot. They bicker about Tea's brother Tomas. It seems Tea is protecting Blair and doesn't want Tomas to date Blair. In early April 2011 Blair finds out that Jack has been bullying Shane Morasco causing him to try to jump off a roof to kill himself. Blair notices that Jack does not fell sorry for what he did. In June 2011 Blair finds out that Tomas has a wife named Yvette and a son named Baz who he did not know about. In early July 2011 finds out from John McBain that Gigi Morasco is dead from carbon monoxide poisoning after being locked in a basement by Jack and his friends. Todd tells Blair that he paid off Brad's dad (one of Jack's friend's) to confess to the whole thing.On August 1, 2011, the man with Todd's original face arrives at the premiere and reveals himself to the family. Blair, Starr and Tea are stunned, and Blair asks him where has he been in the past eight years. The man (simply known as "TM") says he was locked up, but doesn't know where. He says that she, Starr, Jack and Tea have kept him alive all this time and he was coming to take his family back. TM kisses Blair, reminding her of their wedding back in 1995. While TM is taken into custody by John, Blair, Starr, and Tea are left to doubt if the man who has been Todd for the last eight years is an imposter. Later, Blair is back at home telling Dorian all about Todd and the man with Todd's old face. Dorian asks her if she was sure who the real Todd was, and Blair only says that the man with Todd's old look seems to act, smell, and talk like the real Todd used to. Blair then calls Tomas and says she wants to know everything about what really happened to Todd eight years ago.
It is revealed that the man with the original face is Todd Manning, and that the other with the surgically altered face is actually Todd's identical twin, Victor Lord Jr. Todd tells Blair that he blames her because she didn't try to find him while he fought to get back to her and their children. However, Todd wants to get back together with Blair, the love of his life. "You're the one", he tells her, in Viki's cabin after he has been shot by his mother Irene. Blair nurses Todd back to health and while reminiscing about their checkered pass, almost share a kiss.