Maurice Benard has become a soap opera legend ... s real-life love story with his beloved wife. Maurice first met Paula Smith at the mall in the 1980s when she was just 16 years old.

Before joining the hit soap that would change his life Maurice has been in a relationship with Paula Benard for more than three decades. The couple have been married since 1990 and celebrated ...

So, uh, can I leave?" "You were adopted by your half-sister, Maurice's beautiful wife [Paula Smith Benard]," Hall said to Andresen. "And that changed the trajectory of your lives." RELATED Video ...