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Hallmark Channel Star Reveals He Just Married a Real-Life Fan: ‘She’s Fully Invested’
For all of the Hallmarkies dreaming of being swept off their feet by a Hallmark Channel hunk in real life, actor Jack Wagner just provided a glimmer of hope that it’s possible.
In a social media video shared by Parade on July 2, 2025, The “When Calls The Heart” star, who just began filming his 13th season as Bill Avery on Hallmark Channel’s hit series, revealed that his new wife, Michelle Wolf, considers herself one of countless “Hearties” — the nickname for the show’s devoted fans.
Jack Wagner Says He Loves Watching His New Wife React to His Hallmark Channel Show: ‘She’s a Heartie’
HallmarkWagner, who rose to fame in the 90s and 2000s on daytime soap operas including “The Bold & the Beautiful” and primetime dramas like “Melrose Place” before moving over to Hallmark, married Wolf on May 18, per Swooon.
Among the things they have in common is their experience as professional musicians (he had hit songs in the 80s and she has written songs for and performed with numerous acts including N*Sync, Oleta Adams, BB King, and The Scorpions, according to her website. Another common bond they share is her love of “When Calls The Heart,” which he’s starred in since it premiered in 2014.
“She watches ‘When Calls The Heart,’” Wager, 65, told Parade. “She’s a Heartie. They’re called Hearties. So I’m able to measure the show by watching Michelle, my wife now.”
Sitting on his couch during the virtual interview, he pretended Wolf was sitting next to him and said, “Like, if I’m here watching and she’s there, like, I can literally, like, I’ll watch her and her reaction … ‘Ah! Oh my god!’ You know? Because she’s totally engaged as a normal person.”
Wagner continued, “I can’t watch shows as a normal person, right? I think technically and, ‘What could happened here?” and ‘What could have been better?’ You know, she watches as a normal person, okay?”
The actor noted that they have never sat down together to watch “The Bold and the Beautiful,” which he returned to for a story arc in June.
“Maybe she’ll record it and maybe we’ll have some time to check out some of those episodes, and see how she reacts to that,” he told Parade. “But she’s fully invested in ‘When Calls The Heart’ in terms of how it moves people and touches people.”
Jack Wagner’s Wedding Came as a Big Surprise to Fans
The news of Wagner’s wedding came as a big surprise to fans when Wolf shared Instagram photos on May 31, as initially reported by EntertainmentNow. In Wolf’s pics, she and Wagner were beaming — with him in a tuxedo and her in a wedding dress and veil.
Images included them laughing at an outdoor altar as the priest marrying them looked on, and of them posing at a small reception with a bar behind them.
She has since made her account private, but she previously posted periodically about dating Wagner on her account. However, the two never announced publicly that they were engaged and have kept a low profile. They did, however, attend the MovieGuide Awards in February 2024, as seen in the video above.
Wagner returned to the Vancouver set of “When Calls The Heart” on July 1, posting a video from the airport in his Instagram Stories — as he does every summer — to thank Hearties for another season. He’s not the only newlywed in the cast, though. Series lead Erin Krakow and co-star Ben Rosenbaum also got married in a surprise wedding in June.
