Daniel Meade

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Daniel Meade
Eric Mabius as Daniel Meade.
First appearance	Pilot (aka I Am Not Going To Sell Herbalux)
Information
Gender	Male
Age	32 (est.)
Occupation	Editor
Title	Editor-In-Chief at MODE
Family	Bradford Meade (father) Claire Meade (mother) Alexis Meade (sister)
Portrayed by	Eric Mabius
Created by	Silvio Horta

Daniel Meade is a fictional character in the American dramedy series Ugly Betty. He is played by Eric Mabius.

1 Background
2 Connections
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External link

[edit] Background

Daniel is the son of magazine publisher Bradford Meade. His father picked him to become editor-in-chief at MODE, the fashion magazine that Bradford publishes (his mother Claire is the true owner of the magazine), after the mysterious death of Daniel's predecessor, the well-respected Fey Sommers.

Sensing that Daniel will need help because of his inexperience in the fashion industry, Bradford decides to hire a personal assistant to guide him. However, due to his son's habit of womanizing, he knows that the assistant he chooses should be one that his son would never be attracted to - so he chooses Betty Suarez. Bradford figures that by having Betty as an assistant, he is confident that MODE will continue to thrive. Additionally, he knows that Daniel would never sleep with Betty because she has very little sex appeal.

At first, Daniel resents having Betty work for him, but he eventually reconsiders and realizes how valuable an asset Betty would be to the company. Due to the unusual combination of Daniel's business saavy and Betty's wealth of knowledge and ideas, the duo becomes the "darlings" of the fashion industry.

Daniel is also reminded by his father and Wilhelmina about his late brother Alex, who was the editor-in-chief of sister publication Hudson. Daniel hopes that by being in charge of MODE, he can prove to them that he can hold his own without living in the shadow of his late brother. However, he is unaware that Alex is not only alive and had a sex change, but plotting to have Daniel removed from the job. When Alexis does show up and reveals herself to Daniel, he is not happy about this and explains to Alexis that they really cared about him and blame him for their mother's drinking problems, which happened after "Alex's" death.

When Alexis attempted to fire Daniel, he fired back with an injunction because the family buried "Alex" and therefore Alexis cannot fire Daniel or claim ownership of the company, thus leading to a sibling rivalry which prompted Betty to play mediator between the two. For now Daniel has agreed to a truce with Alexis until the matter is settled.

[edit] Connections

Betty Suarez - Assistant editor; Her knowledge has helped Daniel succeed in their roles at MODE. The two also seem to depend on each other a lot.
Fey Sommers - Former Editor-In-Chief; Her death resulted in Daniel being named the successor, a move that stopped Wilhelmina from getting that job. He is also drawn into the mystery surrounding Sommers via a series of phone calls (made by Alexis) warning him to "watch his back" when he is around his father.
Wilhelmina Slater - Creative Editor at MODE; Daniel's role as the editor-in-chief has made Betty and him unlikely enemies of the fashion editor. She wants Daniel's job and is determined to make sure, by any means necessary, that Daniel and Betty never succeed in the world of fashion.
Bradford Meade - Daniel's father and owner of Meade Publications; Despite handing the job to Daniel, Bradford was not sure that his son could live up to the challenge. Daniel has gained his trust, even though the two have shown signs of a rift in their relationship. The rift is being fueled by Wilhelmina and Alexis.
Claire Meade - Daniel's mother; Has been in and out of rehab due to her drinking problem. She has warned Daniel against his womanizing and told him that he will end up going the same route as his father when he had the affair with Fey.
Sofia Reyes - Author and Editor-In-Chief of sister publication MYW; Daniel fell head over heels for Sofia, who was brought in by Bradford to launch a new magazine. At first she resisted his advances because of his womanizing ways but gave in afterwards, even though she had a boyfriend who just asked her to marry him. Her presence helped curb his womanizing. Daniel asked Sofia to marry him and she accepted. However, on a national TV broadcast, Sofia revealed it had all been a plan for an article on how any woman could get any man to propose to her in only 60 days and she did not love Daniel at all, devastating him.
Amanda Tanner - Receptionist at MODE; She had an unusual romantic relationship with Daniel, and wanted the assistant editor job that Betty filled. However, Daniel only thought of Amanda as a one-night stand, and this, together with his constant womanizing has strained the relationship. In the end, she gave up on Daniel but agreed to a working relationship instead. She also gave up on being Daniel's assistant after realizing that Daniel trusted Betty more, and that she was overqualified for the job. But it would be at the expense of her job with MODE and future to go after Daniel. When forced by Marc to sabotage a date for Daniel, she does just that.
Justin Suarez - Betty's nephew; He worships Daniel as if he was a father figure.

[edit] Trivia

The character's name is the same as the main villain's in Yo soy Betty, la fea played by Luis Mesa

Daniel Meade's letters and magazines are sent to his address at 6767 West End Ave., New York, but it is not specific on whether its his apartment or his workplace.^[1]