PASSIONS' Charles Divins (Chad) is getting his laugh on as Mona's love interest on HALF & HALF, the UPN sitcom about two very different half sisters.

"I'm the cute, funny, fun guy who lives next door," Divins explains. "I did six episodes this year. The half-hour sitcom and PASSIONS are yin and yang. It was a nice change of pace."

Especially once his character, Lorenzo, got over being the straight guy. "They gave me jokes, and I got to do some goofy stuff," he reveals. "I'm running around with underwear on my head! It was fun to be in front of a live audience, and the whole cast is great."

The whole cast may be great, but dreamy Lorenzo only has eyes for one of them: "It's all about Mona," Divins previews. "Me and Chase (Lamman Rucker, AS THE WORLD TURNS' ex-Marshall) battle it out for her, and at the end of the season, she picks one of us. We'll see who comes back next season."

Divins' final episodes air on March 27, April 24 and May 15 — unless, of course, he gets the girl and comes back for fall 2006!