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Eva LaRue Reflects Back on Her Run as ‘General Hospital’s’ Homophobic Natalia Rogers-Ramirez (Exclusive)
The harrowing real-life story of soap vet Eva LaRue (ex-Maria, AMC, ex-Celeste, Y&R and ex-Natalia, GH) and her daughter, Kaya McKenna Callahan is currently streaming on Paramount+ in the two-part documentary, My Nightmare Stalker: The Eva LaRue Story.
It details the 12-years of terror the mother/daughter experienced through letters and threats from an unknown faceless stalker, who went by the name of “Freddy Krueger” until the case was solved with innovative DNA and forensic genealogy and technology.
LaRue was the very special guest on the Monday, December 1st livestream on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel, where she not only discussed opening up and telling never-before-known inside details of her stalker experience, and how it has affected her and daughter for life, but she also spoke on her most controversial and most recent soap role of Natalia Rogers-Ramirez on General Hospital.
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In a run that started back in February of 2024, Eva was introduced on the ABC daytime drama series as the disapproving and homophobic mother to her daughter, Blaze (Jacqueline Grace Lopez), who at that time was in a relationship with Kristina Corinthos-Davis (Kate Mansi). As the months went on, LaRue’s Natalia Rogers-Ramirez ended up with no redeeming qualities, especially after we later learned she also had a gay son, Marco Rios (Adrian Anchondo) with her ex-husband, Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota)!
However, by the end of June of 2025, it was bye, bye, Natalia where after a flatlined potential romance with Sonny (Maurice Benard), and him sending her packing out of the country, she overdoses on pills and booze and dies. Thus, ending the run to one of GH’s most unpopular characters.
Eva opened up about how much she knew of Natalia’s backstory when taking on the role and when she first learned that her character was homophobic and bigoted. “I had no idea when I took the role, to be honest,” shared LaRue. “I will never forget that day when I got that script. I will never forget begging on set, ‘Please don’t make me say it as written. I cannot even say these words.” Every part of my body is like I’m being stabbed to death, having to say these horrifying, hateful words. I did not know going in that my character was going to be such a horrible homophobe and that they double and tripled down on it.”
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The actress who was so beloved as Dr. Maria Santos on All My Children and as CSI: Miami’s Natalia Boa Vista, knew the viewers were not happy with GH’s Natalia. “Everybody hated my character. It was tough, because I was coming from playing Maria Santos, who was a pretty beloved character, and then went to The Young and the Restless, and even though my character was a pain, a Latina busy body mom, I don’t think she was vilified, but this character on GH was vilified,” remarked LaRue. “This was the first time that there was just no redeeming moral compass (for a character I’ve played). She was just morally and ethically bankrupt.”
Looking back several months later, LaRue took stock of how the character of Natalia just tanked with the fans. “I was only supposed to be there (at GH) for three months, but I think what happened was we had a changeover in writers. When the new writers came on and I think they thought, “Since we have her, maybe we can redeem her. We’ll keep her on a little longer. There is some chemistry with her and Maurice Benard (Sonny), so let’s see what we can do with that.” But, they never saved the character. I think maybe they were leaning into that Sonny’s not a good guy necessarily and Natalia is not a good girl necessarily. Maybe it’s a perfect fit, but then when that didn’t work, and the audience was definitely not for us being together, then they cut bait. It was time to go.”
However, LaRue loved working with her GH TV family and especially had high praise when Adrian Anchondo as Marco came upon his dead mother in the hospital. “Oh, I loved working with Adrian. He was awesome. He really was. He was so good and Jacqueline Grace Lopez, she was a little angel. She was such a sweetheart. I loved my kids on the show, and I loved working with Natalia’s ex-husband, Carlo Rota. His character was horrible and fantastic. Carlo is such a great guy to work opposite, and at one point I thought, “If I’m going to be a ‘bad guy’ anyway, have me hook up with my ex-husband and be like this horrible duo!”
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Eva remembered the moment she found out it was curtain for Natalia, who from all accounts as of now, took an accidental overdose of booze and pills which ultimately ended her life. “I knew it was going to be winding down. I could see it for a few months leading up to it. I said, ‘Just give me a little warning.’ But, I actually ended up opening a script and seeing it. However, they wrote some really great, juicy, tender and delicious final scenes for me. So, I was very happy about that an actress, and very thankful for the material.”
Since exiting GH, and over the last few months, LaRue has been extremely busy promoting her riveting two-part documentary in which she was also one of its executive producers. During the livestream, Eva teased that she will be continuing to work behind the scenes as well as in front of the camera, “I’m creating a scripted version of ‘My Nightmare Stalker’ that I am co-executive producing. So, it’s a nice new chapter, a new way of being creative. And of course, I don’t want to give up the acting, because I love that.”
Check out the Michael Fairman Channels enlightening full livestream chat with Eva LaRue below.
Now let us know, do you feel there would have been anyway for GH to come back from making Natalia homophobic, given the things she said, the kind of mother she was to her children, and then her ultimate drug and booze induced downfall? Would you like to see Eva back on the soaps, perhaps on Beyond the Gates, Days of our Lives or The Bold and the Beautiful in a new role? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
I love seeing Eva LaRue on my television screen. She belongs on daytime. I always thought her (all too brief) turn on Y&R would save the Rosales family story but alas, that was not meant to be. I would welcome her back as another character in a heartbeat.
I love Eva and would like to see her in another soap or TV series. She is talented, pretty and seems very nice.
I was not one of those fans that hated the character, and actually thought she was redeemable but I guess I’m in the minority there. I actually hope she does come back to. GH maybe as Maria, I was a AMC fan but if we keep waiting for amc to be revived then we are all gonna be waiting forever, plus ABC owns the rights to the show/character, just bring her on, Maria is a Doctor after all.
Let’s get some GH legacy characters storylines before we bring over characters from defunct soaps.
Yeah. Not sure why Eva La Rue is getting so much publicity. She’s an okay actress but not good enough to rise above the bad writing afforded to Natalia.
I had no problem with Natalia. I couldn’t understand all the hate especially as she softened toward the end. She represents a viewpoint of many in the audience I’m sure.
Just how did she soften? She didn’t really accept her son. Judging by public acceptance of marriage equality, I would use caution saying “many” in the audience.
GH writers should turn Natalie into a verb. Definition: making a character so one-dimensional and unlikable that the viewers are rooting for their death. (characters, not actors). Used in a sentence: We’ve Natalied Drew Cain.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Jonathan Bennett Receives 3 ‘Critics Choice Real TV Awards’ Nominations for Hallmark Series, ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’
Many things are coming up roses for Jonathan Bennett! On the heels of the news that he is set to debut this month in the role of Joe Fitzpatrick on General Hospital, who is rumored to be a new love interest for Lucas Jones (Van Hansis), comes the news that Bennett’s reality series, Finding Mr. Christmas has received 3 nomination for the Critics Choice Real TV Awards.
Bennett’s Hallmark Channel series finds itself in tough competition alongside fellow nominees: RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV), Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix), Survivor 50 (CBS), Top Chef (Bravo) and The Traitors (Peacock). In addition, Jonathan himself is nominated for Best Show Host and the series participants as the Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series.
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) revealed the nominees for the eighth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards on Thursday, which recognize excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. Winners will be announced online at CriticsChoice.com on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 9:00am PT/12:00pm ET.
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Taking to his Instagram to celebrate the nominations, GH’s Bennett, enthused, “3 Critic Choice Nominations! I’m so proud of the FINDING MR CHRISTMAS and to be in the company of all the legends in all these categories is so surreal! Congrats to Hallmark Channel and to our nominated cast and nominated show and everyone who made this magical show possible. This is crazy! This gives FMC 6 Critics Choice nominations in 2 years. Not bad for a little show on Hallmark Channel. What are your thoughts on our show?” Jumping first into the comment thread was one of his new GH co-stars, Dominic Zamprogna (Dante) who expressed, “Yeah buddy!!!🔥🔥”
In the series, Bennett, the host and co-creator spends eight weeks guiding 10 aspiring actors through a series of “festive face-offs” and acting challenges alongside actors like soap opera notables, Hunter King (ex-Summer, Y&R) and Alison Sweeney (Sami, DAYS). Along the way, they develop their skills and a bond with one another. The show, which is available on Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Plus, highlights LGBTQ+ representation with openly gay contestants vying to be the next Hallmark star.
It should be noted that Traitors received the most Critics Choice Real TV Award nominations with 6 nods, followed by Dancing with the Stars with 4.
Bennett is very familiar to daytime fans having started his career as JR Chandler on All My Children in 2000-2001, before landing the part of Aaron Samuels in the motion picture, Mean Girls in 2004 starring Lindsay Lohan, which would become his breakout performance.
You can check out the full list of Critics Choice Real TV Award nominations here.
So, excited for Jonathan Bennett’s General Hospital debut this month? Have you ever watched Finding Mr. Christmas on Hallmark? Let us know via the comment section below.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Kelly Thiebaud on Britt and Cassius Sibling Drama, But Who Will Ultimately Blow His Cover?
On the April 30 episode of General Hospital, Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) had some choice words and warning for her brother Cassius Faison (Ryan Paevey) who has been masquerading as his twin, the very dead, Nathan West.
As the story has unfolded, viewers learned that Britt knew all along that when “Nathan” showed up in Port Charles seemingly resurrected with a missing 7 years of his life unexplained, that Cassius was taking his place.
Now in developments on today’s GH, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) is figuring out that this guy pretending to be Nathan is someone else, and Cassius learns from Britt, that Joss is not just a ditzy sorority girl as he claimed, but a WSB agent! The moment stuns Cassius. Are the walls about to close in on him and his charade?
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Daytime Emmy winner, Kelly Thiebaud spoke to Soap Opera Digest, about the story point and getting the opportunity this time back at GH to work with Ryan Paevey, when she hadn’t had the chance to before.
BROTHERLY LOVE?
Thiebaud expressed on sharing scenes with Ryan Paevey, “It’s just been so wonderful to have him back and to actually work with him! When he first came onto the show (as Nathan at the end of 2013) I was kind of heading out — it was right towards the end of my contract, so we didn’t actually work together a ton. It’s been really refreshing and so much fun to really spend time together and get to know each other and work together. I think we have really great on-camera chemistry and banter with each other. I really enjoy working with him.”
With the stakes at an all-time, Thiebaud explained how she views her on-screen alter-ego’s involvement with her more hot-to-temper sibling and why Britt revealed the truth about Josslyn to him. “People finding out about Cassius would expose what she’s involved in and what she agreed to do,” explains Kelly “And now Josslyn is digging around, and she’s connected to Carly (Laura Wright) to Jason (Steve Burton) and that whole dynamic! It’s messy!”
BRITT’S MURKY FUTURE
Britt has currently also reached her breaking point with Jason being carted away by the WSB, Rocco (Finn Carr), the child she gave birth to, shooting Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) to protect her and Jason, Marco (Adrian Anchondo) being killed after trying to help her, and Cullum holding over her head getting her Huntington’s disease medication to control her symptoms, while blackmailing her into finishing the research on her father, Cesar Faison’s, final project. Thiebaud summed it up best for Britt right now, sharing, “It’s been a really tough time for her.”
So, who do you think will be the person to blow Cassius’ cover? Will it be Britt herself? Josslyn? Liesl? Brennan? Nina? Lulu? Rocco, Maxie, Cullum or someone else? Let us know your pick in the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Michael Reveals His Plan to Set Up Chase and Willow to Have an Affair
After the Wednesday, April 29 episode of General Hospital, it’s clear outside interference and other circumstances are set to blow Chase (Josh Swickard) and Brook Lynn’s (Amanda Setton) marriage sky high, as Michael (Rory Gibson) reveals his plans to entrap Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) and use her relationship with Chase to do it!
In story, Michael dropped by unexpectedly to Carly’s (Laura Wright). A plotting Michael reveals his plan to nudge Willow and Chase into having an affair. Michael hopes it would create both a political and personal scandal, where Willow would lose her seat in congress. In the scenario, she would be having an affair with her ex-husband, while taking care of her supposed disabled husband, Drew (Cameron Mathison), who cannot speak and is confined to a wheelchair, which in turn will look horrible for Willow’s character.
Carly asked does he really want to destroy his cousin, Brook Lynn’s life in the process? Michael goes in on Chase’s holier than thou attitude, and says he is going to set-up the circumstances that would lead Chase and Willow to betray their spouses, and hit the sheets together. Michael swears to Carly what the two of them do is up to them, but he’s going to go on the offense with this.
MICHAEL HAS BACK-UP
Later, Jacinda (Paige Herschell) is talking with Charlotte (Bluesy Burke) at Crimson and how much she dislikes Willow because of what she has done to Michael. Just then, Michael shows up and tells Jacinda privately, he’s figured out a way to fight Willow. Looks like Jacinda might work with Michael to bring down Willow and use Chase as the person to do it!
At the hospital, Lucas (Van Hansis) tells Josslyn (Eden McCoy) that Carly is cheating on Jack, but he doesn’t know with who. Josslyn suddenly flashes back to the moment she found her mother harboring a fugitive, Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart), in her attic, and as figured out that her mother is sleeping with him. She heads out.
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BRENNAN IS ABOUT TO LEARN ABOUT CARLY
Next thing you know, Josslyn has showed up inside Jack’s (Chris McKenna) hotel room at the Metro Court and when he enters his room, he is shocked to find her there. He lays into her for not keeping his distance and that Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) will have no problem killing her if he knows she’s WSB. Josslyn fires back that he is only concerned about that because his relationship with her mother depends on her being safe. But then, she lays the boom, and tells Jack, Well, you’re too late. You already lost her.”
LULU GETS A GLIMPSE OF CASSIUS’ TEMPER
In addition, Lulu (Alexa Havins) sees a different side of “Nathan.” Since she is unaware that the man before her is his twin, Cassius Fasion (Ryan Paevey), he tells her that Rocco (Finn Carr) blabbed that he shot Cullum to Britt (Kelly Thiebaud), and now he thinks they should send him away to stop him from talking to everyone else. This concerns Lulu, who rails at Nathan for telling her what to do with her son and that she isn’t going to abandon him. With “Nathan’s” outburst at her on the matter, will she finally get a clue this is not the man she thinks it is?
So, what do you think of Michael’s plan to push Willow and Chase into an affair? Will it work or backfire? Do you think Joss will reveal that Valentin is the man sleeping with Carly to Brennan, which will send him in a rage? Will Lulu continue to be clueless about “Nathan?” Weigh-in via the comment section below. But first, take a look at the GH video tease for today’s April 30 episode.
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