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Adrian Anchondo Says Heartfelt Goodbye to ‘General Hospital’
By now, General Hospital fans have seen or know from social media, that the character of Marco Rios (Adrian Anchondo) met his maker on today’s March 25 episode of the ABC daytime drama series. Marco was stabbed by WSB Director Cullum (Andrew Hawkes), was rushed to GH, Dr. Isaiah Gannon (Sawandi Wilson) performed surgery to save him, but he still passed away.
On this emotional day for actor, Adrian Anchondo, not only did he say farewell to the character he created on-screen, but it was the end of the line for the LGBTQ love story of Marco and Dr. Lucas Jones (Van Hansis), something that is not lost on Anchondo.
After his final scenes aired on the East Coast, Anchondo took to his Instagram account with a post that contained images from Marco’s sad end, Adrian’s goodbyes at the set, and a moment where he took a liquor shot in honor of Marco … RIP.

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HIS MOTHER WOULD BE PROUD
Anchondo, made his Port Charles debut a year ago in March, and over time, viewers saw different shade of Marco: the good, the bad, the vengeful, but it appeared his love for Lucas would win out, until he stole the vials of Britt’s medications and then everything went bust.
Sharing his sentiments on his time on GH, Anchondo expressed, “I started this journey with a story about my mother, how she was with me in spirit at my screen test for Marco, hiding in the compact she used to do her make up in while she watched soap operas on the couch. Now, I know she is looking down and proud of me for all the work I’ve done in the past year on one of the best shows ever created. She is proud of me for showing up every day and leading with kindness and respect, for fighting through my insecurities and anxiety, and for letting my heart shine through a character that had questionable intentions.”
REPRESENTING THE LGBTQUI AND LATINO COMMUNITY ON DAYTIME TV
“I’m also proud of myself for doing the work, for representing the LGBTQI and Latino community, and for constantly recognizing the magic that every single person on the show creates,” the openly gay actor said.
Taking the temperature of GH fans, who were hoping against hope that today Marco would survive, Adrian added, “I know fans are sad (believe me I’m still grieving) but I’m just one small piece in a much bigger picture. This isn’t about me, it’s about what’s best for the story. I can’t believe the amount of love I’ve received especially in the last few days. I hope I made you proud. To my queer fans, don’t be discouraged, we will keep spreading our love and fighting for that happy ending.”
FINAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
In his final “Thank You’s,” Anchondo acknowledged several key cast members who he attributes helping him get through the hard times and those who showed him the love.
“Thank you General Hospital, ABC and Disney for making a dream come true” he began.”Thank you Mark Teschner (casting director, GH) for seeing something in me and Frank Valentini (executive producer, GH) and the Directors for bringing that something out of me. You changed my life and I will be forever grateful. Thank you to Colton Little (Andrew, DAYS) for being by my side, running lines. hyping me up, and holding me through the sad parts.Thank you to my Grandma and cousins for cheering me on. Thank you to the amazing cast especially Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis) for your wisdom and kindness. Carlo Rota (Sidwell) for your support, guidance and friendship, and of course to my amazing friend, Van Hansis for holding my hand in more ways than one – you made it easy to fall in love with you. Thats a wrap on Marco! I hope everyone loved him as much as I did. We went out with a bang. On to the next big thing”
So, were you sad to see GH kill-off the character of Marco Rios? What did you think of Adrian Anchondo’s touching farewell message? Let us know via the comment section.
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I am not surprised that Marco bit the dust but I am very sad. I really liked Marco and loved his relationship with Lucas. Getting involved with his evil father in order to get revenge on Sonny was his downfall.
Thank you to Adrian for your great work in bringing Marco to life. I wish you tremendous success in the future and look forward to seeing you again.
To TPTB: PLEASE do not try to reunite Lucas with that chronic schemer and liar Brad. Lucas has grown as a person and gone way beyond the likes of Brad.
I agree. Lucas and Brad are history. I would like to see Lucas have a strong storyline of grief and rebuilding his emotional world. Perhaps there could be some new characters coming to Port Charles that are not mob-related or part of a vague international conspiracy and spy game. One of those characters might be a man for Lucas to love. Soaps lately seem to rely so heavily on history at expense of growth.GH tells tightly woven compelling stories with suspense and emotion and I do appreciate that strength of the program.
yes, I’m sad he’s leaving especially since the character redeemed himself but its also sad that a show where their biggest star (Maurice Benard) is latino cant seem to have more latino actors, and to then killed them off in such a violent fashion just left a bad taste for my fave show. Come on GH do better.
I am extremely sad over the death of Marco but very happy GH introduced us to Adrain and I will look for him in his next project.
Definitely gonna be missed! Loved Marco and Lucas together.
I’m sure he has a bright future ahead!
They should have killed off Cullum and not Marco.
Killing off Cullum would have irreparably damaged Rocco, and they wisely did not do that to a teen and especially one tied to Luke and Laura.
I am aware of that, but I just despise the character.
I agree I’m so mad Lucas and Marco would have went the distance I couldn’t help to hold out hope they would save him.
I agree!!!
YES
Now I’m mad!
What I don’t get is Marco was stabbed on Friday but was taken to the hospital and was being operated on. That gave me hope that Marco would pull through. Why didn’t they just have Marco die when he got stabbed instead of giving us hope that he would live? That’s what has me upset over this.
Unspeakably sad. Lucas finally finds the love of his life only to have that love brutally murdered. Anchondo beautifully fleshed put the role of Marco, and he shall be missed. Please don’t let Lucas go back to Brad. That would be quite the mark down.
Even though I sensed this was coming, I was wishing and hoping I was wrong. Adrian did such a great job in this role. I cried watching the scenes today with both Lucas and Sidwell…and I cried reading Adrian’s goodbye message. I just pray they don’t pair Lucas again with Brad. This week is hatching so many good NEW storylines!
Such thoughtful words from a very sweet guy. You can tell this role was important to Adrian and he put a lot into it.
Marco’s run started with great potential and ended in an amazing umbrella storyline.
Best of luck to Adrian going forward.Thanks for bringing “to life” a refreshing take on a gay character.
Indeed ! Adrian’s Marco was as refreshing as the two main characters in “Heated Rivalry”.
and I promise you OG Steve… I won’t go “all Conor”, lol. But I am still very sad over Adrian’s departure from the shoe.
Did not like him at first but the actor won me over, he did a great job and worked well with Rota and Hansis.
Very sad that Marco,was killed. Wash hoped he would pull throgh.. Enjoy him very much.
I wish he could of told who did this but I know there’s probably more to go around in these soaps.
I think they killed off the wrong person
Such is life. After all, the orange monster keeps on living.
What a lovely, classy message. I hope he goes onto more great acting adventures!
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Britt and Rocco Say Their Goodbyes, Then She Gets Arrested; Anna Reveals “Nathan West” is an Imposter

On the Friday, June 26 episode of General Hospital, emotional moments, a new duo on the run, the end of the line for Britt and an eye-opening moment between Anna and Felicia were the order of the day. Let’s take a look at what went down, but first let’s give a round of applause for Kelly Thiebaud (Britt) and Finn Carr (Rocco) on their goodbye scenes.
In the story, Rocco insists to his parents, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) and Lulu (Alexa Havins) that he wouldn’t leave Tortola without Britt. Dante is getting impatient because Britt brought all the trouble in recent months to his son. They need to protect him and they can’t if he stays with Britt. Lulu tells Britt she is the only one who can do the right thing, right now.
Britt explained it is too dangerous for Rocco to stay with her. She was very selfish and made a lot of terrible decisions along the way and Cullum is tracking her down because she did not finish the project he enlisted her for. She convinces Rocco to go with his parents and gives him a little token of something that reminded her of when he was a baby which is a bottle to blow bubbles with.

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TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
Rocco makes Britt promise to take her medication to ward off her Huntington’s disease symptoms and to keep changing locations so she is not caught. The two share a final hug as both are in tears. Dante makes a call. While in the car ready to leave Britt behind, Rocco says he will never forgive himself is something happened to Britt.
Back inside, Britt is ready to inject herself with her medication but is unaware that Cullum has now tainted it with poison! But she is saved from that, when two police officers burst through the door to arrest her for kidnapping charges! Did Dante call the local police? Is he doing this to keep her safe or to pay her back?
In Port Charles, Charlotte (Bluesy Burke) arrives at Crimson, completely unaware that the man in the elevator is following her. Nina (Cynthia Watros) and Charlotte have an argument about Willow (Katelyn MacMullen). Suddenly, Willow calls her mother that she is being questioned by the PCPD, and Nina learns, it is as a suspect for being the other driver that left Jordan and Curtis injured by the side of the road on Route 91.
ARRIVALS AND DESTINATIONS IN QUESTION
Chase (Josh Swickard) comes to Willow’s rescue much to Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Justine’s (Nazneen Contractor) chagrin. Willow learns Lucy and Drew are the supposed witnesses against her. Chase figures out when Joe (Jonathan Bennett) was alone with Drew, he got him to blink in a way that implicated her. However, in a shocking moment, Justine reveals that the trip log from Willow’s BMW SUV placed her at the scene of the accident just second before it occurred.
Meanwhile, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) comes by Crimson to see Charlotte. He says he broke into the WSB office to get info to expose Cullum as a double agent. Charlotte blows a gasket! She can’t believe that he would do something so stupid that it could have gotten him killed. She firmly tells Danny that best thing he can do to help Jason is to stay out of things. Danny storms out, but notices the stranger in the elevator who now steps into the Crimson lobby.

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The man tells Charlotte he is Agent Mark McKay with the WSB and he has orders to bring her in. When she resisted, he was about to chloroform her, when Danny knocked him out and took off with Charlotte.
ANNA PUTS HER TRUST IN FELICIA
In France, after having some private time with Emma (Braedyn Bruner), Anna (Finola Hughes) wants to talk to Felicia (Kristina Wagner). She tells her best friend she was trying to figure out what memories of her past with Faison, she could trust and not trust. Since Felicia knows her best she is hoping she can believe what she is about to tell her.
It is then that Anna says, “Nathan West (Ryan Paevey) is not who he says he is.” Felicia looks dumb-founded. Will she believe her friend … or think she has drummed this all up in her mind? Stay tuned.
So, what did you think about the goodbye scenes featuring Finn Carr and Kelly Thiebaud? Did you reach for the hankies? Do you believe that soon, Cassius will be caught for his duplicity and the truth about Britt’s “illness” will come to light? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below. But first check out the scenes featuring Anna on her road to recovery in France
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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Drops First Single EDM/Dance Track ‘If You Need Me’

Last weekend, we shared the news that General Hospital alum and Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos) was releasing his first single today on June 26th and it has indeed dropped! And for those readers who guessed that Duell’s first track out of the gate was going to be an EDM/Dance/House track … you are correct, sir!
The song entitled, “If You Need Me” is perfect for the late night clubs and can be found on Spotify and other major streaming platforms! Duell is noted as the performing artist, but as the composer/ lyricist and the beatmaker of the track. For his music projects, Chad is going solely by the name of “Duelly” which has been his social media handle for years.
Taking to his Instagram on Friday, Duell explained his deep dive into making music, expressing, “I’ve wanted to make music for a long time… I just never did it. It always felt like this huge, overwhelming thing to learn. All the technical side of it, the programs, everything that goes into actually building a track… it was easy to keep pushing it off. A couple months ago I finally just decided to go for it.”

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BIT BY BIT PUTTING IT TOGETHER
Chad added, “Since then I’ve been putting in a lot of time learning, experimenting, figuring things out, and slowly starting to find a sound I’m really proud of. This first release is more of a dance/EDM vibe, but I’ve also been working on a lot of different styles behind the scenes that I’m just as excited about. At some point I realized I could keep holding onto everything trying to make it perfect… or I could just start putting music out and grow as I go.”
Stepping out of his own way, Duell firmly says, “So that’s what I’m doing. My first track “If You Need Me” is out now. More coming soon… this is just the beginning.”
As GH viewers know, Chad made the decision to step away from General Hospital after a 15-year run with the series where his last episode aired in January of 2025. By May of last year, the role was recast with Rory Gibson debuting in the part.
Give a listen below to Duelly’s “If You Need Me,” and let us know what you thought of it via the comment section below.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: What Did You Think of the Return of Anna Devane, and What’s In the Letter?

Finola Hughes made her dramatic return on-screen on the Wednesday, June 24 episode of General Hospital. Viewers will see Finola as Anna Devane again on tomorrow’s June 26th episode.
In the story, while in the French mental health facility, Anna has a session with Dr. Laurent. She tell her she now knows she was never kidnapped and that Cesar Faison is dead.
As she continued with her ruse, she went on to say she understands she was enlisted back into the WSB on a secret mission, and through that she relived all the trauma she endured by Faison, which caused her to have a psychotic break. Anna promises Dr. Laurent that her treatment plan had helped her so much in figuring out what was real, and what was in her imagination.

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ANNA’S GOT HER OWN PLAN TO ESCAPE
In a smart move (hopefully) Anna told Laurent if she could talk to someone else who had known Faison that it might aid in her recover. She was given the phone and she called Felicia (Kristina Wagner), who agreed to fly to France in the morning. Dr. Laurent claims she is pleased with Anna’s progress, but that they still have a very long long way to go.
Now by herself, Anna pulled out a packet of letters from a bedside table. There is one in particular that she is fixated on. What does it contain? Is this all a part of her escape plan? Will she warn Felicia that “Nathan” is really Cassius (Ryan Paevey)? If so, will Felicia even believe her?
In a summer preview with Soap Opera Digest, GH co-head writers Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten shared, “We’ll see echoes of Anna’s earliest incarnation as she returns to Port Charles with deadly intentions.”
So, were you happy to see Anna Devane back on your screens? What do you think is in the particular letter she was staring at? Will Felicia help Anna escape or not believe a word she says? Weigh-in via the comment section. But first, you can check out some of the scenes from Anna’s on-screen return below.
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