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General Hospital’s Avery Pohl Weighs-in on Esme Having a “Little Mini Crush On Spencer”

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Sprina fans have often been incensed that GH has not moved further along the romantic story of Trina (Tabyana Ali) and Spencer (Nicholas Chavez). For one thing, the young couple haven’t hit the sheets as of yet. For another, there is the interloper and ongoing threat to their relationship in Esme Prince (Avery Pohl).

With Esme and baby Ace living with Spencer at Laura’s, she is getting awfully close to her ex-boyfriend.  If the old Esme finally reveals herself, what will she be capable of doing if she is falling for Spencer all over again? (Or, did she ever ‘really’ love him the first go-round?)

In the latest issue of Soap Opera Digest, Avery Pohl shares her thoughts on her Port Charles alter-ego’s deepening feelings for Spencer, and if Esme is even aware of what she is doing, or if this is all pure manipulation.

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Pohl expressed: “I think that Esme is not fully aware of her feelings or her actions.  I don’t think she’s got the same wherewithal of who she is as a person like she did before.  So within that, she doesn’t know what she is doing. I think, that is the bottom line.”

GH and Sprina fans are trying to brace themselves for the day that Esme decides to go all-in to get Spencer back, but Pohl, adds, “Esme isn’t fully aware of how her actions are going to impact others, which may be similar to the old Esme in a certain capacity, but I don’t think realizes her little mini crush on Spencer yet.”

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However, next week on GH, also look for Trina and Spencer to have a significant heart-to-heart when Trina pipes up about how she feels about the amount of time he is spending with baby Ace and Esme.

So, where is this all heading? Is it going to be revealed that Esme is the ‘old’ Esme and is going to continually come between Spencer and Trina … or, is this new version going to have deep and genuine feelings for Spencer, which somehow, in turn, is going to cause Spencer conflicted feelings in his love life? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.

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The hardest is when a actress is replaced.

Although Tabyana is a good actress, It’s just the prior Trina, had more chemistry with Spencer.

Honestly they both bring something different. I don’t see the other actress doing what Tabby did in Greenland. I didn’t like the change at first but when her and Spencer decided to team up to flush out Esme then I started giving her a break.

Oh, you bet, Brian—at least you think Tabyana is a good actress—I don’t. No charisma—I doubt that innate skill could mutate for the better with anyone else.
The previous Trina had it all!! More power to her.
Then, there’s Esme—she and Spencer are the IT couple—
Aside—a word to Olivia—Sing—Sang—SUNG. The “natural” progression of the verb.

Tabyana is a great actress as well as Syndey. They both had/have chemistry with Spencer/Nicholas. Spencer and Esme have zero chemistry. No one wants to see them together, after everything Esme did to Spencer and his friends. The worse thing GH did was to have Esme have sex with Nicholas, which was gross and giving er a baby. Now they don’t know what to do with her.

No. Not happening. Sprina only. Sprina ALWAYS. Are we really supposed to believe she has changed? She has been excused from all of her crimes, never suffered consequences for her actions and manipulates Spencer and others. Nope. Never. Spencer and Trina are IT in every way.

I like Esme and Spencer and I’m sick of some demanding that Spencer be with Esme because she’s black, and inferring that if he and Esme don’t get together it’s because of racism. That’s all the blather on social media by Sprina fans, which means that due to cries of racism, we already know that the endgame will be Spencer and Trina.

Why though? This chick slept with his dad. Came to his school to prey on him and infiltrate his family. Esme isn’t a good pick for Spencer regardless of race. She belongs in prison.

If she belongs in prison so does Carly for decades of crimes; from attempted murder (twice) to drugging AJ, to kidnapping Martin Grey’s mother. Probably could get some time for taking Nina’s DNA without her permission and running a DNA test on her and Willow w/o permission. What about Portia? She’s a doctor who took an oath to do no harm, yet she deliberately brought Oz out of his coma, knowing it could kill him or cause permanent brain damage, just so he could testify against Esme.
Esme was a bitch; but she’s not a murderer & at this point anyway, has started a new life. I’m not saying I’d want Spencer with her if she reverted to the way she was, but if there’s goodness in her (maybe with a big of an edge), I like them together. Regardless, the pressure on the show for Trina & Spencer and the racism accusation has turned me off to them as a couple. I don’t like “demands” made based on race.

One more thing; as for sleeping with his father? Not the first time on a soap. In GH? Sam slept with Dante’s father, Sam slept with her sister Molly’s father, Kiki slept with Griffin, her mother’s boyfriend, Ava and Kiki slept with Morgan, Carly slept with Tony, her mother’s husband, etc…

Have you read the post? Doesn’t make sense.

Yes I have; I edited it but it didn’t appear. I wrote “Esme” when I meant Trina. I then added another comment to clarify. I’m wondering if the edit option isn’t working.

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I agree. Can’t stand this Trina and I don’t care what color she is. She makes Esme look better and better every time she opens her whiney mouth.

Seriously, she can’t help her voice. That’s a personal attack against the actress. Stick to the character. Nothing can make Esme look good at this point. Feel free to watch Trina or mute your TV.

Sometimes it’s an actor’s choice to adjust the pitch in their voice (Lord knows Michael Easton’s been doing it for years). It’s all in the delivery and doesn’t necessarily impact the longevity on a show. Heck, Kristina Wagner’s been on and off this show for almost 40 years despite some (not me) criticizing the voice she gives to Felicia.

Except, Kristina Wagner’s voice as Felicia is not that different from her own. It’s just slightly higher in pitch.

B.S. everything about an actor or actress affects their character, their looks, the sound of their voice, mannerisms, etc.I don’t care for Spencer’s looks either. What are supposed to be muscles, look like fat to be in his arms and upper legs. This is an observation not really a criticism I think Avery Pohl is a beautiful girl and her looks don’t hurt her character one bit!

I agree. Can’t stand this Trina and I don’t care what color she is.

Is it necessary to include the colour of her skin? Comes off increasingly racist, almost as if stating “I’m not racist but…”.

You need to read correctly before you respond. I DID NOT mention the color of her skin. In fact I said I didn’t care what color she was and the color of hers is obvious, so no need. It just seems that those of us that don’t like her are being accused of not liking her because of her race and that’s where my original post comes from about not caring what color she is I don’t like her anyway, so sue me, I don’t know what else to say and I’m certainly not apologizing for an unintentional remark that got under your skin.

I’m with you, Violet. Gosh, it’s gotten to where we have to edit ourselves BEFORE we decide to make an innocent comment. Trina and Spencer do not generate any sparks anymore, it’s no one’s fault.
Just like in real life, not everyone becomes our best friend. It’s just chemistry. I love Spencer’s looks and I’m warming to him and the new & improved Esme.

Again, Violet, you DID. I can guarantee if Ali were a White actress, your statement would of read: “I agree. Can’t stand this Trina,” and you would have left out “and I don’t care what color she is.” The racist undertones of needing to include “I don’t care what color she is” is tone deaf. Point blank. People feel the need to bring Ali up in every single post where someone is involved in Trina’s orbit storyline-wise, and it’s absolutely ridiculous.

I don’t know why I’m bothering to explain to you what I wrote, but here goes! The ” I don’t care what color she is” statement was because of all the comments being spewed by Trina fans and the reason for their single mindedness being that we would not even say such a thing if she were white. The racism is coming from these people accusing us of being racists that we’re always having to defend ourselves , thus the comment ” I don’t care what the hell colo,r she is, I still can’t stand her. I should say that all of the Esme haters just don’t like her because she’s white. How stupid all of this is. Too bad a person can’t say one thing that isn’t to someone’s liking and they get jumped all over, so excuse the hell out of me!

Remain ignorant in your statement, Violet. You wear it well.

This Esme storyline has missed every single potential mark it could have made. Having watched the 2018–2019 Neighbours seasons, I can tell you should all watch the Finn Kelly storyline, because it is exactly what the Esme storyline should have been, and it was not.

Please do not do a repeat of a Spencer, Trina and Esme storyline.

Esme is Steven Lars daughter with Maggie because Heather already admitted that she’s not Esmes grandmother.

I meant to put down Heather admitting to not being Heather’s mother.

Oh no I missed that who did she confess that to I would love if she turned out to be Carly’s daughter whose to say that Carly didn’t have a child before coming to Port Charles

Your correction needs another correction. I’m confused.

Esme needs to go

Avery appears to be missing the mark on her character’s motivations and true persona. Whether or not Esmess has memories, her actions are reminiscent of the past. She has yet to suffer consequences for her evil actions against Trina, Joss, Cam, and Spencer. No amnesia and cute baby will ever erase that.

To you diehard “Sprina” fans. To others, we’re happy with how Esme’s being written. There are a LOT more characters who haven’t ever paid for their crimes like Carly, who has gotten away with much worse for decades. And more recently, Portia, a doctor who swore an oath to protect life, do no harm, yet took Oz off life support before he was ready, knowing he could die or suffer brain damage, all so he could testify against Esme. I don’t remember her paying…So this “Esme must pay” is kinda BS.

I’m not a fan of Carly but she has been locked up and put in mental institutions multiple times. She was fortunate to have Jason, Sonny and even Jax cover for her. Portia not paying for her crimes that’s on the PCPD. Esme actually has charges hanging over her head. If she reverts back to “herself” they can charge her.

Who did Carly and Portia frame for a crime? What Esme did to Cam and Joss and framing Trina was pure evil. Also, Trina had to go trial and almost went to jail. GH should not have given Esme amnesia and let her pay for her crimes. Maybe she could have been redeemed.

Do you think framing someone is the worst crime on GH? Carly’s attempted murder twice. She tried to kill Tony, the husband she stole from her mother, she tried to kill Franco after she cheated on him when they were engaged, She drugged AJ when he was in recovery. She kidnapped Martin Grey’s mother from a nursing home to use as leverage against Cyrus. She helped Jax switch Spencer’s paternity results to keep Nikolas from knowing Spencer was his son. She took a son from his father for life,(I’m sure Carly fans/AJ haters thought that was great; I thought it was disgusting & hate it to this day), she took Nina’s DNA and ran a DNA test without permission, she tried to keep Nina from her child for life. That’s the short list.

Portia? She’s a doctor who took an oath to do no harm, yet she took Oz out of his coma knowing that could kill him or cause permanent brain damage so he could testify against Esme.

Viewers seem to pick and choose who goes down for their “crimes.” At this point, I’d say Esme paid enough; she’s been traumatized several times over. If she reverts to crazy/evil, I’ll change my mind.

Rebecca, she taped two teenagers having sex for the first time and released it to the world. She also drugged Trina with a narcotic that Britt later said was very dangerous to mix with alcohol. Then she framed Trina for this heinous crime. Rather than adhere to the natural flow of the story arc which would deliver Esme with comeuppance, she develops a convenient case of amnesia. Oh, and she also had a giant baby which she uses as a shield. She’s a sexual deviant and a sociopath and sorry, a baby and amnesia cannot change the tenor of her morally bankrupt character. The actress and her character fell prey to abysmally poor writing.

Oh, and she also had a giant baby

Can’t blame her for that; it was already addressed, due to COVID regulations, they have to “hire” (and I hate using this word in regards to babies) infants that are not the size of newborns.

The delays and the lack of airtime have me shrugging my shoulders when it comes to Sprina, and I get that’s the feeling they (TPTB) want from the fans. That way they can do whatever. They were so cute together and now they rarely have any time to sparkle. The writers need to fit that stat.

Sorry but GH has missed the mark. Wrong message to send that you can do low down dirty crimes and get away with it. Baby or not Amnesia or not she belongs in prison. It’s hard to believe that she has Amnesia when she fell off the parapet before and still remembered and never miscarried Ace. This storyline is trash.

The prior Trina wasn’t around when grown Spencer showed up new Trina was there

Sydney Mikayla is the Trina who first met Spencer; she’s the Trina who got blood poured on her head that Spencer had placed in the gallery to fall on Ava. They shared many scenes together before this current actress was recast as Trina.

Make a love story for Spencer and Trina

I hope spencer and Trina stay together and Trina’s mom get caught making Esme and Spenser spending all this time together.

Mr too

I love the character Esme…. In a lot of ways she reminds me of Andrea Evans character Tina Lord Roberts on One Life To Live… I think she should get a bigger story line and a new love interest what would Joss would think if Esme and Cameron got together I understand the actor is in college but another actor could step in till he returns

No. Why would Cameron get with Esme, who filmed his first sexual ecounter and sent it to the entire school. I repeat again GH messed up with Esme storyline, now they don’t know what to do with her.

If Cameron and Esme did hook up, Elizabeth’s son would be getting it on with her brother’s sister.

I love GH, but I have to remember that these stories are just for entertainment. Saying that, I would love to see Esme and Dex together to give Joss more of a storyline. Right now, she is not a factor in the show. If she went to visit her Dad, Jax, she would not be missed. I think that would be a juicy story.

Although it’s not a fully fleshed out storyline, Joss & Dex are regularly shown “having relations”. Occasionally, we’ll get some intimate scenes with Sam & Dante, rarely between Chase & BLQ and not yet between Spencer & Trina. Ava & Austin, Felicia & Mac and Carly & Drew have had more action than the current “it” couple.

Dex only has eyes for Sonny.

Can’t stand Dex and Joss together. Don’t know what his real story is yet but she’ll be his downfall. He’ll rue the day he ever met that spoiled brat. Sonny has been more than a dad to her most of her life and and she wants to put him away for the rest of his life just because when he had amnesia he fell for another woman.

Just read that Trina’s mom is all bent out of shape because Trina is pregnant Spencer is just not good enough for her baby girl. I never ever saw them get that close, but then again I F.F. thru most of their scenes, but guess I just went too fast, huh?

So, Essie is still the little conniver that she has always been.

I’m in no rush for a return of old Esme. I can see Trina going to handle a gallery crisis in Paris for Ava, which brings Esme & NC closer in her absence.

That’s what I love about GH…never know for sure what’s Really going to happen.

I love general hospital each day it’s my time to relax and watch my favorite show iam a Hugh fan I would love to get a part to be a walk on so bad I am disabled blind in one eye this show is my favorite show for years iam 62 just leave me to watch this show I tell my daughter Stacie she’s 18now

They wrote Esme in a corner and she should have been killed off. There was no viewer satisfaction in Esme developing Esme and watching her tout a giant baby on her hips as he were some kind of shield.
We needed to see her served her just desserts. I can’t stomach the sight of her because she was so good at playing a creepy sociopath who drugged a young girl, taped two teenage virgins having sex for the first time and then framing Trina for it. Everyone speaks of Avery’s great acting prowess which is why we are still subjected to the awful character she plays. But us she? I maintain she’s a bit of a one note who can’t play the nuanced and flawed sympathetic character. She’s a female Norman Bates who has left such an indelible bitter aftertaste in my mouth that my palate cannot stand the sight and sound of her. Please stop giving us one dimensional and heinous villains who never receive their comeuppance and achieve redemption through amnesia, brain tumors or pregnancy.

Apologies. Looks like my edits didn’t go through. I meant amnesia, not Esme. There’s a whole lot of other typos that I edited which also did not go through.

Neighbours’ storyline of Finn Kelly in 2019 is the perfect example of how this storyline should have gone from Point A to Z.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom

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This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, the race is on! Can Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) get to Rocco (Finn Carr) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) in time to ensure their safety from Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)? Can Carly (Laura Wright) with the help of her brother, Lucas (Van Hansis) rescue Josslyn (Eden McCoy) from captivity at Wyndemere? These questions may be answered, plus the return of the one and only Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) are on tap!

In the just released General Hospital spoilers video for the week of June 22-26, Lulu tells her mother, Laura (Genie Francis), “Dante and I have to get to Rocco before Cullum!” Meanwhile, Rocco (Finn Carr) looks angered and emotional as Britt walks through their cabin hideout. Does Rocco know his parents are on the way to find them, or has Cullum already tracked them down to the British Virgin Islands?

Back in Port Charles, Carly is informing Lucas that his niece, “is a WSB agent.” She knows Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is being held against her will at Wyndemere, and she has to find a way to get her out. Lucas agrees with Carly’s plan of, “We go in and we don’t leave without Josslyn!” Elsewhere, Josslyn is looking worried for her future as she is stuck in captivity thanks to Cassius, Cullum and Sidwell!

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The final moments of the teaser promo reveal Anna in a psychiatric clinic in France. We have not seen her for months after Cullum, Sidwell and Pascal fed her hallucinogenics to make her believe her arch nemesis, Cesar Faison was alive!

Now, the doctors walk towards her hospital bed, where we see the super spy calmly knitting. Is Anna back to normal and playing everyone to get out of her predicament, or does she still remain deeply traumatized … or both?

Take a look at the rest of the official GH spoilers for the week below.

MONDAY, JUNE 22
Willow gets an unwelcome surprise. Trina sticks to her guns. “Nathan” wants reassurance. Ethan advises Ava. Brook Lynn receives an update.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Dante cautions Liz. Laura learns a secret. Brook Lynn confides in Michael. Sonny challenges Ava. Chase makes a decision.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Anna meets with her doctor. Carly makes a stunning confession. Britt extracts a promise. Cullum pulls a fast one. Gio and Emma hit the pool.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Josslyn clashes with Cassius. Lulu and Dante make a discovery. Chase receives a warning. Jordan seeks help. Alexis is summoned to the PCPD.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Anna takes a huge risk. Britt is in grave danger. Willow is in disbelief. Danny must act fast. Curtis jumps to the wrong conclusion.

Check out the latest General Hospital promo entitled, “Rescue Mission” below.

Now weigh-in: Do you think Anna is still mentally off-balance, or OK, and just pretending to be troubled to get out of France and get back to Port Charles? Will Josslyn finally be rescued, or will Carly and Lucas find themselves locked up with her? And, who will get to Britt and Rocco first? Cullum, or Dante and Lulu? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.

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Maurice Benard Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’ Writers; Teases Upcoming Sonny Scenes with Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric

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With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).

On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..

In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”

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So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!

FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD

As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and  and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”

Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.

So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.

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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Announces Upcoming Release of His First Single, ‘If You Need Me’

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In a surprise move, Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos, GH) is getting ready to unveil a new chapter of his career in music.

The former GH star, where he played the son of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) for 15 years, has announced his new single, “If You Need Me” will drop on Friday, June 26. The single is now available for pre-order on Spotify and major music streaming platforms and is distributed by DistroKid.

Taking to his Instagram story over the weekend, to announce the pre-save of his new single, Chad expressed, “I’ll make a full post about what I’ve been up to and my music once it goes live next week, but you can pre-save my first single so it goes straight to your Spotify once it drops next week.”

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SINCE LEAVING GENERAL HOSPITAL

Previously, since his departure from the ABC soap opera. Chad starred alongside Zach Mendez in the world premiere of of Yum Yum at Annapolis, a new play written by Bruce Reisman. Duell last appeared on General Hospital on the January 21, 2025 episode.

The part was recast with Rory Gibson who debuted as the new Michael in May of 2025 during the Nurses’ Ball episodes and who has remained in the role since that time.

In an interview earlier this year on The Able Show, Duell said on his decision to exit the soap opera, “I was blessed to be part of that (show) for as long as I have, but what happens sometimes is if you’re doing the same thing, especially in a creative field for such a long time, you can get a little burnt out in a way. It can make you a little depressed, so that’s kind of what happened. On top of that, I had other things going on in my life at the time. My father passed away recently and I just needed a reset. So, I stepped away. A lot of times you have to go through some stuff to really step into that next level. I needed to kind of feel uncomfortable.”

So, what type of musical genre will Chad’s new song be? Country? Pop? Rock? Dance/Club? Something else? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below, and if you are eager to hear the new single next week via the comment section below.

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