General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Britt Dies, Josslyn Breaks Up with Cameron, Ava Finds Out Esme is Pregnant
Wednesday’s General Hospital featured a heartbreaking death and an emotional break-up. Although fans knew that Kelly Thiebaud (Britt) was leaving the daytime soap opera, we all thought that she would exit the canvas alive, especially given the set-up of her goodbye/birthday party, and that Britt was leaving those she loved behind to go live out her days with a new identity why she battled Huntington’s Disease.
However, the surprise was on us. When Britt returned to the ‘Haunted Star’ to be with her mother Liesl (Kathleen Gati), she collapses. Eventually, Britt starts coughing up blood and Liesl finally realizes she needs to call 911. But, it’s all too late. Britt tells Liesl she won’t make it to the hospital as she was poisoned by ‘The Hook’. As she draws her last breaths, Britt asks her mother to hold her. The scenes featured touching performances by Kathleen Gati and Kelly Thiebaud.
Later, Liesl is alone at the hospital and Scott (Kin Shriner) joins her, and that is when Scott learns Britt dies. He phones Nina. Meanwhile, Liesl says one final emotional goodbye to Britt.
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In another tearjerker. Josslyn (Eden McCoy) realizes she has to break up with Cam (William Lipton) tonight, especially after having sex with Dex (Evan Hofer). She says it was wrong of her to give into her feelings for Dex, without breaking up with Cam, first. Joss heads to Kelly’s with Dex outside for protection from ‘The Hook’. Inside, an emotional Joss tells Cam things have changed between them, and that they can’t go back to how they were. She apologizes to a gut-punched Cam but she’s not in love with him anymore. Cam tells her they cannot go back to being friends. Eden McCoy and William Lipton were excellent in these break-up scenes.
At GH, Esme (Avery Pohl) apparently has some form of amnesia from her hypothermia and can’t remember her name, that she was pregnant or where she was. Is it another trick … or did Nikolas (Marcus Coloma) and Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) just get off scot-free for their roles in kidnapping her?
When Ava (Maura West) arrives at GH and learns that Esme is pregnant, Nikolas approaches her so they can have a word in private. Then, in front of Laura (Genie Francis), Trina (Tabyana Ali), Spencer (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and more, Ava asks Nikolas if he is Esme’s baby daddy, to which he replies, “Yes”. Then, as only Ava can do, she hauls of and slaps him as his mother looks on in horror over the entire situation!
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So, were you shocked that GH decided to kill off Dr. Britt Westbourne? What did you think of the break-up scenes between Josslyn and Cameron? Now that Ava knows Esme is pregnant with Nikolas’ child, what do you hope she does next? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section, but first, check out Josslyn trying to let Cameron down easy that only backfires on her in the clip from today’s GH below.
This is BULL!!! How dare they kill off Britt like this???
Don’t forget she left the show on her own, she wasn’t fired but I think she could have left another way, leaving it open for her to return. This is too final
She apparently is happy with her ending. She did a short interview and explained that even back in 2009 I think it was, she was interested in other work and had no intention of coming back to GH. When she did the most recent time, it was supposed to be temporary but she decided to stay longer because she wanted to do the Jason/Britt story. She also stated she’s “in love” and her boyfriend lives in the UK and he can’t live in the States at this time, so they’ve been going back and forth a lot. I don’t know if she’s planning on moving there, but she wanted the freedom to travel and take other acting projects. She decided it was time to go.
Still, I agree. I’d rather they had not killed Britt off. Maybe Kelly would’ve changed her mind down the road; maybe the show felt they felt a recast wouldn’t work.
First: the acting on today’s episode was PHENOMENAL!!!! Great performances from Eden McCoy, William Lipton, Kathleen Gati, Kelly Thiebaud, Maura West and Genie Francis!!!!
Disappointed the rumors turned out to be true and Britt is dead ): The rumor I heard had her saving Nikolas – which would have been more poignant – rather than Josslyn. The show is so strange – loved the acting and the overall episode, but am not crazy about the decisions the show is making with its storytelling decisions.
Loved Ava’s slap of Nikolas’s childish foolish face! (; Loved Laura’s reaction to learning that her son has gotten Esme pregnant!
They have killed off both of Liesl’s children ): I am worried about Kathleen and Parry (Liesl and Brad), since most of their scenes have been with Britt…
I dont think Heather hooked all the victims. I think she was somehow trying to protect Esme or something in her twisted mind. Its too neat … Too much to ask that Heather could be escaping from a maximum security mental facility, murdering people with blood everywhere, and slipping back in undetected. If it is Heather, its just bad writing. Sorry to say.
Though the acting was great, I wasnt expecting Britt to die. This show is SO dark right now! There is no balance of love or humour or campy escapism!! Lighten up!!
What does this show have against parents and children??!! All of Monica’s four children are dead. Three of Scotty’s four children are dead. Now Liesl has lost her only two children (that we know of).
I dont know where the show is going with all this gloom and doom and constant sadness, violence, and misery. Seriously … To the writers … Balance it out!!
JJ…One time I can agree with you on all counts…. I don’t think Heather was the only “hook.” She only recently found out Esme was her daughter. And we’re did she get the poison?
You’d think GH would learn not to kill off a character like Britt. Instead think of a story where she survived with the help of Liesl in the lab.
Hadn’t thought about all of the children lost over the years. Add Sasha’s Liam to the list. And hopefully not Willow’s baby.
Way too much violence. And now Sonny’s going to get tough again.
What happened to the old GH with love, humor, and adventure in the afternoon. Maybe that’s why Hallmark is doing well. Even featuring previous soap actors, But sometimes even a bit smaltzy for me,
Rose, I agree completely. Terrific acting aside, these recent tawdry tales are symptomatic of what’s ailing soaps. There’s too much darkness without balancing light. Even the holiday episodes seem to have a pall over them, like you can never relax and just enjoy them — there’s always a dreadful shoe ready to drop. The killing of Britt (though we realize soap characters are rarely dead) was a dreadful miscalculation. Who, exactly, was hoping for that? No one I know or anything I’ve read in these posts. Just sloppy writing in an effort to wring tears. For me, it just produced anger and frustration.
Soaphound…That’s why I suggested writers could have written a storyline where Liesl go back to her old ways in the lab when she was “bad” Mutter, take Finn with her who solved another mystery cure, and together find something to help Britt when Liesl and Finn found out she had Huntington’s. Or at least a longer, less symptomatic life. So instead of killing Britt off, she could have gone for a long recuperation. And the been available the GH at a later date. And we could still have a few tears. See, that wasn’t so hard. Don’t kill off our great characters!!!
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Yes, Rose—I have been reciting this litany from the inception—- only because she appeared suddenly!!
Heather is NOT the original hook. Rory is—by someone else’s order. It’s not a sacrosanct idea, but very possible and probable.
JJ makes the best point—-Heather was afraid Esme would be caught as the Hooker and, therefore, Heather posed as the Hooker to waylay the focus off her daughter.
Celia…I was still trying to figure it out at three in the morning. I think the writers are, too. No, Heather is not the original hook. And Rory is still suspicious. And the dead guy on the floor in the apartment where he was hooked. But like you and JJ I do think Heather is trying to protect Esme or get revenge for her since she found out she was her daughter. And now that she and Ryan have found out Esme is pregnant, watch out! But somehow she found poison to put on the Britt “hook.” How? Since before Heather came into the hook picture others like Diane and Rory also got the poisoned hook.
I agree with you about the parents and kids. It’s so sad to think of all of Monica’s and Liesl’s kids being dead, Scott’s three, Sam’s two, Ava, Sonny and Carly, Nina, Epiphany, Willow, Bobbie, Mac and Felicia all losing one.
And please! they better not bring in a never-before-mentioned third kid for Liesl. That would be too much!
Sam’s two? The newborn she conceived with Sonny passed away. Heather switched Danny at birth, but Sam got him back. What other child did she give birth to passed on?
You could add Heather (Franco) and Marshall to that list, although Tommy was never a seen character.
Agreed that another never mentioned child for Liesl would be wrong. They’ll just play her more with Nina as she’s a more of a mother to her than Madeline ever was.
Bravo, JJ. You hit on all the weaknesses GH is suffering from. I only hope someone’s listening.
Heather was being let out and in of the facility by a guard. She was shot in the wrist by Dex during the attacks on Britt and Joss.
That was a boneheaded movies from the writers to kill off Britt.
Britt’s death at the hands of a serial killer is reminiscent of OLTL offing Gabrielle with the Music Box serial killer. A (mostly) reformed prior bad girl turned into a rootable character played by a really good actress.
KILLING BRIT WAS SO NOT GOOD. I LOVE HER ON THE SHOW. YOU MUST RESURRECT HER PLEASE
She left the show. Even if they hadn’t killed her off, she wasn’t going to be on the show anymore
Well, that’s not exactly true. She made statements to the fact that she could do both shows. As far as I know, her character on Station 19 is “recurring” and probably wouldn’t even be anything close to a full time job. It would have been completely reasonable for Britt to disappear for a few weeks while she’s filming Station 19. You could have wrote her disappearance right into the script as “experimental treatments for Huntington’s Disease” which would of course be somewhere in Europe, because the big pharma driven FDA wouldn’t have approved them in the US.
Furthermore, Station 19 probably won’t last beyond the 2023/24 season, as it’s completely dependent on Grey’s Anatomy, which is going to end that year after their 20th season. No, they haven’t officially said that yet, but the writing was on the wall the minute Ellen Pompeo cut her episodes in half this season, and pulled out of next season entirely. Can’t have a Grey’s Anatomy without the Grey.
Todays episode is one they should submit for the Best Daytime Drama Emmy consideration.
I’m sure I speak for many on how much we are going to miss KT and Britt Westbourne. There’s no better soap character than a (mostly) reformed bad girl. My soap heart ached today as Britta died in her mutter’s arms. Please give Kathleen Gati an Emmy for being the true definition of an outstanding supporting character.
There’s quite a few viewers out there who despise Joss, but Eden McCoy has grown into a darn good soap actress. Her breakup scene with the almost always remarkable William Lipton was raw while still being classically soapy. Where do they take Cameron next? Hopefully he remains on the canvas – maybe even tied in with an amnesiac Esme.
Ava and Laura in the hospital learning that Esme is carrying Nick’s baby — priceless
OG Steve
I felt sorry for Cam, but wasn’t he a little clueless? Poor kid, which is how he seems to me. Joss has been outgrowing him for months and as far as Esme and Cam, she’d eat him for lunch.
Violet
Yes, Cam was rather clueless. William
Lipton went recurring to rightly concentrate on his college studies. This might impact the amount of scenes he can film, thus we don’t always get a focus on Cameron.
An amnesiac Esme could be softer and friendlier. It would be similar to the Liz/Franco pairing that surprisingly worked.
Cameron isn’t so much clueless as he is moral. He’s so good he can’t fathom his childhood sweetheart and present girlfriend would betray him. There’s no love between Joss and Rex- it’s all predicated upon sex(which interestingly enough, rhymes with Rex). I don’t blame Joss for having an aggressive libido but I do blame her for being a gigantic hypocrite. She has railed time and time again about Sonny cheating on her mother and then she proceeds to cheat on Cameron, who certainly deserved better. She has also raged about Sonny not following the law of the land and yet she fled the scene of a crime. Not only should she have stayed to ensure that Britt was safe, she should have stayed to give the police her statement which could help nab the hook killer. But I guess almost dying made Joss sacrifice her morals in order to seek satisfaction. She’s just as big of a hypocrite as her mother is.
About Joss and Cameron breakup. They are young, we saw it coming, it happens. And you really never saw them together much anymore except for makeup sex. And while I may be a bit of a prude, I don’t like younger people getting into sex either, but Joss isn’t a slut as some have said, or like Carly.. Hope she does become a doctor, and Cam finds a new love.even though pickings of that age group are slim.
You are a bit of a prude if you think college students aren’t having sex, BUT I agree that Joss isn’t a slut. That’s ridiculous. She IS a raging hypocrite. But that’s most of the people on the show.
Joss isn’t a slut… though she might be a brotherphucker.
Still think “Dex” is Morgan with a rebuilt face & scrambled brain. Because if he’s not, then he’s just another pointless newbie like Cody.
That Morgan theory should’ve went out the window once Dex and Joss hit the sheets. Soaps may show unknown siblings accidentally kissing but never taking it all the way.
To be long term viable, Dex should be somehow connected to the GH canvas. Initially there was speculation he was AJ’s son, but without Monica around to play those beats, that’s less likely now. Some theorized Ric Lansing as his dad, but that opens up a different path with a character not seen on screen in years. It’ll probably be something out of left field.
Well there was the Tony & Renee story on Days back in 1982. Of course Renee didn’t know she was Stefano’s daughter until after they had already done the deed. And then they tried to back out of it by claiming that Stefano wasn’t Tony’s bio-father, a fact that they changed back and forth at least 666 times over the years, before finally saying that Stefano was not only Tony’s father, but also his “twin” cousin Andre’s father, shortly before Stefano died. Renee, of course was long forgotten by then, having been murdered by Andre in 1982.
I just don’t see the point to the Dex character if he’s NOT Morgan. All the icky incest stuff aside, it’s a much better story if he’s Sonny’s kid who got amnesia and was programmed to hate his father, than if he’s just some rando hired by Mikey for the dumbest revenge plot ever….. a revenge that should be aimed at Nina and not Sonny, for that matter.
I definitely agree there has to be something more to Dex. And yes, Michael seems more out for revenge against Sonny than when AJ was murdered.
While he’s not “dead-dead” like AJ, Emily, Georgie, and (apparently now) Britt, I just don’t see Morgan returning unless the show is cancelled somewhere down the road. Sonny has a bus filled of children already that take up enough B/C level storylines. They’ve also stopped mentioning Morgan even when the subject of death comes up. And please, no long-lost children by Brenda or click-boom Lilly returning from the dead with a son – that would worse than shoehorning Mac & Dominique siring Cody.
Yeah, reversing “clink boom” would never happen. And I’m reasonably certain the whole regrettable Teddy Balkan storyline cleared the decks of any possibility that Brenda could have any “little Sonnys” running around.
My main reason for hanging on to the “Dex is Morgan” idea is the way they pushed him into the canvas is nearly identical to how they pushed “Jake Doe” into the canvas when we all believed he was Jason. Which he was… as far as he knew (due to the brain mapping). There was also a big anvil dropped when Michael told Dex that he thought Sonny, on some level, really wanted to replace the son he lost. Which would be Morgan, obviously.
I get your thought process, and perhaps these writers thought about it originally and changed their minds (like they’ve been doing quite a bit). I’m sure Esme was originally supposed to be Felicia’s daughter and Heather was not the original Hook. Once the decision was made to make Cody Mac’s son, it was too far fetched to give Felicia a long-lost child at the same time.
The chemistry between Evan Hofer and Eden McCoy might have played into their decision as well.
It’s not that Joss is a slut, it’s that she’s a HUGE hypocrite, just like her mother. She’s constantly wagging her finger while caterwauling about law and order and morality. In a span of two hours, Joss managed to betray Cameron and leave the scene of a crime. Joss left Britt, who just saved her life, alone on the docks because Sex, er, I mean Rex, told her to do so.
Harry…None of us are perfect. I guess I’m letting a young woman grow into who she is going to be. And not like Carly I hope. I can see her going with Dex. He is always going to protect Joss if he can. Plus, Sonny’s orders. There can be an adrenaline rush after the experience like the “hook.” And it could lead to sex. But give her credit for at least officially, in person, breaking up with Cam. As I said before, it’s been coming for a while. And she stood by Trina. But you don’t leave a wounded Britt behind on the docks. I suspect that will haunt Joss with Britt’s death.
Rose, I think you missed my point. I’m talking about Joss’s reoccurring hypocrisy.
Hi Harry…I guess I have missed your point. But I sure have seen my fill of it this week in other places. So still giving Joss a chance to sort her life out. :)))
Satan
I still think Dex is Sonny’s son by his old boss’s daughter, forget her name. I think Cody will become more interesting when it finally comes out that he really is Mac’s son and Cody’s been withholding the true DNA results.
I believe that Lily Rivera is the name you’re looking for. And Lily was definitely pregnant when she was blown up in a limo bombed by her own father. But that scene was so iconic, that they wouldn’t dare try to undo it. There’s also the fact that Sonny had a “near death experience” where he somehow made it to Heaven where he met Lily and she confirmed that her son was there with her.
Also, if that kid had lived, he would be older than Michael by a couple years, from my fuzzy Devil memory, and Dex appears to be a few years younger – approximately Morgan’s age.
As far as Cody’s DNA results…. I saw what was written on the paperwork, but that boy seems a little too dumb to have Scorpio DNA, doesn’t he?
Cody is Max’s son. Now I don’t want a pitchfork in the back, but I do quite enjoy Cody.
I wouldn’t throw a pitchfork over something like that. Just can’t see the point of Cody though.
brian
I’m one of a very few that likes Cody,just wish I knew more about him. The thing with the necklace was lousy, but I know he truly cared for Britt and you can see the yearning he has for a dad when he’s with Mac. I know he’s done something years ago that Dante took the blame for and I’m sure Sam will figure that out. He also likes kids and animals so that’s a plus for me, but I’d call the ASPCA if I could about keeping that poor horse inside the studio like that, makes me sick.
Thanks Violet for speaking up about Cody. I know nothing more than you have said with regards to the character but I am a huge fan of Josh Kelly, who plays him. He was outstanding on OLTL and am very glad that he has shown up on GH. There is something about him that makes me smile when I watch him. I am hoping that he is Max’s son comes out soon, I would like to see him convess to Felicia as I think she would be most sympathetic as she too entered GH searching for her family jewels as she was an Astic princess, and sort played Franco at first too. He needs her in his corner to gain Max’s understanding.
Uuuuuu!! That’s sounds gross but good, Satan!! —perfect oxymoron— it’s so soapy.
If so, do you think “Dex/Morgan” knows who he is? Would he backstab his father? Hmmm—torn between brother and father.
Oh boy, Celia — Dex can’t be Morgan. Morgan had a KILLER physique, hotter than, well, use your imagination. I actually like Dex from the neck up (nice smile, great hair) but the poor guy just can’t adapt a bigger frame so what to do? Cody? Even with the minor cleanup, I can’t stomach him. Poor Felicia, actually asking to hug him… I felt bad for her. I think I even heard the horse snicker during that barn scene.
Oh, I know, Soaphound—Morgan was a combination of Adonis and David ( ever been to Florence?) LOL–no fig leaf there. LOL.
Dex does have a gorgeous face, but….his head is too big for his body—it’s a personal thing, I guess–I like broad shoulders on a guy. However, it is a soap, so…..he could be Morgan….
It’s the idea of Joss having sex with her brother which turns me off–but, it does happen in real life ( puke). Hofer is a truly good actor, and oortrays that aura of mystery surrounding Dex, very well.
LOL– you really know how to start my day!! Oh, yeah—I heard the horse, too. Cody: blah, blah, bland!!
Hapoy Sunday!! Enjoying my coffee–all is silent, right now!!
PS—Oops— missed the “scrambled brain” part— Yet, Morgan was a weirdo, no? Would he? And the writers, would they dare go there?????
BTW—I agree—Dex would be as pointless as Cody without a “drop dead” storyline. I barely tolerate either, anyway—-waste of Joss’s and the viewers’ time.
AMCforlife…Re my being a bit of a prude. I was brought up you didn’t have sex before you got married. I think that’s why several classmates I knew got married right after they graduated high school…if they didn’t go to college/university. Then it increasingly got tempting to get “corrupted.” And there were no birth control pills then. And shame on Sally Spectre and either Nick or Adam on Y&R for not practicing safe sex. :)))
Hurrah, for you, Rose—-I was brought up the same way. My sisters and I were given “the talk” soon after we could walk. LOL.
It is almost unfathomable that at their age , Nick, Adam and Sally do not use birth control? Who is the father, anyway??–there’s a storyline right there.
And we both come from Italian families for “the talk” among other things. But the community and schools reinforced it. Several of the post high school marriages have worked out…they are still married with children. Yes there is a storyline at Y&R, and like everything they do the writers will stretch it out.
I am still hoping her eyes pop open at the start of today’s episode!!!
I don’t like that they killed off Britt but they did write her into a corner when they gave her Huntington’s. The 1/4/23 air show was brilliant on some many levels with everyone bringing their A game. I think I cried during most of the scenes, especially those with Britt and Liesl and Joss and Cam.
A sad start to the new year but magical performances that prove once again that GH has some of the best actors in the business and when it all comes together GH is stellar!
Yes, yesterday’s episode was brilliant and Emmy worthy – but on the other hand the show constantly makes bad long-term decisions and killing off Britt permanently was such a decision. The acting ensemble of GH is the very best of the four remaining shows by far!
Agreed. I was bawling when Britt was singing the awesome duet with Brad as I knew they were going to kill her off after that. The duet was magical and both of them were realistic as BFFs. Funny how that happy duet made me bawl the most since I knew what was coming. The duet is on Twitter thank goodness.
GH is starting to sound like bullcrap Ava is know better than Nikolas she’s hurt people killed people got off scot free he begged her to go back to him hell I’d dump her to Joss goes from being a virgin to a slut y’all need a new storey line this shit getting old
I hope TPTB know how much we loved Kelly’s portrayal of Britt. I heard her say in an interview when she came back that she chose to be off contract throughout her run, so she could be free to do other projects. Why kill off Britt? Noooooo!
Kelly was on contract since she returned in the Summer of 2020. She came back at that point as GH was one of the first tv/movie productions back up and running.
While I’m saddened that we won’t get to experience Britta any longer, Kelly should have a bright future in entertainment if she chooses.
I can’t stand Joss. Should’ve killed her off instead of Britt. How she hates on Sonny and she does even worse to her boyfriend/best friend?
I appreciated the stellar acting and pathos! Hate to see them kill off Britt. But the writers had me fooled, since she was set to leave with fake passports and ID…then the dreadful realization she was a victim of the hook! NOOOO!
People complain when favorite characters die and when non-essential characters die in soap storylines. The viewer passion that results – tears, anger, denial – is testament to the success of this moment of time. I applaud all involved for the well done entertainment and look forward to the fallout of what grows from it!
I hate that Esme is suffering amnesia because I was hoping that she’d spill the beans on Elizabeth and Nicholas. As for Heather getting in and out by one of the guards at the facility, he should also be charged as a coconspirator in the murders and attacks. It was sad watching Britt die in her mother’s arms.
Joss should be ashamed of herself for the way she did Cam. He didn’t deserve to be treated like that. Joss is a hypocrite and a lot like Carly when it comes to loving bad boys. She bad mouths Sonny for being who he is, but there she has fallen hard for Dex because of his bad boy actions.
Why did Kelly leave? I think her storyline was just getting good! The current storyline about the ‘hook’ is not plausible to me. People were being murdered before Heather came back, so to credit her with all the killings is a little far-fetched. Really don’t like Esme/Nikolas storyline at all. Esme is another Nell and Nikolas is a little unhinged with his obsession over the baby. Just not believable to me. Please get rid of this storyline. Almost makes me want to stop watching, but of course, I can’t. Have to see how this all turns out.
Hallelujah!! My thoughts, exactly. Heather, as I said—came at the “right” time, for whatever reason. She’s a scapegoat!!
—sick of Esme/Nikolas story, too. What a letch—how old is he? Can’t keep it in his pants, considering Esme was supposedly his own son’s girlfriend—a deviant!! No dignity!! And I used to be such a fan—-
Then, along comes Elizabeth—-can’t think of a better story for her?
What about nuTrina with her Cheshire Cat smile ( from ear to ear) and Spencer? Too gorgeous to waste him on this watered-down Trina. No personality, no spunk, no fire, no under-the-surface antagonism ( in a good, entertaining way), which I relished in original Trina.
Agree about Heather, Celia. Just a red herring. At least we have Esme’s new amnesia scheme to keep us entertained. Spencer and Trina just ain’t cutting it. Her coy routine is wearing thin, too. Let’s face it, in real life (if it were me), he’d be on his back quicker than you could say “hooked”.
HaHaHaHaHaHa—crying from laughing out loud—too cliche(ic)?
You must really keep your husband “entertained”…
Agreed!! This Trina has got to go!!!!!! Git!
Loved that Britt went out like this, rather than languishing for a slow and agonizing demise with a debilitating disease. She went out on her own terms. As to those bemoaning the loss of a fine actress … Roger Howarth, Michael Easton anyone? Kelly can always come back as a new character!
Bill W
She seems to be a match for Willow, her second cousin I think, so that’s the true meaning of Legacy of Love.
General Hospital
‘General Hospital’s’ Dominic Zamprogna Shares He Was ‘Happy to Hear’ of The Triangle Storyline Developing Between Dante/Elizabeth/Ric
General Hospital’s Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri) opened up about the burgeoning love triangle forming between his Port Charles alter-go, Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) and Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) after recently aired scenes, plus his hopes for the future of a Dante and Liz pairing during his appearance on the Sunday, April 23 edition of the That’s Awesome podcast with Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) and Bradford Anderson (Spinelli).
On last week’s GH Ric has made the decision that he wanted to propose to his ex-wife, only when he showed up at Elizabeth’s front door he misread the scenario he walked in with Liz tending to Dante’s injured leg from the softball game. From there, the legal eagle’s jealous streak is reemerging which may cause him to act out and do something unforgivable, or will he take the high road? Stay tuned,
Speaking with Steve Burton and Bradford Anderson about where Elizabeth stands in the annals of the long-running soap, Zamprogna said, “She’s up there with Steve and Maurice (Maurice Benard) as one of the most legacy-filled people on the show.”
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HOW DANTE AND ELIZABETH CAME ABOUT
Dominic jokes it’s a far cry for where they were previously, “We had some scenes together years ago and we were both laughing. And Becky’s like, ‘Well, I guess we’re not going be paired up anytime soon.’ I remember we laughed immediately after they yelled ‘cut,”‘and said to each other, “Well, so much for that!”
Fast-forward to 2025, and “Elizabeth Korte (co-head writer, GH) came up to me at the General Hospital Christmas party, and I think it was a year and a half ago and she said we’re going to have you in scenes with Elizabeth, My internal monologue is going ‘I’m not with Lulu (Alexa Havins) anymore and Sam’s (Kelly Monaco) gone, so maybe they want to see if this works.’ I didn’t want to get scenes with Becky and try to find the chemistry. I just wanted to play whatever honestly was written and came across for both of us and hope it was what people liked, and I don’t know if it is. or not.”
Knowing how beloved Elizabeth is to the GH faithfuls, Zamprongna added, “She got a big fan base with Ric and a big fan base with with Jason and you know you’re going to piss somebody off. But, didn’t Ric drug Elizabeth and put Carly in a panic room?”
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DANTE AND ELIZABETH PAIRING COULD STIR UP STORY FOR OTHERS IN PORT CHARLES
In closing, Dominic felt that the wide-reaching tentacles of a Dante and Elizabeth relationship is something he is down 100% to play. “The triangle thing; I was happy to hear it was with Ric and her, because I felt it’s important to have her the top of it as opposed to Dante, Lulu and Elizabeth.:
Zamprogna added, “When you get into relationships on a soap, things seem to fizzle out a little bit and the buildup is what’s the fun part, and the getting to know each other. and the people who are affected by this coming together. When with this case it’s going to affect Ric, Sonny, Lulu? So, much more story here. To me, it’s going to be a fun story to play.”
You can check out Dominic’s visit to That’s Awesome with Steve and Bradford below.
Now weigh-in: Are you rooting for Dante and Liz, or Dante and Ric at this juncture of the story, or neither of them for Elizabeth? Let us know your thoughts and picks via the comment section.
General Hospital
GH and OLTL Alum Patrick J. Gibbons Reveals the Story Behind Writing Trina’s Song on ‘General Hospital’ (Exclusive)
At the conclusion of today’s August 21 episode of General Hospital, Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali) sings a lullaby to baby Dez, that went into a montage to close out the episode as her father Curtis Ashford (Donnell Turner) reports to Pentonville and winds up in his jail cell.
However, in a fun fact, the song entitled, “A Lonely Heart To Give” was actually written by none other than former One Life to Live and General Hospital actor, Patrick J. Gibbons.
Daytime fans first met Gibbons as Sam Manning on One Life to Live. At the time, when he started on the soap, he was just 5-years-old. Gibbons played the part from 2010-2013 on ABC and Prospect Park’s editions of the show. Fast-forward to 2018, Gibbons shows up on General Hospital as Wyatt Hoover, the scout who seemed always be injured, but in the thick of the drama. Patrick had appeared on GH multiple times as Wyatt including: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023.
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FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER’S DEATH CAME THE INSPIRATION FOR HIS SONG
Now in 2026, General Hospital fans are getting to learn about another side of Gibbons’ talent as a songwriter and guitar player after “A Lonely Heart to Give” debuted today! Michael Fairman TV caught up with Patrick, who is now a senior at Penn State entering his final year as a finance major, to get the back-story of how his song wound up on GH!
Gibbons explained he wrote the song in honor of his grandmother who passed away a few years ago with whom he was, very, very close with. “Randomly, my grandmother had a downfall and passed away during the second semester of my sophomore year. I was in my dorm a lot and I was just playing with my guitar. And at the time, I was really into finger-style playing. I wrote the lyric and music to it (with a little help from my guitar teacher Lou), and my mom showed the rough demo to Frank Valentini (EP, General Hospital). He’s like an uncle to me. Frank loved it so much he said, “Finish that up. I want to hear the whole thing, and I want it on the show.”
MAKING MUSIC FOR GENERAL HOSPITAL
Gibbons and his parents took the next steps! “So now, all we needed was a female voice, because I thought that would fit the song well,” Patrick shared. “At the golf club we go to my parents were at a dinner. They liked the singer that was performing and spoke to her about the song, and she says she would like to bring it to her ‘boss’ who ended up being Eric Bazilian of the Hooters fame!” (Bazilian also wrote the smash hit song “One of Us” for Joan Osborne).
Next, “We went in the studio and recorded it and the song came together and it was beautiful. We loved it. They loved it at General Hospital and now they’re putting it the show and they are coming in with a piano, instead of a guitar. Paul Glass, the GH musical director, has been keeping us updated over the last six months of how it was coming along, and when it would air, and how GH put their own arrangement to it. I can’t wait to see and hear what they did with it.”
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PATRICK’S ONE LIFE TO LIVE FAMILY
Everyone knows that the One Life to Live extended family share a very tight bond, and Patrick said he does stay in touch with a few of his former One Life to Live co-stars, especially those from the Manning family! “I stayed in touch with Kassie DePaiva (ex-Blair) and sent her little videos here and there. She was like my second mom for five years. We keep in contact with Kristen Alderson (ex-Starr) over X the most, and she can’t believe how big I’ve gotten. Like, none of them can! (laughs). I also loved working with Roger Howarth (ex-Todd) and Trevor St. John (ex-Todd and Victor Jr.), and to me since I was so young, they were just my friends, ‘Roger and Trevor,’ not Todd Manning or Victor Jr.”
It was a trip to California and a visit to Port Charles that ultimately led to Gibbons second soap role of Wyatt Hoover. Patrick explains, “In 2016, Frank Valentini invited us out to Los Angeles to visit the set of General Hospital. I think he heard me say, ‘This is so much fun. I miss being on the set.’ He goes, ‘You should come out. I’ll bring you on the show. We can make you a character.'”
A few years later, Patrick’s dream became a reality! “Then, by the summer of 2018, I was playing Wyatt, the scout, and shared scenes with Wes Ramsey (Peter August), and the best was when I shared a scene with Roger Howarth and Michael Easton (ex-John, OLTL and ex-Silas, Finn et al, GH), it was like chemistry from the old days.”
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IT’S ALL IN THE NUMBERS
As to his future aspirations, it’s a career in the finance game that has piqued Gibbons’ real-life interest. But never say never to a return to acting. Patrick explained, “I’ve always enjoyed numbers. And on top of that, one of the biggest parts of finance is being personable and outgoing.”
He continued, “That’s one of the greatest skills I developed growing up. I really love the markets. I’m super interested. I’m never going to close the door to acting. I’m always open to that because I just love it so much. It’s such a great art.”
Take note! If there are any investment bankers or private equity folks among the GH faithful looking for a young analyst next year, Patrick’s DMs are open. You can find him on X at @PatrickJGibbons.”
So, what did you think of the song sung by Trina on today’s GH that was written by Patrick J. Gibbons? Did you enjoy Patrick’s performances as One Life’s Sam and GH’s Wyatt? Would you like to see him back on GH at some point? Let us know via the comment section.
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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Admits That He Didn’t Expect the Role of Michael Corinthos to be Recast, and Would Consider Working on Another Soap (Exclusive)
Chad Duell, the Daytime Emmy-winning actor, who stepped away from the pivotal role of Michael Corinthos on General Hospital, opened up about: his previous decision to leave the series after nearly 15 years, where’s he’s at now after time away from the demands of a daytime soap opera, and took a stroll down memory lane with some of Michael’s most-acclaimed storyline during his run, during a livestream chat on August 19 on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel.
Viewers last saw Duell on-screen as Michael in January of 2025, and with his successor in the role, Rory Gibson making his debut at the GH Nurses’ Ball in episodes that aired later in May. It was clear that during the conversation, Chad was a bit surprised that the GH brass decided to recast him when he thought he was just taking some much needed time off.
Burn-out of the daily grind of being on a soap was definitely a part of Chad’s decision to take a break. Duell explained “People know when you’re doing something for so long or your character is kind of in the same place for so long or doing the same stuff over and over again, you do get a a little burnt out, you get a little stiff, stale, a little stiff at times. I didn’t want that to be any sort of lasting impression. I have 15 years of a body of work of I’ve done on that show, which is fantastic.”
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WHILE CHAD WAS AWAY GH RECAST MICHAEL CORINTHOS WITH RORY GIBSON
Chad shared, his mindset when leaving GH was, “I’m taking some time away, we’ll see what happens.” Then he added, “Obviously, they decided to go in a different direction with Michael when I was gone. I didn’t think they were going to bring somebody back in my place. But you know, it’s the business. You never know what can happen.”
Duell also shared he has not watched a single episode of General Hospital since he left the series, but now feels he reenergized following the loss of his father and stepping away from the GH, “I’m in a place now mentally, where I’m ready to sink my teeth into it again.”
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Even though he is no longer Michael on GH, Chad was very happy with his final storyline where Michael was set on fire when a bomb exploded at Sonny’s (Maurice Benard) penthouse. “It was fun to put him in a dangerous situation, because I was wanting Michael to be in something scary instead of trying to be a hero character or just things happening around him, but to be the center point of tragedy happening to him. (I always saw) Michael as the heart of the (Corinthos) family.”
When Michael was badly burned the show chose not burn his face, which normally a soap does when they are recasting role and switching actors. Chad weighed-in, “They didn’t burn my face because I told Frank Valentini (EP, GH) I’m willing to come back. It was just a little bit of a break. So, I assumed that if they would have burned my face, they could have brought somebody back looking different than me… if that’s what their plan was.”
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MEMORABLE MICHAEL STORYLINES
One of Chad’s most memorable performances was the in the storyline of Michael’s rape while he was sentenced to prison in 2010 and the confession of it in 2011. “It was so well-written and I was very nervous,” recalled Chad. “When I get really nervous about something, it ends up being really good when I do it, because it just means I care a lot about it”
“I have to put a lot of effort and work into it, and I really want it to be good. I was working with Dominic Zamprogna (Dante) and Steve Burton (Jason) a lot during those scenes, and Laura Wright (Carly). It was great working with Steve and Dominic, especially, during that storyline.
A NEW SOAP ROLE FOR CHAD?
As to a future soap opera role, Chad is open to the idea and would love to jump back in to a juicy role, “I know people over at The Bold and the Beautiful, and The Young and the Restless. They know that if they’re interested, I would love to come in for a screen test or something, and they can see what I’m doing.”
Meanwhile, Chad has been busy putting out new music under the moniker Duelly and during the interview he explains how he creates his EDM tracks and much more. You can stream his latest single, Static in the Quiet Room on Spotify, Apple Music and You Tube Music.
You can check out the full conversation with Chad Duell below.
Now let us know: what show would you like to see Chad cast on down the line? BTG, DAYS, B&B, Y&R, or a new role on GH? What did you think of his thoughts on the casting switch while he was away in the role of Michael? What was your favorite Michael storyline during Chad’s 15-year run on the ABC soap opera? Let us know via the comment section.
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