General Hospital
GH’s Cameron Mathison Addresses How Hateful Comments Towards Him Deeply-Affected Daughter Leila, “Remember Everyone, It’s Just a Character and I’m Just Doing My Job”
Looks like we are back to the age old problem with some soap fans; where they can’t separate fiction from reality when it concerns the actor who portrays a character they detest, such as the case with General Hospital’s Cameron Mathison who has been knocking it out of the park as the despicable Drew Cain.
In recent months, Drew has stooped to all kinds of new lows, most recently, leaving Ned (Wally Kurth) as he was having a heart attack and walking out on him, but that’s just for starters! Mathison shared a very important, touching and eye-opening message this weekend via his Instagram account, where he showed a Facetime moment between his 19-year old daughter Leila Mathison and himself while he was doing cardio at the gym.
What seemed to be just a simple father/daughter check-in, was much more, after Laila had watched a compilation of scenes of Drew Cain where she saw a lot of the hateful rhetoric towards Drew, but also toward her dad, personally, which upset her.

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In his post accompanying the video, Cameron explained, “Leila FaceTimed me after watching a YouTube compilation of some of my character Drew Cain‘s darker scenes on General Hospital. At first, she was troubled by how despicable my character was, but then after reading the comments with so much hate and aggression towards me she needed to FaceTime and talk it out.
The GH star went on to add, “Just posting this as a gentle reminder that when we make comments on social media, these people have kids and families and friends and are real people. Remember everyone, it’s just a character and I’m just doing my job. I love my job and I’m so grateful for all the support that I’ve got through the years believe me. But maybe this post will help keep in mind that there’s other things to consider.”
So many of Cameron’s co-stars jumped into the Instagram thread singing his praises, but so too, did his ex-wife Vanessa Mathison who shared, “Thank you for posting this. I’ve been reading a lot of hate too. To everyone out there writing hate to anyone, please remember that these are human beings that have children who can come across your comment and be affected, just as Leila has been. Please be kind”

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Rory Gibson (Michael) expressed, “The most kind, chill, generous guy on set,” while Maurice Benard (Sonny) said, “If you mess with Cameron, you’re gonna have to mess with me and I don’t think you wanna do that.”
After seeing the heartfelt comments to his post, Leila Mathison jumped back in and expressed, “This comment section restored my faith in the GH watchers!! ❤️❤️ also this video is not my best angle just have to fend for myself.”
You can watch the video and Cameron’s message below. But guys and gals we got to do better here. Cameron is not Drew! He plays the hell out of Drew and makes us hate the guy, but as he said, he is playing a role as is his job. Mathison remains one of the best people we know in the business, personally and professionally.
So, what did you think of Cameron’s post and reminding people to be a bit kinder when commenting on social media posts, where family members of performers, who may not know all the ins and outs of the genre, see hateful comments about their loved ones? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
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For the life of me, I will never understand rabid soap fans who cannot distinguish between fictional characters and the real life people who play them. I’d blame social media except back in the 70s Susan Lucci was told off a few times while shopping for groceries and called every name in the book. Apparently, they really thought she wsd that man stealing, home wrecker Erica Kane. And when Anna Devane came into town with Robert’s secret daughter, Finola Hughes received hate mail, including threats, for creating a division between the beloved couple, Robert and Holly. All I can say is that Cameron is doing such a good job playing the villain, that fans mistake him for Drew.
Harry
Your last sentence says it best. Cameron (somewhat surprisingly) is playing the villain very well.
Unfortunately, there’s a not-too-small segment of “fans” out there with screws that are a bit loose.
If every character on the show was nice, it would be quite boring.
Even before Susan Lucci, Eileen Fulton used to get accosted by wack-a-doodle viewers who couldn’t separate Eileen, the actress, from Lisa, the selfish, deceitful vixen she played on As the World Turns; the show gave her a bodyguard after a deranged woman smacked her with her pocketbook on the streets of New York. Nancy Pinkerton, the original Dorian on One Life to Live, had a woman bust in on her in a stall in a bathroom (in a NYC department store, if I remember correctly) to tell her off. I forget which villainness it was, it might have been Robin Strasser when she played Rachel on Another World, who got an unnerving letter from a viewer that wished for her to be boiled in oil so the letter-writer could gleefully listen to her screams.
Those incidents were 50-60 years ago, and I would have thought we as a viewing audience were a little more sophisticated now and understood the difference between an actor and the character they play. I guess not. Geez. It’s no wonder network execs have so little regard for soap fans; people who do things like this make us look like an unhinged bunch of lunatics.
I do blame social media for giving nutcases like these a place to feed off on one another. Individual cases are bad enough, but groupthink insanity is far more frightening.
I’ve known Cameron Mathison since he was on AMC. I loved him on that show and met him a few times at Soap events. He was (and still is) a very sweet, cool person. Yes, the character of Drew is horrible but not Cameron. That’s what makes him a great actor!
We must remember its reel life, not real
life. Please be kind.
I’ve said since they turned Drew so dark they should of never cast Cameron in that role they should of given him his own character a new character someone that no one else ever played he deserved that and Billy Miller deserved for Drew to have died with him. I am one who doesn’t like this character anymore and I know that Cameron is a great actor and is doing his job.. just wish it wasn’t so evil as they made Drew Cain. I hate that your daughter got hurt because people shouldn’t make a child feel bad.
I agree the Drew character should have stayed gone since Billy was off the canvas. And then when Billy died it all just felt so dreadfully wrong. It’s too bad Cameron wasn’t given a different character from the beginning. I don’t like this version of Drew Cain but I concede Cameron is more interesting as a bad guy. I could be wrong but I’m guessing he enjoys not playing Mr. Nice Guy all the time. Too bad he couldn’t have been brought in as a different bad guy from the start.
Billy Miller is my Drew but I understand he is not the guy he’s protraying
It’s truly mental disease. No sane person should confuse an actor with the person they are playing on screen. Actors play murderers, rapists, molesters, etc. Just because you see a particular actor on screen several times a week all year round, doesn’t change that. Hate the character. Respect the actor. Though we see plenty who like to bash actors as well. Sadly…
I like Cameron but I hate Drew’s guts. But that’s the emotion that we’re supposed to get from this character.
Of course its the character and not the person It means they are doing a good job at making the fans believe in the character. i guess there are some cant separate When i see him elsewhere he is Drew. Well played.
I am disturbed to find out that cam is a republican. He made a statement which is well documented saying that Trump is way better than Hillary! I am not surprised at this as he joined Candace Cameron Buere On her new network. She is known to be homophobic and that says a lot about Cameron as a person.
I am from Saskatchewan Canada where Cameron has family I know people who have worked with and know his relatives. So his political views really disturb me considering Trump’s attack on Canada. Wonder how Cameron’s family here in Saskatchewan feel about all that!
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Elizabeth Thinks of Dante While With Ric; Will She Leave Her Ex in the Dust?

Clearly, head nurse Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) is trying to deny her feelings for Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) on General Hospital, when she is trying to make up for missed opportunities and dates with her former husband, Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst).
On the Friday, November 6 episode, Elizabeth arrived at the Metro Court for her date with Ric. She made sure she thanked the legal eagle for taking care of her house on Halloween when she was called into work.
However, while telling Ric this, Elizabeth is struck by a flashback of her and Dante baking in her kitchen, where a very close encounter almost led Dante and Elizabeth to kiss. After shaking that image off in her head, she goes back to her date with Ric, who is being very sweet to her.

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ELIZABETH HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT RIC
Their date gets interrupted when Lulu (Alexa Havins) shows up at their table asking Elizabeth to convince Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) to drop the libel case against her.
Later, when Liz talked with Willow, and Willow shared she appreciated the head nurse looking out for her, she asks her friend if Ric is the kind of man she wants her life?
Willow is pointing out, as she had in her relationship with Drew (Cameron Mathison), does Ric really love Elizabeth … or is he using her to get what he wants? That comment puts more doubt in Elizabeth’s mind over reconnecting with Ric, and giving her more credence to follow her feelings for Dante.
So, where is this leading? Will Elizabeth cut things off with Ric? If so, will he snap? Is Ric using Elizabeth? And what about Dante? Are you enjoying the growing closeness between Elizabeth and Dante, or do you prefer Elizabeth with Ric? Let us know in the comment section, But first, check what went down on Ric and Elizabeth’s dinner date which lead to more questions than answers below.
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Tracy Leaves Port Charles to Help Dillon; Paving the Way for Jane Elliot’s Temporary Exit

General Hospital viewers became concerned when on the Thursday, November 5 episode, Tracy (Jane Elliot) was preparing to leave Port Charles to go help her son, Dillon Quartermaine, who got arrested while trying to film in Thailand.
Tracy informed Jason (Steve Burton), that she had to leave and was counting on him to look after things while she was away. That included: making sure Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and baby Phoebe were safe from the likes of Jude Jax (Wil Traval) as well as the Quartermaine businesses since Ned (Wally Kurth) still can’t overexert himself since his heart attack.
In Tracy’s final scenes, for now, she tells Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and Emma (Braedyn Bruner) to be there for Brook Lynn while she is going through her ordeal after divorcing Chase (Josh Swickard) and Jude trying to claim baby Phoebe.

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HOW LONG WILL JANE ELLIOT BE GONE FROM GENERAL HOSPITAL?
However, GH fans! Have no fear. Tracy’s exit was written into the show to facilitate Jane Elliot’s annual vacation. Same time last year, Elliot exited the canvas around this time after the entire Ronnie Bard/Martin Grey debacle; where they conspired to make it look like Monica left the Quartermaine mansion to her sister, Ronnie (Erika Slezak) instead of Tracy. In that storyline, Tracy took off for a spa in France for some much-needed R&R.
Now, according to Soap Opera Digest, while viewers are just seeing the beginnings of Jane Elliot’s temporary leave, the soap opera confirmed that the long-running star is already back taping new episodes. GH roughly runs about six weeks ahead of air in its production schedule.

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ALL ABOUT JANE
Jane Elliot started her GH journey back in 1978, and has come and gone a few times including an announced retirement back in 2017, only to eventually come out of retirement a few tines, and rejoin the show full-time in 2023.
Along the way, Elliot has won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress back in 1981, and in 2025 was honored for her 50 years of excellence in daytime television becoming a Gold Circle honoree from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Michael Fairman TV spoke to Jane at that time, immediately after receiving her honor on-stage. You can check out that interview here.
Now below, watch scenes from Thursday’s GH where Tracy informs Jason she has to leave the country and go help her son.
Then let us know, with the mention of Dillon Quartermaine on today’s GH, will the soap opera FINALLY recast the role? Will you miss Jane while she is off-screen? Glad to know she is already back taping all-new episodes of the ABC daytime drama series? Let us know in the comment section.
General Hospital
GH’s Finola Hughes and Laura Wright Tease Anna/Valentin/Carly, “It’s Not Your Typical Triangle, We’ll Say That”

On General Hospital, Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) are now dealing with the fallout of their discovery, the dead body of Jack Brennan. While Carly became a suspect, now the two need to figure out just who was responsible for the former WSB Port Charles Bureau chief’s sudden ending.
Meanwhile, Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) is trying to put her shattered life back together, after almost killing Dr. Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud), hallucinating she was seeing a dead Peter August (Wes Ramsey) and trying to shake off years of trauma at the hands of Cesar Faison (Anders Hove).
While it has become apparent that Valentin and Carly love each other, the same holds true for Valentin and Anna, but is it differently, now that the former lovers are apart? However, it appears when Anna is in trouble, Valentin shows up to save her. That is not lost on Carly, who up until now has tried to be adult about the whole situation, but how long will that last?

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Michael Fairman TV caught up with both Daytime Emmy-winning Lead Actresses on the red carpet at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards and asked them to weigh-in on what viewers can expect, and what’s it has been like working with leading man, James Patrick Stuart.
Laura Wright explained, “James is hilarious. I would say most of our dress rehearsals are laughing it out because we’ve got to show up for taping, but he’s very funny.” Finola Hughes echoed that with, “He’s a very funny person, always,” adding, “I couldn’t be in a scene with him and Amanda Setton (Brook Lynn, GH). It was him, me, and Amanda one time. We couldn’t get through the scene!”

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The discussion turned to if GH viewers will see Anna and Carly fighting over the love of Valentin. Laura Wright shared, “Not in the way you would think. It’s not your typical triangle. We’ll say that.” Finola Hughes concurred, “It’s not your typical triangle!”
Watch our chat from the red carpet with Finola and Laura below, and make sure to check out all the moments from Michael Fairman TV at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards here.
So, do you think Valentin will be caught in an actual love triangle between Anna and Carly, or will he be fully in his relationship with Carly, only to find himself constantly coming to the rescue of Anna Devane, causing an ultimate riff in his relationship with Carly? Who would you like to see Valentin with … Anna or Carly? Let us know via the comment section below.
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