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GH’s Cameron Mathison Teases Explosive Willow/Drew Affair Reveal, “I Know Many People Out There That Aren’t Happy with Drew”
On the Friday, December 13th episode of General Hospital look for the video bombshell of the year! That’s when the Quartermaine family will all learn that Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) had sex, and Willow cheated on her husband, Michael (Chad Duell) in a major way. By the way, Michael also cheated on Willow with Sasha (Sofia Mattsson), who is now pregnant, but we’ll save that plot point for another day.
Drew’s portrayer, Cameron Mathison weighed-in on his soap opera alter ego’s recent actions when talking with TV Insider. Mathison shared, “I had no idea that Drew’s character would almost do a 180 as far as what he’s willing to do and the sacrifices he’s willing to make for this love for this woman (Willow). So, it’s way bigger and wilder and more disruptive than I ever could have imagined, which I say in an exciting way.”
The seemingly turn to a conniving, selfish, manipulative and arrogant Drew, has left many longtime viewers of the soap scratching their heads at how deceitful the character has become. Mathison elaborated, “I know many people out there that aren’t happy with Drew, and initially that was hard for me. But I’m just going to say that these things happen in real life, and I think it’s really good story and giving a lot of other people really good story. But even more than that, I think it’s the making of, potentially, a really beautiful love story. I really do.”
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On the affair with Willow, having sex with her mother, Nina (Cynthia Watros), and duping his nephew, Michael and more, Mathison feels Drew’s actions stem from feeling betrayed and being outcast. Cameron teased, “You’ll see as the story develops, there’s more of that, and I think he’s just really latching on to Willow, who’s also a little bit of an outsider in a sense. But I feel like it’s making sense to him, and even though what he’s doing isn’t right – sleeping with his nephew’s wife – sometimes love can make you do some crazy things.”
So, are you looking forward to Drew and Willow’s affair being exposed? Do you hope Drew gets what’s coming to him? Are you hoping that Drew and Willow end up together? Share your thoughts via the comment section. But first, take a look at the official GH video teaser for today’s episode below.
The absolute last thing I want to see is a prolonged love story between Drew and Willow. There are so many layers to this story that are icky. The character of Drew has become insufferable, and they’ve also destroyed Willow’s character at this point. If the writers want to pair these two together, they should have Willow leave Port Charles with Drew and ship them both off to D.C.
It’s too bad that we know Michael is leaving, because I would LOVE for Nelle to come back right about now and cause some chaos for everyone involved in this awful storyline.
Ugh who cares. If they are starting a serial killer storyline, can these 2 characters be moved up to the top of the list?
Drew and Willow is an instant fast forward for me. I literally cringe anytime either one of them is on screen together, either separately or together. They have what is called in pro wrestling “go away heat.” And it seems like that opinion is shared by the vast majority of the comments I see on social media and elsewhere, which is usually a pretty solid barometer of which stories and characters are working and which are not working. Yet they keep insisting on shoving them down everyone’s throat.
Since he got elected to Congress, Drew should take a one way ticket to Washington DC, and take Willow with him. They make me sick at this point. Drew was an interesting, complex character when Billy Miller played the role, now due largely to the writing, the character has been ruined.
Write both Drew and Willow off. So tired of this storyline.
Usually I have zero opinion of Carly good or bad. Today she grated on my nerves. I couldn’t stand her. I wanted someone to snatch Carly and tell her to stay out of it. Since Tracy was already riled up, I was hoping she would tell Carly to shut the hell up just for the thrill of it.
What was the purpose of showing Carly go upstairs at the Qs? She doesn’t live there and her grandkids were at the gatehouse. Unless she went to see if Jason was upstairs or went to try to talk Monica into kicking Drew out – it was a weird stage decision.
Great seeing the Wyndemere living room set again. Thought that might’ve been gone for good.
She was on my nerves at the Q’s and when she went into the Gatehouse I’d had enough. Stay out of it. Nina was on my nerves too by that point. It’s sick anyway…all 3 women in the Gatehouse have slept with Drew. What’s become of this show saddens me.
Curious thing about the Wyndemere scenes…
Last few times we saw the castle, there were drop cloths over all the furniture and cobwebs everywhere. But this time the castle looked like it was very much “lived in”. So who exactly is living there?
And did anybody else notice the pillow on the couch with the giant “H” monogram on it? What does that stand for?
It’s not Helena. I just checked, and she’s still down here!
Carly is seen more in the Q mansion than she is seen at her own house. She stomps around it like she owns the joint. She probably matched upstairs, put on a pair of tap shoes and performed a loud tap dance to “ Tea for Two” just to dominate the house’s atmosphere.
Back in the day, Edward would refer to all the non-Q mansion inhabitants as interlopers and hangers-on. He couldn’t stand most of them, while Lila found joy in almost everyone.
With all those interlopers living (and frequently visiting) there, the Q living room/foyer and kitchen sets are near permanent fixtures. We’ve come a long way from the days when only Monica, Edward and Tracy would occasionally pop up in the den.
Oh how I wanted Tracy to verbally lay into Carly and Nina. If Willow smacks the crap out of either of them while they’re in her face dictating her next moves, I would understand. I ain’t condoning it, but I understand.
Yes your viewers are upset about killing out your top actors. Is your head writer plaining to close up the GH series. Alot of us are upset with the story line. Please think who really needs to be removed.
Watching GH is almost a chore lately.
The “porn clip” of two family members with many family members watching it longer than necessary? Tracy seemingly enjoy it?
This is not the GH I once loved.
Something feels like these are its end days, unless the reboot of all thr Spencer’s can save it 2025.
Tptb should be well aware by now the new writing team is very much disliked. Yet they keep shoveling out this uncreative trash.
TPTB don’t give a crap, and it has shown the past ten years.
Closer to 13 years now, at least as of February.
Tracy seemingly enjoy it?
If that’s how you read the scene, then I suggest re-watching it.
Does “schadenfreude” work better? That is how I saw it. You may have seen it differently.. and that’s ok too, Scott.
Traci enjoyed rubbing Nina’s face in it for sure. She gets real close to Nina and says,” with a grin, “Willow’s affair with Drew must really hurt seeing you and he have gotten so close.” Great scene especially knowing that Jane and Cynthia adore each other in real life.
I understand what you mean but the football game switching to those two idiots having sex in the nursery made me laugh as hard as Ned was. The only thing that could have been funnier is if the sound of the football game merging with the visual of the sex scene. You’d hear the sports announcer say,” And he makes a pass, he fumbles and makes a field goal!”
Oh the stench of the ick factor isn’t just coming from the writing, it’s coming from the actor himself. Drew, Michael’s uncle, is way too old to be pursuing Willow. This is not romantic love, he’s exhibiting predatory behavior. And Willow has never received the therapy she needed after being drugged, raped and impregnated by a cult leader. Writers need to examine why Willow is drawn to Drew while drawing parallels between Shiloh and Drew.
Would also be interesting to see if there was something to cause Drew’s turn from generally well liked personality to a total heel.
Exactly. If they don’t offer a viable explanation for both Drew and Willow’s behavior, what you have is plot driven writing, not character driven writing.
It’s so unfortunate. Episodic television used to be the mecca for character driven writing. Save the plot driven writing for comic book movies and scripted reality shows.
If Michael dies, I hope it’s at Drew’s hand, then they can get rid of him too, as his killer.
So happy for the fast forward. Hate Willow and Drew !! Let them both go to Washington , permanently !! They would fit right in !!
And get them some orange outfits too, huh?
I didn’t like him and his scroungy look with Carly and he’s disgusting with Willow, at least Nina is more his age and have a lot in common, two of a kind! Wish they’d sic Cyrus on him.
I think what Willow and drew did was a big mistake and that they deserve the fallout for it. Especially if they’re going to act like they did nothing wrong.She is a horrible person and so is he
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
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Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Ava’s (Maura West) daughter Avery looks quite different, starting on today’s November 9 episode of General Hospital. That’s because GH has made Avery into a full-blown teenager and the role is now being played by actress Alya Bullington.
In her debut, the Tennessee native was thrown into the deep soap waters with Daytime Emmy winners, Maurice Benard and Eden McCoy (Josslyn). Bullington weighed-in to TV Insider about her first scene which featured Avery overhearing a fight between Sonny and Josslyn.
She explained “It was something I have never done before, I did not have a lot of experience with the screaming and the crying stuff, but I got my first script, and I was like, ‘OK, this is a huge opportunity to learn so much about how that stuff works and to become this character that I have never even tried playing before.’”
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THE TEENAGED VERSION OF AVERY WILL HAVE A LOT TO CONTEND WITH
Speaking of working with McCoy, Bullington shared, “She’s incredible. I remember her just laughing and making jokes on set, and then the minute that they started taping, she just locked in and she cried immediately, and my first thought was, ‘I want to be able to do that.’
The soap opera newcomer added, “I think she just inspired me so much because she is so great and she can just lock into whatever character she wants to in the moment.”
The character of Avery was born back in 2014, but as recently as the October 8 episode of General Hospital, the character was suddenly referred to as a teenager. This is the second young female character in recent months to be aged up following the casting of Kayden Brenna Tokarski as Scout Cain.
As for her take on Avery and what’s ahead, Alya said,“She’s emotional, and she’s curious, and she’s a really fun person to play because so much stuff is happening in her life. I think she’s kind of confused about what’s happening and what to believe.”
So, what do you think about General Hospital making Avery a teenager? Are you excited to see the conflict between Sonny, Ava and Avery now that they have aged up the character? Share your thoughts and welcome Alya to GH via the comment section below.
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