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General Hospital’s Cynthia Watros Shares: “I Know That Nina is Not Easy to Love, But She is Lovable!”
Daytime Emmy winner, Cynthia Watros (Nina, General Hospital) did a little video check in with the fans and her followers amid Nina’s latest fall from grace, after it had been revealed that Nina turned Carly (Laura Wright) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) into the SEC.
With Carly and Drew taking over Crimson, Nina out of a job, and her relationship on the skids with Sonny (Maurice Benard) and her daughter, Willow, (Katelyn MacMullen) it will be interesting to see how Nina seeks revenge this time on Carly and Drew, and how she will make amends to those she wants to love her.
In her video message, after asking the fans how everyone is doing, Watros expressed: “Nina has been on some ride these, what, two weeks. Thank you for all your love and support.”
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Watros then referenced and showed the beautiful floral arrangement behind her, which was sent by a group of fans. She left them know how much she appreciated the sentiment, sharing: “You always make me feel like a million bucks and truly loved, and just thank you for being bright lights in my life.”
Lastly, Cynthia addressed her storyline adding, “I wanna say that it’s been a bumpy ride for Nina, but all of you that have supported and loved Nina and me. Thank you.”
She concluded with, “And those of you that are just outraged, thank you! I know that Nina is not easy to love, but she is lovable!” Watros finished the video wishing everyone well.
Check out Cynthia’s video message below. Then weigh-in, what do you hope happens next for, or to, Nina? Do you want her to get payback? Do you think she deserves more heartbreak and suffering for what she has done to several people in Port Charles? Is NonaLet us know in the comment section.
— Cynthia Watros (@watroswatros) January 24, 2024
What a class act! She hit it on the head about Nina not being easy to love, but loveable.
Hopefully the outgoing writers remembered that and put her in some scenes with Maxie or Aunt Liesl to show she has a support network.
I hope the new writers also veer away from the writing template that dictates that Carly must win and Nina must lose. That scene at Crimson was ridiculous as Drew and Carly looked like utter fools. Carly struts in wearing a noxious smirk and a tacky number, and all I could think was,” The Devil Wears Pleather”? Team Nina is trending in Twitter due to Cynthia being able to rise above the lousy writing with her nuanced and brilliant acting.
I nominate myself as team captain on “TEAM NINA!!!!” (; I do hope the new writers understand how much so many of us love her and I know for myself I feel protective of her and that is due to how brilliant Cynthia is in the role! (: (: (:
I am so excited about the emergence of cray-cray Nina who has been pushed too far and has nothing to lose. We haven’t seen her go full tilt coo-coo since she (played by Michelle Stafford) was going to cut Avery out of Ava’s uterus and ultimately stole the baby and ran to Canada with Franco. Cynthia Watros knows how to play soap opera crazy, and I have been waiting for it it. Her portrayal of Annie Dutton on GL was very entertaining for many years!
I definitely saw Annie Dutton (GL) in the restroom mirror…
Hoping that Cynthia gets a chance to go full on cray-cray, but then finds her way back to some element of normalcy.
Will be interesting to see where her character goes with the new writing team.
Cynthia is a fantastic actor and GH has gold with her on their cast.
I agree with this 100%! I posted just this on goldderby the other day after the mirror scene – that was crazy Annie Dutton I was seeing in that mirror!
She is showing signs of crazy Annie Dutton emerging for Nina – I would be aboard for it if they wouldn’t make Carly into Reva and they would allow Nina to win instead of Carly but this show is obsessed with pretending that Carly is the “good one” and the one we should root for – I simply can’t stand Carly and love Nina the most of any character on daytime!
Freeman, I agree with you. The Carly propping is intolerable. She makes these grandiose speeches about how great she is while her adoring followers now down at her feet. But her actions strike a startling disparity with reality. Carly is a hypocritical, smug jerk.
There was no knife involved in the birth of Avery. Nina did not cut the baby out of the womb. That is a myth that won’t go away. Garbage in, garbage out.
Nina was never going to “cut Avery out of Ava’s uterus.” Nina had a breakdown after the trauma of being in that 20-year-coma, the reality of being a 40-something woman instead of in her 20s when she was last conscious, her husband dating Sam, her baby she was told dead. She snapped, and targeted Ava because she had a daughter with Silas: Kiki, and now was pregnant again. Nina just slowly went to the edge, and we saw that when Avery was finally born and she felt she belonged to her. But Nina wasn’t “cutting” anything out of Ava; she induced Ava’s labor with a drug she injected.
I have no desire to see Nina fall back to that stage of her life. That would mean not only did Carly win over her time and time again, but she succeeded in causing Nina to fall back to those days.
Carly has wronged Nina time and time again. Many have: from her mother to Harmony to Valentin and Sasha, to Carly trying to keep her from ever knowing that Wiley is her grandson and Willow her daughter. It’s Carly’s who’s malicious and vindictive, and unfortunately all the writing teams keep giving Carly a pass, keep giving her a supportive, loving, group around her, while Nina has basically stood alone while Sonny, while claiming to love her showed no rage to Carly for what she did to Nina (even when to Willow and Michael’s wedding without her), Sasha, who claims to love Nina as if she truly was her mother, was as friendly as ever to Carly even though she knew that Carly had tried to prevent Nina from knowing about Willow. Same with Maxi, Nina’s sister-in-law and aunt to James. The character Nina has had to face the wrath or the disloyalty of many while Carly basks in love and family no matter the rotten things she does.
I’m only looking forward to Nina’s “revenge” if she does so while maintaining her mental stability and beats Carly and Drew at their own game. Let her start her own magazine, bring Crimson down, and FINALLY gain the love of her daughter, because Willow’s constant rejection makes absolutely no sense and is obnoxious to watch.
You said it for me, Rebecca! Nina did not plan on cutting a baby out of anyone’s womb. D she did NOT give Avery away to be raised by Bigfoot either. I swear, the myths attached to this character are through the roof.
Hi Harry; long time! I know; the same stuff keeps getting repeated about Nina over and over again. And let’s not forget how the Nina “haters” keep obsessing back to when Nina was, in their words, “mean to Willow” when she was Charlotte’s teacher, lol. As IF that’s a valid reason for Carly to keep the truth from Nina, which is only topped by the brilliant, “Carly was keeping her word to Harmony. Ya; keeping her word to a murderer; who drugged Willow so that Shiloh could rape her, killed Neal in his sleep while lying next to Alexis, killed his brother, stuffed Carly in the trunk (THAT part I applauded) and was planning to kill her and Alexis, is admirable to them.The Nina haters are praising Carly for keeping her word to Harmony, who warned that Nina would “smother Willow with LOVE.” The writing is stupid; and some of the viewers reactions…well, ummmmm…’nuff said.
It’s been very hard to support Nina with all the bad decisions she has made starting with Valentin and that brat Charlotte which she gave Willow a hard time in school when she acted the monster kid to her own cousin. Her loyalties have always been on the wrong side , there being only one side, hers.. I’m not a Carly fan, but she is at least not sneaky, always lurking around ,seeing what she can find out about someone to use to her advantage. Snoopy woman and that makes her loveable?, ha, ha.
Carly not sneaky? For an entire year she kept the identity of Willow’s biological mother secret and that included repeatedly blackmailing a woman to lie to her idiotic boyfriend Drewfus. She also ordered an unauthorized DNA test and kept the results secret. And Michael, Willow and Sonny were a tad bit irritated with her for two minutes. Can you imagine the hell storm that would have rained down upon Nina had she done the same thing? No. There is a different code of conduct for this Carly- centric show. Nina is Charlie Brown trying to kick the football while Carly is Lucy whipping it away.
I’m sorry that CW is portraying a character everyone hates because she is a very gifted actress
Extremely talented! Side note, I actually like Nina. Watros makes likeablr for me. I cannot help but feel for her. I hope Emmy finds her eventually like it did on Guiding Light! Also she most definitely is a class act.
Everyone does not hate Nina. There are many of us who love Nina and detest Carly. I’m one of them and you can see from this page there are others.
Nina has done things that made me realize that she is her own worst enemy and I have groaned at some of the things she’s pulled but I do like the character all the same. Without characters like Nina, the soaps would be boring.
Totally agree. It’s a testament to Cynthia Watros’s talent that she’s made this character likeable (or her motivation relatable) because Nina could so easily be a one dimensional Disney villain if played by a lesser actor. There are many excellent actors at GH & Watros is one of the best. Glad Nina is going to lose her sh** now!
I wonder if the constant berating of her character by Carly is starting to get to her as an actress.
Cynthia is a wonderful actress who could run circles around laura wright if given the chance. Hopefully with the huge changes afoot at GH we will finally be able to see Cynthia as she should!!
Mr Fairman, perhaps you could do an interview with Laura Wright and Cythnia Watros.
They both were on The Talk’s soap episode last summer and stated they are personal friends outside of the show. Many comments seem to mix her real life with the character she plays.
complex character,and she plays her her to the hilt
Nina is a great actress, but I want Sonny and Carly Together again! They are the Best!!!
Cynthia Watros is a very good actor, but I can’t stand Nina. She’s doing her job if she makes you love the character and can hate her actions.
I don’t hate Nina’s actions. What has she done that wasn’t a direct result for what Carly has done to HER? Why would you hate what Nina’s done? It’s Carly who’s despicable and keeps getting away with her despicable actions. The only thing I was upset about was that Nina didn’t announce to all of them that she called the SEC. Carly and Drew deserved it, and she should have stated it proudly. FINALLY able to get them back for what Carly did to her with Nelle, Wiley, and Willow, and Drew for being okay with it all once he found out and having the nerve to lecture Nina on how to be a good parent; the man who just chose Carly over his own daughter, and who showed Nina not one ounce of compassion when she was cut out of her dying daughter’s life, even though he went through a similar thing with Oscar. Both Carly and Drew are vile. The shame is Billy Miller’s Drew was the exact opposite and these writers ruined the character just to have him date Carly.
You are truly a Nina fan. It will.be interesting to see where the new writers take things.
Carly is dirty–she schemed, lied, deceived kept Nina’s children from her, recalling back in time–
Carly kept Michale from his father and took Michale’s heritage, bringing a Q, away from him and as always she had someone else (Sonny) do most of the harm—
She always had a man pay for her dorty deeds (Drew doing time for her crime)
Jason was also Carlys’ fixer….. Dirty Carly is 100 worse than Nina, the thing is her crimes and dirt deeds have been pushed onto others to carry..
I not only love Nina she i my favorite character on the show and Cynthia is for me the best actress (along with Maura West) on all of daytime! I am team Nina 100%! I do wish they would let Nina win and not Carly – TPTB just love that awful Carly and prop her up and tear down my Nina all the time and it’s just plain wrong!
I am a bit biased since I went to college with both Cynthia and Maura! (;
It’s ridiculous; seems like Cynthia has believed the anti-Nina rage from unhinged Carly butt-kisser viewers. Nina is “not hard to love.” So I’m not sure if Cynthia actually feels that way or felt like she had to appease viewers who don’t understand what they’re watching.
I know it’s a soap, but I didn’t like the scene where Carly and Drew ousted Nina. I didn’t like how Carly entered the room. I didn’t like how Nina clapped. It was so Dynasty Crystal-Alexis. Maybe that was their intention, to pay homage to them. I imagine it was fun for them to play the scene though. I’m ready to see something more original. Maybe the new writers will deliver.
I keep hearing that this is an excellent actress, but I don’t see it on the show… michelle staffords Nina was believable as a fashion icon and she was a great actress. I don’t see Cynthia watch rose is being amazing and I think it’s terrible that we still have to see her in spite of the fact that her story is really over and done with multiple times.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) revealed on Thursday, the lineup of presenters for 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards taking place on Friday, October 30, 2026, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California.
The ceremony will stream live on the NATAS YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@theemmys and watch.TheEmmys.tv.
Scheduled to present from the current soaps are: Katelyn MacMullen (Willow, General Hospital), Delon de Metz (Zende, The Bold and the Beautiful), James Preston (Nick, The Bay), Paul Telfer (Xander, Days of our Lives), Tamara Tunie (Anita, Beyond the Gates) and Susan Walters (Diane, The Young and the Restless).
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In addition soap alums, Crystal Chappell, Lesli Kay, Joe Lando, Eva LaRue, who is also a nominee this year, A Martinez, Juliet Mills, and Alicia Leigh Willis, will also be on hand to present.
The ceremony which celebrates nominated lifestyle programs and dramas will also include presenters: Eva zu Beck (Superskilled with Eva zu Beck), Danielle Chang (Lucky Chow), Sunny Hostin (The View), Derek Hough (Extra), Pati Jinich (Pati’s Mexican Table), Star Jones (Divorce Court), Michael Jr. (Stand Up and Do Something), Judge Greg Mathis (Mathis Court with Judge Mathis), Keke Palmer (Glam Through the Ages), Nischelle Turner (Entertainment Tonight), and Andrew Zimmern (Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen).
The 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards will bring together an exciting mix of presenters representing the full spectrum of daytime television,” said Adam Sharp, President & CEO of NATAS. “From familiar faces in daytime drama to the personalities and creative voices behind talk shows and lifestyle programming, this year’s lineup reflects the breadth of talent that makes daytime so special. We look forward to celebrating the people who continue to shape the genre.”
Matthew Hoffman (Love Island USA, Cheap A$$ Beach Houses) will serve as the ceremony’s Voice of God, bringing his signature comedic narration to the evening’s celebrations. As previously announced, Lifetime Achievement honoree Genie Francis (Laura, General Hospital) will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by her husband, Jonathan Frakes.
So, what do you think about the list of presenters for the 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards? Let us know who you are looking forward to seeing via the comment section below.
General Hospital fans took to social media following the airing of the Wednesday, October 21 episode of the ABC daytime drama series. In story, Molly (Kristen Vaganos) reveals to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) that she has received an offer to join the top law firm in Chicago that practices civil law. She says it’s her dream job.
The problem Molly says is relocating from Port Charles and uprooting her life and being away from her mother, Scout and boyfriend Cody Bell (Josh Kelly). Wistful that she may lose another daughter to a long-distance situation (Kristina left a few months back to go to medical school in California), Alexis urged Molly to get Cody to go with her.
Molly still seemed concerned and has trouble committing to the idea. Alexis tells her to talk it over with Cody. Meanwhile, Cody asked Tracy (Jane Elliot) is he can have Thanksgiving off because he and Molly planned to spend Thanksgiving together with their families. After initially balking, Tracy agrees.
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WILL MOLLY AND CODY HEAD TO CHI-TOWN?
Later, Cody shows up at Miller & Davis and the conversation turned to Thanksgiving dinner that Alexis is hosting. Molly and Cody asked her not to cook anything. Cody hugged Molly reassuring Alexis that he and Molly would take care of whatever was needed on Turkey Day.
So, this raises the question, why out of nowhere are we learning that Molly received an amazing law offer in Chicago, if the character was not being written out? If Molly leaves the canvas, would the character of Cody make his exit too?
Kristen Vaganos joined GH as a recast Molly Lansing-Davis back in September of 2023 and went on contract in August of 2024. Josh Kelly began playing Cody Bell back in June of 2022. Initial reports were that Kelly joined the show on contract and then as of June 2025 went on recurring status with the show per his choice.
Do you see a world where GH is writing out Molly and Cody? Would you be sad to see Kristen and Josh exit the soap opera? If this is not what is going on, is this just a plot point for some other story that is upcoming? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.
It’s been over two-years since his last appearance on General Hospital, now fan favorite Kin Shriner (Scott Baldwin) has taken to social media to share his thoughts on the casting of his grown-up TV daughter, Serena Baldwin now played by Kelly Kruger.
Kelly took over the role of Serena on-screen starting with the July 30, 2026 episode and has been ensconced in the storyline with her mother, Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring), in trying to win back full creative control of Deception for her.
In fact on the Monday, October 19 episode of the ABC soap opera, Serena tried to dupe Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) into signing over Michael’s (Rory Gibson) shares of the company. Jason caught on and wondered why she was doing this. She claimed she just wanted to help her mom gain creative control from Tracy (Jane Elliot) rather than full ownership, and begged Jason to keep quiet about it, which he agreed to for now.
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WHERE IS SCOTT?
On Monday, Shriner also took to X and said, “I think Kelly Kruger is doing a great job on General Hospital, and she and Lynn Herring work well together.” That was followed by comments in his thread about the show needing to bring back Scott too.
In fact, back on August 25, Shriner also took to X with a reminder that Scott is still around and ready to come back to Port Charles, sharing, “Scotty Baldwin always fits in he just needs the right sport coat !!!!”
The last time Serena mentioned her father Scott was when Kruger made her debut and informed Lucy that her father was, “living his best life in Key West.” Meanwhile, Shriner posts on his X account continually and shared back on August 2, that it has been 49 years since he made his on-screen debut as then teenaged, Scotty Baldwin and thanked the fans for al the love and support.
So, now let us know, are you enjoying Kelly Kruger as Serena Baldwin? Do you want to see GH bring back Scott Baldwin into the story, so Serena has both her parents in Port Charles? Do you like the potential of Jason and Serena pairing? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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