General Hospital
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.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sonny Tells Dante, “I Don’t Want a Son Like You,” While Michael Tells Brook Lynn to Bide Her Time Till Chase and Willow Have an Affair

On the Thursday, October 1 episode of General Hospital, both Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) had some things to say and what they had to say didn’t go over well with whom they were talking to!
Sonny had a confrontation with his son, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna), while Michael leveled with Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) over Chase (Josh Swickard).
GH is setting up a scenario where everyone is going to make it look like Sonny was responsible for having Sidwell (Carlo Rota) beat up in Pentonville; while viewers already know Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) were behind it.

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A VISIT WITH DAD
Now, Dante comes to Sonny’s house. He wants to know straight up from his dad if he ordered the attack at Pentonville. Sonny flatly denies any culpability or responsibility, but Dante refuses to believe him.
Dante informs Sonny he has video footage of Sully and Vito at the prison. Sonny explains to Dante he doesn’t know why Sully beat up both Curtis and Dante. Things escalated when Sonny was deeply hurt that Dante refused to believe him. Dante says he was disappointed that his father didn’t respect him enough to be truthful with him!
Sonny asks Dante to consider that he was being set up. He says all he did was to tell Vito to instruct Sully to keep a watchful eye on Sidwell, not to harm him. No matter what Sonny said, Dante continued hammering him with how he knew deep down, even though he said he left the mob, he had to finish off Sidwell for himself.
Next, Sonny explains everything he has ever done was to provide for and to protect his family. Dante fired back that he doesn’t want to deal anymore with Sonny’s half-baked truths. As the two men argue, Gio (Giovanni Mazza) shows up at Sonny’s front door and overhears Sonny losing his temper and shouting at Dante, “Get out of my house! I don’t want a son like you!” The scenes featured an excellent performance by Maurice Benard.

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MICHAEL THE MANIPULATOR
While this is going down, outside the Quartermaine boathouse, Brook Lynn opens up to Michael about living at the Q’s with Chase being there, since he only came back due to legal advice from his lawyer, Monet Mitchell (Blythe Howard).
Brook Lynn questioned whether they should get legally separate. Michael insisted that would be a big mistake. When she asks why, Michael tells Brook Lynn to bide her time until Chase and Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) have an affair; then she’d have full custody of Phoebe.
An angered Brook Lynn pushed Michael into the water and accuses him of moving Willow back into the gatehouse with intent on putting Chase and Willow in closer proximity and sacrificing Brook Lynn’s family in the process. As the two cousins bicker, Chase shows up asking Brook Lynn if she is OK. Michael punctuates their talk with “You know, I’m right.”
CURTIS FIGURES OUT A WAY TO GET OUT OF THE SLAMMER
At GH, Willow visits Curtis (Donnell Turner) in his hospital room. Curtis wants Willow to get him pardoned and keep him out of jail, and in return, he will help her nail Sonny.
Next, Willow tells Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) she wants Curtis held for observation for three more days. He agrees to do so under one condition, that she understands that he may need to call in a favor from a congresswoman.
So, what did you think of how Dante accused his father and refused to believe Sonny’s answers? Is this the end of their father and son relationship for good? Is Michael the most manipulative person of all, except for Willow? Do the two deserve each other? Do you want Chase and Willow to have an affair? And what of Curtis? Does he have many redeeming qualities left? Share your thoughts via the comment section, but first check out the talk Michael had with Brook Lynn.
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GH Alum Tajh Bellow and Y&R Alum Loren Lott Star in New Tiktok and Microdrama ‘Love Island’ Spoof

Two soap opera alums very familiar to fans of General Hospital and The Young and the Restless are paired together in a new short-form digital series from none other than Issa Rae’s production entity HOORAE Digital.
Look for Tajh Bellow (ex-TJ Ashford, GH)) and Loren Lott (ex-Ana Hamilton, Y&R) as part of the cast of The Compatibility Experiment, premiering on October 14, 2026, exclusively on TikTok and its companion microdrama platform, PineDrama.
In the video teaser, it appears that Bellow and Lott play a couple, Kelvin and Camila, set in a Love Island reality show-esque environment trying to win the one million dollar cash prize, only what could go wrong?

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The Compatibility Experiment loglines share that it brings a fast-paced, relationship-focused reality check—much like Love Island with a twist. The show takes a participant’s current relationship, introduces them to a potentially more compatible partner, and forces them to navigate the differences with life-changing money on the line.
The new series is part of a groundbreaking content deal between HOORAE Digital and TikTok to develop premium short-form storytelling. The ensemble cast also features; Ayona, Reggie Luck, JaNa Craig, Tosin Morohunfola, Jessica Jacoby, Georgia Warner, and Nick Cassidy.
General Hospital fans know Tajh Bellow for his performances as TJ Ashford, and who earned two Daytime Emmy nominations along the way during his run. Bellow took over the role in 2018 and last appeared on the ABC daytime drama series in December of 2024.
Loren Lott first appeared as Devon’s (Bryton James) sister Ana Hamilton on The Young and the Restless from 2018 to 2019; making a brief return in 2024. She has continued to perform on the stage and screen with recent credits including: Bel-Air, Cherish the Day, and All American: Homecoming.
Check out the trailer for The Compatibility Experiment below and let us know what you think of its concept and if you are glad to see Tajh and Loren again? Hoping they might return to daytime in their GH and Y&R roles at some point in the future? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ava and Drew Revealed to be Behind Framing Sonny for Sidwell’s Prison Beatdown

If you thought that the person responsible for the Pentonville brawl that saw Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Curtis (Donnell Turner) taken to General Hospital was Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) or even Sidwell himself, you were dead wrong! On the Wednesday, September 30 episode of GH, it turned out that the culprits were actually Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison).
In story, Drew apparently bankrolled the attack on Sidwell and framing Sonny. He told Ava their planned worked (she came up with it!) but was horrified when Drew informed her that Curtis got caught in the crosshairs. Ava is visibly upset because of her longtime friendship with Curtis’ daughter, Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali). Drew tried to make Ava see the bright side. Curtis was witness to it and his presence will cast doubt on Sonny’s claims to that he had gotten out of the mob and gone legit.
Later, Vito shows up at Drew’s. They informed him that his guy on the inside of the slammer made a big mistake by hurting their friend and ordered him to leave town.

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BOATHOUSE BRAWL
In other major developments, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and Rocco (Finn Carr) have a blow out fight as Danny blames his “brother” for the reason Charlotte was sent off to boarding school.
Rocco told off Danny for Charlotte’s (Bluesy Burke) reckless behavior and he explains he had to protect his sister. He went in on Danny saying that his mother Lulu (Alexa Havins) has been right to send Charlotte to boarding school and far away from Danny.
However, Rocco went a bit too far when he shouted, “And if your mom was alive, she would send you away too!” Next, Danny punched out Rocco, leading to a terrible brawl. An angered Danny yells at Rocco to, “Stay away from me and everyone in my family. And don’t you ever mention my mom again!” Danny storms off.

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Now alone outside the boathouse, Rocco flashes back to his first kiss with Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarksi), hoping that his fight with Danny will not escalate and ruin their budding romance. Meanwhile, a bloodied-mouth Danny heads over to Sonny’s and Jason (Steve Burton) is there at the same time. He then admits that he has a bad fight with Rocco and they are both beaten up.
WILL SCOUT WISE UP?
At the end of the episode, Scout, who had a fight with Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) over Drew, and who keeps telling everyone how good a man her dad truly is, comes upon a suspicious scene.
Scout hides behind the wall outside Drew’s. She sees her dad, Ava and Vito talking. Next, Scout seems to overhear Vito assuring Drew and Ava that their business dealings are done, and he’ll be leaving Port Charles for good.
So, what did you think of the reveal that Ava and Drew were behind framing Sonny for the prison beatdown of Sidwell (and Curtis)? Do you think Danny and Rocco’s relationship can be repaired, or do you think the teenagers will continue to be at each other’s throats? Finally, do you hope Scout gets a clue and stops thinking her dad walks on air? Weigh-in via the comment section, but first check out how Ava and Drew conspired below.
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