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GH’s Katelyn MacMullen On Willow’s State of Mind: “I Think She’s Definitely Snapped!”

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This once, seemingly mild-mannered school teacher-turned-nurse (and former cult member) world has been turned upside down, which in turn, has caused what can only be viewed as a mental breakdown. Of course, we are talking about General Hospital’s Willow Tait (Katelyn MacMullen). On recent episodes of the ABC daytime drama series, the judge ruled in her ex-husband, Michael Corinthos’ (Rory Gibson) favor, and gave full custody of their children, Amelia and Wiley, to their father.

Right before the decision was handed down, Willow learned (as did everyone else in the courtroom) that Sasha (Sofia Mattsson) was carrying Michael’s baby from a one-night stand and lo and behold she goes into labor. Putting any resentment aside, Willow put her nurses’ cap on (not literally) and helps deliver the child right there on the courtroom floor.

Now, Sasha has a newborn baby and Willow has no children. After the judge handed down her decision, Willow lost it, screaming and crying in the courtroom, fainting, and being taken to General Hospital for observation as her mental health status is now in question. Then, before leaving the hospital, Sasha’s newborn ”Daisy” somehow got placed in the wrong bassinet, and another baby was given to her by mistake. After leaving GH with Drew (Cameron Mathison), and back at home with him, Drew presses Willow to marry him. She says she needs to lay down. Later, we see someone peering into the Q’s window where Daisy is with Sasha.

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So, what does this all add up to? Is Willow going in and out of a a “fugue state” a rare psychological condition where someone experiences sudden, unexpected travel and an inability to recall their past, sometimes including a new identity? Has she split and developed an alter? We have certainly seen that before. Now online speculation has that perhaps the upcoming arrival of six-time Daytime Emmy-winner, Erika Slezak (ex-Viki, OLTL) might have something to do with what fate lies ahead for Willow. On One Life to Live, Viki suffered from Dissociative Identify Disorder for years.

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Actress, Katelyn MacMullen spoke to Soap Opera Digest about Willow’s mindset at the moment where she shared, “I think she’s in a bit of a fog. I think she definitely snapped – she definitely had a moment where she snapped in the courtroom and I think that there is a little bit of delayed processing, maybe, even like (she’s) kind of losing it a little bit as she’s trying to cope with this feeling of emptiness. Her entire life is her children, so to even look at life without them is, I think, almost impossible for her. And I get it; I can’t imagine losing custody of your children and how that could affect somebody. So, I feel like anything is possible for in the realm of her mental state. I think at any given moment or on any given day, it’s kind of unpredictable. I would say… expect the unexpected.”

So, what do you think is going on with Willow? Is she going to be revealed as the person targeting little Daisy? Could Willow be in a fugue state as suggested above? Will she ultimately have another personality, the “Nelle” side of her, as a nod to her late sister? Would Erika Slezak’s upcoming GH debut have anything to do with this story? Weigh-in with your theories via the comment section below.

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Erika is not coming on till fall, this looks like a summer story

It’s possible that Vicki Lord Buchanan could be involved in this storyline. Willows breakdown and mental issues will most likely be played out for several months after all it is GH and nothing happens fast.

I think when this is all over Willow needs to get a clue what her own mother went through. Both of Nina’s babies stolen from her at birth while she lay in a coma, Willow being one of those babies. Nina spent a decade searching for whom she thought was one child, only to find out she had two. One dead. And Willow. And Carly decided Nina would never know about either. Not once since Willow found out did she have empathy for her own mother. Instead, she chose Carly, shut Nina out. Not once since they supposedly got close, did she seem to finally understood what Nina went through, the pain, even when she (Willow) was afraid to lose her own. Knowing the writers, they’ll probably have Willow reject Nina again when she finds out Nina never told her about her own history with Drew. To that I’d say if Willow was a real person…”If you didn’t have your mother walking on eggshells with ultimatums on what she can say and do if she wants you and her grandkids in their lives, maybe she wouldn’t have been afraid to tell you.”

So very nice to read your comments again Rebecca1.

Yes indeed!

Wonderful breakdown of events and character development. I have nothing to add except that Watros may be one of the most gifted soap actresses in soap history. When she consoled Willow in the court room, you could feel all of her own past maternal grief rising up to merge with her grieving for her daughter’s current maternal grief. That emptiness! It was an intensely emotional and complex moment and Watros played it beautifully by showing without telling.

I have A Job for willow to kidnapped sasha’s baby in sasha home. And need drew be involved of kidnapped sasha’s baby

I think Katelyn is a wonderful actress and she’s always riveting to watch.

Forget about Willow for a minute. I think Sasha is being ridiculous towards Michael-I mean there she is living in the Q mansion, working for them & Michael “is not to be involved with the raising of their child???” I would have Michael in the bed so fast it would make his head spin! God, is Sasha blind or what? (I guess you can tell I love the recast!)

This whole “not involved” concept is ridiculous with her living in his family’s house. And, let’s say she keeps her job and in 10 years Daisy sees her brother Wiley asking her mother to make him something to eat?

Sasha is just slightly better than Holly, who never gave Robert a chance to know Sasha as a child nor make decisions for her. Then again, that was a silly retcon…

I love Katelyn MacMullen, and I know alot of viewers are on the hate willow train right now, but I like willow, and pray she dumps Drew, I like NuMichael, and eventually hope they end up back together, or I realy liked her with Chase but that train has sailed, Or has it? regardless, I’m not sure I want to see Willow develop and alter and have split personality, I watched OLTL and saw this storyline play out on that show with both vickie and jessica, and it was excruiciating and never ending, maybe for the actor is fun to play out or for some viewers, and maybe the reason I never enjoyed it on OLTL was because it was never ending with both of those characters and I just realized it was probably during all that time I watched written by Ron Carvilatti, who has the bad habbit of over doing something for far to long.

She is going to steal Sasha and Michael’s baby daisy. Or could it be brit 2.0?

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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom

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This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, the race is on! Can Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) get to Rocco (Finn Carr) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) in time to ensure their safety from Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)? Can Carly (Laura Wright) with the help of her brother, Lucas (Van Hansis) rescue Josslyn (Eden McCoy) from captivity at Wyndemere? These questions may be answered, plus the return of the one and only Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) are on tap!

In the just released General Hospital spoilers video for the week of June 22-26, Lulu tells her mother, Laura (Genie Francis), “Dante and I have to get to Rocco before Cullum!” Meanwhile, Rocco (Finn Carr) looks angered and emotional as Britt walks through their cabin hideout. Does Rocco know his parents are on the way to find them, or has Cullum already tracked them down to the British Virgin Islands?

Back in Port Charles, Carly is informing Lucas that his niece, “is a WSB agent.” She knows Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is being held against her will at Wyndemere, and she has to find a way to get her out. Lucas agrees with Carly’s plan of, “We go in and we don’t leave without Josslyn!” Elsewhere, Josslyn is looking worried for her future as she is stuck in captivity thanks to Cassius, Cullum and Sidwell!

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FINOLA HUGHES RETURNS

The final moments of the teaser promo reveal Anna in a psychiatric clinic in France. We have not seen her for months after Cullum, Sidwell and Pascal fed her hallucinogenics to make her believe her arch nemesis, Cesar Faison was alive!

Now, the doctors walk towards her hospital bed, where we see the super spy calmly knitting. Is Anna back to normal and playing everyone to get out of her predicament, or does she still remain deeply traumatized … or both?

Take a look at the rest of the official GH spoilers for the week below.

MONDAY, JUNE 22
Willow gets an unwelcome surprise. Trina sticks to her guns. “Nathan” wants reassurance. Ethan advises Ava. Brook Lynn receives an update.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Dante cautions Liz. Laura learns a secret. Brook Lynn confides in Michael. Sonny challenges Ava. Chase makes a decision.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Anna meets with her doctor. Carly makes a stunning confession. Britt extracts a promise. Cullum pulls a fast one. Gio and Emma hit the pool.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Josslyn clashes with Cassius. Lulu and Dante make a discovery. Chase receives a warning. Jordan seeks help. Alexis is summoned to the PCPD.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Anna takes a huge risk. Britt is in grave danger. Willow is in disbelief. Danny must act fast. Curtis jumps to the wrong conclusion.

Check out the latest General Hospital promo entitled, “Rescue Mission” below.

Now weigh-in: Do you think Anna is still mentally off-balance, or OK, and just pretending to be troubled to get out of France and get back to Port Charles? Will Josslyn finally be rescued, or will Carly and Lucas find themselves locked up with her? And, who will get to Britt and Rocco first? Cullum, or Dante and Lulu? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.

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Maurice Benard Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’ Writers; Teases Upcoming Sonny Scenes with Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric

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With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).

On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..

In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”

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So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!

FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD

As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and  and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”

Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.

So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.

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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Announces Upcoming Release of His First Single, ‘If You Need Me’

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In a surprise move, Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos, GH) is getting ready to unveil a new chapter of his career in music.

The former GH star, where he played the son of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) for 15 years, has announced his new single, “If You Need Me” will drop on Friday, June 26. The single is now available for pre-order on Spotify and major music streaming platforms and is distributed by DistroKid.

Taking to his Instagram story over the weekend, to announce the pre-save of his new single, Chad expressed, “I’ll make a full post about what I’ve been up to and my music once it goes live next week, but you can pre-save my first single so it goes straight to your Spotify once it drops next week.”

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SINCE LEAVING GENERAL HOSPITAL

Previously, since his departure from the ABC soap opera. Chad starred alongside Zach Mendez in the world premiere of of Yum Yum at Annapolis, a new play written by Bruce Reisman. Duell last appeared on General Hospital on the January 21, 2025 episode.

The part was recast with Rory Gibson who debuted as the new Michael in May of 2025 during the Nurses’ Ball episodes and who has remained in the role since that time.

In an interview earlier this year on The Able Show, Duell said on his decision to exit the soap opera, “I was blessed to be part of that (show) for as long as I have, but what happens sometimes is if you’re doing the same thing, especially in a creative field for such a long time, you can get a little burnt out in a way. It can make you a little depressed, so that’s kind of what happened. On top of that, I had other things going on in my life at the time. My father passed away recently and I just needed a reset. So, I stepped away. A lot of times you have to go through some stuff to really step into that next level. I needed to kind of feel uncomfortable.”

So, what type of musical genre will Chad’s new song be? Country? Pop? Rock? Dance/Club? Something else? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below, and if you are eager to hear the new single next week via the comment section below.

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