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GH’s Kelly Thiebaud Talks on Why Britt is So ‘Britchy’ Since Her Return, Ryan Paevey, and the Stall on a Romance with Jason (Exclusive)
Since July, Kelly Thiebaud’s on-screen return as a very much alive Dr. Britt Westbourne has kicked-off a new mystery story that not only involves Britt coming back from the dead, but so too, her brother, Nathan West (Ryan Paevey).
The Daytime Emmy winner, having won the gold for the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series in 2022, exited the series in January of 2023. Fast forward, and the character has a new lease on life. This latest version of Britt, seems to be in remission from her Huntington’s disease diagnosis, or is she? What are the mysterious vials of medication sent to her by “C” which she has been injecting?
The GH writers teased fans that they were going with the romantic pairing of Jason (Steve Burton) and Britt, after all it was Jason who saved her while she was at the Five Poppies Resort in Croatia as the lab she was working in blew up. However, at present, Jason and Britt haven’t been able to move their feelings forward. So, what gives?
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Michael Fairman TV had the opportunity to go straight to the source when we caught up with Kelly on the red carpet at the 52nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards and here’s what she had to say about the bullet-points in Britt’s current comeback.
BRITCHY AS THEY COME
When Britt left the canvas in 2023, presumably being poisoned by the Hook serial killer (Heather Webber), she had mellowed and showed more heart, and appeared more openly available emotionally. Now, it seems the present GH writing regime changed course.
Kelly explains, “It’s hard. I fight every day. I go to work and try to make her less ‘Britchy.’ But I will say this, and what I’ve kind of come to terms with, everyone else in Port Charles thinks that she’s a bitch. So, I think Brit is now having the attitude of like, ‘Well just screw it. I’m gonna lean into this. You don’t like me. You think I’m awful. Alright, fine. I’m gonna be that.’ It’s also a protective mechanism for her. You know, there’s only one person who’s really seen that vulnerable side to her and that’s Jason.”
As to if Thiebaud thinks there’s a chance that down the line, that Britt will return to her emotional self pre-Hook, she shared, “If they write it, I serve it. I’m just trying to reel it in. Sometimes, I do miss that old Britt where we got her to a place before I left (the show in 2023). We’ll get back there. It’s a new version of me and the character. So it’s exciting.”
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RYAN’S PAEVEY’S RETURN MADE HER JAW HIT THE FLOOR
Recently, GH shocked the soap world, when it was revealed that Ryan Paevey was returning to the so7 years after he had been killed-off the show as good guy cop, Detective Nathan West, who was Britt’s brother. When Paevey returned on-screen back in September, it appears he is indeed playing a very much alive Nathan who can’t remember the last 7 years of his life, or is he? When Britt saw her brother in the hospital for the first time, she didn’t look overjoyed or shocked. So what’s the story?
Thiebaud recalled, “Before I came back, I had a conversation with the writers and with Frank (Valentini, EP, General Hospital) about how they were going to do this. And when they mentioned Ryan’s name, literally my jaw fell to the floor. I was like, ‘What? Wow. I didn’t even think of this. This is brilliant.’ t’s brilliant, how they’re doing it, and why they’re doing it. The story that’s going to be told is going to be great. There’s a lot of juicy stuff for us to play.”
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MOTHER/DAUGHTER FALLOUT
One of the highly-anticipated scenes upon Kelly’s return, was when a very much alive Britt came face to face with her mutter, Liesl Obrecht (Kathleen Gati). When Britt offered her mother a lame excuse for not contacting her, and avoiding telling her any more details of where she had , Liesl hauled off and slapped her daughter for letting her grieve for over two years!
Kelly opened up about taping the moments between mother and daughter: “Those scenes were so hard to shoot. Both Kathleen and I were deeply affected days after shooting them,” she recalled. “Obviously when it’s edited together, it’s a different experience when you watch it from when you actually perform it. I remember thinking, ‘Oh, my God. I did too much. I showed too ugly of a side. I should have done it differently.’ In the end I did it how I did it and I think it was perfect for the situation, but it was really hard to do.”
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IS THERE HOPE FOR A ROMANCE BETWEEN BRITT AND JASON?
GH fans thought that once Jason found Britt and rescued her, she would be more inclined to give the guy a chance, and get out of her own way about his previous feelings for Carly (Laura Wright), when it’s clear he truly cares about Britt. However, it seems like the GH writers have put on the brakes about a Jason and Britt romance for now, or have they?
First, Kelly explained, “Steve (Burton) is wonderful, I love working with him. I know it’s a long game and I don’t think it’s a focus right now for the writers, for those two characters, but I also know they want to draw it out for the audience. I think there’s still a story to tell there. I think there’s still love there. We’ll see.”
Watch our conversation with Kelly from the 52nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards now on the Michael Fairman Channel, along with several interviews with the stars of General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless on daytime’s biggest night of the year here.
Now let us know, do you want to see Britt less “Britchy?” What do you think is going on with Nathan West that Britt knows about? Do you want a Jason and Britt romance to kick-off sooner than later? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
I wish actors would stop analyzing their character’s motivations and actions. Laura Wright has been doing this for years. If it’s well written and well played, the actors don’t need to explain. It’s like a writer analyzing their own writing or a comic explaining their own joke. Leave it to the viewers to figure it out.
I’m sure it is difficult for the actors since they don’t film their scenes in order. As Kelly said, it bothered her that she went too far with her scenes with Leisl, but the show spliced the scenes together to make it make sense. I see it that you have actors who care so much about the story, their acting style, etc.
Yeah but they don’t need to explain this to viewers. We’re not stupid, and we get context cues, foreshadowing and rising action. No need to explain.
This should really be our worst problem in life.
I knew with Jason and Britt that it would be a slow burn and that it wasn’t going to be immediate and it shouldn’t be.
Jason & Britch have already flopped. They need to move on & put her with Drew. They would be a match made in hell
On the Friday, November 13 episode of General Hospital, Drew (Cameron Mathison) convinces Ava (Maura West) they need to get married, to each other! Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) hopes to get the DNA results on Jude (Will Traval) she has waited for, and Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) secretly co-conspire to find out who in Port Charles had the infamous tick!
Here’s what went down: Drew explained to Ava that they needed to get hitched ASAP, that way, they couldn’t be forced to testify against each other in the Jack Brennan case. After initially being kind of sick of the thought of marrying Drew, he made her change her mind, by throwing out the fact that if she lands in jail Sonny (Maurice Benard) will have Avery (Ayla Bullington) all to himself.
Next, Ava heads to GH to ask Lucas (Van Hansis) to be her witness in marrying Drew. Lucas has already figured out the reason Ava is marrying Drew because it has something to do with Brennan’s death. Explaining she hates the idea of getting married to Drew, she has run out of other options. Lucas agrees to help her, but firmly tells Ava nobody would believe it was a real marriage anyway.
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CAN MOLLY AND JOE STOP THE WEDDING?
At the same time, Drew asked Martin (Michael E. Knight) for a post-nuptial agreement. Martin was not happy to hear that Drew was going to marry Ava, warning that prison was a better option than tying himself to a woman like Ave Jerome.
Eventually Ava, Lucas, Drew, and Martin gathered at the city clerk’s office. Lucas comes up with a way to derail or stall the nuptials by saying that they need to wait for Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) and Avery to show up, as they should be a part of this, too.
Lucas may have saved the day, because Molly (Kristen Vaganos) and Joe (Jonathan Bennett) went to Drew’s office to serve him his warrant, but found the office door open. Next, Joe found a sticky note on Drew’s folder that revealed Drew had obtained a marriage license. A light bulb goes off in his head and he realized Ava and Drew are getting married, so he and Molly rush off to City Hall to try and stop it.
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IS JUDE THE TRUE BABY DADDY?
Elsewhere, after receiving a text message that the DNA results are in at the hospital, Brook Lynn ends her discussion over Jude and baby Phoebe with Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and runs out of the Quartermaines.
Once Brook Lynn gets off the elevator at GH, she sees Jude and Britt Kelly Thiebaud) looking might close. She quickly heads back towards the elevator sight unseen and was clearly shaken by what she saw. Earlier at the doctors and nurses hub, Elizabeth helped Dante by confirming by an ear gesture they had worked out; that the patient with the tick was Ava Jerome.
You can check out the scenes where Lucas gets a visit from Ava and he learns she wants him to be her witness in marrying Drew at City Hall.
Now weigh-in: do you think Ava and Drew will tie the knot before Joe and Molly make it to City Hall? What do you think the DNA results will show once Brook Lynn gets her hands on them? Have they been tampered with? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Carly Fears Escalating Tensions Between Sonny and Josslyn: ‘I’ve Already Lost One Kid Because of That Man. I Won’t Lose Another’
On the Thursday, November 12 episode of General Hospital, as battles line are drawn by Carly’s (Laura Wright) ex-husband, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and her daughter, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy), she realizes things are about to get a whole lot worse, and she expressed her fears to Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart).
After Sonny came to see Carly to get her daughter to back off of him; especially when Josslyn lit into him in front of nuAvery (Ayla Bullington), Carly is terrified that Sonny could retaliate against Josslyn. Realizing, Josslyn is in danger, Carly won’t sit by and let anything happen to her. She tells Valentin, “I’ve already lost one kid because of that man. I won’t lose another.”
Viewers won’t soon forget the devastation Carly felt when Morgan (Bryan Craig) died in a car bomb explosion back in 2016 because of Sonny’s dealings in the mob in a complex story involving Julian (William deVry) and Olivia Jerome (Tonja Walker).
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SONNY IS READY FOR WAR
Meanwhile in the aftermath of his visit with Carly, Sonny told his brother Ric what went down when Josslyn disrespected him in front of his own daughter and hurt Avery. Since Josslyn already make it known that she no longer considers herself part of Sonny’s family, he’s decided to treat her accordingly.
Sonnys first step in payback is to take away her support system at JJE by approaching Hudson Parker (Troy Lennon Appel) again, but this time in a much less-friendly way.
Ric points out that this would go against every move Sonny made as a legitimate businessman in Port Charles and would mean he’s back in the mob? Sonny doubles down, saying Josslyn changed the game when she involved Avery. While he showed concern of how bad Carly would feel over all this year, he said he is ready to finish what Josslyn started.
At the Metro Court, Ava (Maura West) is listening to Avery explain what happened between Sonny and Josslyn and how much she hates Josslyn right now, which Ava seems to be OK with.
WILL JOSSLYN’S WORLD BLOW UP ON HER?
Speaking of Josslyn, she is on the pier still after her talk with Hudson and still crying over her confrontation with Sonny and Avery overhearing it, and what she told her sister. Lucas comes across her at the pier while out for his run.
Explaining how badly she feels for what she said about Sonny to Avery, Lucas says that eventually Avery will discover the truth about Sonny. He explains to Josslyn that even though Avery hates her now, she will come to realize that what she said about her father was the truth, and that Josslyn was not lying to her at all.
So, what do you think about Sonny ready to play dirty to take down Josslyn? How will Carly ensure her daughter does not wind up dead? Who do you think is in the right here? Is Josslyn’s vendetta against Sonny justified, at the cost of the relationships with her family? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Cynthia Watros Honors Former ‘Titus’ Co-Star Stacy Keach Following His Passing
General Hospital star Cynthia Watros, who can currently be seen in on the ABC soap opera in the role of Nina Reeves, has had a enduring career in television. That included her time on the 2000-2002 Fox sitcom, Titus.
In Titus, Watros starred along with Stacy Keach as Erin Fitzpatrick and Ken Titus, respectively. After the November 10th news that Keach had passed away at 85 while living in Poland, Cynthia took to her Instagram on Thursday, November 12 to pay tribute to the great actor.
Watros expressed, “My first prime time show was along side Stacy. I loved him instantly. What an amazing talent and man.❤️”
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In Titus, Stacy played stand up comedian Christopher Titus’ heavy-drinking, chain-smoking, five-times-divorced father who frequently pulled cruel pranks and tried to toughen his kids up. Cynthia played by Christopher’s level-headed, big-hearted girlfriend trying to build a normal life with him. In fact, Cynthia’s role on the sitcom was first series regular role after her Daytime Emmy run of Annie Dutton on Guiding Light which ran from 1994-1998.
STACY KEACH’S WIFE ON HIS PASSING
Keach’s wife, Malgosia shared the news of the actor’s death publicly in a statement with PEOPLE. Malgosia expressed, that Stacy had, “a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure.”
She added, “Stacy peacefully departed this world. He fought for so long, with extraordinary courage, determination and strength. He was a true warrior, facing his illness with the same remarkable spirit and resilience that defined his life.”
Małgosia continued, “Stacy was not only a legendary actor, admired and loved by audiences the world over, but also my beloved husband, my companion and the heart of our family. His passing leaves an immeasurable emptiness in our lives. But his extraordinary spirit, his unforgettable voice and the love he gave so generously will remain with us forever.”
Now, let us know do you remember when Cynthia made her sitcom debut in Titus? Share your thoughts via the comment section on Cynthia’s many TV roles and the passing of Stacy Keach in the comment section. But first, check out the very first episode of Titus with Cynthia Watros below!
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