General Hospital
GH’s Laura Wright and Cynthia Watros Speak on ‘CarSon and ‘Sona’ Drama & Crossing the Line When Attacking Actors
All soap opera fans have their favorite couples and favorite characters, and often in this age of social media passionate viewers get swept up in the fictitious drama and storylines on their beloved shows.
Currently on General Hospital, ‘CarSon’ fans are rooting for Carly (Laura Wright) and Sonny (Maurice Benard) to get back together, while ‘Sona’ fans are hoping no matter what, Nina (Cynthia Watros) and Sonny will work things out and remain together. In story, Nina is about to marry Sonny, with the secret of her turning Carly and Drew (Cameron Mathison) over to the SEC looming. Carly has moved on, for now, with a romance with Drew. How we got here was interesting in the first place.
Both Laura Wright and Cynthia Watros spoke to EldredgeAtl.com about their upcoming personal appearance with other GH cast later this month in Graceland, and about how the story unraveled in Nixon Falls a few years back, that was the impetus for Nina falling for Sonny (aka Mike), and Carly and Sonny’s marriage implosion.

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Watros shared on realizing she would be paired with Maurice Benard romantically on GH: “I think I was the last to know! With the Nixon Falls scenes, we were (shooting) the end of the day on a set away from the others. We were in our own little world. I think maybe I found out the week before and at the time, I didn’t really know Maurice. So when Nina was getting to know Sonny/Mike, Cynthia was getting to know Maurice as well and we both fell in love with him.”
Meanwhile, Laura Wright recalled the ultimate phone call, where Carly lit into Nina, while Nina had discovered that Sonny was alive, but kept it a secret: “I remember thinking, ‘OK, I have to really rip her so Nina actually has the justification for the biggest move she’s ever going to make. I’ve really got to be an asshole so Nina is like, ‘Oh, really? Goodbye!’”

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Being part of Soap X (formerly Soap Twitter), the actresses understand their fan bases. However, Laura clarified the fine line between passion and things turning into personal attacks.
Wright expressed: “I grew up watching soaps and there were times when I screamed and yelled and threw things at the TV but that was the fun of it. That passion, that excitement, that anger. I still get that way when I watch House of Dragons and all of my other shows. I love it. But I don’t attack the actors. For me, that’s a huge issue. If you have a problem with your favorites, I get it. But everyone, from writers, producers, directors and actors, everyone is showing up and doing the best they can. Everybody.” Laura added, “I just think personally attacking any actor in any way is absolutely uncalled for. Have your passion for the character all day long but if you start attacking the actors? That’s unacceptable. And I have no problem blocking you.”
So, in the spirit of positive, passionate fan love, who are you rooting for … Carly and Sonny or Nina and Sonny to be the end game? What do you think about the comments shared by Laura on not attacking the actors due to the characters they play, or a storyline they are a part of? Share your thoughts below.
Sonny has not really recovered from Tricky Dick Nixon Falls yet, and Nina is the major reason why. Jason’s absence is the other reason, and Dex doesn’t come close as a substitute.
Hopefully both of these will be “fixed” shortly. Sonny once told Brenda “you’re dead to me” because the Feds forced her to wear a wire. Nina has betrayed him far worse than that at least once a month. There’s not a snowball’s chance in my backyard that they will be together long term. Not a big fan of the Carly & Drew pairing either. Or Hallmark Drew in general… but sadly, there’s no longer an option of the real Drew making a comeback now.
As far as bashing the actors… yeah, that’s off the rails. Nina’s a parasite and needs to go, but that’s got nothing to do with anything Cynthia Watros does off camera. The Devil doesn’t do Twitter (let alone enable Elon Musk’s ridiculous rebranding as “X”) but if I did participate in that mess, I would imagine I’d be throwing virtual pitchforks at the folks who take it a little too far
Posting a comment here is it for me too. Zero social media
I’ve Always Loved Carly and Sonny together and I Agree with Laura about disrespecting Any Actor or Actress!! That just means they’re great Actors!! But for the End Game I would like to see Carly and Sonny Together Forever ♥️!!
I will always root for CarSon! I love Carly and I love Nina. As for the actresses, they are both freaking amazing actors and deserve credit as such. Laura wright has always been great. I loved her and Cynthia on Guiding Light. Cynthia killed it as Annie Dutton and she is doing the same as Nina. I loved Michelle Stafford and have nothing but respect for her but not only do I feel Cynthia Watros has made the role her own but I actually prefer her in the role! So I will not criticize anyone, actor or character. Everyone involved is amazing!
— Sonny and Nina 🙂
Carly needs to suffer for all her dirty deeds that have gone unpunished..
Poor Drew for getting messed up with Carly and–
doing her time in prison for her crime..
Dru is a great guy but I want Carly and Sonny back together.
The way she held down things with the families while Sonny was gone was above and beyond widely duties.
Nina could not have done it.
I Think Laura and Cynthia are really good actresses, but the fans need to realize that these are just characters they are playing. They are just doing what the writers are telling them what to do, and they’re actually friends in real life so I’m loving the drama between Carly and Nina. It’s amazing keep up the good work, Cynthia and Laura.
I’m all for Nina and Sonny working things through because Carly and Sonny have done it too many times IMHO. I like Carly finding herself without Sonny defining a large portion of who she is.
And, I totally agree with what Laura said about people on the shows doing their best to tell the stories. Hardest working group in the world! Much respect!
Wright expressed: “I grew up watching soaps and there were times when I screamed and yelled and threw things at the TV but that was the fun of it. That passion, that excitement, that anger. I still get that way when I watch House of Dragons and all of my other shows. I love it. But I don’t attack the actors. For me, that’s a huge issue. If you have a problem with your favorites, I get it. But everyone, from writers, producers, directors and actors, everyone is showing up and doing the best they can. Everybody.” Laura added, “I just think personally attacking any actor in any way is absolutely uncalled for. Have your passion for the character all day long but if you start attacking the actors? That’s unacceptable. And I have no problem blocking you.”
Laura Wright is absolutely RIGHT! This is why I hate social media; people cannot decipher between real and reel, and it’s becoming absolutely troubling. Like, real troubling, especially when I see it from the older crowds. Something has to happen, because this behaviour is abusive and unacceptable.
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ethan is Rocked at News of Delilah; Is Baby Phoebe His Child?
The return story of Ethan Lovett (Nathan Dean began to unpeel itself on all new episodes of General Hospital, when on Tuesday May 5, he is seen on the pier talking on his phone and clearly calling a woman named “Delilah,” and in what seems like concern for her, tells her on voicemail, “you need to show up.”
As viewers know, Delilah (played by Lily Cardone) was the pregnant woman that Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) found on the side of a road and managed to get her to the hospital. Once at GH, Delilah died, but her baby was born. Brook Lynn and Chase then went to efforts to become the little one’s foster parents, since no other family ties for the baby girl have been found.
Their happiness at finally having a child, may be very short-lived. First, Brook Lynn is a key suspect as the other driver that may have caused the accident that burned and put disfiguring lacerations on Jordan’s (Tanisha Harper) face. At that time, Brook Lynn had a bit of wine with Lucy (Lynn Herring), and had rushed out of the Quartermaine mansion to try to get to Gio’s (Giovanni Mazza) performance with Trina (Tabyana Ali) at the reopening of Charlie’s.

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Fast forward to now. Ethan turns up at the Quartermaines and runs into Brook Lynn and Chase along with baby Phoebe. Brook Lynn introduces Ethan to her husband and then they explain they are foster parents to Phoebe.
Brook Lynn then tells Ethan, that sadly, Phoebe’s mother had died, and all they knew about her was her name: Delilah Wilson. As soon as Brook Lynn mentions Delilah’s name, it’s clear Ethan is stunned, although he tries not to let on anything to Brook Lynn and Chase. Previously, Brook Lynn told Chase that it was recommended to her that they try to search on their own for Phoebe’s family. Well, is this her dad starring her in the face?
All this begging the questions: What is Ethan’s relationship to the deceased Delilah? Were they working on some kind of con together? Were they in love? Is Ethan the biological baby-daddy to Phoebe, which would really throw a wrench into Brook Lynn and Chase’s dreams of starting their own family? And, will all of this dovetail into Michael’s plan to get Chase and Willow to hit the sheets? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Brennan’s Eyes Are Opened About Carly and Valentin, Josslyn Finds Herself Locked Up Like Anna
In a pivotal episode of General Hospital, Monday, May 4 finally blew the lid off of Brennan/Carly/Valentin and showed off Josslyn’s super spy prowess, and Cassius dark side all in one fell swoop!
Here’s what went down: Brennan (Chris McKenna) went ballistic after catching Carly (Laura Wright) after hitting the sheets, only he didn’t know (yet) with whom. The Port Charles WSB Bureau Chief goes in on Carly wanting to know who is it that she is sleeping with. After his angry demand, Carly tells Jack to “turn around.” Thus, revealing Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) as the other man, who is holding a gun pointed straight at Jack.
Initially, Jack thinks Valentin played Carly due to their vendetta, but au contraire! Jack gets an earful about how Carly flew to Steinmauer posing as his attorney. When Jack tried to understand why Carly would betray him in such a way, Carly spelled it out for him.

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Next, Carly let Jack have it for his lies and duplicity about her daughter, Josslyn (Eden McCoy). She knows that Jack recruited Josslyn into the WSB, preying on her grief over Dex’s death to get her to murder Cyrus Renault. Carly adds, you tuned my daughter, “into a lying, murdering spy, like you!” In tears, Carly told Jack that Josslyn will never be the same, because of what he did to her.
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY AND LIVING TO TELL ABOUT IT
Jack realized, Carly was the one behind getting Valentin’s transfer from Steinmauser. Now on the attack, Jack told Carly she will wind up in prison for aiding and abetting a fugitive. He tells her that Valentin will grab his daughter, Charlotte and disappear, and when that happens he won’t lift a finger to save her, in fact, (he throws in for good measure) that she might get lucky and thrown into a pit with Jason.

Valentin told Jack that if he didn’t help them, he will turn him over to Cullum, who he knows is a double agent and would like nothing better than to make Jack the fall guy for all of his own crimes. Jack apologized to Carly for lying to her, said he still loves her, but that he wonders how long it will be before Valentin betrays her too.
After the scenes aired, Chris McKenna took to X and shared, “And after we finished the last scene I ran over to Laura Wright and hugged her, and then pulled in James Patrick Stuart too. Thrilled to have that material with those legends. Hope you dig it.”

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JOSSLYN LANDS IN A SLEEPER HOLD
In addition, Josslyn and Cassius (Ryan Paevey) had literally, a knock down drag out fight. First, after Cassius grabbed her arm as she was set to leave her apartment, he told her he knew she was WSB! Joss suggested that “Nathan” must be traumatized from years of being presumed dead. She grabs a candlestick and the two go at it complete with kicks, shoves, throws and all; leading to Cassius putting Joss in a version of the sleeper hold and making her pass out.
Later, Cassius calls for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), but speaks to Pascal (Marc Forget), that there is an issue that needs to be dealt with. At the end of the episode, Josslyn wakes up in the same room that Anna was driven crazy in which must be somewhere at Wyndemere, Cassius is seen looking through the one-sided window and we fade to black.
So, what did you think of the Carly and Valentin reveal to Brennan? Did Carly come out the victor in her payback to Brennan? Then, who do you think will figure out Josslyn is kidnapped? Will it be Brennan? Will he help her or use it as leverage against Valentin and Carly? Share your theories in the comment section.
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How ‘General Hospital’s’ Ned and Lois Love Story Moved Rosabel Kurth, Daughter of Wally Kurth and Rena Sofer, to Tears and Served as Inspiration
In a case of life imitating art, literally, Rosabel Rosalind Kurth, the daughter of Wally Kurth (Ned, GH and Justin, DAYS) and Rena Sofer (Lois, GH) took to her Instagram over the weekend to share her emotional reaction to watching her now divorced parents real life love story play out on General Hospital; beginning in the early 90s when on-screen Ned and Lois were one of the “It’ couples of the show.
As Rosalind explained, it was the Lois and Ned’s love story that impacted her so much that it fueled one of her latest art projects. Here’s the backstory: Rena Sofer and Wally Kurth were married in 1995 after being in story on GH. They had Rosabel in 1996, before divorcing in 1997. The two had gone their separate ways for many years, and in 2023 resumed working together on-screen as exes Lois Cerullo and Ned Quartermaine on General Hospital.
Here’s what Rosabel shared in her post, “In 1993 Rena, my mom, was cast on General Hospital to play Lois Cerulo, a spunky band manager and romantic opposite to Eddie Maine (aka Ned Ashton) played by Wally, my dad. As Ned and Lois fell in love, so did Wally and Rena, following relationship milestones close behind the work of the script-writers. Until Wally and Rena got pregnant with Rosie, me, and the scriptwriters had to write in a new pregnancy and eventually a new character.”

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Rosabel continued the real-life back story, “My mom left the show to have me, and shortly after the love story stopped writing itself my parents divorced. For 27 years my mom and my dad had minimal contact at best, tense contact at worst… until 2023 when Rena was recast to return as Lois on General Hospital to help Eddie (Ned) with identity recall after a bout of amnesia.”
Next, Rosabel revealed the key scene between Lois and Eddie (Ned) in which she noticed it also seemed like a breakthrough moments for her parents, “Two years ago, at 27 years old, I turned on General Hospital to watch Lois and Eddie rehash the past, but what I really watched was Rena and Wally having a conversation, making eye contact and even smiling at each other in the same room at the same time. When I turned on this episode of GH I didn’t know that I’d get to see a flashback sequence encapsulating Lois and Ned’s entire love story in under 2 minutes and I certainly didn’t know it would move me to tears the way it did.”
The art project the talented Rosabel is working on she shared is called, “The Honeymoon Period.” It is the first part of what she imagines to be a years-long investigation of love and fantasy through the lens of my parents’ scripted romance. Kurth added, “I’m still gathering the courage and figuring out what this body of work will look like, how it will affect my relationships, and how I will share it with you all in the end and in the meantime.”

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As a proud mama, Rena Sofer jumped into the comment thread and expressed, “Awwwww my love!!! I love this journey for you both as an artist and a daughter!! You are so lucky to have all of this on tape to watch and experience for yourself!! And equally as lucky to have your mother and father here to guide you through any questions that may come up!! I am immensely proud of you!” As soap fans know, Rena is also an artist having been making ceramics, pottery and the like.
You can watch the montage of Ned and Lois scenes below in Rosabel’s touching post below.
Now let us know, was Lois and Ned’s love story one of your all-time favorites on General Hospital? Are you glad that Rena and Wally got some closure from their 2023 reunion on-screen? What do you think of the artistic talents of Rosabel Rosalind? Let us know via the comment section below.
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