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GH’s Paige Herschell Shares She Once Auditioned for ‘Blaze,’ Did the Soap Just Tease a Spark Between Kristina and Jacinda?
When Paige Herschell arrived on the scene of General Hospital in 2025 as a paid escort named Jacinda, who was used to defame Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) in the now infamous “liquor shots off her stomach on the bar” scene by the then congressman, the actress has no idea months later she would be called back by the ABC soap to reprise the role.
Now, Herschell is firmly-implanted into the Port Charles canvas as the woman currently seeing Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) with all her previous baggage and all.
Paige was this weekend’s guest on all new episode of That’s Awesome with Steve (Burton) and Bradford (Anderson) podcast where she revealed, before she landed the role of Jacinda Bracken, she actually auditioned a few times for General Hospital, including for the role of “Blaze” that eventually went to Jacqueline Grace Lopez.

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As viewers, Lopez wound up receiving a Daytime Emmy nomination last year for her performances in the Outstanding Guest Performer category. In story, Blaze and Kristina (Kate Mansi) were one time romantically involved.
KRISTINA AND JACINDA METRO COURT SCENE
In an intriguing scene that aired on last Friday’s March 23 episode of the ABC soap opera, Jacinda and Kristina (Kate Mansi) met at the Metro Court for lunch. During the conversation, Jacinda discussed her liaison with Kristina’s brother, Michael at the Quartermaine gate house. Jacinda apologized for monopolizing their conversation and asked Kristina about whether there was someone she was interested in at this point in her life.
Kristina looked at her and said that she had a track record of disastrous relationships, but Jacinda responded that you just never know when your luck can change. Several GH viewers noticed the spark in Kristina’s eyes when looking at Jacinda. Is GH, as had been rumored, laying down the groundwork for a shift in the story where Kristina becomes more interest and attracted to Jacinda, even though she’s dating her brother, Michael?
RORY GIBSON AND THE GH CAST

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During her visit to the That’s Awesome podcast, Herschell noted on her GH co-stars that she loves working with Rory Gibson, expressing, “He has such a grounding presence and has a calm about him that makes me calm. I’m always searching for my Zen. I can be a bit of a neurotic energy, so working with him has been very cool and I would love to continue that.”
When asked about other characters Paige is involved on the canvas, the actress added, “The character of Kristina and Jacinda have become close. It’s been great working with Kate Mansi.”
However, Paige says there is one actress she wish she would work with more. “I have only gotten to work with Jane Elliot (Tracy Quartermaine) maybe once. I would love to work with her more. She’s amazing, and she’s so mysterious and she’s got such confidence about her.”
You can check out Paige Herschell’s interview below with Steve and Bradford.
Now let us know, did you get a sense from the scene last Friday that the soap is beginning to play up a spark between Kristina and Jacinda? Is it all on Kristina’s side, or do you think its a big nothing and a red-herring, or didn’t you notice it? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.
Interesting but Kristina isn’t my cup of tea I think a recast is needed. She always a vapid look on her face. Love Jacinda tho!!
Please, please, please no love triangle between Michael, Kristina and Jacinda. Yes, I noticed Kristina looking greedily at Jacinda. Michael deserves some happiness and doesn’t need his greedy, spoiled sister interfering in his love life.
Yes please don’t do it . Find someone else for her. Michael needs this. A Happy Ending.
Give Michael a shot at having true love, especially after his disaster with Willow.
Mikey’s finally got himself a girlfriend who’s neither a raging psycho, nor a mindless Di$ney princess. let’s not ruin that by putting him in a love triangle with his own sister, for Hell’s sake!
Didn’t like it when they did this with Allie, Chanel, and Johnny on Days either.
Or with Noah, his sister Mariah and his girlfriend Tessa on Y&R. Can Kristina go out and find her own love interest? Damn, that girl is a lazy slacker and she tends to ruin everything she touches. Her Daddy just rebuilt her bar after it burned down and after he gifted her the first bar. Not only would her making advances towards Jacinda be bad for Michael, it would be bad for Jacinda who hasn’t had an easy time of it. Kristina needs to take a hike. I’m kind of sick of her.
Michael’s love life is eternally doomed.
Still hoping for the return of Sasha, especially with the resolution of her dad, Robert Scorpio.
I adore Sofia Mattsson, and her potential with Rory Gibson never got a chance but would love for the two of them to reunite with Baby Daisy. I do like Jacinda, but she may need to have an unexpected storyline not connected to Michael.
Ugh, why can’t soaps have a love story between women that isn’t about one of them stealing the other from (or losing the other to) a man? Can we have a soapy love story just be about two women? It’s 2026! This one stale trope that still centers a man as the foil has been playing out since Otalia in 2009.
Please no more les/bi love stories between two hetero women actors with no sexual chemistry. It does not help representation when LGBT stories are so forced between visibly uncomfortable actors (see Mariah & Tess, Kristina and Valerie, Kristina and Blaze, Allie and Chanel). Facepalm… those are the only les/bi stories on soaps in the past 15 years! Please don’t make the same mistake with Kristina and Jacinda! Soaps have figured out how to wrote great gay male couples. It’s time to have a believable female couple with chemistry!
Also, I love Jacinda and Michael! Great chemistry and character development already!
So first his uncle Drew steals Michael’s wife and now his sister Kristina may steal his girlfriend! Talk about a double whammy!
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Britt and Rocco Say Their Goodbyes, Then She Gets Arrested; Anna Reveals “Nathan West” is an Imposter

On the Friday, June 26 episode of General Hospital, emotional moments, a new duo on the run, the end of the line for Britt and an eye-opening moment between Anna and Felicia were the order of the day. Let’s take a look at what went down, but first let’s give a round of applause for Kelly Thiebaud (Britt) and Finn Carr (Rocco) on their goodbye scenes.
In the story, Rocco insists to his parents, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) and Lulu (Alexa Havins) that he wouldn’t leave Tortola without Britt. Dante is getting impatient because Britt brought all the trouble in recent months to his son. They need to protect him and they can’t if he stays with Britt. Lulu tells Britt she is the only one who can do the right thing, right now.
Britt explained it is too dangerous for Rocco to stay with her. She was very selfish and made a lot of terrible decisions along the way and Cullum is tracking her down because she did not finish the project he enlisted her for. She convinces Rocco to go with his parents and gives him a little token of something that reminded her of when he was a baby which is a bottle to blow bubbles with.

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TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
Rocco makes Britt promise to take her medication to ward off her Huntington’s disease symptoms and to keep changing locations so she is not caught. The two share a final hug as both are in tears. Dante makes a call. While in the car ready to leave Britt behind, Rocco says he will never forgive himself is something happened to Britt.
Back inside, Britt is ready to inject herself with her medication but is unaware that Cullum has now tainted it with poison! But she is saved from that, when two police officers burst through the door to arrest her for kidnapping charges! Did Dante call the local police? Is he doing this to keep her safe or to pay her back?
In Port Charles, Charlotte (Bluesy Burke) arrives at Crimson, completely unaware that the man in the elevator is following her. Nina (Cynthia Watros) and Charlotte have an argument about Willow (Katelyn MacMullen). Suddenly, Willow calls her mother that she is being questioned by the PCPD, and Nina learns, it is as a suspect for being the other driver that left Jordan and Curtis injured by the side of the road on Route 91.
ARRIVALS AND DESTINATIONS IN QUESTION
Chase (Josh Swickard) comes to Willow’s rescue much to Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Justine’s (Nazneen Contractor) chagrin. Willow learns Lucy and Drew are the supposed witnesses against her. Chase figures out when Joe (Jonathan Bennett) was alone with Drew, he got him to blink in a way that implicated her. However, in a shocking moment, Justine reveals that the trip log from Willow’s BMW SUV placed her at the scene of the accident just second before it occurred.
Meanwhile, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) comes by Crimson to see Charlotte. He says he broke into the WSB office to get info to expose Cullum as a double agent. Charlotte blows a gasket! She can’t believe that he would do something so stupid that it could have gotten him killed. She firmly tells Danny that best thing he can do to help Jason is to stay out of things. Danny storms out, but notices the stranger in the elevator who now steps into the Crimson lobby.

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The man tells Charlotte he is Agent Mark McKay with the WSB and he has orders to bring her in. When she resisted, he was about to chloroform her, when Danny knocked him out and took off with Charlotte.
ANNA PUTS HER TRUST IN FELICIA
In France, after having some private time with Emma (Braedyn Bruner), Anna (Finola Hughes) wants to talk to Felicia (Kristina Wagner). She tells her best friend she was trying to figure out what memories of her past with Faison, she could trust and not trust. Since Felicia knows her best she is hoping she can believe what she is about to tell her.
It is then that Anna says, “Nathan West (Ryan Paevey) is not who he says he is.” Felicia looks dumb-founded. Will she believe her friend … or think she has drummed this all up in her mind? Stay tuned.
So, what did you think about the goodbye scenes featuring Finn Carr and Kelly Thiebaud? Did you reach for the hankies? Do you believe that soon, Cassius will be caught for his duplicity and the truth about Britt’s “illness” will come to light? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below. But first check out the scenes featuring Anna on her road to recovery in France
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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Drops First Single EDM/Dance Track ‘If You Need Me’

Last weekend, we shared the news that General Hospital alum and Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos) was releasing his first single today on June 26th and it has indeed dropped! And for those readers who guessed that Duell’s first track out of the gate was going to be an EDM/Dance/House track … you are correct, sir!
The song entitled, “If You Need Me” is perfect for the late night clubs and can be found on Spotify and other major streaming platforms! Duell is noted as the performing artist, but as the composer/ lyricist and the beatmaker of the track. For his music projects, Chad is going solely by the name of “Duelly” which has been his social media handle for years.
Taking to his Instagram on Friday, Duell explained his deep dive into making music, expressing, “I’ve wanted to make music for a long time… I just never did it. It always felt like this huge, overwhelming thing to learn. All the technical side of it, the programs, everything that goes into actually building a track… it was easy to keep pushing it off. A couple months ago I finally just decided to go for it.”

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BIT BY BIT PUTTING IT TOGETHER
Chad added, “Since then I’ve been putting in a lot of time learning, experimenting, figuring things out, and slowly starting to find a sound I’m really proud of. This first release is more of a dance/EDM vibe, but I’ve also been working on a lot of different styles behind the scenes that I’m just as excited about. At some point I realized I could keep holding onto everything trying to make it perfect… or I could just start putting music out and grow as I go.”
Stepping out of his own way, Duell firmly says, “So that’s what I’m doing. My first track “If You Need Me” is out now. More coming soon… this is just the beginning.”
As GH viewers know, Chad made the decision to step away from General Hospital after a 15-year run with the series where his last episode aired in January of 2025. By May of last year, the role was recast with Rory Gibson debuting in the part.
Give a listen below to Duelly’s “If You Need Me,” and let us know what you thought of it via the comment section below.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: What Did You Think of the Return of Anna Devane, and What’s In the Letter?

Finola Hughes made her dramatic return on-screen on the Wednesday, June 24 episode of General Hospital. Viewers will see Finola as Anna Devane again on tomorrow’s June 26th episode.
In the story, while in the French mental health facility, Anna has a session with Dr. Laurent. She tell her she now knows she was never kidnapped and that Cesar Faison is dead.
As she continued with her ruse, she went on to say she understands she was enlisted back into the WSB on a secret mission, and through that she relived all the trauma she endured by Faison, which caused her to have a psychotic break. Anna promises Dr. Laurent that her treatment plan had helped her so much in figuring out what was real, and what was in her imagination.

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ANNA’S GOT HER OWN PLAN TO ESCAPE
In a smart move (hopefully) Anna told Laurent if she could talk to someone else who had known Faison that it might aid in her recover. She was given the phone and she called Felicia (Kristina Wagner), who agreed to fly to France in the morning. Dr. Laurent claims she is pleased with Anna’s progress, but that they still have a very long long way to go.
Now by herself, Anna pulled out a packet of letters from a bedside table. There is one in particular that she is fixated on. What does it contain? Is this all a part of her escape plan? Will she warn Felicia that “Nathan” is really Cassius (Ryan Paevey)? If so, will Felicia even believe her?
In a summer preview with Soap Opera Digest, GH co-head writers Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten shared, “We’ll see echoes of Anna’s earliest incarnation as she returns to Port Charles with deadly intentions.”
So, were you happy to see Anna Devane back on your screens? What do you think is in the particular letter she was staring at? Will Felicia help Anna escape or not believe a word she says? Weigh-in via the comment section. But first, you can check out some of the scenes from Anna’s on-screen return below.
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