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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ava Leaks Damaging Recording of Natalia Outing Her Daughter, Blaze and Her Relationship with Kristina
The list of Ava Jerome’s (Maura West) enemies is growing and growing. Now, she sprung into action in her revenge plot against Sonny (Maurice Benard) for kicking her to the curb and out of his penthouse, and threatening to take their daughter, Avery away from her.
On the Monday, July 1st episode of General Hospital, After Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) quits her job with Nina (Cynthia Watros) at The Invader to go back to practicing law, Nina on the rebound promotes Adrien, to the editor-in-chief position. Next, Adrien is summoned to Ava’s hotel room. She has a recording she wants to leak to him with the the promise he will keep her name out of the press as the source.
The said recording has Natalia (Eva LaRue) making anti-gay remarks illustrating her conservative values, while outing her daughter and her relationship with Kristina (Kate Mansi). Ava tells Adrien that Natalia is the mother of burgeoning pop star, Blaze (Jacqueline Grace Lopez). Then, Ava calls Natalia controlling, manipulative, and very politically incorrect.

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Ava tells Adrien he can use the audio as he sees fit. Adrian gets all excited at the prospect of printing this controversial buzzworthy story now that Blaze is the face of Deception, which prides itself on being environmentally friendly and socially aware. He gloats that now that Alexis is out at The Invader, he has free rein to call the shots.
After delivering that bombshell, next stop for Ava is to confront Sonny at the Metro Court pool. Sonny is there with their daughter, Avery. When Sonny sees Ava, he is very dismissive of her. Ava tells him not to forget just who she is, and what she is capable of, and how she’ll do everything in her power to make sure Avery stays in her custody.
The end of the episodes finds Maxie (Kirsten Storms) leading a meeting for Deception with Blaze, Natalia, Lucy (Lynn Herring) and Lois (Rena Sofer) present. Maxie’s phone keeps blowing up with messages, She finally looks down and see the article on Natalia, which includes the damaging audio file. The article says, “In the recording, Ms. Ramirez outs her daughter as gay by naming Blaze’s girlfriend Kristina Corinthos-Davis. Furthermore, Ms. Ramirez appears to disparage Ms. Corinthos-Davis as well as the LGBTQIA+ community more broadly.” Maxie is stunned as everyone looks around not knowing that they are about to be blindsided from Ava giving the recording to Adrien and Natalia’s disparaging remarks.
What do you think of Ava’s actions? What do you think about Natalia’s anti-gay sentiments? Will Blaze be out as the face of deception? Will the stress of the situation cause issues for Kristina’s pregnancy? Will Sonny go after Ava for her latest deceitful move? Comment below.
Great story ramification potential!
This entire storyline is ridiculous. Ava is jealous of Natalia, thinking she “stole” Sonny from her… even though Sonny hasn’t had any interest in Ava since the crypt hookup. Sonny only threw Ava out of the penthouse because of what Ava did to Alexis. Ironically, Sonny is still unaware of what Ava’s done to him, knowing for months that his meds were tampered with, but not telling him about it.
Meanwhile Ava leaks this recording to the gossip columnist.. and this guy – who seems like a complete carbon copy of Leo Stark’s “Lady Whistleblower” – thinks that outing a pop singer is a good journalistic choice? And the only reason he can even run the stupid story, is because he just got a promotion to editor of the dumb tabloid… because Alexis just got her law license back. Which again was Ava’s fault she ever had to work at the paper in the first place.
And not to let Nina off the hook here either, because she hired this idiot Leo wannabe.
Irony of the whole thing is that Natalia was starting to make a little progress getting over her homophobia – with Sonny’s help. And actually commended Kristina for calling out Ava last week. That might all fall apart now, since the currently unstable Sonny isn’t likely to react well to Natalia’s comments being made public, and the “Deception” gang might have to cut ties with Blaze because of what her mama did.
And all of this happening around a very pregnant Kristina, who’s already stressing out enough over Molly & TJ being stressed out over themselves.
This whole thing has 666 degrees of trainwreck written all over it.
If you are talking about Leo Stark, I personally think Leo has more integrity than this jerk, and he’s cute. This guy’s got nothing going for him, nada, and it will only get worse, wish Sonny could get a hold of him.
Not a fan of Ava nor Natalia right now. Poor Blaze and Kristina. I was hoping Tracy would enter the room and pull the reigns on Lucy a little bit. Also it would be interesting to see Tracy lock horns with Natalia.
It looks like they are setting up for a murder mystery with Ava as the victim. After getting rid of Roger and Michael they had better not get rid of Maura. So far I do not like what the new writers have done.
Yeah they’ve certainly written some unexpected twists for Ava in a relatively short time. Her involvement in Alexis’ disbarment was a big surprise.
So proud of Maxi at the meeting, seemed like her old bossy self. What in the world is Brook Lynn mother doing at this meeting? I guess I missed something, a little of her goes a long way.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom

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

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’

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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