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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Kristina Breaks Up with Blaze, Then Blaze Fires Natalia as She Leaves Port Charles
The same-sex love story of Kristina (Kate Mansi) and Blaze (Jacqueline Grace Lopez) looks to have come to an end on the Tuesday, August 13th episode of General Hospital. With the ‘new attitude’ and grieving Kristina swallowed up in the loss of her baby, she is pushing everyone away.
When Blaze comes to see Kristina in her hospital room, Kristina already knows Blaze got the opportunity of a lifetime to be the opening act for Miquel Morez (Ricky Martin) on his world tour after Natalia (Eva LaRue) came to see her with the news. Blaze insists she won’t leave Kristina while she is recovering in the hospital and because she loves her and wants to be there for her.
Blaze tells Kristina, she is her everything and won’t be pushed away. However, Kristina insists Blaze go for her dream and go on the tour, especially now because Kristina says she is empty and has nothing left to give, because the baby was everything to her. When Blaze tries to reason with her that she can be there to help her though her grief, Kristina says she will end up resenting her because she put her life hold and this opportunity is something Blaze always was born to do.

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Kristina tells says Blaze that needs to live her best life. Eventually, after tears are streaming down are face, Blaze says she will go on the tour, but can they, at least, touch base, while she is away. Kristina agrees they can. They share a kiss and Blaze exits, and Kristina breaks down.
Now at the airport with her mother Natalia, Blaze learns that Natalia has to tie up some loose ends before joining her on the European leg of the tour. Blaze gets angry and tells Natalia that she got what she wanted – Kristina dumped her. Now, in turn, Blaze fires Natalia as her manager, before heading out to catch her flight.

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If this is Jacqueline Grace Lopez last episode for now, she delivered in these emotional scenes with Kate Mansi and Eva LaRue, and viewers know how on the soaps performers always get some meaty scenes before their exit!
So, are you upset that Kristina and Blaze broke-up? Does this set the tone for a whole new canvas for the character of Kristina moving forward? Do you think Blaze will return? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
Never saw the chemistry between KM and JGL. Hard to believe Blaze is a famous singer as she walks around PC as a normal citizen. It was time for her to depart. Not sure why they’re keeping Natalia. Eva LaRue is a get, but the character is a dud.
Looking forward to the fireworks between Molly and Kristina as Molly now sees her sister’s not so innocent.
Poor Kristina can’t get a break. Her first boyfriend was an abusive piece of shit who put her in the hospital. I’ve pretty much purged the whole thing with Joe Scully’s son from my mind, since that recast of Krissy was so awful.
The Parker thing was just wrong on 666 different levels. Now just when it looked like she might have found “real love” (or at least what passes for that in Port Charles) despite the efforts of Blaze’s bigoted mother. Guess that all went out the window…. literally.
Ironic that they brought the name of Miguel Morez into all of this. For a while there, I was actually thinking Blaze’s backstory might have been that Miguel was her father, and then he dumped her mother Natalia for a man… and that’s why Natalia was a homophobe.
Your Miguel theory is one of your best storyline suggestions ever.
I don’t know. Kristina dumping Blaze feels like a rewrite. The rejection was portrayed well by Jacqueline, but I like her as Blaze and I hate to see her go. It was satisfying seeing her fire Natalia though. Eva LaRue is a likeable person who wonderfully plays an unlikeable person in Natalia. Great actors, both ladies.
This seems like a pretty hasty re-write to me, and one that I don’t like. I liked Kristina and Blaze together, and the fact that GH was finally portraying a real gay couple as something more than background window dressing.They’ve really done an abysmal job in that area in recent years.
The story with Aiden being gay has seemingly been dropped. They did the lovely scene with Aiden coming out to Elizabeth around Christmas last year, and then nothing for months, no follow up, not a thing. Then he was being bullied at school, Elizabeth was going to look into it, and once again, not another word in months. Dr. Terry Randolph has fallen off the face of the earth, as well. And now Kristina and Blaze, who from what I can tell from my travels on social media were a pretty well liked couple, are hurriedly dropped out of nowhere.
GH gives lip service to doing LGBTQ stories, and then never follows up on them for any length of time. I guess Disney doesn’t want to offend the bible thumper conservatives sitting at home watching and clutching their pearls, while they make a list of what books to ban next.
The cast needs to be trimmed even more of all these newcomers, so they can feature our legacy characters more. .It will be interesting to see who else leaves.I do look for Cameron Matheson to leave soon.Just my opinion. Write Natalia off. Send Cates away.
I agree that there are too many characters. I hope the cast gets trimmed down and more focus on the characters that fans have loved for years.
I loved Eva LaRue in CSI Hope her character on GH develops more.
Building this relationship into something that appeared it was going to be part of the fabric long term and initially doing a tremendous job with the storyline and all it represents , to do an about face and abruptly end it , is an epic fail on the writers part and anyone else at GH who played a part in ending it . Jacqueline did an outstanding job and deserved better . Why ask for the viewers comments , it doesn’t appear they are heard at all.
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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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