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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Willow is Revealed to Be Gaslighting Sasha with Daisy’s Disappearances
As many had predicted, Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) has gone off the deep end, after it was revealed at the end of the Tuesday, July 8th episode of General Hospital, that she is behind baby Daisy’s disappearances. Willow is now ramping up her plan to make it appear Sasha (Sofia Mattsson) is a bad mother, and to get revenge on both her and Michael (Rory Gibson) for the fact that she lost custody of her children, Wiley and Amelia, to Michael.
At the Quartermaine’s, Sasha panics when Daisy is missing from her bassinet and alerts Michael. Chase (Josh Swickard) shows up as she thinks her baby has been kidnapped and explains how several times, Daisy has been removed from her nursery. Suddenly, while everyone is in the foyer, Olivia (Lisa LoCicero) hears a baby cry and goes back into the living room and sees that Daisy is actually in the bassinet.
Olivia then suggests to Sasha that maybe she is having postpartum depression or not getting enough sleep, Sasha tells her that is not what’s happening she would never be too tired to take care of her newborn baby. Later, Chase tells Michael, Sasha says may be imagining things, and the danger to Daisy may be coming from her own mother.
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At the end of the episode, Willow is late to see her mother, Nina (Cynthia Watros) at the Metro Court pool. When she shows up, Nina questions her on what to her so long. Willow says she was in discussion on the phone with Drew and lost track of time. However, Willow flashes back to a moment when she enters Daisy’s nursery.
Next, Willow tells Daisy, they are going to go on a little walk. Then, she shockingly says to the little bundle of joy, “Your mommy betrayed me, and your daddy won’t let me see my children, so I’ll show them how it feels to have your child taken from you.”
In an interview with Soap Opera Digest, Katelyn MacMullen said of Willow’s shocking machinations, that this is only beginning of Willow’s mental flip, especially given her past where she has lost a child, plus let’s not forget, she was sold to the ‘Dawn of Day” cult to Harmony Miller, and Shiloh was the father of her child.
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MacMullen responded, “I think everything she’s been through and everything that she experienced growing up and also when she moved to Port Charles absolutely plays a role in why she’s doing what she’s doing, and why she feels she has to do what she’s doing in order to get what she needs, essentially. I do think that her trauma is absolutely going to influence the way that she goes about doing things. It’ll be interesting to see how they may or may not even address that because I think that’s just a really interesting human thing to explore. But I definitely see her trauma coming to the surface because I think, like anybody, your trauma kind of influences the way that you handle extreme stress and stressful situations and grief and all of that.”
So, what did you think of the reveal? Did you suspect it was Willow all along taking Daisy and then putting her back in place in her efforts to seek revenge on Michael and Sasha? What do you think Willow might do next? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.
I read all the theories regarding Willow being the baby napper, but I constantly told myself that the Q mansion would have better security. Plus, with all those people living there, I couldn’t imagine how Willow could have gotten in without being seen; let alone still had a key to the place. A lot of holes and suspended belief to make this storyline work. However, Willow’s unraveling is one heck of a story. I just hope Sasha doesn’t get pegged as “nuts” and that this doesn’t go on too long.
Agree.. it is ridiculous for them to think that we would think the mansion doesn’t have security cameras. Nowadays everyone has security cameras so this is a stupid plot line and to make the character of Sasha go through this is nuts. I just hope it doesn’t go on too long. Stupid storyline.
The show plays so loose with the security on the Q property that it’s beyond laughable. With Jason back, you’d expect it would’ve got better. I did like Michael’s comment about getting rid of the Nanny Cam after the Drew-Willow nasty.
Metro Court, which also has questionable security, surprisingly caught Sonny’s guards on their cameras outside Natalia’s room last week.
Side note: we haven’t seen Leo in over a year. If they’re gonna show the new exhibit at The Jerome Gallery (side-side note: Ava’s too smart to fall for Cody) it would be awkward to not have Leo there, as he is the photographer’s biggest fan.
Ironic that the mansion with two police detectives and a “coffee importer” living on the premises is the LEAST secure building in town, isn’t it?
I can’t believe Jason hasn’t paid Spinelli to install a state of the art security system on the entire estate by now. And they should probably get some dogs too.
I miss Leo—what a great kid. Now, more than ever we need the brilliant Dr Kevin Collins to come back from the Gates and psycho analyze Willow.
Yes! And considering Sasha has been the queen of misery porn for the last five years is it too much to ask to let her have 5 minutes of uninterrupted bliss? And is it also too much to ask for the Q’s to install a Nanny-cam which has become a household item for families with infants?
I knew it had to be that unhinged wacko. I certainly hope Sasha isn’t blamed and punished for Willow’s insanity.
I like this recent development simply because it is character driven writing. Willow has been through hell in a hand basket due to her then mother sex trafficking her to a cult leader when she was a minor, the death of her baby Jonah and, recently, losing custody of her children. Considering who her biological mother is, who also had a mental breakdown due to a traumatic past that was based on maternal loss, it makes perfect sense for her to follow in her mother’s footsteps. And Kate has the acting prowess to pull this off. I only wish her recent actions didn’t involve tormenting the ever suffering Sasha. Finally, while I predicted that it was Willow gaslighting Sasha, I was wrong when I predicted she would have developed DID and had morphed into Nelle. I do think that would have been a more interesting psychological development with Willow losing time and her darker twin sister fighting the mommy fight her.
It seemed like they might have tried that blackout strategy at first but then changed their minds. Remember a few weeks ago when they segued to Willow at Drew’s house all groggy from a heavy sleep?
True. Or maybe, just maybe, the flashback which Willow experienced ( of her with Daisy) while lunching with Nina was really Nelle pretending to be Willow. One thing about DID is that when the person experiencing trauma feels helpless, the dominant personality ( Nelle) takes over. I don’t the writers would delve into something that intricate though- wish they would.
Sigh. The careless gaps these writers leave open. Sasha, Michael and the others at the boat house heard Daisy on the baby monitor. That is what alerted Sasha to go check on Daisy in the first place.
Oh wow! Great catch. You’re right!
I think it’s predictable but I’m here for it. The entire Willow/Nina mother/ daughter relationship, has been a fail from the time Willow turned completely against Nina, even after finding out she was her mother, even knowing from Sasha how desperately Nina searched for her child for ten years, even knowing Nina lost twenty years of her life to a coma…sge had no compassion even to this day. We never saw Willow and Nina bond. We never saw Willow have a realization of all Nina had been through, or how Carly had hurt her. We never got to experience or feel any bond between them. For Nina, in-story, and for us as viewers, their relationship is so fragile that we assume Willow, if she was or will again be in her right mind, could turn Nina away again and “forbid” her to see her grandkids, too. So I feel no compassion for Willow. She showed none for Nina. Even when she was confident she would win custody (because Drew told her so), did she ever look at her own mom and say, “I understand now. I understand what it must have felt like to learn I was taken from you at birth. Both your children were taken from you. And instead of understanding that when I found out you were my mom and I was that child, I hurt you. I rejected you. I chose Carly over you.” That never happened, so the person I truly feel for is Nina and her unconditional love for a daughter who doesn’t deserve it.
Excellent points and solid reminders of what Nina went through, and how her traumatic experiences were never acknowledged by Willow (or anyone else for that matter).
My guess is that Nina is going to have to put Willow under a conservatorship, much like Britney Spears was.
Oops, she did it again?
Psych Willow still playing the victim when she put this all into motion? Predictable. lol She deserved to lose custody of her kids. Her psychotic break is long overdue, but the storyline is just too little too late. It’s a stupid storyline only because it’s completely unoriginal to continue torturing Sasha. Give Willow a Shadybrook storyline.
I’m pleasantly surprised with the Michael recast, and I’m loving seeing Michael and Sasha parent Daisy together. Katelyn is pulling it off acting wise, but it’s not as compelling as it could be. It’s also really dumb to have Chase dismissing Sasha’s concerns as post partum depression when he knows her better than that and is better friends with her than he is with Willow.
His detective instincts should’ve kicked in to realize there’s only one person with the motive and means to be messing with Daisy like that. Why are they still writing him as believing the best in Willow? It’s ridiculous at this point, especially after what she did to him.
OH WOW/THIS IS A SOAP OPERA PEOPLE NOT A REALITY SHOW. SECURITY CAMERAS AND WHATEVER DOES NOT EXIST IN SOAP OPERA LAND. PLEASE VIEWER ENJOY WHATS LEFT OF THE 60’S AND THE 70’S SOAPS…THEY WERE NEVER MEANT TO THINK THINGS OVER AND MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT REAL PEOPLE…THEY WERE MEANT FOR WOMEN DAYTIMERS TO ENJOY AND IMAGINE……PLEASE ENJOY
Please refrain from using all caps as you admonish us for voicing frustrations that characters, whom we know to be intelligent, for not employing simple problem solving skills. We know it’s a soap that doesn’t adhere to the dictations of reality but we should get to vent our frustrations about redundant fictional stupidity without Captain Obvious coming in here to wag a finger at us while telling us,” It’s just a soap.” Using all caps sounds like screaming thereby piercing the core of my audio processing system. Thank you for your cooperation
I did and I can’t wait to see when she is found out. I want to see Sasha and Daisey stay.
I think Michael, Sasha & Jason were way too quick to have Sasha & Daisy leave town. They were all like who could have done this??? If they’d given it a moment’s thought . . . maybe they would think Willow. Nevertheless-they could have put a baby doll in Daisy’s bed & got some cameras & had Sasha & Daisy hide out at Uncle Mac’s (Port Charles Police Chief’s) house & ultimately would catch Willow.
I just want Willow to find out about Drew and Nina, maybe she’ll come to her senses
People in the ghetto have cameras, and the richest people in town the Q’s don’t? Not even to see whose coming on the premises?
Willow is very mixed up. A lot is Drew’s fault.
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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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