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‘General Hospital’s’ Rocco to Lulu: “Tell Me About Britt Westbourne?” What Do You Predict Her Answer Will Be?
This week on all new episodes of General Hospital, viewers of the ABC soap opera will get the pick-up from the Thursday, July 3 cliffhanger where Rocco (Finn Carr) bursts into Lulu’s (Alexa Havins) home and blindsides his mother, when he demands her to, “Tell Me about Britt Westbourne!” Lulu’s face is one of confusion and shock.
Now, the question is, can Lulu explain to Rocco the truth about Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) carrying him to term and everything that happened before and after, or will she sidestep the entire saga and focus on why and how Rocco found out about Britt in the first place? Coming up on the Monday, July 7th episode, GH spoilers tease that Lulu is enraged.
As we know, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and Rocco came upon the file that had Rocco’s name on it, and not having a full understanding of all it means, have been trying to piece it all together including, speaking with Emma Drake (Braedyn Bruner), who strongly urges Rocco to get the answers from his parents.
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Meanwhile, Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) fessed up to Maxie (who saw the file) that she wanted to get revenge on Lulu, but decided against it and never showed Rocco the file or put somewhere for him to find (little does she know, he already found out).
Now, will Lulu explain the complicated back-story to Rocco of how: Britt stole one of Lulu’s frozen embryos, then impregnated herself, passed the pregnancy off as Patrick Drake being the biological father to nab him from Sabrina Santiago. Eventually, when it’s proven Patrick is not the father, Britt says Brad Cooper is the bio-dad.
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Later, Britt admits to Nikolas she used “an anonymous sperm donor,” who later turned out to be Dante. After giving birth to the child, she names him Ben. Then, a year or so goes by until all of Britt’s lies come out and Lulu’s gets her to confess the truth.
Now, with Daytime Emmy-winner Kelly Thiebaud on her way back to GH to play, what many presume will be a very much alive Britt Westbourne, will the writers change the story somehow, and some of these previous believed facts or story points will have been altered to drive new story or will they remain the same? Stay tuned.
So, place your bets! Will Lulu tell Rocco some of all of the complete truth about Britt Westbourne? Will she try to get out of the conversation? Share your theories via the comment section below.
It’s 666% ridiculous that BrookLynn would dredge this up and try to use it against Lulu, as some sort of half-assed “revenge” plot for Lulu’s ill-timed slip at the Nurses Ball about Gio’s parentage.
First of all, it’s not remotely the same situation. BrookLynn chose to put her kid up for adoption (though she didn’t know her mother & grandmother conspired to keep the kid “in the family” his whole life). Lulu had both of her embryos STOLEN and had absolutely no say in how either of those kids eventually came into the world.
As to why Lulu never told Rocco this story… well let’s think about that… Oh yeah, maybe because he was about 4 years old when she became a comatose vegetable? A little hard for her to have that conversation. Arguably, Dante might have told him about it when he was a little older, but what would have been the point.
Obviously this is a thinly disguised plot point, so the new writers can “introduce” the character of Britt Westbourne to any newer audience members (how many have there been since the “Hooker” killings, exactly??) so they aren’t completely lost later this month when Britt’s parole from Hell becomes official and she resurfaces in Port Charles.
Your math ain’t mathin
How so? Explain it to me like I’m the mathematically challenged person that I am because it makes perfect sense to me.
I think it the part about Rocco being 4 yrs old when Lulu went into her 4 yr coma. That math would put Rocco at age 8… but we all know it soap opera math that doesn’t add up.. I’m sure your math skills are perfect Harry.
Rocco was SORASed significantly while Lulu was in veggieland. Not like that’s anything unusual in Port Charles of course. But the fact remains, he was still a very young child before she went into the coma.
It was Richard’s take on the math I was referring too, not yours. You are a solid rock of GH history Satan.
Love Kelly but how can Britt be alive, hope they do not change backstory what the have can be great drama
I would love for Kelly to come back at Britt and have her and Steve Burton/Jason revisit their burgeoning feelings for each other. They have great chemistry and Jason need to have his own storyline without Sonny or Carly.
By the end of the week, we’re likely to see someone who at least resembles Britt on screen.
Did anyone catch Lulu mentioning The Landview Banner? Makes me hopefully Ericka Slezak will be Vicki
I know in soap-land someone can be brought back to life after being killed by a crazy person with a hook. But how will they write their way out of the terminal, incurable illness she already had? You know, the illness to which Jason helped her come to terms. Anyway, I hope they manage to pair her with Jason again in some way. Their chemistry was outstanding.
As Whoopi Goldberg said in Soapdish “how am I supposed to write for a man without a head?”
There’s still a strong possibility KT will be a lookalike, clone, long lost twin etc.
Ha!ha!ha! I had forgotten about that. What a great quote that is applicable to all soaps and to all time periods. That’s a mainstay of the soap genre for over 50 years.
You don’t think Faison or someone who works for him couldn’t forge the results of a medical test? Probably as a means of manipulating his daughter.
Just a guess really. Britt didn’t spend much time with dear old dad while she was down here. Faison doesn’t see a lot of people now that he’s literally brainless. Just sits around watching FAUX News and reality TV all day
Anyone else bored with them putting Lulu and BrookLynn against each other? And Emma and Joss? And if that wasn’t redundant enough now it’s Jordan against Portia. Did the female writers quit? I know the stories are supposed to be farfetched but come on. Get creative.
Don’t forget the granny wars – Carly v Nina. At least they stopped the Ava v Nina battle before it (re) began.
Yes, bored with all of it. Portia is acting like a 13 year old mean girl, not a forty- something professional woman. And Curtis, who has harbored great secrets himself, constantly acting like the hard ass of secret keeping is not only dull, it’s ridiculous. Jordan ought to run, not all away from that mess.
Amen. Stop all the female fighting
Dont forget Sasha VS Willow, poor willow is going crazy and now everyone is too, and where the heck is this supposed night nurse? she needs to keep and eye on baby daisy when Mama Sasha isn’t around. Also if Sasha is so worried about the baby, a simple solution is to sleep in the same room with the new born baby and when she’s not around, have the so called night nurse be with her.
Yes Lulu will reveal Britts role in his birth. She will ask him how he discovered Britt having carried him and raised him in his first year of life as Ben. In return she will also discover it was an act of revenge that ROCO had to learn of this before she and Dante felt he was ready. Given she had been. In a comma and was trying to gain back lost years with Rocco that she missed.
The story with Britt will change and most likely Lulu will discover she and Dante do not have a child together that Britt is the biological mother.
I hope Lulu tells Rocco the entire truth because she didn’t do anything wrong and he’s owed the truth.
Boy though, is Finn Carr acting the h*ll out of this story?!!! His facial expressions and body language are so spot on. This kid should win an Emmy!
You are absolutely correct, Rodd. The kid is so good, one forgets that he’s acting. He’s a natural.
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
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Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Ava’s (Maura West) daughter Avery looks quite different, starting on today’s November 9 episode of General Hospital. That’s because GH has made Avery into a full-blown teenager and the role is now being played by actress Alya Bullington.
In her debut, the Tennessee native was thrown into the deep soap waters with Daytime Emmy winners, Maurice Benard and Eden McCoy (Josslyn). Bullington weighed-in to TV Insider about her first scene which featured Avery overhearing a fight between Sonny and Josslyn.
She explained “It was something I have never done before, I did not have a lot of experience with the screaming and the crying stuff, but I got my first script, and I was like, ‘OK, this is a huge opportunity to learn so much about how that stuff works and to become this character that I have never even tried playing before.’”
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THE TEENAGED VERSION OF AVERY WILL HAVE A LOT TO CONTEND WITH
Speaking of working with McCoy, Bullington shared, “She’s incredible. I remember her just laughing and making jokes on set, and then the minute that they started taping, she just locked in and she cried immediately, and my first thought was, ‘I want to be able to do that.’
The soap opera newcomer added, “I think she just inspired me so much because she is so great and she can just lock into whatever character she wants to in the moment.”
The character of Avery was born back in 2014, but as recently as the October 8 episode of General Hospital, the character was suddenly referred to as a teenager. This is the second young female character in recent months to be aged up following the casting of Kayden Brenna Tokarski as Scout Cain.
As for her take on Avery and what’s ahead, Alya said,“She’s emotional, and she’s curious, and she’s a really fun person to play because so much stuff is happening in her life. I think she’s kind of confused about what’s happening and what to believe.”
So, what do you think about General Hospital making Avery a teenager? Are you excited to see the conflict between Sonny, Ava and Avery now that they have aged up the character? Share your thoughts and welcome Alya to GH via the comment section below.
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