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EXCLUSIVE: GH’s Rory Gibson Reflects on Michael’s Heartbreaking Goodbye to Daisy, “I Cried Reading That Script!”

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On the Wednesday, July 16th episode of General Hospital, Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) had to prepare himself to say his goodbyes to his newborn daughter, Daisy, and her mother, Sasha Corbin (Sofia Mattson) as they get set to leave Port Charle to start a life away from the recent drama and troubles; where someone has been targeting the little bundle of joy.

As GH viewers know, that someone is actually Michael’s ex-wife Willow (Katelyn MacMullen), who revealed in a flashback that she wanted to make Sasha and Michael suffer, like she has when she lost full custody of her children via the judges ruling (where we later learned the judge was paid-off.

After Sasha says her tearful goodbyes to Nina (Cynthia Watros) and Danny (Asher Antonyzyn), she goes upstairs to pack at the Quartermaines leaving her daughter in Michael’s arms, where he tries to be strong, but is struggling at how to let go of his daughter, whom he may never see again. However, in that moment, Sasha is watching without Michael noticing her and she is extraordinarily touched.

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Michael Fairman TV chatted exclusively with Rory Gibson for a full-length conversation now on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel were they discussed how Gibson decided to handle the heartbreaking scenes.

A FATHER/DAUGHTER BOND

Rory explained, “It was interesting because it ended up going differently than I expected it to and differently than I had planned it to. That’s kind of just the name of the game with acting. I, so badly, wanted it to be this very broken, devastating thing. I think to a degree it still is just given the context of the scene. But in the moment, I’m holding this baby. It’s the same baby that we had been using for quite awhile. I had kind of grown attached to this baby because they were always smiling back up at me and there was a good connection there. So, I was holding the baby and and doing the scene and I couldn’t help but smile a couple times even through the sadness of the scene. I’m interested to see how that plays out.”

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On soap operas, often little babies can be distracting for an actor when they have to do a heavy emotional scene such as this, when they might fuss or look the wrong way, or even cry at the wrong time, but Gibson took it all in stride for the big scenes, sharing, “It threw me, maybe, but not in anyway that was bad. If anything, I think it might’ve lended itself to the scene a little bit, because the baby was sound asleep and looked so peaceful. I wanted to have this kind of like, guttural reaction, but then you’re in Michael-mode, and he’s not going to upset his baby and ruin this moment that he has with her. So in my mind, it really did lend itself to the scene. Daisy was just so quiet and peaceful and was just this perfect little angel. I just held her and we had that moment and it was really nice.

FINDING OUT IN THE SCRIPT

When Gibson first learned of Michael having to say goodbye to his child, it was difficult. Rory recalled, “It was a hard one. Reading that scene, the days leading up to it, usually I’m able to get through the scripts, and kind of gauge where the feelings will be. But the feelings just came with that one, I cried while reading that script. It really hit me. Sophia and I talked about it and she had a very similar situation where she’s like, ‘I read this last night, it like broke me.’ It’s a sad scene.”

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WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS

Ultimately, the question becomes, can Michael hold up his end of the bargain and stay away from his daughter and Sasha? Rory weighed-in, “I’m not sure if they end up going down that route because as of right now, the reason that they’re sending them off is because Michael and Sasha feel that they’re being targeted in some way. So, I feel like probably, for their safety, he probably wouldn’t go see them. That’s what I would imagine would happen. That’s probably why this feels so devastating at the moment, because in his mind he’s like, ‘I don’t know when I get to see them again, I don’t know if I’m going to see them again.’ So, I think that’s adding to the severity of the situation.

Rory also had nothing but praise for Sophia Mattsson and the incredible performances she has given, relating, “Sophia is just one of the loveliest people that I’ve ever met in my life. She’s incredible, and she’s so talented, and I love, love, love working with her.”

With Michael having so much to contend with as Drew ramps up his plan to make Michael look like an unfit father, and his ex-wife gunning to move up the visitation rights hearing, Rory spoke on what he thinks will happen next, his GH co-stars, becoming Michael Corinthos and taking over the part from Chad Duell, and more in our latest interview now featured on the Michael Fairman Channel. You can check it out below.

Now let us know, what did you think of Michael’s goodbye to Daisy? Do you think by week’s end Sasha and Daisy will make their exit from Port Charles? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.

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Mr Fairman, you are so right that Rory Gibson’s eyes and expressions bring a new depth to Michael. Great interview.

Yes. And I appreciate how he errs on the side of understated emotions. He spoke of how Michael couldn’t have a full blown emotional melt down while Daisy was sleeping. He was able to compensate with the emotions glinting from his tearful eyes and with his gut wrenching monologue delivered in a soft voice. It was the right call and it packed a powerful wallop.

This is a winning recast. Mr. Gibson was denied doing good work at Y&R where his character Noah could have been a disruptor, coming home and pursuing the very un-Newman profession of art.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom

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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

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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!”

GENERAL HOSPITAL PREVIEW

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’

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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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