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‘General Hospital’ Alum Ryan Carnes Pays Tribute to Anthony Geary and Jackie Zeman (Exclusive)

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Ryan Carnes, who previously played Dr. Lucas Jones on General Hospital took a moment to honor and share his remembrances of two of the greatest legends to ever appear on daytime television and the ABC daytime drama series, Anthony Geary and Jackie Zeman, during his recent visit to the Michael Fairman Channel to promote his new vertical holiday drama, The Last Christmas for Daddy to Love Me now on the FlareFlow app.

GH fans remember Carnes as Lucas, Bobbie’s adoptive son and the nephew to Luke Spencer when he appeared on the soap for two runs 2004-2005, 2014-2020. The last time, Carnes ever appeared on the soap was back in January of 2024 in the two-part memorial for Bobbie Spencer, in tribute to his on-screen mother, Jackie Zeman. The iconic star passed away due to her battle with cancer back in May of 2023.

Sadly, almost two weeks ago, we lost eight-time Daytime Emmy winner, Anthony Geary who died at the age of 78 back in Amsterdam, He leaves behind his beloved husband, Claudio Gama and millions of fans everywhere who watched his tour de force performances for nearly four decades as Luke Spencer. ABC plans to run Geary’s final episode as Luke Spencer (he came back for a scene in 2017 to send-off Jane Elliot), on New Year’s Day, January 1st, in honor of the legendary actor. Below are the sentiments shared by Ryan.

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TONY GEARY

“My experience with Tony was always positive. He always had a great gentle, and open, kind disposition with me,” expressed Carnes. “Working with him was great. He always struck me as a very, just kind of salt of the the earth, grounded kind of guy. He spent his time when he was not working over in Europe. And this is just my impression, so don’t take that to the bank, but I think he had a long-running career in work, and he just wanted to live a normal existence, aside from that when he wasn’t working. I always respect people who want to do that. I’m kind of like that. I like to go in and work, do the thing and then sort of get out of it, and go back to my life, and not constantly be in the mix. Tony always struck me as that kind of guy that I could relate to.”

Ryan also spoke of sharing the stage with Tony: “He was always the consummate pro and professional and kind. He was one of the people first people I met when I first went back to the show. I don’t believe I ever worked with him my first time on the show years ago. So, when I came back, I got to meet him and worked with him that time early on. Tony showed me the ropes a little bit of that current, at the time, version of General Hospital. It’s a big loss certainly for his family and the daytime community.”

JACKIE ZEMAN

“Jackie was a total sweetheart. There was always such warmth that emanated from her,” recalled Ryan. “Every time I saw her on set, it was a happy moment, or at events. I loved seeing Jackie. She would always go out of her way to ask me about things that she knew about me personally, like  ‘How’s your girlfriend? What’s going on with this? What’s going on with that? How are your parents? How have you been?’ Jackie was just a really good woman and I enjoyed working with her, and of course, having the contextual understanding (in the history of General Hospital and television) that she’s one of the queens.”

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GH fans will recall the heartbreaking moment during Ryan’s final return to GH, where after Bobbie’s funeral, the reporter Angela, who is actually Lucas’ sister, BJ returning as a ghost from heaven, call him “champ” before she disappears, leaving Lucas in tears.

Ryan share on the moment, “I remember that scene or those scene. For me, honestly, that was some of the favorite work that I ever gotten to do. Brighton Hertford (Angela/BJ) was delightful to work with. I wish we had more scenes together.”

RAYMOND IS ONE BAD GUY IN VERTICAL DRAMA

In Ryan’s latest project, The Last Christmas for Daddy to Love Me, he plays a young father who is having an affair with another woman, while his wife just wants to give their 8-year-old son one last Christmas before he dies of cancer. But here’s the catch! The father brings home the mistress on Christmas Eve unaware that his son is dying.

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Carnes explained what a rotten guy he is playing in the vertical drama, “Raymond is very stubborn. He lives in his own world, Raymond has a mistress, but it’s no mystery. He’s very open about, about having this mistress. Yes, he bring the mistress home for Christmas, really bad timing on Raymond’s part. He’s not a very emotionally intelligent or  aware guy. He’s pretty crass and crude. The mistress has also has a son and she’s playing a bit of a game. Raymond is manipulating, the mistress is manipulating. The only person that’s not manipulating is Raymond’s actual wife. She’s just desperate to have her husband and her son’s father, give a damn about them, basically.”

In case you missed it, you can check out our full live conversation with Ryan Carnes below.

Now let us know, what did you think of the sentiments Ryan shared on the loss of both Anthony Geary and Jackie Zeman? Do you remember Ryan’s last moments on GH as Lucas in the scene with BJ? Will you check out his new vertical drama? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

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Such a good dude.
Always enjoyed Ryan Carnes as Lucas and only Ryan.
He had such good chemistry with Jackie Zeman and Anthony Geary. This was a awesome interview.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Will Ava Tie the Knot With Drew?

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On the Friday, November 13 episode of General Hospital, Drew (Cameron Mathison) convinces Ava (Maura West) they need to get married, to each other! Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) hopes to get the DNA results on Jude (Will Traval) she has waited for, and Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) secretly co-conspire to find out who in Port Charles had the infamous tick!

Here’s what went down: Drew explained to Ava that they needed to get hitched ASAP, that way, they couldn’t be forced to testify against each other in the Jack Brennan case. After initially being kind of sick of the thought of marrying Drew, he made her change her mind, by throwing out the fact that if she lands in jail Sonny (Maurice Benard) will have Avery (Ayla Bullington) all to himself.

Next, Ava heads to GH to ask Lucas (Van Hansis) to be her witness in marrying Drew. Lucas has already figured out the reason Ava is marrying Drew because it has something to do with Brennan’s death. Explaining she hates the idea of getting married to Drew, she has run out of other options. Lucas agrees to help her, but firmly tells Ava nobody would believe it was a real marriage anyway.

Ava and Drew

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CAN MOLLY AND JOE STOP THE WEDDING?

At the same time, Drew asked Martin (Michael E. Knight) for a post-nuptial agreement. Martin was not happy to hear that Drew was going to marry Ava, warning that prison was a better option than tying himself to a woman like Ave Jerome.

Eventually Ava, Lucas, Drew, and Martin gathered at the city clerk’s office. Lucas comes up with a way to derail or stall the nuptials by saying that they need to wait for Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) and Avery to show up, as they should be a part of this, too.

Lucas may have saved the day, because Molly (Kristen Vaganos) and Joe (Jonathan Bennett) went to Drew’s office to serve him his warrant, but found the office door open. Next, Joe found a sticky note on Drew’s folder that revealed Drew had obtained a marriage license. A light bulb goes off in his head and he realized Ava and Drew are getting married, so he and Molly rush off to City Hall to try and stop it.

Brook Lynn

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IS JUDE THE TRUE BABY DADDY?

Elsewhere, after receiving a text message that the DNA results are in at the hospital, Brook Lynn ends her discussion over Jude and baby Phoebe with Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and runs out of the Quartermaines.

Once Brook Lynn gets off the elevator at GH, she sees Jude and Britt  Kelly Thiebaud) looking might close. She quickly heads back towards the elevator sight unseen and was clearly shaken by what she saw. Earlier at the doctors and nurses hub, Elizabeth helped Dante by confirming by an ear gesture they had worked out; that the patient with the tick was Ava Jerome.

You can check out the scenes where Lucas gets a visit from Ava and he learns she wants him to be her witness in marrying Drew at City Hall.

Now weigh-in: do you think Ava and Drew will tie the knot before Joe and Molly make it to City Hall? What do you think the DNA results will show once Brook Lynn gets her hands on them? Have they been tampered with? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Carly Fears Escalating Tensions Between Sonny and Josslyn: ‘I’ve Already Lost One Kid Because of That Man. I Won’t Lose Another’

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On the Thursday, November 12 episode of General Hospital, as battles line are drawn by Carly’s (Laura Wright) ex-husband, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and her daughter, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy), she realizes things are about to get a whole lot worse, and she expressed her fears to Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart).

After Sonny came to see Carly to get her daughter to back off of him; especially when Josslyn lit into him in front of nuAvery (Ayla Bullington), Carly is terrified that Sonny could retaliate against Josslyn. Realizing, Josslyn is in danger, Carly won’t sit by and let anything happen to her. She tells Valentin, “I’ve already lost one kid because of that man. I won’t lose another.”

Viewers won’t soon forget the devastation Carly felt when Morgan (Bryan Craig) died in a car bomb explosion back in 2016 because of Sonny’s dealings in the mob in a complex story involving Julian (William deVry) and Olivia Jerome (Tonja Walker).

Avery

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SONNY IS READY FOR WAR

Meanwhile in the aftermath of his visit with Carly, Sonny told his brother Ric what went down when Josslyn disrespected him in front of his own daughter and hurt Avery. Since Josslyn already make it known that she no longer considers herself part of Sonny’s family, he’s decided to treat her accordingly.

Sonnys first step in payback is to take away her support system at JJE by approaching Hudson Parker (Troy Lennon Appel) again, but this time in a much less-friendly way.

Ric points out that this would go against every move Sonny made as a legitimate businessman in Port Charles and would mean he’s back in the mob? Sonny doubles down, saying Josslyn changed the game when she involved Avery. While he showed concern of how bad Carly would feel over all this year, he said he is ready to finish what Josslyn started.

At the Metro Court, Ava (Maura West) is listening to Avery explain what happened between Sonny and Josslyn and how much she hates Josslyn right now, which Ava seems to be OK with.

WILL JOSSLYN’S WORLD BLOW UP ON HER?

Speaking of Josslyn, she is on the pier still after her talk with Hudson and still crying over her confrontation with Sonny and Avery overhearing it, and what she told her sister. Lucas comes across her at the pier while out for his run.

Explaining how badly she feels for what she said about Sonny to Avery, Lucas says that eventually Avery will discover the truth about Sonny. He explains to Josslyn that even though Avery hates her now, she will come to realize that what she said about her father was the truth, and that Josslyn was not lying to her at all.

So, what do you think about Sonny ready to play dirty to take down Josslyn? How will Carly ensure her daughter does not wind up dead? Who do you think is in the right here? Is Josslyn’s vendetta against Sonny justified, at the cost of the relationships with her family? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.

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‘General Hospital’s’ Cynthia Watros Honors Former ‘Titus’ Co-Star Stacy Keach Following His Passing

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Stacy Keach and Cynthia Watros

General Hospital star Cynthia Watros, who can currently be seen in on the ABC soap opera in the role of Nina Reeves, has had a enduring career in television. That included her time on the 2000-2002 Fox sitcom, Titus.

In Titus, Watros starred along with Stacy Keach as Erin Fitzpatrick and Ken Titus, respectively. After the November 10th news that Keach had passed away at 85 while living in Poland, Cynthia took to her Instagram on Thursday, November 12 to pay tribute to the great actor.

Watros expressed, “My first prime time show was along side Stacy. I loved him instantly. What an amazing talent and man.❤️”

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In Titus, Stacy played stand up comedian Christopher Titus’ heavy-drinking, chain-smoking, five-times-divorced father who frequently pulled cruel pranks and tried to toughen his kids up. Cynthia played by Christopher’s level-headed, big-hearted girlfriend trying to build a normal life with him. In fact, Cynthia’s role on the sitcom was first series regular role after her Daytime Emmy run of Annie Dutton on Guiding Light which ran from 1994-1998.

STACY KEACH’S WIFE ON HIS PASSING

Keach’s wife, Malgosia shared the news of the actor’s death publicly in a statement with PEOPLE. Malgosia expressed, that Stacy had, “a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure.”

She added, “Stacy peacefully departed this world. He fought for so long, with extraordinary courage, determination and strength. He was a true warrior, facing his illness with the same remarkable spirit and resilience that defined his life.”

Małgosia continued, “Stacy was not only a legendary actor, admired and loved by audiences the world over, but also my beloved husband, my companion and the heart of our family. His passing leaves an immeasurable emptiness in our lives. But his extraordinary spirit, his unforgettable voice and the love he gave so generously will remain with us forever.”

Now, let us know do you remember when Cynthia made her sitcom debut in Titus? Share your thoughts via the comment section on Cynthia’s many TV roles and the passing of Stacy Keach in the comment section. But first, check out the very first episode of Titus with Cynthia Watros below!

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