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GENERAL HOSPITAL: After a Week of Episodes, What are You First Impressions of Rory Gibson as the New Michael Corinthos?
After Friday’s May 30th episode of General Hospital, Rory Gibson will have aired in his first full week as the new Michael Corinthos replacing Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell in the role.
Gibson, who soap fans first took notice of for his previous daytime role as Noah Newman on The Young and the Restless from 2021-2023, replaced Duell who had been in the part of Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Carly’s (Laura Wright) son for over 15 years; until he exited the series late last year and finished his on-screen run this January.
GH set up Michael’s return through an exciting and emotional series of episodes after his re-emergence on to the canvas in the climatic conclusion of the 2025 GH Nurses’ Ball last Friday. However, it wasn’t until this Monday that GH fans saw Gibson in actual scenes with many of the key co-stars within his storyline.

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This week, we saw Michael lay the smackdown on Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) that he will be aiming to win full custody of their children, Amelia and Wiley, unless she dumps Drew (Cameron Mathison). Willow chose to stick by Drew. Michael was also reunited with his mother, Carly and forgave her for her plans to move forward with the custody hearing without him, and shared hugs and ‘thank you’s’ for the man who raised him as a baby, Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) for all of his help getting him back safely to Port Charles.

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In those scenes, Jason listens as Michael lets him know his feelings for Willow’s betrayal and what he intends to do – to get full custody of his kids. Meanwhile, Michael also sees Sasha (Sofia Mattsson) for the first time since leaving for Germany for his burn treatments. He can now see for himself that Sasha is showing and several months along carrying his child.

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It is evident that Michael wants to be a father to his unborn child, if Sasha gives him the green light, but so far she hasn’t although, it would seem she is more conflicted than ever about Michael. Gibson has also showed his fatherly side and how he can work with child actors in scenes with young Amelia and Wiley.
Now get ready as the custody case is before us, which looks like it will bring to light bombshell revelations including; that Sasha is actually carrying Michael’s baby and more.
So, now that you have seen a bit more of Rory mixing it up with several of his co-stars and characters in the storyline of Michael Corinthos, what are you first impressions? Are you excited about what’s to come as played by nuMichael? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
Amazing casting! Rory is going to shine in next week’s court scenes. His chemistry with Carly, Willow, Wylie, Jason and Sasha is fantastic.
I agree on the amazing casting & chemistry with the other actors! Plus, he’s super cute and easy on the eyes! 🙂
Love him as Michael
He’s a amazing. Actor. Love him as Michael .
I do accept him as Michael. He hit the ground running with the material he was given and didn’t miss a beat.
I agree but you could see Steve Burton and Laura Wright trying to slide into that area of loving familiarity. They’ll get there but is an adjustment.
I wish both Chad and Rory much success and fulfillment in their new roles.
I absolutely love him! He is fantastic in this role! I am now TEAM MICHAEL!!!! (: Hooray! (:
He’s 1,000 times better than boring Noah on y/restless.
Y&R wastes great actors and keeps the bad ones!
Love him! I actually enjoy the character of Michael now whereas I had a very hard time liking Chad’s portrayal over the most recent years (maybe that had to do with the pairing of him and Willow or maybe it was Chad being done with the character and sleeping through scenes, or both – who knows). What I do know is that Rory is fantastic, and YandR’s lack of storyline for a prominent role of Noah, Nick and Sharon’s son, is GH’s huge gain!!!
Well said. Agree 100%.
I totally agree.
Thankful the writers didn’t play the “Michael has a new face” game and made the recast seamless.
I’m looking forward to Michael (via RG) being back on canvas. CD did a good job, but it was easy to tell towards the end, he was bored. And that’s fair. Actors rarely do the same thing for 15 years (obviously many soap actors do). I’m happy for CD to be moving on and spreading his wings and look forward to a new actor taking over. So far the change is seamless. I do like the 4-5 month gap of having him off screen.
Totally agree
wanted not not like him, missed Chad, but he is good
Very handsome and great body, but he barely has a pulse. No emotion, no facial expressions, no nothing. Now that fits if you consider the character of his father is the same way. I’d like a whole lot more…of anything.
I can certainly understand no emotion with what he has been threw and what he is having to deal with, with Willow and Drew. If he show to much emotion Willow will use it….
I have gotten to the point where I can’t stand Willow or Drew. Drew needs to go…
Amazing LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! GH is back to a must watch and must re-watch!
He’s great.
Love, love, love Rory as Michael!
He’s stepped into the role of Michael seamlessly. He’s especially good playing the loving and protective father. Rory Gibson has a classic movie star vibe about him.
He is awesome
I’m loving the new Michael which is crazy because I just knew I wasn’t going to like anyone taking chad place! Just goes to show
I love the new Michael!
Rory Gibson has definitely slipped into the role of Michael Corinthos with ease and comfortability. Hoping this works out long-term for him.
I believe he signed a multi year deal so he’s not going anywhere 🙂
I liked chad he was great. . And I like the new michael , he walked in that nurses ball with confidence. And he took total command of the room great job!!
Rory is a breath of fresh air. Nothing against the other Michael. But when he walked into the nurses ball and Wiley called out Daddy it was perfection. Rory picked him up and stopped and looked at Sonny and they were on same wave link. He is a great actor. Good luck Rory!!!
Often, when a recast starts, I imagine what the previous portrayer would’ve done. Not this week. Rory made a profound entrance and was immediately believable as (a more confident) Michael.
Appearance-wise, Chad looked like he could be Sean Kanan’s son. Rory reasonably passes as being related to Billy Warlock.
Everyone seems to like to rail on Frank for everything. In this instance, his gut seems to have been right.
He’s a great new Michael! Looking forward to watching him. Hopefully he plays part strong.
I love him as Michael. He was great in just a few days. Remember, he was Victor Newman’s grandson but even better as Michael.
I like him I feel he can do just as good both, where handsome
I absolutely ❤️ the fire in his eyes when he was talking to Willow but let me tell you Sasha and him make a great couple, when Michael touched her belly Damn loved it
Love this guy! He seems to have just a little more of a “bad boy” vibe to me than Chad did. Chad was at times very goody goody (not in a bad way) but Rory seems a little edgier. I can’t wait for court next week!
Excellent choice!
I really like the new Michael! He is handsome and plays the part very good. He’s a great addition to GH.
Love this guy I see a great future for him at GH definitely a keeper
I like this actor as Sonny’s son.! Good choice.
Very impressive
I miss Chad but learning to love Rory & I will.
I like the new guy ! He comes off strong but gentle. Definitely not a push over!
Good looking too
Miss the old Michael….but welcome Rory !!
Paddeus. You nailed it! Strong but gentle. Fully capable of being intense, and loving.
Love Him, he’s fits in perfectly he hit it out the ball park!!! Love You Rory!!! Oh almost forgot he is fine very good looking!!!
I think he is perfect for the role replacing original Michael.
Rory is the 4th actor (not counting babies or temporary fill-ins) to play Michael.
I’m so happy about Rory being cast. I have loved him since YR.
I think he did a good job breaking in as Michael. I can see him growing into the role as he gets more familiar with his character and I think he will bring new life to GH.
What a great recast! He’s adorable. So happy Michael is back on General Hospital!
I think he’s fantastic. GH casting hit gold with this one. No disrespect to Duell but it was his choice to leave. Rory is great. Really enjoying his scenes with everyone and see lots of chemistry with his Michael and Sasha.
I was afraid they were going to recast the one who would fill in for Michael at times. He definitely wouldn’t have been good as a recast, he reminded me of the old Molly. Always overacting the part! This new Michael got me when Wiley said “ Daddy!” He is definitely going to do great taking over the part of Michael. Great choice General Hospital, just when I was giving up wth the terrible writing on the show. You bounced back wth the Gio and Michael scenes. It’s about time the writing got better. Looking forward to the next episode. Keep up the good writing, it was long overdue that’s for sure!
I love this new Michael! He has chemistry with everyone and the transition was smooth because he’s very similar to the previous Michael. Good job with the recast!
I accepted him immediately. He’s a far more varied actor than Duell, who I found to be going flat in the part.
Truly enjoying this actor. Charisma in spades and chemistry with everyone he interacts with. He truly looks like a movie star and that deep baritone wow. He is someone you don’t change the channel and I appreciate this casting. I haven’t really ever cared about the Michael character if I’m honest. Now I’m finally taking an interest in this story.
I think Rory is a great replacement t for Chad Duel. It is nice to have Michael back in the active story line..
I really like him…he should be a keeper
For the first time I’m seeing a grown-up Michael. Congratulations on some great casting!
He’s pretty good, but am used to Michael being taller, so he seems odd to play that character. He would have been good as a new and different character.
What on earth does his height have to do with anything? Gawd. What some people will go to, to find fault.
Moreover, GH has a litany of leading men who aren’t very tall but it’s never circumvented their ability to convey strength. Chad is tall but had a goofy cartoonish presence and conveying Michael’s dark side didn’t come easily to him. Rory is of average height but already has demonstrated Michael’s darker side.
He is two inches shorter than Chad Duell; first, we obsess over hair colour and now we’re obsessing over height? Dang. Some people will find any reason to……
Love him so far. Very handsome and much edgier than Chad’s portrayal. Wish Chad the best. He seems to interact well with all his costars. I can see him taking over for Sonny if Sonny retires. Great charisma….great eye candy…
Absolutely love him. Please keep him as Michael. I can see chemistry between him and Sasha.
Not a fan
I love Rory as Michael. He has a harder look to him. Would love to see him take over Sonny’s business and make Drew and Willow pay.
Omy was so easy to like him right off the bat.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sonny Tells Dante, “I Don’t Want a Son Like You,” While Michael Tells Brook Lynn to Bide Her Time Till Chase and Willow Have an Affair

On the Thursday, October 1 episode of General Hospital, both Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) had some things to say and what they had to say didn’t go over well with whom they were talking to!
Sonny had a confrontation with his son, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna), while Michael leveled with Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) over Chase (Josh Swickard).
GH is setting up a scenario where everyone is going to make it look like Sonny was responsible for having Sidwell (Carlo Rota) beat up in Pentonville; while viewers already know Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) were behind it.

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A VISIT WITH DAD
Now, Dante comes to Sonny’s house. He wants to know straight up from his dad if he ordered the attack at Pentonville. Sonny flatly denies any culpability or responsibility, but Dante refuses to believe him.
Dante informs Sonny he has video footage of Sully and Vito at the prison. Sonny explains to Dante he doesn’t know why Sully beat up both Curtis and Dante. Things escalated when Sonny was deeply hurt that Dante refused to believe him. Dante says he was disappointed that his father didn’t respect him enough to be truthful with him!
Sonny asks Dante to consider that he was being set up. He says all he did was to tell Vito to instruct Sully to keep a watchful eye on Sidwell, not to harm him. No matter what Sonny said, Dante continued hammering him with how he knew deep down, even though he said he left the mob, he had to finish off Sidwell for himself.
Next, Sonny explains everything he has ever done was to provide for and to protect his family. Dante fired back that he doesn’t want to deal anymore with Sonny’s half-baked truths. As the two men argue, Gio (Giovanni Mazza) shows up at Sonny’s front door and overhears Sonny losing his temper and shouting at Dante, “Get out of my house! I don’t want a son like you!” The scenes featured an excellent performance by Maurice Benard.

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MICHAEL THE MANIPULATOR
While this is going down, outside the Quartermaine boathouse, Brook Lynn opens up to Michael about living at the Q’s with Chase being there, since he only came back due to legal advice from his lawyer, Monet Mitchell (Blythe Howard).
Brook Lynn questioned whether they should get legally separate. Michael insisted that would be a big mistake. When she asks why, Michael tells Brook Lynn to bide her time until Chase and Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) have an affair; then she’d have full custody of Phoebe.
An angered Brook Lynn pushed Michael into the water and accuses him of moving Willow back into the gatehouse with intent on putting Chase and Willow in closer proximity and sacrificing Brook Lynn’s family in the process. As the two cousins bicker, Chase shows up asking Brook Lynn if she is OK. Michael punctuates their talk with “You know, I’m right.”
CURTIS FIGURES OUT A WAY TO GET OUT OF THE SLAMMER
At GH, Willow visits Curtis (Donnell Turner) in his hospital room. Curtis wants Willow to get him pardoned and keep him out of jail, and in return, he will help her nail Sonny.
Next, Willow tells Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) she wants Curtis held for observation for three more days. He agrees to do so under one condition, that she understands that he may need to call in a favor from a congresswoman.
So, what did you think of how Dante accused his father and refused to believe Sonny’s answers? Is this the end of their father and son relationship for good? Is Michael the most manipulative person of all, except for Willow? Do the two deserve each other? Do you want Chase and Willow to have an affair? And what of Curtis? Does he have many redeeming qualities left? Share your thoughts via the comment section, but first check out the talk Michael had with Brook Lynn.
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GH Alum Tajh Bellow and Y&R Alum Loren Lott Star in New Tiktok and Microdrama ‘Love Island’ Spoof

Two soap opera alums very familiar to fans of General Hospital and The Young and the Restless are paired together in a new short-form digital series from none other than Issa Rae’s production entity HOORAE Digital.
Look for Tajh Bellow (ex-TJ Ashford, GH)) and Loren Lott (ex-Ana Hamilton, Y&R) as part of the cast of The Compatibility Experiment, premiering on October 14, 2026, exclusively on TikTok and its companion microdrama platform, PineDrama.
In the video teaser, it appears that Bellow and Lott play a couple, Kelvin and Camila, set in a Love Island reality show-esque environment trying to win the one million dollar cash prize, only what could go wrong?

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The Compatibility Experiment loglines share that it brings a fast-paced, relationship-focused reality check—much like Love Island with a twist. The show takes a participant’s current relationship, introduces them to a potentially more compatible partner, and forces them to navigate the differences with life-changing money on the line.
The new series is part of a groundbreaking content deal between HOORAE Digital and TikTok to develop premium short-form storytelling. The ensemble cast also features; Ayona, Reggie Luck, JaNa Craig, Tosin Morohunfola, Jessica Jacoby, Georgia Warner, and Nick Cassidy.
General Hospital fans know Tajh Bellow for his performances as TJ Ashford, and who earned two Daytime Emmy nominations along the way during his run. Bellow took over the role in 2018 and last appeared on the ABC daytime drama series in December of 2024.
Loren Lott first appeared as Devon’s (Bryton James) sister Ana Hamilton on The Young and the Restless from 2018 to 2019; making a brief return in 2024. She has continued to perform on the stage and screen with recent credits including: Bel-Air, Cherish the Day, and All American: Homecoming.
Check out the trailer for The Compatibility Experiment below and let us know what you think of its concept and if you are glad to see Tajh and Loren again? Hoping they might return to daytime in their GH and Y&R roles at some point in the future? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ava and Drew Revealed to be Behind Framing Sonny for Sidwell’s Prison Beatdown

If you thought that the person responsible for the Pentonville brawl that saw Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Curtis (Donnell Turner) taken to General Hospital was Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) or even Sidwell himself, you were dead wrong! On the Wednesday, September 30 episode of GH, it turned out that the culprits were actually Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison).
In story, Drew apparently bankrolled the attack on Sidwell and framing Sonny. He told Ava their planned worked (she came up with it!) but was horrified when Drew informed her that Curtis got caught in the crosshairs. Ava is visibly upset because of her longtime friendship with Curtis’ daughter, Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali). Drew tried to make Ava see the bright side. Curtis was witness to it and his presence will cast doubt on Sonny’s claims to that he had gotten out of the mob and gone legit.
Later, Vito shows up at Drew’s. They informed him that his guy on the inside of the slammer made a big mistake by hurting their friend and ordered him to leave town.

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BOATHOUSE BRAWL
In other major developments, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and Rocco (Finn Carr) have a blow out fight as Danny blames his “brother” for the reason Charlotte was sent off to boarding school.
Rocco told off Danny for Charlotte’s (Bluesy Burke) reckless behavior and he explains he had to protect his sister. He went in on Danny saying that his mother Lulu (Alexa Havins) has been right to send Charlotte to boarding school and far away from Danny.
However, Rocco went a bit too far when he shouted, “And if your mom was alive, she would send you away too!” Next, Danny punched out Rocco, leading to a terrible brawl. An angered Danny yells at Rocco to, “Stay away from me and everyone in my family. And don’t you ever mention my mom again!” Danny storms off.

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Now alone outside the boathouse, Rocco flashes back to his first kiss with Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarksi), hoping that his fight with Danny will not escalate and ruin their budding romance. Meanwhile, a bloodied-mouth Danny heads over to Sonny’s and Jason (Steve Burton) is there at the same time. He then admits that he has a bad fight with Rocco and they are both beaten up.
WILL SCOUT WISE UP?
At the end of the episode, Scout, who had a fight with Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) over Drew, and who keeps telling everyone how good a man her dad truly is, comes upon a suspicious scene.
Scout hides behind the wall outside Drew’s. She sees her dad, Ava and Vito talking. Next, Scout seems to overhear Vito assuring Drew and Ava that their business dealings are done, and he’ll be leaving Port Charles for good.
So, what did you think of the reveal that Ava and Drew were behind framing Sonny for the prison beatdown of Sidwell (and Curtis)? Do you think Danny and Rocco’s relationship can be repaired, or do you think the teenagers will continue to be at each other’s throats? Finally, do you hope Scout gets a clue and stops thinking her dad walks on air? Weigh-in via the comment section, but first check out how Ava and Drew conspired below.
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