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Jens Austin Astrup Makes His ‘General Hospital’ Debut as Kai Taylor: What Were Your First Impressions?

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Trina Robinson’s (Tabyana Ali) new love interest has arrived, but now will it stick? On Tuesday’s, November 12th episode of General Hospital, actor Jens Austin Astrup made his highly-anticipated debut as “QB1” otherwise known as Kai Taylor.

In Astrup’s first episode, Kai runs right into Trina and she spills a drink on the guy. It seems we are off to the races, in particular, because Trina is apparently pissed off that Kai is supposed to be part of their art history class group project, and she emailed him and he never responded.

Kai had no idea he was even taking an art history class as he has a tutor who signs him up for the classes he needs to take so he can get by in school. Josslyn (Eden McCoy) tries to explain that Kai is the star quarterback of PCU and is so good he may be turning pro shortly. Kai’s friend tells Trina, they are going to the playoffs because of Kai, and he doesn’t have time for art class. Trina says she can see that and storms off in a huff.

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However, in the twist, we see that Kai all of a sudden makes a call to his tutor to find out what classes he is enrolled in as he does not want to mess up Trina’s grade, which is important to her.

Jens has a tall order ahead of him as the new viable love interest for Trina; following the departure of Nicholas Alexander Chavez as Spencer Cassadine, and how popular Sprina was with fans of GH.

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The young actor addressed the challenges head on when speaking on it to Soap Opera Digest, “I don’t feel intimidated, because I feel that this (potential romance) actually exists on its own plane than Sprina,” shares Astrup. “I think we have a very different dynamic. I don’t feel that I’m competing or have to fill the shoes of Spencer. I don’t feel like I’m taking his spot. I just feel excited to get to know Tabyana better and for Kai to get to know Trina better. I think Tabyana is amazing and I hope we can create something special, too. And especially doing the scenes with Tabyana that I’ve done recently, I feel confident that (the fans) are going to see a dynamic that is differently fulfilling for Trina, and feel the chemistry and the bond that is being created.”

So, GH fans, what were you first impressions of Jen Austin Astrup as Kai Taylor? Are you going to give the guy a chance to win over your hearts, and that of Trina’s? Share your thoughts in the comment section below. But first, in case you missed it, check out the scenes below when Kai meets Trina.

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I like that Trina called him out on the “no-show” in her class. She did a great job of conveying the message to him that he shouldn’t get special treatment just because he’s a star football player. So far, the interaction has been good to watch. She’s a talented actress and deserves an interesting story line. Let’s see where this goes.

I thought it was obnoxious. She didn’t know him and he didn’t skip out on her. He explained he wasn’t aware of his schedule, and she could have explained why it’s important. But obviously they’ll have some great romance and he’ll be smitten by her attitude. Another case where she’s pissed at a guy and then falls for him. Same with Joss and Dex, Trina and Spencer.

And the list goes on. This SL is boring and it hasn’t even srarted!

Here I go again–

I do not like Trina–because ‘phony’

She is a small person, teenytinny..

She is wearing 6” height shoes to stop talking into people’s buttons…

They hired a short person and need to stop camera tricks and have her walking on stilts–

I have a low tolerance for phony (Anna another day lol)

So- with Trina back, I dunno, but I do like the guy—- but he will bring Trina up soooooo.

0oooh well it is what it is, phony on display..

Trina is qshort let her be herself–

no shoe lifts and stilts.. be herself..

((all Triny fans enjoy her back on your screen )

Ummmm; so you don’t like her because she’s petite? You do know that females wear platforms, heels, etc, to add height, whether petite or a statuesque model. There’s nothing “phony” about that. Strange thing to have against her, lol. I’m 5’2″ and I’ve worn high heels or platforms too. Hey; even Prince wore platforms!

I too found su000 a little over the top ! Wonder if su000 is 6’4″ tall and hits their head on door frames??? I agree Rebecca1, what a petty issue.

Hi GH fan–

naww, not 6’4″ I’m might be 7″, and take the door frame with me .. LOL 🙂

Hi Rebeca, I hope you’re having a good day..

you said;; ”’Ummmm; so you don’t like her because she’s petite? ”’

— to answer your question–

No, I did not say that.

My exact words are-

”I do not like Trina–because ‘phony’”

And again– to her fans enjoy having her back on your screens, enjoy.. 🙂

Hi SuOOO, how you doing friend? Just like to add my 10cents, prices gave gone up you know, ha. I can’t stand the migity Trina, never could. I don’t care if she’s on stilts or standing in a bucket. I know she has lots of fans, but I’m not one of them. Not crazy about Joss either, too much ego and always in someone’s face. You take care and never change, I love your whole take on things.Btw, just turned 92 last week, can’t believe it!

Hi Violet—- I agree, two thumbs up..

And–

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY 92 !!

God bless… I’m waiting for your 100th birthday, the big one!!

Stay safe and happy 🙂

00ooh and — Trina is the worst recast, ever..

I’m not happy with all the people that are being let go so its hard to enjoy any new character the only good thing about his debut is it puts Trina back on our screen, I love seeing her and I think she deserves to be on a lot.

Oh please no. Lots of GH vets and legacy characters. Trina’s not the pull to the show.

Oh look, she can’t stand the new guy. Gee, I wonder what’s going to happen next? So hackneyed and trite. We’ve seen these same stories a million times.

“We’ve seen these same stories a million times.” Yep, that’s true for all of the junk they’re writing lately. Even by soap standards, these writers are just phoning it in.

He was fine. The writing seems obvious, and I’m not really sensing a chemistry here. It matters not, because I’ve decided to ride into the sunset with Tristan Rogers. It occurred to me, upon his departure, that there are no other characters left that I’m all that interested in. They’ve completely de-clawed Tracy. Monica has become the Robin Masters of Port Chuck. Never been a huge Stone Cold fan. And don’t get me started on Sonny and Carly. And the Drew/Willow and the impending “who’s the daddy” stuff coming up makes me modestly ill. I wish the prgram well, but I’m taking a break for awhile.

Meh. That;s my first impression.

Meh is right!

So Trina is being set up for another great GH Romance that will take 1 – 2 years to get going.

Then watch for the big BOOM! That moment when GH crafts and discovers something to break up said couple forever. One of the main characters will leave and die – or they will make the couple brother and sister or cousins.

Why? Because GH hates its fanbase – we are always screaming and whining about their stories. That’s why they broke up Cody & Sasha to punish us in the worst way possible – for a storyline that is no longer even relevant because “Daddy” left town with “Mother” the ultimate destroyer of everything GH that is happy or joyful.

There is no JOY on GH – bring back the joy and maybe we’ll stop fast-forwarding almost the entire show.

Right: Trina will fall for Kai, then Spencer will return! Soap opera’s are so predictable!

Your absolutely right about no successful long term relationships on GH! For instance Sprina had a very successful fan base, bought in high ratings when they were on, even when GH tried to sabotage them with Esme! Understand Nic left but you think they would recast, knowing this pairing was so popular! Wake up Frank and writers!

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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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