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Kassie DePaiva Brings Blair Back to General Hospital
Soap fan favorite, Kassie DePaiva is making a return to ABC’s General Hospital in her role as Blair Cramer from One Life to Live.
A rep for the daytime drama series confirmed to TV Line that DePaiva will begin airing in September. DePaiva appeared as Llanview’s Blair before on GH.
After One Life to Live ended in 2012, and in March of that year, GH kicked-off a crossover story that featured DePaiva along with Roger Howarth, formerly Todd Manning on One Life and GH.
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While Howarth has remained at GH in other roles over the years including as Franco Baldwin and Austin Gatlin-Holt, DePaiva has also been playing Days of our Lives’ Eve Donovan on and off. She recently appeared on the Peacock streaming soap opera earlier this month when she reprised Eve for a short stint.
DePaiva recently spoke to Soap Opera Digest saying she would love a chance to back to GH and reprise Blair, but she added, “I guess Todd is not Todd, right?’ So if I was to go back on that show, he probably wouldn’t recognize me. But I could go,‘You’re hot. You look like somebody I used to know.’”
Looking forward to seeing Blair on GH again? What story would you like to see her involved with? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
Great news!!!!! Kassie DePaiva IS Blair. I have loved her as Eve on DAYS and welcome her back in her iconic role. As for Roger Howarth… honestly… none of his GH roles has really jelled. He has been an ill-fit who has been shoe-horned into many character’s lives without real success. SO… let Dr. Gatlin-Holt turn out to be Todd Manning! Stranger things have happened!
I Hope Dr. Gatlin-Holt Turns Out To Be Todd Manning And I’m Glad Blair Cramer Is Returning To GH
I have been aching for that to happen as well as Finn being turned back to John McBain
Yes. My thoughts too
Bring back one life two live
It failed. You just have to deal with it. They didn’t cancel OLTL because it had too MANY viewers.
So true!!! Great show!!!
For Hell’s sake….
When is Frank going to admit that his decade long attempt to turn GH into his dead show has FAILED??
No more Blair. No more Todd/Frodd/Austin…. next time he gets killed off, leave it that way.
Finn is at least tolerable… though now that they dropped the pet lizard, there’s nothing really different between Finn and his previous incarnation of Silas Clay.
If they even think about bringing back the whiny completely void of talent twit, that better be the week GH is preempted for one of Cheeto’s trials. And just dump those episodes entirely… don’t play them later.
You sound like a satanic twit so just go back to hell where you came from, don’t need your nastiness.
Go “back” to Hell?
I’ve been here a while now.
Sorry but we love Todd and Blair. You need to watch another soap. Some of us are excited about a Todd and Blair reunion, even if it’s a Austin and Blair reunion.
Todd and Blair have NOTHING to do with the proper history of General Hospital. Never did, never will.
OLTL never aired in Hell, so I know next to nothing about their story other than what was forced on us in 2012. Sorry for you mortals who are still grieving a show that was cancelled in 2011. Maybe they got a raw deal from ABC, no denying that.
But that still doesn’t mean GH has to roll over and let them in.
Satan, I usually agree with everything you say.. but strongly disagree on this. Blair Cramer gets very huge and joyous welcome back. I
Agreed!! Love Blair and Todd—Austin? Not sure—Please don’t laugh, but could Pikeman be Helena ( who never actually died? —-or maybe reincarnated? Not too far fetched for a soapy soap—-maybe Ms Wu ( s?)?
Helena is definitely dead. And we have enhanced the security around Hell’s version of Cassadine Island (located in the middle of the Lake of Fire).
She’s not getting out again. Nor is Victor or Stavros. As for Mikkos… he wouldn’t want to leave anyway. The guy’s making one Hell of a living installing air conditioners down here, based on the same technology he used to freeze Port Charles in the middle of August way back when.
How is it a “welcome back” when she never belonged in Port Charles in the first place?
I get that OLTL had their fans and that they miss their show. It never aired in Hell, so I don’t miss it at all. Y’all have every right to be pissed off at ABC for their boneheaded decision to cancel the show & AMC and replace them with a crappy cooking show and the other failed replacements that didn’t last very long. And then of course, the Prospect Park streaming “reboot” which was pretty much a dragonshitshow from day one, in terms of how they handled it.
The problem is that GH has an already bloated cast and has a hard time finishing their own storylines and keeping actual GH characters on the screen. And then that has to all be pushed aside so they can bring in characters from these other shows that a good portion of the GH audience doesn’t know or care about.
But as I said elsewhere, there MIGHT be a valid reason for this Blair visit, if indeed she’s coming back to pick up that ball that ReRon dropped in 2012, and get to the revelation that Lorenzo Alcazar is indeed the guy behind the Pikeman mercenary group.
If that’s the case bring it on. And then get back to GH characters & storylines… which are already moving slow enough as it is, due to the apparent “restrictions” on what the scab writers are allowed to do.
They are bringing her on to MOVE a story along, it’s a short stint. Instead of spewing your hatred why don’t you let some of us who are going to enjoy her presence on the show in peace. Kassie is a wonderful sweet actress who does not need that kind of welcome. We enjoy her, Let us do that because it sounds to me like You’re getting butthurt that someone got a job. It doesn’t make you look good. It makes you look like an idiot.
Church of RoHo???
Yeah, that’s appropriate because you and a few others here come off like some sort of bizzare cult, on the level of MAGAtt/Qanon types. As in “everybody must bow down to what our weird little fringe group wants, and we don’t care how much damage it does”
General Hospital is under no obligation to reanimate the corpse of One Life to Live, and GH fans are not obligated to accept OLTL (or AMC, for that matter) taking up valuable airtime that should be given to actual GH characters, some of whom have been around for decades.
Get over yourself.
Oh Satan, perhaps I’m at a disadvantage only being an occasional OLTL watcher. But from what I’ve seen on GH, Blair is synonymous with bore. The only thing I will say, on a superficial level, is I found Howarth’s Todd really sexy…maybe it’s the blonde highlights. He was ok as Franco but this Gatlin gobbledygook is a disaster for me. It’s got enough plotholes to drive a fleet of Winnebagos through, and it feels longer than a root canal. Right now, I’m only paying attention when the great Maura West is on, or when gorgeous Spencer is free of Trina. We’re in pretty bad shape right now. Isn’t there a limit to how many stories include Carly and/or Sonny? I’m surprised they’re not in the Molly surrogacy tale… yet.
YES!!!
Bring it on!! Can’t wait—it’ll be such a drastic, but sunny change from the Curtis-Mrs Robinson-Trina-saga—so boring!! Who cares?? I completely FF their scenes. Uffa!!
Maybe Blair is PikeMan ?
There’s not a snowball’s chance in my backyard that she could be in charge of Pikeman.
Having said that though…. Pikeman COULD have something to do with why she returns.
Probably the last thing that aired during the OLTL invasion phase of GH – before the Prospect Part lawsuit forced an abrupt end to it – was Carly & Blair discussing how much Lorenzo Alcazar resembled some guy named “Thomas” from OLTL.
Supposedly Blair took off to investigate this mystery, but then the legal red tape kicked in. Todd became Frodd and none of this was ever spoken of again.
But now we have Pikeman… a shady mercenary organization known for weapons smuggling and doing “black ops” with rogue elements of intelligence agencies all over the world. Which is exactly the type of things Lorenzo Alcazar used to do.
I’ve been predicting for months now that Alcazar would be revealed as the leader of Pikeman. Maybe Blair is back to announce this fact to somebody? Other than that, I cannot imagine any valid reason for her to be in Port Charles.
Doubt it.
I’m thinking the same thing..but I hope they give Sasha a mother.
Love Kassie she is a wonderful actress, sign her to a contract on GH as Blair Kramer. She is 62 years old and gorgeous as ever.
Nah. There are others more integral to the canvas that should be series regulars.
A short visit is fine, but there are characters more critical to GH history in that age group that should be on contract or have more story than Blair.
Please let us know the dates that Blair will be on GH. I absolutely love Kassie DePaiva and Blair Cramer. I don’t want to miss her episodes.
She should come back as Monica’s long-lost sister.
A bit fuzzy on 40-year old storylines, but Monica was adopted as a young child. They gave her a cousin, Lorena Sharpe who came to PC to open the infamous spa.
Kassie is playing Blair Cramer, who the backstory is clearly established.
Sadly, will it really matter? What purpose? Half the audience do not even know who Blair is and are we to believe after a decade she hasn’t settled down and living happily after with Todd or Victor? And please don’t have a line like “:Haven’t I seen you before?” if she and “Roger” meet?
What if in the 10 years we’ve seen her, Blair married and divorced Martin? Not sure I could see her paying him $50k/month for alimony though.
She’s a super talented actress. Can’t wait to see her, I just hope it’s a long term return for her! Blair and Todd, now that would be amazing!
Blair Cramer one of my favorite all time daytime Diva’s ❤️❤️❤️❤️
She is related to gaitlin holt and helps save him
Blair Cramer is back on GH that’s super awesome but I hope Starr returns with the very much alive Cole and Hope also did Blair ever find out who her biological father really is.
I’d rather sit through a 666 hour church sermon by Pat Robertson & Jerry Falwell than ever see that whiny little untalented twit on GH again.
We can arrange that.
I could arrange that myself, now that Pat & Jerry are both down here. But why would I torment myself like that?
I think Blair is coming back because she is the one suing Deception for stealing her “idea” because Blair does own a cosmetic company called Melador and Tracy is in league with Blair and Dorian or maybe she is Martin’s third ex wife.
What an unexpected treat this is. Love the actress and the character.
I love Kassie. She could be involved with Pikeman OR maybe Tracy’s partner in trying to have Deception fail? Either way, she would be with Roger or Jane. Who are both great!
Another interesting return.
Would love to see Finn turn back into the vampire what walked out of the morgue many years ago. Where has he been hiding? Probably in clear sight! Lol
Vampire doctor cures his father’s ALS… by turning him into a vampire??
I mean… it’s not really any more ridiculous than anything Nina or Gladys is involved in, is it?
YES, that would be great, I miss seeing her face.
Since Robert Howarth is currently playing Austin I would love to see Trevor At John back in action as Todd and it would be nice to see Jack, Star, Danielle, and Hope grace our screens on GH. NOW THAT WOULD BE DREAMY
My first thought too!!!! Need some TSJ back. He is the best!!!!!!
Yeah…”dreamy” … in the Freddy Krueger sense.
I just got chills and nauseous, anxiety seeing someone is on here using that evil enemy’s name and it’s allowed on here. I can’t wait for satan,who doesn’t deserve a capital at the beginning of his name to finally be thrown in the pit of hell once and for all and I hope this person using his name doesn’t have innocent children in this world. That just ruined any fun of talking about our favorite actors and characters and soaps.
I’m not crazy about the OLTL invaders either, but calling them “evil enemy” is a bit much, ain’t it?
That is not going to happen. Can you all imagine Todd Manning as a doctor. Austin is too calm to be Todd.
Just sayin’ , Kassie and Roger have always had great chemistry onscreen. I hope that that the storyline has them involved in some sense. Not necessarily as lovers, but in some way. Maybe she is involved somehow with his family, pikeman or both. Maybe she’s Cyrus’ daughter. Though I loved OLTL, this has nothing to do with that. So don’t get your panties in a bunch ” Satan “.
Never really like her when she was on befor sorry
Don’t forget one life to live was canceled because of the ratings
There were quiet a few reasons it was cancelled, but as mentioned before, OLTL had higher ratings than GH at that point in time.
As Howarth wife with 2 young high school children that he hide from his blackmail life. In OLL they had good parenting repor with each other.
It would be nice to see positive parenting skills for viewer’s of high school children,such as suicide,children falling behind with their school work because of covid. More social and emotional concerns.
Just my thoughts.
Thrilled to see Blair making a comeback on General Hospital. Loved her on OLTL. Hope she stays with GH for a long, long time! Congrats Kassie DePaiva!!!!
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Kelly Sullivan Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’s’ Maura West Recalling When Ava Shot Connie (Exclusive)
It was just over 13 years ago on General Hospital when Ava Jerome (Maura West) shot and killed Kate Howard/Connie Falconeri (Kelly Sullivan) in an effort to keep her quiet from revealing that Derek Wells was actually Ava’s back-from-the-dead brother, Julian Jerome (William deVry). It’s a crime that somehow Ava never has quite paid for either.
The episode back aired on August 13, 2013 and viewers had to say goodbye to Kelly Sullivan who played Kate and her alter, Connie. In the story, just before she died, Kate/Connie scrawled the letters AJ in her own blood, initially making the PCPD and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) think that it was AJ Quatermaine (Sean Kanan) who did the deed.
Now, Sullivan recalled sharing scenes with the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning West, during a live conversation on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel. Kelly was the special guest talking about her recent return to the soaps in her new role as The Bold and the Beautiful’s Darcy Dylan.
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MAURA WEST
Speaking of her final GH scenes and working with Maura West, Sullivan gave her then GH co-star major props. “If you’re going to be shot by somebody (on the soaps), you want to be shot by Maura West, c’mon!”
Maura West debuted back in May 2013 as Ava, and Sullivan remembered when the As the World Turns favorite began on GH. “I remember when Maura West first arrived at GH. She walked in with this cute little bob (hairdo) and she’s just delicious,” shared Sullivan.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Kelly revealed more about Maura, adding “I think she’s amazing! I remember right before I left the show, someone suggested, and I would still love to do this with her, if she ever want to, but someone suggested that they wanted to direct the stage play A Streetcar Named Desire with Maura and I, where I would play Stella and she would play Blanche! Wouldn’t that be great?”
Speaking of the Ava/Connie showdown scenes, Sullivan expressed, “On television and on General Hospital specifically, Maura West is able to play a character who does the most horrendous things and you still care about her and that’s the mark of a really great actor. In other words, you’re able to be liked in the midst of the most horrendous things, and as a performer not shying away from that, and to just have the courage to do what’s on the page (in the script).”
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KELLY SULLIVAN PARTING THOUGHTS AS SHE LEFT GENERAL HOSPITAL
Kelly also shared her sentiments when she walked off the set of General Hospital after her run back in August of 2013. “I really was honored. Every day I would go to work and I would say a little prayer, which is I want to do justice for my character, explained Kelly. “It’s between me and my character. I get to walk this path with her and to leave the show on that note, which is, I left every out there. I just gave it my all and again what an honor it was to play Kate/Connie.”
You can catch the full conversation with Kelly where she talks about her time on General Hospital, The Young and the Restless where she played Sage Warner and now The Bold and the Beautiful below.
So, do you remember the Ava and Connie scenes where Ava shot and killed her? What did you think of Kelly Sullivan’s sentiments about Maura West? Share your thoughts via the comment section. But first, watch the reveal where Ava recalls murdering Connie below!
The question of will Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) stay awhile at General Hospital after his recent extended hiatus from the show earlier this year, has reportedly been answered.
TMZ via court documents obtained in Burton’s ongoing legal battle with his ex-wife Sheree Gustin, shared that Steve actually inked a new three year deal with the ABC soap opera back in June.
That is significant because it was June when Burton returned back to work as Jason. In addition, the court filing confirmed that Burton had already moved back to California from Tennessee.
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STEVE’S HIATUS AND HIS RETURN TO PORT CHARLES
GH fans will recall, it was back in February of 2026, that Burton announced via his Instagram that he was stepping away from his role of Jason Morgan for short break and pointed to wanting to spend quality time with his new wife, Michelle Lundstrom Burton with whom he tied the knot back on May 17, 2025.
Steve expressed at that time, “I’m newly married and looking forward to spending some quality time with my family.” It was back on March 25 that viewers saw Jason carted away by the WSB after taking the fall for Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) who shot then WSB Director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).
Burton returned to work on June 1, and due to General Hospital taping roughly six weeks ahead of air, made his on-screen comeback on the July 13 episode.
GOING FOR GOLD AT THE UPCOMING DAYTIME EMMYS
Then, Steve and his enduring fans got an extra special treat on the same day, when it was revealed on Extra that he was nominated for the upcoming 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series category.
Steve previously won in the Supporting Actor category for his work as General Hospital’s Jason in 1998 and as The Young and the Restless’ Dylan McAvoy in 2018.
Now with Jason and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship seemingly hitting the skids, plus Jason’s commitment to staying out of mob life to focus on being present for his son Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn), what does the future hold for the fan favorite character? Stay tuned.
So, happy to hear that Steve Burton signed a new three year deal with General Hospital? Knowing that, what storyline would you like to see Jason get involved and with who? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason and Britt Reach an Impasse; Is This the End of Their Relationship?
On the Friday, September 11 episode of General Hospital, Jason (Steve Burton) and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship becomes strained to potentially the point of no return.
Things take a turn when an unglued Britt having been traumatized by almost being killed by Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) asks Jason to back her up with the PCPD when she reports Anna for attempted murder.
However, Jason told Britt, he can’t. Jason shares that he does not believe Anna would have gone through with shooting her. Therefore, Britt was not in any real imminent danger. Britt is flabbergasted and hurt that Jason is refusing to tell the police what he actually witnessed for himself on Mount Emerson.
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BRITT WANTS BACK UP FROM JASON
Jason counters that he can’t believe that Britt would want Anna punished. or sent to prison, or a mental facility after the trauma she endured while being locked up and mentally tortured while at Wyndemere.
He asks Britt, “How could you even say that you want her locked up or prosecuted for what she did when you knew she was being held prisoner and you did nothing to save her?” Britt is stunned by Jason’s response.
Coming up, official General Hospital spoilers share that on the upcoming Monday, September 14 episode, Jason confides in Carly (Laura Wright), while Britt is stung. In the video preview that aired at the end of the Friday, September 11 episode for this coming Monday, Britt says to Jason, “You don’t believe me. Do you?”
General Hospital head scribes, Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte previously teased in their fall preview of the soap, “Britt and Jason have come a long way and fought a lot of enemies to be together. But the most stubborn obstacle to their happiness isn’t without, it’s within. Decisions Britt made to stay alive while under Cullum’s thumb will come back to haunt her and may prove too difficult for this unlikely couple to survive.”
So, what do you think will happen? Will Jason and Britt break-up over Britt’s lies and Jason’s unwillingness to report Anna’s crime against her? Do you want Jason and Britt to go their separate ways? If they do, will Britt become romantically involved with Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) ? If so, who do you pair Jason with? Anyone? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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