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(WATCH) Lynn Herring Talks 2025 GH Nurses’ Ball, Lucy and Her Dresses, Richard Simmons, Sidwell, and Her Son, Hank Northrop’s Debut on DAYS
The General Hospital Nurses’ Ball 2025 edition kicks-off tomorrow on Tuesday, May 20th with the red carpet arrivals as mistress of ceremonies, Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring) works herself into a frenzy hoping all of her best laid plans go off without a hitch! But, since when has that ever happened?
GH has upheld the Nurses’ Ball tradition throughout the years (last year they took a year off from the festivities). What started in 1994 as an important statement during some of the most devastating times of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the U.S. and abroad, also dovetailed out of the heartbreaking love story of Robin (Kimberly McCullough) and Stone (Michael Sutton). Now, GH uses the episodes as a reminder that there is still work to do to help those globally, but it also serves as culmination of major plot points all convening at the ‘Nurses’ Ball.’
Michael Fairman TV chatted with the one and only Lynn Herring for a video chitchat now on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel to get a preview of what viewers will see over the four-episode event, how she feels carrying the torch since its inception, those dresses, and some remembrances of the late fitness guru, Richard Simmons, who back in 2013 was Lucy’s nemesis at the ball. In a very heartfelt moment, Lynn also shares her pride that her son with the late Wayne Northrop (ex-Roman, DAYS), Hank, now has a role on Days of our Lives.
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SIDWELL AND LUCY
So, what’s the story with Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Lucy Coe? Is she really intrigued by the guy romantically, or using him for his moolah especially since he underwrote the Nurses’ Ball in his entirety? Lynn Herring explained, “First, Carlo is actually so much fun to work with and that’s my problem right now. We had scenes today and we were laughing about them. We have no idea where this is going. I think secretly Lucy has gotten a little savvier than sometimes she acts. I mean, her silliness is definitely a cover. Sometimes it’s real and she needs to still grow up, but sometimes she kind of knows what she’s getting herself into. But the end result is worth it, and she got the ‘Nurses’ Ball’ underwritten!”
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THE BEGINNINGS OF THE NURSES’ BALL
GH viewers love Lucy! They became even more fond of her from her undying passion to put on the ‘Nurses’ Ball’ and her subsequent “hosting” style. Herring recalls when she found out in 1994 that she got the nod to spearhead the event on-screen. Lynn expressed, “I think the first thing I did was cry, because our show had been impacted, the whole industry had and across the world, obviously the United States, a lot of the creative community. I remember I was so proud. I just remember thinking, ‘This is a gift and it’s meant to be that we can communicate what this is doing to our country.’ I just remember being completely overwhelmed and also pressurized because I think the whole effort by Lucy to make it right and to do it right was the tricky thing. We don’t always get it right. Sometimes, the numbers may be off base, sometimes you don’t love the dress, sometimes the interactions, but the heart of it, and the continuity and history is always true, and we try to represent that.”
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RICHARD SIMMONS VS. LUCY COE
Over the years, Lucy has had some made some enemies, and people that just had it out for her. One of which was the late great fitness guru and OG General Hospital favorite, Richard Simmons. Since the last time GH aired the ‘Nurses’ Ball,’ Simmons had passed away back in July of 2024 at the age of 76.
The year was 2013 and Richard revived his role as ‘himself’ for the ‘Nurses’ Ball. In remembrance, Herring shared, “Lucy generates an energy that I think sometimes can combust too much. Richard was very manic and hyper. He would be Lucy’s energy on steroids x 10. He comes to work though with the same joy of wanting to entertain. Richard wanted people to feel his love and acceptance and warmth and that’s the first thing you see.”
To this day, Lynn has a very special reminder of Richard, when he gifted her a dress. She shared the details, “I just admired Richard so much, because whatever he was going through, he would put that aside and wanted to be a true performer and really engage with all of us. We spent several days together, obviously, and then the last day he had this beautiful jeweled dress that he had gotten at an auction, or an art house, and he gave it to me. I told him, ‘Richard, I don’t need a gift, but I will keep that and treasure it,’ because it just represents everything he gave everybody. It was so fun in our scenes, because he would try to get so mad at Lucy, and we would be doing our nemesis stuff and then we would crack up. We did have to do several takes occasionally.”
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LUCY AND HER DRESSES: HOW DOES SHE CHOOSE?
It wouldn’t be a ‘Nurses’ Ball’ without Lucy Coe having more clothing changes than one would see at a Beyonce Concert! Speaking of how the dresses get determined, Herring explained, “Shawn Reeves is our costume designer now. and back then it was Bob Miller before him. Bob would design the dresses. So a lot of times I never get to say Bob, “My whole back is out and my stomach.” But, I had to go with his designs and they were so magical. So, I never said anything. Now, Shawn has found a way to do this on a budget. You have to remember that our budgets are so different now. Shawn finds the most beautiful fabrics and he knows me so well, that we both will look in the mirror together. He brings a dress rack in and I’ll try them on and he will go, “Oh, no, Lynn,” or I will go, “Oh no, Shawn. That’s bad.” I don’t think we’ve ever disagreed where we didn’t see it right away in the mirror and go, “That is not going to work!”
However, Lynn received a little added something for one of Lucy’s gowns for 2025: “This year, Shawn surprised me. There was a ‘yes’ dress and we both went, ‘This is nice.’ However, he added this whole bustle and beautiful train that I never saw coming. It’s so beautiful. I can’t wait for everyone to see it.”
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HANK NORTHROP TO DEBUT ON DAYS OF OUR LIVES
It has been a rough several months for Lynn Herring after losing the love of her life, her husband, Wayne Northrop to Alzheimer’s late last year. The couple had been married for over 43 years, and share two sons. One of which, Hank Northrop, will debut in the fall on Wayne and Lynn’s old stomping grounds at Days of our Lives. “It’s been a magical journey that we’ve been on,” says Lynn. “Hank found out on his own birthday (about the role), and Wayne passed last November. It has been a gift from the folks at DAYS, and his dad. Hank just really believes his dad’s watching over everything he does. He feels a lot of pressure because he’s heard so many stories about Wayne’s pranks and all the bad things his dad did. I mean, Wayne locked people in their dressing rooms when they had to be on set!”
Herring added, “I kept telling Hank, ‘Don’t be like your dad!’ However, the way they’ve embraced him at DAYS has been so special, and James Reynolds (Abe Carver) wasn’t told that Hank was going to be working there, and he broke down and Hank broke down and at that point, they were only 10 shows in. Hank’s character on DAYS is very interesting, because it’s complicated I think they’ve changed it a little as they’ve gone and he just gets so excited.”
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GH NURSES’ BALL PREVIEW
With the spotlight to be on Lynn over the next several episodes of GH, she teased about the 2025 Nurses’ Ball! “This year, they’ll (the fans) see a lot of interactions, and the musical numbers are really good and appropriate. They’re going to get a kick out of it, I think.”
Now below, watch our full conversation with Lynn.
Then weigh-in; what is your favorite part of the GH Nurses’ Ball? Are you excited to see Lynn take centerstage as Lucy Coe? What did you think of her touching words on Richard Simmons, and her son Hank Northrop? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
What a great interview. Lynn Herring is the best.
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.
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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.
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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’
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).
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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
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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