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EXCLUSIVE: Billy Flynn and Jason Thompson Pay Tribute to the Late Tristan Rogers and Sharing Scenes with the Beloved Fan Favorite

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The soap opera world lost one of its great when General Hospital and Y&R star, Tristan Rogers passed away from lung cancer back on August 15th at the age of 79.

Rogers played super spy Robert Scorpio on GH, on and off, for decades debuting in 1980 and having his last on-screen appearance on the ABC daytime drama series this past July. Tristan also played Colin Atkinson on The Young and the Restless, the father of Cane Ashby, from on and off since 2010, with his final television appearance before his death in his scenes with Billy Flynn (Cane) back on the August 26th episode of the CBS daytime drama series.

Now, during the Friday October 10th livestream conversation with Billy and his Y&R co-star, Jason Thompson (Billy, formerly Patrick, GH) on the Michael Fairman Channel, the two actors recalled their time working with the legendary actor. On GH, Jason previously played Dr. Patrick Drake, who was married to Scorpio’s daughter, Robin (Kimberly McCullough), hence he shared many a scene with Rogers.

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Billy Flynn has the honor of taping Tristan’s final scenes with him, which were shown as Cane having flashbacks of a conversation with his father before he died. Flynn opened up about that pivotal experience. “He was incredible. I felt fortunate to be able to have that time and that moment with him. Tristan drove the scenes with the level of heart that he had,” expressed Billy. “I’ve said it before. He had one line, that I still think about where he says, ‘what a woman.’ (referencing Jill Abbott) That one line stuck with me. I remember he said that line, and I just sat and looked at him. We got along and obviously he wanted to do the scenes, and I assume at the time he was probably in a lot of pain. He just showed up and he crushed it.”

As to if Flynn had any idea of how sick Tristan was at the time the veteran actor visited the set of Y&R to film his final scenes, Billy recalled, “Beforehand they told me he the kind of shape he would be in. I think he had gotten worse since he agreed to do the scenes. I worked with Joe Mascolo (ex-Stefano, DAYS) for all those years, and he wasn’t doing well. So, it was a gift and it was dark because Cane’s losing his father, and then in real life, you know, Tristan obviously isn’t doing well. The weight of that wasn’t lost on me.”

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Flynn spoke on the hard tape day he had where for most of it he had monologue after monologue where Cane leaves a video message for his children. However, Billy shared that when he got to perform the scenes with Tristan Rogers, all the anxiety from his earlier scenes went away. “I sat down in a room with him and all of that kind of just left, and I just got to kind of be of service, and be in that moment with him. I kind of felt like there’s a part of me in a kind of an alternate world where I’m like, ‘I would’ve liked like Daniel (Goddard, ex-Cane, Y&R, now Henry, GH) to have these scenes with Tristan. He had that long relationship with Tristan on-camera, but I felt lucky to have it.”

Sadly, Jason Thompson was not taping the day Tristan visited Y&R for the last time. “Unfortunately, I was not in that day. Tristan was in my dressing room, which I thought was kind of a special moment,” shared Jason. “However, I didn’t get to see him. Tristan had this kind of edge, this kind of rock and roll, ‘whatever, I’m going do it this way, even if they’re not going to like it.’ He just had that about him. I just always admired that. When I was younger at GH, we (as Patrick and Robert) went on some capers together.”

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Jason remembered when he learned the news that Rogers lost his battle with cancer. “When I heard he had passed, Kimberly McCullough was my first call. Freakily enough, about a week before that, I’ve got this project that I’ve had in my mind for a while. I was texting with Kimberly and I said, ‘We have to talk to Tristan as soon as possible, he’s not doing well.’ Then, three days later, he ended up passing away. I talked to Kimberly obviously a couple times about it. We were texting and we got on the phone, and she just was, not to speak for her, but she’s like, ‘this one hit me really hard.’ I can totally understand that. She was seven-years-old when she first played Tristan’s daughter on GH.”

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Thompson added, “Not in the exact same way, but I still talk to my former on-screen daughter, Brooklyn (Rae Silzer, ex-Emma, GH). We still stay in contact and she was five when she came on the , and I know the relationship that I had with Brooklyn, Times that by 10 with what Tristan and Kimberly had. At the end of the day, it’s incredibly special that we get to spend this kind of time with someone, and as an audience member, that you get to see someone like this show up as often as they did for as long as they did, like Tristan. So it’s a gift ultimately. It was very sad to hear what was happening with him, and obviously on the day that he passed, but my, God! He brought so much to everything, and every scene that he was in.”

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Jason also shared what his on-screen mom Jess Walton thought of her time working opposite Rogers. “Jess Walton would say Tristan was her favorite person to ever work with because it was just always fun, always crazy. He was willing to do what some actors wouldn’t want to do. He’d be like, “Hell yeah, I’ll do that.” He had that kind of energy about him,” expressed Thompson. “I have a lot of respect there and am just thankful that got to meet him and know him the way that I did.”

Watch the full conversation with Billy and Jason below.

Now let us know, what did you think of the remembrances shared by Billy and Jason on their late co-star, Tristan Rogers via the comment section below.

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Sorry, I have nothing against Billy Flynn, but the good bye scene should have been with the original Cane given the lack of history with these two. I loved seeing Tristan, but this seemed misplaced.

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‘General Hospital’s’ Jonathan Bennett Receives 3 ‘Critics Choice Real TV Awards’ Nominations for Hallmark Series, ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’

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Many things are coming up roses for Jonathan Bennett! On the heels of the news that he is set to debut this month in the role of Joe Fitzpatrick on General Hospital, who is rumored to be a new love interest for Lucas Jones (Van Hansis), comes the news that Bennett’s reality series, Finding Mr. Christmas has received 3 nomination for the Critics Choice Real TV Awards.

Bennett’s Hallmark Channel series finds itself in tough competition alongside fellow nominees: RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV), Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix), Survivor 50 (CBS), Top Chef (Bravo) and The Traitors (Peacock). In addition, Jonathan himself is nominated for Best Show Host and the series participants as the Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series.

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) revealed the nominees for the eighth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards on Thursday, which recognize excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. Winners will be announced online at CriticsChoice.com on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 9:00am PT/12:00pm ET.

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Taking to his Instagram to celebrate the nominations, GH’s Bennett, enthused, “3 Critic Choice Nominations! I’m so proud of the FINDING MR CHRISTMAS and to be in the company of all the legends in all these categories is so surreal! Congrats to Hallmark Channel and to our nominated cast and nominated show and everyone who made this magical show possible. This is crazy! This gives FMC 6 Critics Choice nominations in 2 years. Not bad for a little show on Hallmark Channel. What are your thoughts on our show?” Jumping first into the comment thread was one of his new GH co-stars, Dominic Zamprogna (Dante) who expressed, “Yeah buddy!!!🔥🔥”

In the series, Bennett, the host and co-creator spends eight weeks guiding 10 aspiring actors through a series of “festive face-offs” and acting challenges alongside actors like soap opera notables, Hunter King (ex-Summer, Y&R) and Alison Sweeney (Sami, DAYS). Along the way, they develop their skills and a bond with one another. The show, which is available on Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Plus, highlights LGBTQ+ representation with openly gay contestants vying to be the next Hallmark star.

It should be noted that Traitors received the most Critics Choice Real TV Award nominations with 6 nods, followed by Dancing with the Stars with 4.

Bennett is very familiar to daytime fans having started his career as JR Chandler on All My Children in 2000-2001, before landing the part of Aaron Samuels in the motion picture, Mean Girls in 2004 starring Lindsay Lohan, which would become his breakout performance.

You can check out the full list of Critics Choice Real TV Award nominations here.

So, excited for Jonathan Bennett’s General Hospital debut this month? Have you ever watched Finding Mr. Christmas on Hallmark? Let us know via the comment section below.

 

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‘General Hospital’s’ Kelly Thiebaud on Britt and Cassius Sibling Drama, But Who Will Ultimately Blow His Cover?

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On the April 30 episode of General Hospital, Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) had some choice words and warning for her brother Cassius Faison (Ryan Paevey) who has been masquerading as his twin, the very dead, Nathan West.

As the story has unfolded, viewers learned that Britt knew all along that when “Nathan” showed up in Port Charles seemingly resurrected with a missing 7 years of his life unexplained, that Cassius was taking his place.

Now in developments on today’s GH, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) is figuring out that this guy pretending to be Nathan is someone else, and Cassius learns from Britt, that Joss is not just a ditzy sorority girl as he claimed, but a WSB agent! The moment stuns Cassius. Are the walls about to close in on him and his charade?

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Daytime Emmy winner, Kelly Thiebaud spoke to Soap Opera Digest, about the story point and getting the opportunity this time back at GH to work with Ryan Paevey, when she hadn’t had the chance to before.

BROTHERLY LOVE?

Thiebaud expressed on sharing scenes with Ryan Paevey, “It’s just been so wonderful to have him back and to actually work with him! When he first came onto the show (as Nathan at the end of 2013) I was kind of heading out — it was right towards the end of my contract, so we didn’t actually work together a ton. It’s been really refreshing and so much fun to really spend time together and get to know each other and work together. I think we have really great on-camera chemistry and banter with each other. I really enjoy working with him.”

With the stakes at an all-time, Thiebaud explained how she views her on-screen alter-ego’s involvement with her more hot-to-temper sibling and why Britt revealed the truth about Josslyn to him. “People finding out about Cassius would expose what she’s involved in and what she agreed to do,” explains Kelly “And now Josslyn is digging around, and she’s connected to Carly (Laura Wright) to Jason (Steve Burton) and that whole dynamic! It’s messy!”

BRITT’S MURKY FUTURE

Britt has currently also reached her breaking point with Jason being carted away by the WSB, Rocco (Finn Carr), the child she gave birth to, shooting Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) to protect her and Jason, Marco (Adrian Anchondo) being killed after trying to help her, and Cullum holding over her head getting her Huntington’s disease medication to control her symptoms, while blackmailing her into finishing the research on her father, Cesar Faison’s, final project. Thiebaud summed it up best for Britt right now, sharing, “It’s been a really tough time for her.”

So, who do you think will be the person to blow Cassius’ cover? Will it be Britt herself? Josslyn? Liesl? Brennan? Nina? Lulu? Rocco, Maxie, Cullum or someone else? Let us know your pick in the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Michael Reveals His Plan to Set Up Chase and Willow to Have an Affair

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After the Wednesday, April 29 episode of General Hospital, it’s clear outside interference and other circumstances are set to blow Chase (Josh Swickard) and Brook Lynn’s (Amanda Setton) marriage sky high, as Michael (Rory Gibson) reveals his plans to entrap Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) and use her relationship with Chase to do it!

In story, Michael dropped by unexpectedly to Carly’s (Laura Wright). A plotting Michael reveals his plan to nudge Willow and Chase into having an affair. Michael hopes it would create both a political and personal scandal, where Willow would lose her seat in congress. In the scenario, she would be having an affair with her ex-husband, while taking care of her supposed disabled husband, Drew (Cameron Mathison), who cannot speak and is confined to a wheelchair, which in turn will look horrible for Willow’s character.

Carly asked does he really want to destroy his cousin, Brook Lynn’s life in the process? Michael goes in on Chase’s holier than thou attitude, and says he is going to set-up the circumstances that would lead Chase and Willow to betray their spouses, and hit the sheets together. Michael swears to Carly what the two of them do is up to them, but he’s going to go on the offense with this.

MICHAEL HAS BACK-UP

Later, Jacinda (Paige Herschell) is talking with Charlotte (Bluesy Burke) at Crimson and how much she dislikes Willow because of what she has done to Michael. Just then, Michael shows up and tells Jacinda privately, he’s figured out a way to fight Willow. Looks like Jacinda might work with Michael to bring down Willow and use Chase as the person to do it!

At the hospital, Lucas (Van Hansis) tells Josslyn (Eden McCoy) that Carly is cheating on Jack, but he doesn’t know with who. Josslyn suddenly flashes back to the moment she found her mother harboring a fugitive, Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart), in her attic, and as figured out that her mother is sleeping with him. She heads out.

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BRENNAN IS ABOUT TO LEARN ABOUT CARLY

Next thing you know, Josslyn has showed up inside Jack’s (Chris McKenna) hotel room at the Metro Court and when he enters his room, he is shocked to find her there. He lays into her for not keeping his distance and that Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) will have no problem killing her if he knows she’s WSB. Josslyn fires back that he is only concerned about that because his relationship with her mother depends on her being safe. But then, she lays the boom, and tells Jack, Well, you’re too late. You already lost her.”

LULU GETS A GLIMPSE OF CASSIUS’ TEMPER

In addition, Lulu (Alexa Havins) sees a different side of “Nathan.” Since she is unaware that the man before her is his twin, Cassius Fasion (Ryan Paevey), he tells her that Rocco (Finn Carr) blabbed that he shot Cullum to Britt (Kelly Thiebaud), and now he thinks they should send him away to stop him from talking to everyone else. This concerns Lulu, who rails at Nathan for telling her what to do with her son and that she isn’t going to abandon him. With “Nathan’s” outburst at her on the matter, will she finally get a clue this is not the man she thinks it is?

So, what do you think of Michael’s plan to push Willow and Chase into an affair? Will it work or backfire? Do you think Joss will reveal that Valentin is the man sleeping with Carly to Brennan, which will send him in a rage? Will Lulu continue to be clueless about “Nathan?” Weigh-in via the comment section below. But first, take a look at the GH video tease for today’s April 30 episode.

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