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Tristan Riggs is General Hospital’s New Aiden
Looks like there is another new actor in the younger set on General Hospital. Tristan Riggs is taking over the role of Elizabeth Webber’s (Rebecca Herbst) son, Aiden.
Previously, Enzo De Angelis played the part of Liz and Lucky’s (formerly Jonathan Jackson) son since 2021. Soap Opera Digest confirmed that Riggs is now firmly in the part.
The switch happened on today’s Thursday May 2nd episode in scenes. Recently, Aiden came out as gay to him mom after admitting his interest in one of his classmates.
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As Riggs begins in the part, it looks like Aiden is being bullied at school. Elizabeth is trying to get to the bottom of things and made an appointment with school counselors to find out what’s going on, after seeing his book bag had pink paint on it.
Riggs has been acting since he was 7-year-0ld and has appeared on the TV series Walker, True Lies and Best Foot Forward to name a few.
So, what do you think of Tristan Riggs as the new Aiden? Do you hope Aiden’s story becomes more front and center? Comment below.
I think it’s ridiculous and annoying that they keep changing actors. I have no investment in any of these child actors because of that. Back in the day, Robin, Lucky, Emma, Spencer, were consistently on. Now we have to figure out who the kid is playing because they’re on so infrequently but are constantly being recast. What’s going on!!!!???
It’s really not difficult at all to follow, especially with younger roles when kids are growing up.
That’s a shame, I thought Enzo DeAngelis was doing great as Aiden. The scenes he did with Becky Herbst when Aiden came out to Elizabeth were so lovely and touched me personally, as I’ve mentioned in comments here before. Unfortunately, they have yet to follow up on that story. Perhaps this change means they finally are.
Since Enzo has done Young Sheldon and some other projects, I would guess maybe he got booked on another show or movie, and was gonna be unavailable to continue in the role. But that’s just speculation on my part. Best of luck to him in his future career, he’s a talented young man. And welcome to the show, Tristan!
I was just asking if the role of Aiden was recast. I’ll miss Enzo and wish him well. He was featured on “Young Sheldon” about three weeks ago. Welcome Tristian.
The writers should remember Aiden is Lucky’s son, and is related to Carly and Michael (cousins) and is Tracy’s step-grandson. When Willow told Michael she brought Aiden home to help out Liz, he replied Aiden Webber? Don’t you mean Aiden Spencer, your cousin.
Then when Tracy addressed Aiden as “Hello another families child.” I wish Aiden would have said Hello grandma. That would have been funny. Especially since Tracy talked about Luke today.
If Korte is noted as the shows historian, these are some things they should catch. How do you forget Aiden is a Spencer and Luke’s grandson.
good point about “Korte”. I think these new head writers are so far not impressing me, and Korte should know that details matter, it’s annoying when they miss it. and bumped out about Aiden actor being replaced, I thought Enzo was doing great.
They’ve also forgotten that Molly is Sonny’s niece and that’s a conflict of interest for her to prosecute him.
Well it never stopped her father. Ric Lansing always went after Sonny when he was DA.
The show made the decision along time ago to have all of Elizabeth’s kids use the Webber name – which made her decision to use Baldwin after she married Franco a bit perplexing.
Tracy had no interaction with Aiden in the past so neither would consider themselves relatives – despite the Luke connection.
As for the potential bullying storyline – let’s hope it’s something different as along with Natalia’s “concern” about publicizing Blaze’s relationship with Kristina – both are old school storylines from the 90s. The LGBT audience deserves better. That said, if this ties in Kristina’s long mentioned charity and showcases Terry and Brad – well, maybe it’s an umbrella story we didn’t know we needed.
Good point about Tracy and Aiden. But the new and old writers fail to remember the family connections on this show. Aiden is still Lucky’s son. I remember Aiden calling Carly as Ms. Spencer last year in the Halloween episode. They are cousins. I just wish the writers would acknowledge that simple fact.
The kids we see now are the next generation of legacy characters so they should get the family dynamics correct. Especially now that they are getting older and may play more of a role on the show. I would hate to see them pair two characters who are related by blood down the line.
While they won’t pair any blood-related characters , they will do some that are tangentially related (I.e. Charlotte and Jake).
The show went a bit far in adding too many children in the past 15 years. Looking back to the 70s and 80s, babies on GH were spread much further apart. Actresses hid their real life pregnancies more instead of working them into storyline. Steve Hardy had 2 kids while Sonny Corinthos had 5 bio kids, adopted another, and a few still births or miscarriages.
The teen group they have now are all so close in age (over SORAS). I think Aiden, Danny, and Rocco are now all the same age (15). Jake and Charlotte are a year or two older. I think they made a mistake when they aged (SORAS) the Danny character. He should be 12 or 13, I think. I think the only kids that are the correct age are Jake and Aiden.
But now that they are all close in age, they should feature storylines with them at PCHS. I remember when they featured the teens in storylines and scenes at high school in the Robin, Jason, Brenda, Karen and Jagger era, and again with Lucky, Elizabeth, Emily, Sarah, and Nicholas.
Too bad the writers can’t get past the mob centric storylines.
I think one of the reasons for the recast Aiden may have been due to the previous actor growing at a rapid pace (having him appear to be the same age as older brother Jake).
A switch to focus on the new growing teen set requires a trimming of the older cast (or back burnering their storylines).
Hopefully we hear from Enzo one day… perhaps it was he choice not to want to continue in the role (?)
This kid is cute, as most of them are. We don’t see them that often so who cares? Today was nice with him helping Sasha who was still auditioning for her new job as the “Q” Chef. Also, a lot was going on to get Lois for the new face of Deception, or is that still Blaze? Very confusing.
I too liked Sasha accepting his help in the kitchen. Maybe the Q’s will allow him to hone his baking skills there and he and Sasha can keep everyone fed. He can seek refuge there if he’s being bullied at school.
There are way too many kids on this show! Who can keep up? Charlotte, Rocco, Danny, Scout, Wiley, Amelia, Violet, Georgie, James, Baylee Lou, Aiden, Jake, Donna, Avery, Baby Ace! Feel like I’m forgetting someone.
+ Leo
And, when Christina has Molly & TJ’s baby… there will be another baby, and, in 5 years time, that baby will be 15 years old! LOL
I knew it! Thanks! Yes Leo. Isn’t it funny that Sam & Dante are half siblings to both Leo & Christina?
And, when Christina has Molly & TJ’s baby… there will be another baby, and, in 5 years time, that baby will be 15 years old! LOL
If “another” baby will be 15 in 5 yrs.. how will “this” baby be in 5 years ?
Doesn’t really matter because the SORASing is inconsistent at best. Remember when Jake was supposedly run over by Luke and killed at the age of 4, and donated his kidney to Joss who was still a baby.
Now she’s about 22 and he’s 16 or so. How did that happen?
Gloria…out of curiosity, I counted 16 children (including Leo). To me, it sounds like an entire classroom of future students. LOL
Most of the kids are annoying. Still can’t stand Sam…her voice and her acting are annoying as well. Couldn’t she fall off a boat on the Seine?!?!
I feel the same way about Sam She needs to leave the show. She’s had her time
Sam is intertwined with other characters on the show that (despite needing a reboot) she has to stay on the active canvas.
EXACTLY…AND SAYONARA!!!!!
Sam’s one of my favorite characters and I LOVE Sam and Dante. I think they’re the most authentic couple on the show. I wonder when people want legacy characters to leave how long they’ve been watching GH. Many of us who’ve been watching for decades don’t want the show to erase its history, legacy characters and families which it seems to be doing as it puts legacy characters on the back burner, writes off or barely has a scene with vets and introduces more and more characters unrelated to the history of the show.
Kat…at this point, Sam falling off a boat on the Seine would be WONDERFUL!!!!! I never cared for the character…or for the actress portraying her. Makes me wanna GAG!!!!! Yuck.
Oh God yes, from your lips. She’s such a pain in the ass! If she’s not on poor Danny’s back, she’s always giving Jason a hard time, like everything is his fault. She needs something to do, too much spare time.
She’s being a good mother, like Alexis was when she kept Kristina away from Sonny when she was a kid and how Olivia kept Dante from knowing Sonny was his father. Danny was minutes from getting blown up with Jason when Julian planted that bomb under Cyrus’s orders to kill Jason. Once Sam saw the danger she gave Jason a choice; leave the business or we have to split; he chose the business, Carly and Sonny. Now? He’s a target. Gave Jason a hard time? He put Carly before her and her son time and time again.
Nothing against Tristan, the poor kid just started, but WHY is Enzo no longer playing Adien? He was doing a fantastic job. He is the one to pull us along with this story because he started it. Unless it was Enzo’s decision to leave, I am not happy and think TPTB made a big mistake.
BUT, since I can do nothing about this, I will give Tristan a chance and hope he does a great job.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom
This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, the race is on! Can Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) get to Rocco (Finn Carr) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) in time to ensure their safety from Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)? Can Carly (Laura Wright) with the help of her brother, Lucas (Van Hansis) rescue Josslyn (Eden McCoy) from captivity at Wyndemere? These questions may be answered, plus the return of the one and only Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) are on tap!
In the just released General Hospital spoilers video for the week of June 22-26, Lulu tells her mother, Laura (Genie Francis), “Dante and I have to get to Rocco before Cullum!” Meanwhile, Rocco (Finn Carr) looks angered and emotional as Britt walks through their cabin hideout. Does Rocco know his parents are on the way to find them, or has Cullum already tracked them down to the British Virgin Islands?
Back in Port Charles, Carly is informing Lucas that his niece, “is a WSB agent.” She knows Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is being held against her will at Wyndemere, and she has to find a way to get her out. Lucas agrees with Carly’s plan of, “We go in and we don’t leave without Josslyn!” Elsewhere, Josslyn is looking worried for her future as she is stuck in captivity thanks to Cassius, Cullum and Sidwell!
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FINOLA HUGHES RETURNS
The final moments of the teaser promo reveal Anna in a psychiatric clinic in France. We have not seen her for months after Cullum, Sidwell and Pascal fed her hallucinogenics to make her believe her arch nemesis, Cesar Faison was alive!
Now, the doctors walk towards her hospital bed, where we see the super spy calmly knitting. Is Anna back to normal and playing everyone to get out of her predicament, or does she still remain deeply traumatized … or both?
Take a look at the rest of the official GH spoilers for the week below.
MONDAY, JUNE 22
Willow gets an unwelcome surprise. Trina sticks to her guns. “Nathan” wants reassurance. Ethan advises Ava. Brook Lynn receives an update.
TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Dante cautions Liz. Laura learns a secret. Brook Lynn confides in Michael. Sonny challenges Ava. Chase makes a decision.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Anna meets with her doctor. Carly makes a stunning confession. Britt extracts a promise. Cullum pulls a fast one. Gio and Emma hit the pool.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Josslyn clashes with Cassius. Lulu and Dante make a discovery. Chase receives a warning. Jordan seeks help. Alexis is summoned to the PCPD.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Anna takes a huge risk. Britt is in grave danger. Willow is in disbelief. Danny must act fast. Curtis jumps to the wrong conclusion.
Check out the latest General Hospital promo entitled, “Rescue Mission” below.
Now weigh-in: Do you think Anna is still mentally off-balance, or OK, and just pretending to be troubled to get out of France and get back to Port Charles? Will Josslyn finally be rescued, or will Carly and Lucas find themselves locked up with her? And, who will get to Britt and Rocco first? Cullum, or Dante and Lulu? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.
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Maurice Benard Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’ Writers; Teases Upcoming Sonny Scenes with Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric
With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).
On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..
In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”
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So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!
FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD
As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”
Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.
So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Announces Upcoming Release of His First Single, ‘If You Need Me’
In a surprise move, Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos, GH) is getting ready to unveil a new chapter of his career in music.
The former GH star, where he played the son of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) for 15 years, has announced his new single, “If You Need Me” will drop on Friday, June 26. The single is now available for pre-order on Spotify and major music streaming platforms and is distributed by DistroKid.
Taking to his Instagram story over the weekend, to announce the pre-save of his new single, Chad expressed, “I’ll make a full post about what I’ve been up to and my music once it goes live next week, but you can pre-save my first single so it goes straight to your Spotify once it drops next week.”
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SINCE LEAVING GENERAL HOSPITAL
Previously, since his departure from the ABC soap opera. Chad starred alongside Zach Mendez in the world premiere of of Yum Yum at Annapolis, a new play written by Bruce Reisman. Duell last appeared on General Hospital on the January 21, 2025 episode.
The part was recast with Rory Gibson who debuted as the new Michael in May of 2025 during the Nurses’ Ball episodes and who has remained in the role since that time.
In an interview earlier this year on The Able Show, Duell said on his decision to exit the soap opera, “I was blessed to be part of that (show) for as long as I have, but what happens sometimes is if you’re doing the same thing, especially in a creative field for such a long time, you can get a little burnt out in a way. It can make you a little depressed, so that’s kind of what happened. On top of that, I had other things going on in my life at the time. My father passed away recently and I just needed a reset. So, I stepped away. A lot of times you have to go through some stuff to really step into that next level. I needed to kind of feel uncomfortable.”
So, what type of musical genre will Chad’s new song be? Country? Pop? Rock? Dance/Club? Something else? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below, and if you are eager to hear the new single next week via the comment section below.
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