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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.
The mysterious Hudson (Troy Lennon Appel) is clearly in collusion with someone as witnessed on the Tuesday, August 24 episode of General Hospital.
Since Troy Lennon Appel made his debut on the soap on July 30, we already know he “appears” to be the true biological father of baby Phoebe, and is quite the bad dude after roughing up Ethan in Norway.
Now in Port Charles, claiming he is there for JJE (Jasper Jacks Enterprises) business, and with the edict to contact Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) and let her know her father named her the CEO of his company while he is “sailing” abroad, he was initially met with resistance when Josslyn refused to accept the job.
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I’VE CHANGED MY MIND
However, after a recent turn of events, where Brennan (Chris McKenna) told Josslyn, the WSB has her next assignment, and it is to find out what’s going on with her father’s company, they demanded her to accept the CEO position. Now Josslyn is caught and has to back-petal after initially telling Hudson to bring her qualified candidates and she would pick one as her replacement.
In all-new episodes, while at the Quartermaine boathouse, Josslyn informed Hudson that she was now taking the CEO position. Josslyn cited that she realized she wanted to honor her father’s wishes and uphold his legacy.
Hudson is stunned and tries to dissuade her, and is quite suspicious over her sudden change of heart. Realizing no matter what he said Josslyn was not backing down, Hudson says he hadn’t been on board with Jax’s decision to give the company to Josslyn, but now he could see that maybe he’d been wrong about her.
HUDSON HAS A PROBLEM
Josslyn says failing herself, or her father, isn’t an option and when she commits to something she goes all in. She tells Hudson that she would appreciate his support. Hudson says she has it, as she turns to walk away after dropping her bombshell decision on him.
Next, a very pissed off Hudson, picks up his phone and makes a call to someone and tells them that Josslyn took the job. He intimates that this is bad news and will screw up their plans. He tells the person on the other end that he is going to make her change her mind!
So, where is this leading? Who could Hudson be working with on the inside and who did he call? How do you see General Hospital weaving in Josslyn taking over JJE as their new WSB mystery story? Put your creative hats on and let us know your thoughts via the comment section.
But first, check out the GH teaser below for today’s Wednesday, August 26 episode below, where Josslyn tells her mother, Carly to accept her decision of either taking the job at JJE or staying with the WSB!
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‘General Hospital’s’ Josh Swickard Recalls Emotional Moment After His Final Scenes with Michael Easton, and Favorite ‘Chase’ Storyline
Josh Swickard (Harrison Chase, General Hospital) is the special guest on this week’s all-new episode of Soapy Hosted by Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The GH fan favorite and leading men opened up about his life pre and post GH, his marriage to actress and producer, Lauren Swickard, and some of his toughest and most memorable moments during his eight-plus years as officer Chase of the PCPD.
One of the most heartbreaking moments came when Josh had to say farewell to his on-screen brother Finn played by soap veteran, Michael Easton. It was back on the Thursday, June 27, 2024 episode of General Hospital.
In it, Chase drives Finn to a rehab facility and the two brothers share a heartfelt talk in the car. Finn thanks Chase for allowing him to say goodbye to his daughter, Violet (Jophielle Love). Chase promises to take good care of her. However, Chase warns Finn to not to take any shortcuts on his way to sobriety and to always think of Violet’s wellbeing. It is apparent, the brothers don’t want to say goodbye, but on the count of three, Finn leaves Chase’s car and walks through the door of the rehab facility, while Chase in tears beats the steering wheel before drives away.
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MISSING HIS TV BROTHER
Josh spoke to the “Soapy” podcast hosts about it and recalled, “In our last scenes together, and it was like his last day. Michael was like, ‘It’s okay.’ And I was like, ‘No, it’s not.’ I was supposed to be crying in the scene, I think. I was like a little glassy-eyed, a little glazed over. And then they were like, “And cut.” I was like, “Great.” I just like went behind the car and wept.”
Speaking of his professional and personal relationship with Easton, Josh expressed, “Michael is an awesome guy. He’s such a sweetheart. We’ve done fan events together in New York and he would show me things, like, ‘This where I used to live …’ He’s like an older brother to me.”
Not only did Josh lose his on-screen brother, but he also lost his on-screen father, Gregory, played by Gregory Harrison, when he was killed-off the show after the character battled ALS. “I think I was more just mourning friends that play family on a show, but a show that goes year after year, year round, and so they become family,” explained Swickard. “So, that part’s been hard for me of just losing friends that while, yes, you get to see each other, you get to call each other, it’s different (when they leave).”
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CHASE IN A COMA IS FAVORITE OF JOSH’S
When asked, what has been his favorite storyline during his run on GH thus far, Josh took it back to when Chase became became critically ill after being poisoned by a toxic from Peter August (Wes Ramsey) meant for Finn. Eventually, Finn had to rescue his brother with the antidote for the toxin. That story played out from April to June 2021.
Josh explained, “Where I was in a coma and I was seizing and coughing and I had no blocking for like four months! It was great! It was a storyline where I was about to die and I had to say goodbye to a lot of lovely people and it was so exhausting. You get in the car and you feel like you got hit by a train every day because your body doesn’t fully know what acting is, apparently. I remember multiple days being like, ‘Oh, this is why I signed up for this.'”
Swickard also answered if there were moments in the storyline if he felt Chase was not going to survive. The GH star answered, “There were moments that I wondered. However, I think they were pretty upfront with me. They were like, ‘This isn’t what’s going to happen.'”
Check out the full conversation with Josh on the ‘Soapy’ podcast via the comment section below.
Now let us know, what has been your favorite scenes of Josh as Chase on General Hospital during his run? Do you miss the relationship between Chase and his brother, Finn? Let us know via the comment section below.
This week, all-new episodes of General Hospital tease a long-held secret revealed, a surprise cellmate and a life on the line. On Monday August 24, ABC released their weekly promo entitled “Keep Brennan Busy,” raising eyebrows that this could the beginning of the exit of the character, after it was reported that Chris McKenna (Brennan) is leaving the soap come this fall.
In the spoilers video: First, Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) is telling Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) that she has known the truth all along that she shot Drew (Cameron Mathison), even though she was her legal counsel and defender her during Willow’s trial of shooting the former congressman.
Willow is shocked, and her face shrinks up. What will she say in return? Will she just say, “yes” I did it and then blackmail Alexis to also keep her quiet, like she has been able to do to so many others?
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DREW’S BACK TO HIS OLD SELF WITH A VENGEANCE
Next, Drew is suddenly on this renewed warpath to take down Sonny (Maurice Benard), but before he deals with that, he want to get the WSB Port Charles Bureau Chief out of the way. He informs his partner in crime Ava Jerome (Maura West) over drinks at the Metro Court his plan for Brennan. While Drew tells Ava his agenda, we cut to: a woman’s hands pouring a packet full of powder into a drink at the Metro Court pool area.
Drew gives Ava her assignment, “I need you to keep Brennan busy while I search his hotel room.” The question becomes, who is the woman who is drugging Brennan? Is this the first attempt at taking out the guy foreshadowing the future, or could this be the demise of Brennan?
YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU MIGHT SEE IN THE SLAMMER
At the end of the video, Curtis (Donnell Turner) is seen in his cell at Pentonville. He gets what appears to be his new cellmate, and utters, “You?” Is this when Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) has manipulated someone from the inside to visit Curtis and begin a plan to get what he wants from Jordan (Tanisha Harper) and use her lover to do his dirty work? Stay tuned.
Take a look at the rest of the official spoilers for the week of August 24-28 below.
MONDAY, AUGUST 24
Valentin makes a pitch to Jason. Brennan confronts Willow. Josslyn has news for Hudson. Laura briefs Anna. Tracy issues a warning.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
Jason encourages Carly. Obrecht wants answers. Anna is tempted. Ric jumps to conclusions. Lulu offers relationship advice.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26
Nina is enraged. Jordan makes her loyalties clear. Michael seeks Sonny’s advice. Tristan opens up about his past. Felicia stonewalls Brennan.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
Gio and Emma overhear an argument. Drew vows revenge. Ava feels slighted. Justine gets a shock. Alexis makes threat.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
Sonny makes a promise to Laura. Carly and Valentin make a decision. Anna offers support. Ava sets a trap. Drew is waylaid.
Check out the the latest GH promo, “Keep Brennan Busy” below.
Now let us know, do you think Drew’ plot against Brennan will be the untimely end of the WSB Port Charles Bureau Chief? How will Willow keep Alexis from opening her mouth about the fact that she shot Drew? Share your predictions and theories via the comment section below.
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