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2 days ago
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General Hospital's Giovanni Mazza Dishes Gio Wanting "His Power Back" From Dante
General Hospital's Giovanni Mazza Dishes Gio Wanting "His Power Back" From Dante originally appeared on Daytime Confidential. General Hospital newcomer Giovanni Mazza (Gio) is all for the chaos coming his way. The Cerullo family member recently discovered that not only is his "cousin" Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) is really his mama, but his pops is family friend Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna). And Dante also had a bit of venom for Gio after accusing him of getting Rocco (Finn Carr), his underage son, drunk. In an interview with Soap Opera Digest, Mazza dishes Gio wanting to get his "power back" from Dante. Digest: Are you looking forward to exploring the Dante/Gio dynamic further now that they know they are father and son? Mazza: As an actor, I'm really excited to explore sort of a dysfunctional father and son relationship. I think because I have such a healthy relationship with my father, it allows me to dig really deep into the unhealthy ones and and all the dysfunction and the sort of intricacies of that relationship. That really excites me and I'm really interested to see where things go with that. I think in every scene that we do, the relationship is building, but I think Gio feels like Dante took away his power [in the aftermath of Rocco's hospitalization] and he's sort of trying to get his power back. So, it sort of creates this interesting power dynamic of who is going to be on top? Who is going to be the first one to break? But I think at the end of the day, there is a certain feeling of love underneath all of it… It just has a different way of expressing itself. This story was originally reported by Daytime Confidential on Jun 27, 2025, where it first appeared.
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3 days ago
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Is Sarah Finally Ready to Face Her Past With Rachel on DAYS? Linsey Godfrey Opens Up
Recently on Days of Our Lives, Sarah kicked Xander out, and now the two are headed for a custody fight over baby Victoria. She doesn't trust his volatility, and he doesn't trust that she'll tell him the truth. The fight over their child only deepens the level of emotions involved. And now that young Rachel is having health issues, Sarah will be thrust down memory lane. Her portrayer, Linsey Godfrey, opened up about Sarah's relationship with Rachel. Godfrey had a chat with Soap Opera Digest and noted that the history of Sarah and Rachel's connection was exciting for her. In years past, Sarah and Eric's (Greg Vaughan) baby Mickey died, but was swapped with Kristen (Stacy Haiduk) and Brady's (Eric Martsolf) child, Rachel. So Sarah spent the first year of the child's life raising her and even managing her cancer care logistics. READ THIS: Delve into the unexpected magic between Xander and Sarah. 'They do have this very interesting, very deep connection, and I love that we are revisiting that,' Godfrey stated. Rachel has recently been having issues with her stomach, which could have something to do with the drama in the DiMera mansion. But, Brady brought her to the hospital to double check, and Sarah's taking a keen interest in helping her erstwhile daughter. READ THIS: Get a look at what's happening next on DAYS. Initially chalking Rachel's issues up to the death of her grandfather, John, Sarah has no idea about the shocking truth that the young girl is sitting on. 'She doesn't really help get down to the bottom of the truth as much,' Godfrey remarked. While Rachel's been a handful over the years, she's also a witness to something that's potentially mind-bending for a little girl. The night of EJ's shooting, Rachel witnessed Johnny pointing a gun at his old man. As yet, we don't know if Johnny actually pulled the trigger, but just seeing such a scene would be overwhelming for a child. Sarah starts to notice that Rachel's got something heavy she wants to unload, 'And she certainly wouldn't think it was something like [Johnny pointing a gun at EJ].' READ THIS: Find out why Sarah no longer plays savior to Xander. Ultimately, Godfrey is happy to revisit the storyline and noted that a conversation about her involvement in Rachel's early years will likely come up between them.
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4 days ago
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General Hospital's Katelyn MacMullen Explains Willow's Reaction to Michael's Engagement Fury
General Hospital's Katelyn MacMullen Explains Willow's Reaction to Michael's Engagement Fury originally appeared on Daytime Confidential. General Hospital's Willow Tait (Katelyn MacMullen) is struggling to keep her head above water after losing custody of her kids to ex Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson). Even after all the drama that her boyfriend Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) brought to her life (and how that made Michael determined to get sole custody), Willow recently agreed to marry the congressman, in no small part to maintain a stable home and regain custody of Wiley and Amelia. Unsurprisingly (for viewers), when the nurse broached the topic with Michael, he was furious. And she wasn't really expecting that reaction. MacMullen told Soap Opera Digest: When it comes to Michael, I think Willow has sort of convinced herself, 'Okay, moving forward, the right way is to be honest with him and try to make something work with him.' Of course, that doesn't quite pan out the way she's expecting. From her perspective — because again, she doesn't know all the stuff about Drew; she's missing information. She feels that Drew is a Quartermaine, and of course, a certain side can come out when he wants to get what he wants, but because she doesn't know about a lot of the stuff that's happening outside of her view, when Michael fights back so heavily on the idea of her getting married, I think Willow interprets it as, 'Oh, you don't want me to have a leg up in court. Got it.' Because now that she's spoken to a lawyer and they've said that's what a judge would like to see.' So, if anything, his reaction makes her double down on her decision. She doesn't know that Michael is kind of protecting her, in a sense, or protecting the kids from all this stuff [going on with Drew]. She's like, 'You just want to make sure that you maintain full custody, so I'm gonna double down and fight even harder and I'm gonna get married!' This story was originally reported by Daytime Confidential on Jun 25, 2025, where it first appeared.
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5 days ago
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Days of Our Lives' Eric Martsolf on Brady's Parenting: "He Allows Tate to Make His Own Decisions"
Days of Our Lives' Eric Martsolf on Brady's Parenting: "He Allows Tate to Make His Own Decisions" originally appeared on Daytime Confidential. Days of Our Lives vet knows a thing or two about parenting young men, given he has twin sons that are teenagers in real life. But just as any real parent faces joy and struggles with their child, his character, Brady Black, has also had ups and downs while parenting teenage Tate (). But Brady's own parenting philosophy is rather similar to Martsolf's. Martsolf told Soap Opera Digest: They've played it really wise in the sense that Brady doesn't force his opinions and his morals on his son. He guides him, but he allows Tate to make his own decisions at the end of the day. And that's something I balance with my sons as well. You can't be too overbearing. You can't be a helicopter parent. You can only guide the horse to the water, but you can't make him drink it. And that's exactly how he's playing it, which was always reminiscent of the way Drake [Hogestyn, ex-John] played it with me. He'd always have that reassuring hand on the shoulder and say, 'Hey kid, I trust you to make the right decision.' He'd always leave you with your own thoughts. So you were able to make your own decision, but your father's voice was always there. This story was originally reported by Daytime Confidential on Jun 24, 2025, where it first appeared.
Los Angeles Times
12-06-2025
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Chris Robinson, ‘General Hospital' actor who famously played a doctor on TV, dies at 86
Chris Robinson, the actor who played Dr. Rick Webber on 'General Hospital' and also introduced America to a classic turn of phrase in a commercial for cough syrup, has died of heart failure. He was 86. Robinson died in his sleep just after midnight on Monday at home in Sedona, Ariz., according to filmmaker MJ Allen, who posted the news on Facebook. 'Jacquie (Chris' wife) just called me a bit ago and informed me that my good friend and collaborator Hollywood legend Chris Robinson has passed away,' the filmmaker, whose full name is Michael Jason Allen, wrote Monday afternoon. 'We knew this was coming, but it always sucks.' Though Robinson had 100 TV and film acting credits, according to IMDb, his most famous role might be one many people don't realize they are referencing: He was the actor in a Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup commercial who first spoke the words, 'I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV.' That phrase from 1984 was uttered again two years later in a second Vicks Formula 44 ad featuring Peter Bergman, 'The Young and the Restless' actor who at the time played Dr. Cliff Warner on 'All My Children.' The rest was pop-culture history. Born in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 5, 1938, Robinson appeared in more than 1,000 'General Hospital' episodes between 1978 and 1986, then returned for about 20 episodes in 2002 and one in April 2013. He was also in almost 250 episodes as Jack Hamilton on 'The Bold and the Beautiful,' mostly in the early 1990s but continuing into the early 2000s, and had 20 episodes as Jason Frame on 'Another World' in 1988 to 1989. He was a regular in the pages of Soap Opera Digest and acted with John Stamos, Rick Springfield and Richard Dean Anderson when their careers were just beginning. His episodic TV credits began in the 1960s and included 'The Donna Reed Show,' 'Gunsmoke,' 'Wagon Train,' 'Perry Mason' and 'Hogan's Heroes,' to name a few. Robinson starred in films alongside Mickey Rooney, Charlton Heston, Dick Clark, Bruce Dern, Ted Cassidy and Yvonne De Carlo and directed film and TV including episodes of 'Baretta,' 'Cannon' and 'Barnaby Jones.' He wrote, starred in and directed the 1977 movie 'The Great Balloon Race' with Frank Gifford, Phyllis Diller, Cab Calloway and Bert Parks. Robinson appeared in three films directed by Allen: 'Just for a Week,' 'Barely Dreaming' and 'Yancey McCord: The Killer That Arizona Forgot About.' In 1985, the actor — then living in Glendale, Calif. — pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges and could have faced two years in prison for filing false tax returns on $490,000 in income from 1980 to 1981. He managed to avoid a sentence that would have forced him to leave 'General Hospital' by serving his time on nights and weekends to remain available for daytime taping. He was also ordered to pay all back taxes and interest. In more recent years, Robinson enjoyed time on his ranch with his artist wife of 14 years, Jacquie Shane-Robinson. 'We spent a few holidays together, staying out at his ranch having buffets by the creek, and him and Jacquie coming to my house to discuss projects were always a treat,' Allen wrote on Facebook. 'Good times. ... RIP, good friend and legend. Respect to Jacquie and the fam.' Rhonda Robinson, one of the actor's ex-wives, posted a vintage photo of a 1980s Daytime TV Yearbook on Monday showing Chris Robinson and their young sons, writing, 'Seems like a lifetime ago. When we got married I was sure it would last forever, but unfortunately it did not. But we did create the best sons. They will miss you. RIP Chris.' Robinson is survived by his wife Jacquie as well as sons Shane, Coby, Christian, Taylor, Christopher, Christopher Lance and Robb Walker from his numerous previous marriages. He had five grandchildren.
