GH: August 2024 Discussion Thread

[Contessa Donatella]

Me, I'm not blaming Kate. Although I will say it makes her look stupid. But, just as we have no business being surprised at the show screwing up, it's not as if we've never seen an actor say something where they seemed less than sharp. 

[ranger1rg]

I agree. I think it's really pathetic to attack Mansi for any of this.

With everything that's wrong with the gay storyline on GH, Kate Mansi is the one who gets criticized? Are you kidding me?

[Antoyne]

I’ve never even known how Nina managed to have twins, I believe when Stafford was on she never had kids right?

[carolineg]

Someone like @Vee could probably help you out more with this.  I think this all came up when Nina was with Valentin.

[Vee]

Don't look at me. I stopped watching regularly in 2015 until earlier this year (and have since stopped). All I know is that Nina gave birth in her coma(?), I think, to what she thought was one child but turned out to be twins.

I believe they knew in Stafford's early days she had been pregnant but assumed she'd lost it when she ODed on pills after finding out about Silas' affair with Ava (which I think Donna Mills masterminded), and went into her decades-long coma. That's why I suspected from the beginning that RC had intended Kiki to actually be Nina's - Donna Mills/Madeline was willing to risk Nina's life to keep her from having Silas' child, as she hated Silas. I assumed Madeline had passed the child off to Ava to keep Silas out of her daughter's life.

Regardless, the saga of Nina's long-lost child/children went on for around a decade and I've never cared in the slightest, except for when it resulted in the Nina/Drew/Willow triangle which I've lost interest in with PM gone.

I am not going to come out here calling Kate Mansi the c-word for people on the Internet being crazy. A lot of Soap Twitter is weird as hell. They act like all these mid couples and characters on GH now are super popular.

Edited August 16, 2024 by Vee

[carolineg]

Ha!  You gave a much better explanation than I could have.  Mine would have been 

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 and I have no idea how one kid ended up with Carly's adoptive family and got a kidney bought by Jax and the other ended up in a cult.

Kiki being Nina's would have made a hell of a lot more sense.

I can't remember a single thing about Silas except Michael Easton.  He's related to Vampire Clay, but is he related to Finn?  

[Vee]

I don't know either nor care.

Not to my knowledge. And yes, AFAIK Kristina has been bi for years. Anyone complaining about Mansi reminding them of that because they weren't watching before mid couple #300 can dip.

I think it was also planned to cement both Stafford and Ron and Frank's beloved Kristen Alderson (before Kristen asked for a modest pay bump that is, lol). Remember, at that time Stafford was ascendant on the show as a new lead and they were pairing her with Roger and pushing the Franco/Kiki-Todd/Starr repetition hard. They kept on doing it with the three of them as a kind of loose family unit after Passanante took over while Hayley Erin was in the role for awhile. But I just never cared about any of them.

Edited August 16, 2024 by Vee

[carolineg]

You know I can remember something that happened in 1995 on GH clearly.  I watched the show fairly regularly during this period and it's like I remember none of it.  That's speaks to the quality of that era lol.  The Kiki, Nina, Howarth, and Easton's all blend in to me.

[Vee]

A lot of it was pure trainwreck value to me, lol.

[John]

[titan1978]

Is that why she left?

[Vee]

That's my understanding, allegedly. She wanted a pay bump and FV either froze her out or tried to get her to take a cut, and then it was byebye. I assume his paternal affections had shifted in full to Nicolas Bechtel.

[John]

[DRW50]

I understand why Kate Mansi feels the need to defend herself, but actors just need to stay off social media unless it's curated photos of themselves on Instagram with the comments shut down. 

I do understand why people feel offended how this story was handled but it's not a great idea to trust a soap on this topic. 

I'm also way of the idea of Kristina being "turned straight," although I wouldn't be surprised if the show just puts her with men from now on. 

[Taoboi]

Lord...I come home to mess. 

 

Oh, dear.