7 minutes ago, j swift said:

I think there are few producers who would cast her as an unrepentant baddie.

That's what they should've done. She was playing that material well opposite Kate Mansi this time last year, their conflict was strong stuff that made Kristina a more grounded heroine IMO. Then she regressed dramatically.

Natalia is a short-term part they've tried to inflate so FV can keep Eva LaRue and say she's on his show.

GH was just amazing! Carly almost coded & was in a coma & they had to create the poison antidote in the lab & then this guy ran with it & handed it in the hallway to Jack who then ran the rest of the way to Carly's room to give it to Dr. Isaiah who administered the antidote!!!

3 hours ago, carolineg said:

I have read some quotes from Rena about Loving where it didn't seem like a positive experience?  She more mocked her own acting and being so young though.

Thanks. That does sound familiar. She was very green on Loving but very likeable.

4 hours ago, Aragorn said:

More info that I learned at the Zoom meeting:

-Giovanni Massi isn't ready to do fan events yet.

-The status of TJ actor Taj Bellows is unclear.

-Rena Sofer was on Loving but didn't say much about it.

-Rena Sofer guest-starred on Eva LaRue's show CSI: Miami but didn't have scenes with Eva.

-Eva talked more about her AMC role of Maria Santos than about Natalia. The Zoomers were more fans of Maria than Natalia.

-Eva hated saying Natalia's homophobic lines and asked the producers if she had to say them.

-Eva says that the writers are softening her character, but there is a bump in the road coming up.

Thanks.

I wouldn't be surprised if Eva just joined the show because of the promise of sharing material with Maurice Benard and didn't follow most of the rest. 

3 hours ago, carolineg said:

The 58-year-old veteran actress being stunned she has to say mean things is like just a real walk back on the character and I am not buying it.

And now she says they're trying to soften her character but "there's a bump in the road coming up"? Plenty of characters on daytime have been redeemed, but I don't know if it's possible to come back from "hateful homophobic mother." I don't care how many gay kids they give her.

It's perfectly possible to redeem a homophobe. Many shows have done it. GH just doesn't want to because they decided to keep Eva LaRue and are too lazy to do anything but try to whitewash the character in the least nuanced or honest way possible. She barely ever expresses complex remorse and the instant Natalia got exposed for her beliefs the story became about how she was the victim. Cut to two months later and they want to pretend she's GLAAD Mom.

Well, hello Marco 😍

I do wish he wasn't 

Spoiler

Natalia and Sidwell's son though

And Lucas/Van was looking very cute and adorable today too 😊😊

I'm still gonna feel so bad for Brad though when he sees the two of them together, even though it seems like they're trying to make him campy at some points in this storyline and I don't think that's working. And I do kinda like Lucas and Marco too 😂😂

As much as I dislike retcons, instead of this whole Brook Lynn and Dante at summer camp thing, maybe they should've had rewritten Carly paying Brook Lynn to seduce Dante in 2010 and had her get pregnant with Gio as a result of that.

Valentin, Sonny, and Joss are just annoying. 

6 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Valentin, Sonny, and Joss are just annoying. 

At least Valentin has on this fabulous coat & Joss, she has on a WSB workout sweatshirt. I'm sure we all want one just like hers!

I think you can probably try to redeem Natalia. The problem is she said a few apologies to people and she's mostly being redeemed through Sonny.  And even I am not naive enough to think Sonny liking her and giving her two gay children is enough in 2025.

At this point, Natalia could march in the Port Charles Pride parade, wearing an Indigo Girls t-shirt, and reciting entire chapters of "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" through a megaphone.  I just. Don't. Care.

3 minutes ago, Khan said:

At this point, Natalia could march in the Port Charles Pride parade, wearing an Indigo Girls t-shirt, and reciting entire chapters of "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" through a megaphone.  I just. Don't. Care.

Lol.  It's such a fringe character I wasted too many posts on.  No one would ever miss her if she doesn't ever show up again.

31 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Lol.  It's such a fringe character I wasted too many posts on.  No one would ever miss her if she doesn't ever show up again.

I genuinely don’t think about her when she’s not on 😂. I always forget Sidwell is her ex too.

Eva La Rue is miscast. If they wanted her on this show, they should have just let hey play Maria from.AMC. Who would care at this point 

1 hour ago, Jdee43 said:

Eva La Rue is miscast. If they wanted her on this show, they should have just let hey play Maria from.AMC. Who would care at this point 

That would have made sense - it's not as if there is anything holding back a Maria appearance (and Frank could have cast another generic piece of ass to play Sam). 

4 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

As much as I dislike retcons, instead of this whole Brook Lynn and Dante at summer camp thing, maybe they should've had rewritten Carly paying Brook Lynn to seduce Dante in 2010 and had her get pregnant with Gio as a result of that.

That would have made sense, although didn't she drug him, so it would have been rape (if GH now considers women assaulting men to be rape).

lol, I am touched to see Tracy's fondness for Blair Cramer continues.

I prefer Chris McKenna’s Brennan to Mesure’s at this point. He has chemistry with LW, which most actors don’t.

Lot of smoothing over retcons in the dialogue today: Valentin explaining to Sonny why Brennan forced him to tamper with his meds, Brook Lynn explaining to Chase why her previous fling with Dante didn’t come up when she tried to break up him and Lulu later on.

Some nice work from Swickard, too.