General Hospital spoilers reveal Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Nina (Cynthia Watros) continuing to grow closer while Carly (Laura Wright) continues to yell at Nina, blow off Sonny, and complain, complain, complain to anyone who will listen and even those who will not.
While Carly yelling and complaining is not new and is a feature — not a bug — of this character, having a viable new love interest for Sonny is new and something we haven’t seen in a long time. And Maurice Benard is absolutely loving it.
General Hospital Spoilers: Maurice Benard Loves His New Story
When you look at Twitter, it seems some fans have forgotten that Sonny and Carly have been married five times and frequently cheat on one another as this is a soap opera and cheating is part of the brand, and it is especially part of the Carson brand.
As fans have been tweeting to Benard that they can’t believe he would play a storyline where his character will likely cheat on his wife, it’s like many weren’t watching just a few brief years ago when Sonny slept with Carly’s divorce lawyer so she slept with Jax. This is what Sonny and Carly do. And Benard has to remind some fans that he is not Sonny and is just playing a role.
“Actually I’ve been married over 30 years,” he said on Twitter. “I have only been with my wife but this is a TV show and TV shows need to have ratings. And fortunately or unfortunately for you they’re doing great. It’s always about what’s best for the show nothing personal.”
Change Is Good For Soaps and GH
With Carson doing the same dance over and over again for years, Benard is loving the change, as is a large portion of the audience singing Sonny and Nina’s praises on social media. For those who don’t like the story or some of the characters, Benard explained the drama is best for GH at the moment, and GH is…a soap opera.
“I go wherever it is best for the show and fortunately right now this story is doing well, even better than well now you may not want to hear that,” Benard tweeted. “You already know I love Laura and Cynthia. I keep saying this is between history and change, I think after 20 years change is good.”
Benard even hints that this change may (or may not) be temporary.
“Don’t think I don’t understand its history against change,” the actor said. “And history is hard to fight, but sometimes change is necessary and it doesn’t mean you won’t go back to history.” Stay tuned to General Hospital weekdays to see how this story plays out.
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Drama is good for ratings, really how about no fans, I moved over to the other soap, record GH so I can ff over in a, and Sonny soon I’ll drop it soon, fans also ratings, all the other soaps got renewed but its doesnt show that GH did.
I hate this Nina and sonny thing especially when we all know how the real sonny would have reacted once he found out who he was and how Nina hid that fact from him. He would have never let that slide! So am I peeved about it? Yes very much so and I know so many other people who have been watching 40 plus years who don’t do social media who say the same thing. This Sonny and Nina storyline is killing off alot of us from watching. Im sorry but the writers got this one wrong!
Soooo unbelievably WRONG!!!
I totally Agree. I have also stopped watching because of the Sonny/Nina pairing. I have never liked this Nina.
I say YES ?????? to Sonny and Nina. It’s way past the time for Carly to get slapped in the face.
Nina BS didn’t just affect Carly! It started the domino effect of many storylines. Jason & Carly wouldn’t have happened, Ava terrified about Avery wouldn’t have happened, Peter terrorizing everyone wouldn’t have happened. Jason “death” wouldn’t even have happened. All these and many more things because Sonny, the ultimate protector, the mob boss wouldn’t have let Peter live, wouldn’t have let Cyrus loose on PC, would have put Esme in her place, would have counseled his nephew, Spencer, before he got out of control. So Carly is the least of who NINA hurt & caused pain to by robbing Sonny of his life, & keeping him Mike!!
I’m glad he is happy about Sonny and No a, but omg nooooooo theee is no chemistry there and idk I just never got her ???♀️ And NEVER felt her as a replacement for the original Nina. Anyway, that’s jmho
I think Sonny should get his head in the game, get back on his meds, and Divorce Carly and go the single route for awhile!! Why not, who says you got to be married?
Good luck!
I’m loving the change. Soaps are about drama and the same old stale song gets old fast.
Who gives a shit want he wants he is paid to act what the script tells him. the writers should be listening to the fans as without us ratings fall and GH will be cancelled. There always has to be conflict on a show otherwise it’s boring but enough is enough. What Nina did was pure evil and I just don’t like her, honestly was never a big fan of Nina the victim.
Love the show, storylines, cast, writers, etc. Been watching since about july 1980, and have no plans to stop, no matter what happens on it.
In my opinion, it is not the change that is the problem. It is the way the story was written and with what character was chosen. Sonny/Carly will always probably find their way back to one another as in the past, but the pairing of Sonny/Nina is not believable for most. Plus, why put two characters together that both have some type of mental problem?? Both Sonny/Nina need professional help and medication to get over their problems. Once they have become whole if that could ever occur and they decide to go forth with a relationship so be it. I know some Sonny/Carly die hard fans won’t agree, but I am tired of the current story line which has carried on for much too long, and should have presented with a different approach from inception. Just my thoughts.
They might just be your thoughts, but I totally agree with you. Could not have said it better myself!