General Hospital (2022) The Real-Life Partners Revealed!
Die-hard General Hospital fans certainly love a passionate and scintillating romance!
And there is no shortage of that in Port Charles. The personal lives of the stars
who portray these larger-than-life characters give a tough run to their
on-screen characters when it comes to love and all matters of the heart!
Here are all the real-life partners of our favorite General Hospital stars!
Tajh Bellow (TJ Ashford)
Tajh Bellow is dating fellow General Hospital alum Haley Pullos (Molly Lansing-Davis)! The
latter posted a romantic post on her Instagram on the occasion of Tajh’s birthday in February 2021,
writing, “Happy birthday to my partner in crime, love you babe.”
Haley took to social media again to commemorate Valentine’s Day
and wished all her fans with a cozy photo of the loved up pair. Love is certainly in the air!
Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos)
Maurice Benard has been happily married to his wife Paula Smith since 1990. The couple has four
children: Cailey Sofia, Joshua James, Cassidy Rose and Paula’s 15-year-old sister Heather Ann Smith,
who they adopted after their mother’s death. The 59-year-old star also has two grandchildren.
Nicholas Chavez (Spencer Cassadine)
Nicholas Chavez is in a steady relationship with his girlfriend Callie,
with the pair often taking to social media to profess their love for each other.
The duo also loves documenting their numerous adventures.
Marcus Coloma (Nikolas Cassadine)
Marcus Coloma is married to his wife Sophia Banks, who works as a fashion designer and film director.
Together, they have a daughter named Coco who was born in February 2009.
Chad Duell (Michael Corinthos)
Chad Duell certainly knows a thing or two about marriages! The Daytime Emmy Award winner first
married Taylor Novack in September 2012, but it was annulled shortly afterward. He
then dated fellow actress Courtney Hope, and the duo tied the knot in October 2021.
Sadly, Chad’s bad luck with marriages continued, and the couple split less than 2 months later.
Though neither star has confirmed the news, speculations are rife that the romance is
brewing between Chad and his on-screen love interest Katelyn MacMullen (Willow Tait) .
Michael Easton (John McBain, Stephen Clay, Silas Clay & Hamilton Finn)
Michael Easton married model Ginevra Arabia in 2004.
The couple has two children: Lilah Bell, born in 2011, and Jack Boru, born in 2013.
Genie Francis (Laura Collins)
General Hospital icon Genie Francis first met fellow actor Jonathan Frakes in 1982
while filming the prime time soap opera Bare Essence,
but it was only 2 years later on the sets of another miniseries North and South,
where love eventually blossomed between the two. The famous couple, who married in May 1988,
is blessed with 2 children: 28-year-old son Jameson, and 25-year-old daughter Elizabeth.
Robert Gossett (Marshall Ashford)
Robert Gossett is married to theater director Michele Gossett.
The couple shares two sons: Caleb and Luke.
Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis & Lexie)
One of the show’s longest-running actresses, Nancy Lee Grahn, has a 24-year-old daughter,
Katherine Grace. In December 2019, after dating for more than half a decade,
the award-winning actress announced her engagement to guitarist Richard Smith,
who is also a professor at the Thornton School of Music at USC in LA.
Gregory Harrison (Gregory Chase)
Gregory Harrison, whose five-decade career spans television, film, and theater, has been
married to actress Randi Oakes since 1980. The couple has four children: three girls & a boy.
Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth Webber-Baldwin & Jessie Brewer)
Rebecca Herbst and Michael Saucedo (Juan Santiago)’s characters never romanced in
General Hospital, but that certainly didn’t stop them from falling in love off- screen.
The couple married in 2001 and have three children together: Ethan Riley, Ella Bailey,
and Emerson Truett. Rebecca was previously engaged to photographer Johnny Lindesmith,
and also dated her former co-star Ingo Rademacher (Jasper Jacks).
Roger Howarth (Todd Manning, Franco Baldwin, Drew Cain & Austin Gatlin-Holt)
Roger Howarth first met his wife Cari Stahler in New York City when he lived above the café where
she worked, but it was Cari who asked the General Hospital alum on a date and the rest is history!
The couple has been blissfully married since 1992 and shares two children, Langston and Julian.
Finola Hughes (Anna Devane, Liesl Obrecht, Alex Marick & Alice)
Finola Hughes found her happy ending with Russell Young in 1992! Together, the adorable couple has
3 kids: son Dylan Joseph and two adopted children: Cash Justice and Sadie Beatrice.
Josh Kelly (Cody Bell)
Soap veteran Josh Kelly is reportedly dating One Tree Hill alum, Bethany Joy Lenz. News of
their affair first surfaced when they attended the 4th Annual Make Equality Reality Gala in Beverly
Hills. The duo, though, first became friends after starring in the musical drama Songbyrd in 2014.
Brook Kerr (Portia Robinson & Priscilla Johnson)
Brook Kerr had her son when she was 16 years old with long-time boyfriend Christopher Warren.
After their split in 2009, she was granted a temporary restraining order against her estranged
husband — who Brook claimed was a bipolar drug dealer with a history of threatening behavior.
Michael Blake Kruse (Rory Cabrera)
General Hospital newcomer Michael Blake Kruse has been getting a lot of female
attention since debuting earlier this year. But sadly for his fans,
he is off the market! The 32-year-old star got hitched to his wife, Cara, in August 2019.
They welcomed their first child, daughter Harlow Blake the following November.
Cameron Mathison (Drew Cain)
In July 2002, Cameron Mathison said I do to Puerto Rican model Vanessa Marie Arevalo!
They first fell in love during a ski trip, and the star got down on one knee to propose
to his now-wife in a similar setting at the top of Vail Mountain in Colorado.
They have a 19-year-old son, Lucas, and a 16-year-old daughter, Leila.
Sofia Mattsson (Sasha Gilmore)
Sofia Mattsson tied the knot with actor Thomas Payton in 2016 in California,
and they have a son together. Announcing the arrival of her bundle of joy on Instagram,
the ecstatic new mother wrote, “Happiest 4 weeks ever with this little guy!
He joined us on 7/26/21 and stole my heart completely!”
Eden McCoy (Josslyn Jacks & Carly Corinthos)
Eden McCoy confirmed her relationship with José San Martín in April by posting a lovey-dovey
photo of the duo on Instagram. In the image, the soap star can be seen sitting on her beau’s lap,
with his arms wrapped around her. “No greater love,” she captioned the sweet shot,
adding, “Happy birthday.” Previously, she dated Brian Dennis for two years, which ended in 2018.
Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall & Alicia Montenegro)
Kelly Monaco began a relationship with Mike Gonzalez when she was just a junior in high
school. The teenage lovebirds worked together as lifeguards at a local resort
and attended community college together. They remained together for 18 years,
but sadly - their relationship came to an end in 2009. It’s been years since dating rumors
began swirling around Kelly and her co-star Billy Miller (Jason Miller & Drew Cain), but
the speculation of a romance between the two has lingered to this day.
Amanda Setton (Brook Lynn Quartermaine)
Amanda Setton took a maternity leave from the show in 2020 after she became pregnant with her
third child. The fiercely private actor likes to keep her family away from the spotlight.
Charles Shaughnessy (Alistair Durban & Victor Cassadine)
In May 1983, Charles Shaughnessy married actress Susan Fallender, whom he met while
studying drama in London. The couple has two daughters: Jenny Johanna and Madelyn Sarah.
Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones & B.J. Jones)
Kirsten Storms secretly wed her former co-star Brandon Barash (Johnny Zacchara) in 2013.
Brandon confirmed via Twitter that his wife had given birth to a baby girl named Harper
Rose the following year. Their union, however, was short-lived as the famous pair filed for divorce
after two-and-a-half years together, citing irreconcilable differences.
She is currently seeing musician Elias Reidy, whom she briefly dated in 2006.
They went their separate ways in 2010 only to find their way back to each other eight years later.
Josh Swickard (Harrison Chase)
Josh Swickard married actress Lauren Swickard in December 2019.
Two years later, the couple became parents to their baby girl Savannah Kay.
Kelly Thiebaud (Britt Westbourne & Bertha Halifax)
Kelly Thiebaud met and fell in love with Bryan Craig (Morgan Corinthos) on
the sets of the soap opera in 2013, with the pair getting engaged two years later.
They never walked down the aisle, though, and separated the following year.
Donnell Turner (Curtis Ashford)
Donnell Turner fuelled romance rumors with fellow General Hospital alum
Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos & Lena Spencer) in 2017 when they were seen
cozying at the Daytime Emmy Awards. The actress had just parted ways with her ex-partner then,
and Donnell was apparently single, which led to further speculations.
Johnny Wactor (Brando Corbin)
Johnny Wactor recently celebrated his first anniversary with girlfriend Adria
and gave fans a peek into their memorable outing, which included a hot balloon ride.
From the looks of it, it appears that they had a wonderful time marking their first year together!
Kristina Wagner (Felicia Jones)
Kristina and Jack Wagner (Frisco Jones) went public with their relationship when Kristina
was pregnant with son Peter in 1990. Though they welcomed their second son, Harrison,
in 1995, their marriage was plagued with problems and ultimately got a divorce in 2006.
While death is a natural part of life, no parent ever expects to
outlive their own child. The Wagners’ worst nightmare came true in July 2022
when their 27-year-old son Harrison was found dead in a Los Angeles parking lot.
Cynthia Watros (Nina Reeves & Virginia Benson)
In 1996, just two years after commencing her acting career,
Cynthia Watros got married to Curtis Gilliland. Their union of over twenty
years, has also blessed them with two children: twins Sadie Anna and Emma Rose.
Maura West (Ava Jerome & Ada Hooke)
Maura West met her husband Scott DeFreitas on the As the World Turns and tied the
knot shortly after. The multi-talented actress is a dedicated mother of five.
Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos, Lena Spencer & Beatrice Eckert)
GH stars Laura Wright and Wes Ramsey (Peter August) caught each other’s eyes when they both
worked on Guiding Light, but it wasn’t until the 2017 Daytime Emmys that a romance blossomed. In
April 2020, Ramsey shared an Instagram post talking about their first date. He wrote,
“Three years ago today I had the best first date of my life. There was laughter and butterflies,
deep emotional conversations & crazy intense attraction.”
Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri)
In November 2009, Dominic Zamprogna married his longtime girlfriend,
Linda Leslie. The loved-up pair welcomed their third daughter in 2015.