General Hospital’s Joshua Benard Sends a Message to the Fans — and the Haters — as His New Character Immediately Makes a Big (Bad!) Impression (2024)

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<p>Parker’s dedication to Liberty on <em>As The World Turns</em> still makes us weepy a decade later. Nobody had more loyalty than him — nobody!</p>

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2/25

<p><em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em>‘s R.J. Forrester was an eternal optimist — sigh — always hoping his parents would get back together or his crush, Coco, would finally let him out of the friend zone.</p>

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3/25

<p>Theo made us all understand autism a little better on <em>Day of Our Lives</em>, but it was his love triangle with Ciara and Claire that had us captivated.</p>

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4/25

<p>Reese was <em>Passions</em>‘ lovable geek with a big heart. He and Kay never sealed the deal, but his love for Jessica always burned brightly.</p>

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5/25

<p><em>All My Children</em> gave Reggie a dramatic life makeover as he shifted from a gang member to romantic lead. Danielle broke his heart a million times over — and we just wanted to console him. Fun fact: Pictured is Bianca, not Danielle.</p>

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6/25

<p>Is it just us or did you want to be Summer kissing Fen out on the skating rink? <em>The Young and the Restless</em>‘ modern-day Danny Romalotti was pretty dreamy.</p>

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7/25

<p><em>Days of Our Lives</em>‘ Tripp seems to go from one dicey situation to another. And cute as he is, we follow right along, whether crushing on him or dying to offer motherly advice.</p>

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8/25

<p>Before adopting dad Adam Chandler’s conniving qualities, <em>All My Children</em>’s JR was a teenage dream whose life was… well, a nightmare.</p>

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9/25

<p><em>General Hospital</em> gave us TJ Ashford in 2012, and Port Charles was never the same. Sure, he got into a bit of trouble from time to time, but his charm always brought us right back. (Still does, even now that he’s older and recast.)</p>

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10/25

<p>Back in the 1990s, <em>Another World</em> gave us the suave Tomas Rivera, who couldn’t quite get his relationship on track with Maggie Cory. It’s OK, we loved him, anyway.</p>

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11/25

<p>Even though it’s been 25 years since Stone Cates passed away on <em>General Hospital</em> from AIDS-related illness, we still feel Robin Scorpio’s broken heart all of these years later.</p>

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12/25

<p>We loved Will Horton’s coming-out story on <em>Days of Our Lives</em>, but we stan his love story with Sonny Kiriakis even more. Team WilSon!</p>

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13/25

<p>Don’t let the spiky hair and chain-metal bracelets fool you, <em>General Hospital</em>‘s Dillon Quartermaine had a hilarious sense of humor and an artistic dream.</p>

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14/25

<p><em>General Hospital</em> is finally giving us more of the cutest but sneakiest pickpocket around. Just don’t let Dev get a hold of your diary.</p>

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15/25

<p>Joey Buchanan found himself in a hot affair with his mother’s archrival, Dorian Lord. <em>One Life to Live</em> sure knew how to stir the pot! Of note: Pictured isn’t the older woman but Joey’s kid sister, Jessica.</p>

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16/25

<p>Who did you love more on <em>General Hospital</em> — the preppy Jason Quartermaine or the brooding Jason Morgan? Or were you more into Sean Kanan’s A.J.?</p>

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17/25

<p>Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald’s smoldering good looks had us from his first moment on <em>Passions</em>, but he only had eyes for Charity Standish.</p>

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18/25

<p>Oh, what a tangled web Dusty Donovan wove on <em>As The World Turns</em> as he got ever more deeply entangled in his love triangle with Lily Walsh and Meg Snyder. We couldn’t get enough of it.</p>

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19/25

<p>The sweetest thing about <em>General Hospital</em>‘s Cameron Webber just may be his musical talent. Well, that or the hair. No, the musical talent. No, the hair. You know what? They’re both awesome.</p>

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20/25

<p>Teen Time was the coolest place to hang around on <em>General Hospital</em> because Blackie and the Riff Raff might be there for us to swoon over.</p>

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21/25

<p>Rick Forrester on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> was the bad boy we all wanted to love and our parents wanted us to stay far, far away from.</p>

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22/25

<p>The return of long-lost Eric Brady was certainly worth the wait when <em>Days of Our Lives</em> cast Jensen Ackles in the role in 1997.</p>

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23/25

<p>Even all these years later, the crush that we had on <em>The Young and the Restless</em>‘ budding pop star Danny Romalotti continues to, ahem, rock on.</p>

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24/25

<p>In the 1980s,<em> All My Children</em>‘s Greg Nelson was the prom date we all wanted — but only Jenny Gardner got the teenage dream. Sorry, Erica.</p>

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25/25

<p>Who among us didn’t contemplate changing their handle to Elizabeth when Lucky Spencer sang to his girlfriend the song he’d named after her on <em>General Hospital</em>?</p>