General Hospital's Katelyn MacMullen gives "Mom" Cynthia Watros a Crimson surprise

Katelyn MacMullen and Cynthia Watros on General Hospital | Image: ABC
Katelyn MacMullen and Cynthia Watros on General Hospital | Image: ABC

While Dark Willow is rising on General Hospital, it’s fair to wonder if we’ll ever see the sweet and kind nurse go back to her innocent ways. And it’s also easy to speculate if Willow’s relationship with her mother Nina will keep getting closer, or if Nina will begin to suspect that Willow caused Drew’s stroke.

Offscreen, their relationship seems to be as tight as ever. Katelyn MacMullen (Willow) recently gave Cynthia Watros (Nina) a surprise gift from one of Watros’s fans.

General Hospital shared a video on its official social media accounts of MacMullen leading Watros to her desk on the Crimson set, telling Watros she had a surprise for her. When they got there, MacMullen showed her TV mom a tiny replica of Nina’s Crimson desk, smiling sweetly as Watros realized what it was.

General Hospital's Willow and Nina are all smiles offscreen

While Willow and Nina have had their ups and downs, their portrayers are close in real life | Image: ABC
While Willow and Nina have had their ups and downs, their portrayers are close in real life | Image: ABC

MacMullen said it was a belated birthday gift for Watros that was shipped from overseas but got delayed in customs. Watros’s birthday is September 2nd. MacMullen told her the gift was from a fan named Brittany (spelling not confirmed). Watros seemed to recognize the name and then picked up the replica, smiling and gushing over the thoughtfulness and the care put into crafting the unique gift.

Watros gushed as she pointed out all the details that matched the real Crimson desk she was standing at, praising the fan’s attention to detail. She talked about the chair, computer, the red notebooks and folders she had on the desk, and the color of the pens.

“Look at the cutest little desk,” Watros said, in part. “Thank you so much. I’m so happy we finally have it. Yea!!!” Watros then blew a kiss to the fan.

Many General Hospital fans immediately took to Instagram to comment on how cute and adorable the gift was. Several hoped that Watros would keep the gift on the real Crimson set and have it appear in the background on General Hospital as an Easter Egg. The Instagram user lhwww14 was one of them, elaborating “Please put this on the set in her scenes. This is amazing. It must have been so much work to make and is so thoughtful.”

The GH fan terribushhomes0101 said, “it’s really hard to hate Nina and Willow when they make cute videos like this.”

Longtime fan starry_traveler enjoyed seeing the behind-the-scenes friendship, saying “What a beautiful gift! Love GH! Been watching you for 45 years! Thank you so much for all the laughter, crying, excitement, for the company that you have kept me for all these years. Blessings to you.”

The fan pj_retiree24 suggested that Brittany should sell tiny replicas of GH sets on Etsy.

Several General Hospital costars quickly Liked the post on Instagram, showing their love for Watros. They included Paige Herschell (Jacinda), Laura Wright (Carly), Jacqueline Grace Lopez (Blaze), Adrian Anchondo (Marco), Carlo Rota (Sidwell), Parry Shen (Brad), Van Hansis (Lucas) and Finola Hughes (Anna).

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Edited by Leigh Richdale