With General Hospital celebrating its 45th birthday today, TV Guide Canada talked with longtime star Kimberly McCullough about her time on the show...
TVG: General Hospital is celebrating 45 years whats been your favourite storyline so far?
KM: Jason getting amnesia.
TVG: Looking back, Robin was a lively, charming, and funny kid. As an adult, shes lost her sense of humour
KM: I dont know why. The writers got it in their minds that Robin should be a stick-in-the-mud. I dont know where they got that idea, but alas, thats been the reality since Ive returned to the show.
TVG: Well, to be fair, Robin was an orphan, contracted HIV, buried her boyfriend, and now shes dating a louse, albeit a sexy one! Heck, Id be in rehab by now.
KM: [laughs] Yeah, but you know its also because shes a serious student. Robin needs to be in control because as a child she had such a turbulent childhood.
TVG: Head writer Bob Guza has kept the HIV thread alive throughout Robins storyline and now that shes pregnant I have to say its the only storyline in daytime, in recent memory, that is truly groundbreaking. Do you think GH will continue to write this story responsibly?
KM: I certainly hope so. I saw Guza a couple of days ago and he said hes been talking to the Center for Disease Control. Hes finding out what kind of pregnancies she could experience and all the possibilities that are available. GH is responsible in the sense that they want to educate the public about having a baby for an HIV-positive woman.
At the same time, Bob doesnt want the whole storyline to be all about the HIV aspect, because it would also be irresponsible to say that HIV defines a person. People with HIV have full lives. Its a manageable disease.
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