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Earlier this year, Kelly Thiebaud<\/strong> shocked General Hospital<\/em> fans by bringing her character Britt Westborne back from the dead. But that wasn\u2019t the only resurrection shaking Port Charles, her brother Nathan West, portrayed by Ryan Paevey,<\/strong> also recently returned, sparking questions about what\u2019s real and what\u2019s not.<\/p>\n Speaking on the red carpet at the 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in October 2025, Thiebaud opened up to several outlets, including Michael Fairman TV and Soap Opera Network, about Paevey\u2019s surprise return as her on-screen brother.<\/p>\n On the show, Nathan dramatic reintroduction began with a car accident that left him unresponsive. Once he arrived at General Hospital,<\/em> it was confirmed through DNA and fingerprint analysis that the patient was Nathan West, shocking the residents of Port Charles. When Nathan woke up, he revealed that he had no memory of the last seven years, forcing those closet to him to catch him up on everything that had happened since his \u2018death.\u2019<\/p>\n In an interview <\/a>with soap opera journalist, Michael Fairman<\/strong> of Michael Fairman TV, Thiebaud revealed that Nathan\u2019s comeback story had been planned for some time.<\/p>\n \u201cI had a conversation with the writers and with Frank [Valentini, executive producer] about like how they were going to do this,\u201d Thiebaud explained. \u201cWhen they mentioned his name, literally my jaw fell to the floor. I was like, “What? Wow, I didn’t even think of this. This is brilliant. This is brilliant.” How they’re doing it, why they’re doing it, the story that’s going to be told, it’s going to be great. A lot of juicy stuff for us to play.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac<\/strong> SIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a>\ud83c\udfac <\/strong><\/p>\n Thiebaud also teased <\/a>to Soap Opera Network<\/em> that Britt\u2019s world is about to get even more complicated.<\/p>\n \u201cLet me tell you, Britt is juggling a lot of balls right now,\u201d she said. \u201cI mean, there is so much going on and so many secrets and so many things that I can’t tell. But it’s so exciting to have Ryan back on the show and I can’t wait for that whole big reveal, but I can’t say anything.<\/p>\n General Hospital<\/em> airs weekdays on ABC and streams weeknights on Hulu.<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Oct 25, 2025, where it first appeared in the TV<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earlier this year, Kelly Thiebaud shocked General Hospital fans by bringing her character Britt Westborne back from the dead. But that wasn\u2019t the only resurrection shaking Port Charles, her brother Nathan West, portrayed by Ryan Paevey, also recently returned, sparking questions about what\u2019s real and what\u2019s not. 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