'Baby girl due in may': 'General Hospital' star Sofia Mattsson announces second pregnancy
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: One advantage you have over other individuals when involved with a TV show is that you can keep your personal information safe until you're satisfied with it to be safe. For example, 'General Hospital' made an effort to keep Sofia Mattsson's most valuable secret hidden until she got ready to reveal it all.
On the ABC daytime soap opera 'General Hospital', Sofia Mattsson plays Sasha Gilmore. Mattsson left the role on December 12, 2018, but was re-hired on February 5, 2019. She currently co-owns Deception Cosmetics with Lucy Coe, a Port Charles fixture. Frank and Doris Hursley created 'General Hospital', which premiered on April 1, 1963. The first stories took place mainly on the seventh floor of General Hospital in an unnamed mid-sized Eastern city.
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'Baby girl due in May'
The Swedish actress, who disclosed in February 2022 that she has obtained a US citizenship certificate and is eternally thankful to the United States for all of the opportunities that it has provided to help her realize her dreams, took to social media to announce that she was expecting her second child with actor/writer/producer husband Thomas Payton, a baby girl, in May. She posted a photo of herself with a baby bump with the caption, “Many of you guessed it already… Baby girl due in May."
Fans had been wondering about Sofia's physical appearance on the show for a while as the producers decided to hide the pregnancy by giving Sasha oversized jackets, long coats, and flowing shirts to cover her bump and also kept a creative way to block and prop placements for her so that the announcement can be made by actress her own will.
Since the announcement, there has been an outpouring of love from fans and co-stars, and everyone appears to be overjoyed for the couple to be expecting their daughter soon. Co-star Tabyana Ali said, “YOU ARE GLOWING!!! I’m so excited for you," Josh Swickward wrote "Gahh," with a couple of heart emojis, and Briana Nicole Henry wrote, "So happy for you love."
Where does this news leave Sasha Gilmore on ‘General Hospital’?
Sofia Mattsson and Thomas Payton are currently proud parents of a baby boy born in July 2021 and are excited to expand their family. The news, which has brought joy to the couple and all those associated with them, has also raised concerns regarding where this announcement leaves the show's character Sasha Gilmore. Fans have begun to wonder if the actress will take leave while pregnant in the same way she did in 2021 when her sister had to fill in for her for two episodes.
If spoilers are to be believed, Gladys Corbin (Bonnie Burroughs) intends on leaving town and may ask Sasha to go along with her. Gladys will have enticing reasons because she is avoiding Sasha to learn what's true about her gambling loans and how she paid them with Sasha's assets. Gladys has dug herself an even deeper hole by framing Cody Bell, played by Josh Kelly, for a costly bracelet theft. Gladys is undoubtedly doing everything she can to keep Sasha in the dark regarding her shady behavior, so getting her as far away from Cody as possible would be beneficial.
Furthermore, if the spoilers are to be assumed, their short trip might be used to explain Sofia Mattsson's absence from the television series because she is eight months pregnant, but there is also a different possibility in which Glady's secret is revealed on the show, it could change the game and lead to Sasha's disappearing for a while.