The hints were there leading up to it but many General Hospital viewers were still stunned when Willow and Drew shared a passionate kiss on the Fourth of July! Since her and Michael’s marriage has been rock solid lately, fans just can’t understand why she would cheat on him!
“From my understanding, Willow loves Michael very much, and it’s not like anything necessarily has happened [in their relationship],” Katelyn MacMullen explained to Soap Opera Digest of her character’s uncharacteristic actions. “But I think that Willow and Drew have just developed this bond and this sort of new mutual understanding and admiration towards one another. They love the family that they’re in, but they’re sort of [later additions to it] and I think that sort of bonds them in a way, too; there’s a little bit of an ‘outsider’ thing going on that’s bonding them.”
Plus, as Willow often mentions, Drew saved her life when he went to Greenland to help stop Victor Cassadine and rescue her grandmother, Liesl Obrecht, who was then able to donate her bone marrow to help Willow fight leukemia.
“That’s a bond that only people who have gone through that can share,” MacMullen admitted. “But I think even Willow, once it happened, was a little confused, like, ‘What just happened? How did this happen?’ I think the feelings they’ve been feeling towards each other and maybe have been denying just sort of caught up to them. But at the same time, she loves Michael very much.”
Unfortunately, while both Willow and Drew continue to insist that the kiss was a terrible mistake and was just a one-off, it’s clear from the way they’re both acting that isn’t necessarily true. “Obviously, she knows the repercussions of this,” MacMullen teases, “but deep down, I know that Willow and possibly Drew both realize that there is more to this, potentially.”
So stay tuned as this messy storyline continues to unfold. Because not only will Michael have something to say about his wife and uncle locking lips, but Willow’s reaction to finding out that Drew and Nina have been having a secret affair should be just as explosive!
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