Soap Opera
‘General Hospital’ Stars Weigh in On Surprise Sister Reveal Fans Never Saw Coming
‘General Hospital’ reveals Jordan Ashford has a sister, Monet Mitchell, played by Blythe Howard, shaking up Port Charles with a surprising family backstory.
General Hospital dropped a bomb at the end of the September 24 episode. Jordan Ashford, a character who has been a Port Charles mainstay for the last dozen years, actually has family. Harrison Chase’s (Josh Swickard) tough new attorney, who just went toe-to-toe with Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot), is Jordan’s (Tanisha Harper) little sister.
Blythe Howard made her debut as Monet Mitchell on Wednesday’s episode. By Thursday, she was sparring with Tracy and getting digs in at Jordan, letting fans know more about their past relationship without saying much.
The GH writers dropped a hint that fans would earn more about Jordan’s past before she became an Ashford, but the audience was still thrown for a loop when Monet greeted Jordan as her big sister. Jordan has been a part of the GH fabric since 2014, but the show has never revealed much about her except that she was once an undercover DEA agent married to Curtis’ (Donnell Turner) brother, Tommy. Even Jordan’s son, TJ (Tajh Bellow), has faded from the scene, leaving Jordan without a family.
Tanisha Harper, who stepped into the role as the third actress to play Jordan in 2022, noted that it’s about time more was known about her character.
“I’ve seen all the comments that fans have posted about wanting to know the background of Jordan — where she came from, who’s her family,” Harper said in an interview with Soap Opera Digest. “People are like, ‘What is she all about?’ And I was curious about that, too.”
Howard, a soap opera newcomer thrilled about the role, has teased what’s to come between the sisters as this surprise story plays out.
“You’ll find out that we’re estranged,” Howard told TV Insider. “But one thing I learned is as an actor is that you don’t know where it’s going to go, so it’s been interesting every time I work with her. It’s unfolding as we move forward, which keeps you on your toes and keeps things very interesting. Finding out how we got to where we are is going to be fun for the audience, I think.”
