Why Carly Hates Nina on ‘General Hospital’ & Who She Should Despise Instead!

On General Hospital right now, Carly Corinthos Spencer devotes a lot of energy to hating Nina Reeves. But there’s someone else that deserves her hatred a lot more — yet she treats this person with kindness. So, what’s the deal on GH?

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Why does Carly Corinthos Hate Nina Reeves So Much on General Hospital?

Looking back at the history of Carly Corinthos Spencer (Laura Wright), she’s not someone to easily forgive anyone. And she’s a big grudge holder. That’s despite her getting chance after chance after hurting the people that she says she loves.

But Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) doesn’t have clean hands either on General Hospital. After two decades in a coma, she was not in her right mind when Michelle Stafford originated the role.

And you might remember that while deluded, Nina forced Ava Jerome (Maura West) into labor and stole baby Avery Corinthos. That being said, Carly’s committed plenty of bad deeds. And several involved her keeping children away from their rightful parents.

But when it comes to Nina, the ex-Mrs. Corinthos is holding more than just her sins against her. No doubt, Nina Reeves was wrong to keep the secret that Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) wasn’t dead.

Also, you may recall, she was going to tell the truth. But then, Carly snapped at her about something and she changed her mind. However, on General Hospital, Sonny’s ex-wife forgave plenty of other women that cheated with him. So why not Sonny’s latest gal pal?

Does Carly Hold Nina Accountable for Nelle’s Actions on GH?

Clearly, one of the big issues between these two women is Nina’s twin daughters, Nelle Benson (Chloe Lanier) and Willow Tait (Katelynn MacMullen). Nelle, of course, did terrible things to the Corinthos family.

So, Carly might hold her responsible or blame her somehow for what her daughter did. Given that Nina also had some mental health issues on General Hospital, that could be why Carly associates the two women in her mind.

And now, she’s basically blocking Nina Reeves from being near her one living child — Willow. Even now, Willow has nightmares about Nelle showing up to steal her biological son Wiley Corinthos — if she dies from this leukemia.

But you may also recall that Nina actually sided with Michael Corinthos (Chad Duell) against Nelle when they were fighting over Wiley’s custody. To be totally fair, Willow’s issues with her biological mother date back to her teacher days with bratty Charlotte Cassadine.

Let’s also remember that Carly Corinthos kept secrets about both the other woman’s biological children. So, Nelle died without getting a mother-daughter reunion. But if she hates Nina for being Nelle’s mom, is that fair?

Will Nina Lose Sonny Corinthos to Her Rival on General Hospital?

Right now, Sonny seems content and in love with Nina Reeves. But many GH fans believe that Carly Corinthos Spencer is his soulmate. Plus, there’s that lingering issue of possible insider trading charges that she and Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) may face.

Nina knows what they did and knows that she broke SEC laws. But so far, Nina hasn’t ratted out the other woman to the authorities. However, if Carly keeps pushing her, there’s no telling what she might do.

There is some General Hospital chatter that Carly might marry Drew, so they don’t have to testify against each other if the SEC does bring charges against them. But if Nina is part of the reason why his ex-wife is arrested, would Sonny dump her?

He doesn’t like petty revenge games between these two women and hates to see them sniping at each other. But he’s also used to dealing with this sort of thing because Carly Corinthos was always cooking up some scheme or another while they were married.

Here’s Who Carly Should Really Hate — But She’s Nice to Her on GH!

If you look at people in Port Charles who have hurt Carly’s family, Nina Reeves is further down on the list than one woman in particular. And that’s Ava Jerome. Yet Carly Corinthos is entirely civil, if not downright friendly, with the murderous art dealer these days.

Don’t forget — Morgan Corinthos’ (Bryan Craig) death can be traced directly back to Ava’s actions. She swapped his bipolar meds to the point that he had a manic episode. And that’s why he stole Julian Jerome’s bomb-rigged car. And he died when it exploded.

Compared to that, Nina lying about Sonny being alive seems like small potatoes, right? So how is it on General Hospital that Carly can chat over coffee with Ava but not give Nina any breathing room?

#GH Ava: What kind of monster taunts someone with the memory of their murdered daughter?

Well, umm Ava you & Nelle did that to Carly w/the memory of her murdered son? And you changed Morgan’s bipolar pills w/placebos but I digress. This is terrible to whoever it’s being done to

— aimee (@crimsonrum) August 20, 2021

The bottom line is that Carly Corinthos is capable of forgiveness. And she herself was forgiven many times. Remember when she came to town trying to ruin Bobbie Spencer’s (Jacklyn Zeman) marriage to Tony Jones (Brad Maule)?

Wouldn’t it be better for everybody in their family if Carly and Nina could find a permanent solution to their animosity? However, it doesn’t seem likely as long as Sonny is still smitten with the Crimson editor. What do you think, should they bury the hatchet for good?

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