Kelly Thiebaud drops hints about her General Hospital return

It won't be long now before the Britch will be back on General Hospital — or at least the Emmy-winning actress who played her, as Britt Westbourne seemed very dead the last time we saw her. However, on a soap, that doesn't always mean much.

Kelly Thiebaud is back on the General Hospital scene

Will Britt be back at the General Hospital helm? | Image: JPI

When Kelly Thiebaud exited the role of General Hospital's chief of staff, Dr. Britt Westbourne, at the start of 2023, we thought she was gone for good. After all, we watched Britt die in her mother's arms after Heather Webber got her with a poison hook.

However, news broke last month that Thiebaud was back on the GH set and would be seen on screen once again in July. Britt was also brought back into the story via Brook Lynn's (Amanda Setton) research into Rocco's (Finn Carr) original story. As fans know, Britt gave birth to Rocco after implanting Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante's (Dominic Zamprogna) embryo into her own uterus.

While that doesn't tell us how Thiebaud will return or if she will even be playing Britt, the actress did leave a little tease in the July 7, 2025, print edition of TV Guide Magazine.

"I'm extremely grateful and really excited to take things up a notch this time around," Thiebaud said. While that doesn't tell us much, it does hint that the story could be outside the box. After all, when Britt died, she had also recently been diagnosed with Huntington's Disease. If Britt is alive, will we learn that it was a misdiagnosis since the disease does not have a cure?

Coming home again

Britt was once romantically involved with Jason | Image: JPI

It was Thiebaud's choice to leave GH, but it was also her decision to return. After her role on ABC's Station 19 came to an end, Thiebaud spent some time in London. When she returned to Los Angeles, she reached out to GH to see if the door was still open, and it was. Still, the actress admits stepping back into the world of soaps is not always easy.

"I feel like I'm starting over," she said. "When I left the show, I felt I was at the height of the work that I had done, and my acting was even growing and expanding so much. Now, I have to rebuild that all over again."