The recent reveal of Gio’s actual parentage has left General Hospital fans in a state of perennial shock. After Lulu practically coerced Lois into disclosing Gio’s secret about his biological parents, there has been much tension in the show. In fact, actress Amanda Setton shared in a recent interview that she had a hard time playing Brook Lynn when Gio’s secret inadvertently came out in General Hospital.
Here’s what the Gossip Girl alum had to say about her experience while filming the sequence regarding Gio’s secret reveal in GH.

Amanda Setton on playing Brook Lynn during Gio’s reveal scene in General Hospital
During her recent interview with Soap Opera Digest, Amanda Setton noted that she had a really hard time portraying Brook Lynn when the truth about Gio’s parentage came out in General Hospital.
She noted, “As a mother, as a parent, it was just so visceral for me.” She further added, “This story just really hit me. I wasn’t sick, I didn’t feel stressed, but still, I lost my voice.” Setton further explained her feelings when she was filming the General Hospital sequences where her character comes face to face with Gio’s secret
She remarked, “This is the angriest we’ve ever seen Brook Lynn. The level of hurt, betrayal, disbelief, trauma… It was traumatizing! They were traumatizing scenes.” The actress further added, “When I got off set, to the wings, so to speak, I was just bent over with my hands on my knees.”
Nevertheless, all seems to have worked out in the end as “the voice worked even better because Brook Lynn had nothing left.” Setton said, “She was empty, she was raw.”
With Brook Lynn’s mother hiding the secret about her son for a whopping 22 years, Setton said that her General Hospital character somewhat relates to Gio regarding “the betrayal that he’s feeling.”
The actress concluded her account by teasing some dramatic sequences in the upcoming GH episodes, stating, “There are some really beautiful scenes of her trying to express and explain the truth, and the place she was in as a 16-year-old girl who wasn’t ready [for motherhood].”