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Kristen Vaganos has been putting her own spin on Molly Lansing-Davis, the daughter of Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) and Ric (Lansing), since 2023. Following her debut timeon the daytime drama, Molly has been through many changes: from breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, TJ Ashford (Tajh Bellow), to losing their child that her sister, Kristina (Kate Mansi) was carrying for them via surrogacy.

Recently, the young lawyer who works for the DA’s office, while following in her mother’s footsteps is the less boisterous one in the family, and someone that no one wants to hurt, so they all lie to her face! More on that in moment.

The one man who is all about her is Cody Bell (Josh Kelly). The two have danced around each other in numerous ways till recently. Molly actually decided to take some initiative and plant a kiss on Cody, until they were interrupted. What should she do next? Will she be this uptight forever, or finally give into her feelings for the guy?

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Michael Fairman TV caught up with Kristen on the recent red carpet at the 52nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards and asked her point blank, if she thinks it’s time for Cody and Molly to just hit the sheets, so at least, we can move their relationship forward. And we are happy to report, Vaganos agreed with us and shared, “I think it’s time, too, but I know they’re doing a real slow burn with Cody and Molly.”

While slow burn seems to be the order of the day from the writers of GH with prospective couples, a la our recent interviews with Steve Burton (Jason) and Kelly Thiebaud (Britt), where both shared that their is a plan in place for a long game with a Britt and Jason romance, it can be frustrating for the viewer

In recent episodes, Kristen really got to show off her comedic side, while GH made Molly the doofus as the young lawyer comes upon this scene at Alexis’ house. Ric, who has been kidnapped for weeks by Alexis, Ava (Maura West) and Kristina, and who finally was freed by Cody, is trading threats with the women, while they wanted all the money he stole from them back in their bank accounts.

Having no knowledge of any of this, and only that she was so worried something happened to her dad, she was thrilled to see him alive. When asked where he had been, Ric spins a wild improved story of being kidnapped by a cult and taking Ayahuasca! Molly believed the entire fabricated story, while everyone looked on knowing they duped her; all the while trying to keep her from finding out all of their criminal activities. Let alone that Kristina mistakenly cut the brakes to Ric’s car which caused his accident.

Vaganos recalled the scenes, “(There were) so funny, because one of our directors said to me the other day, and we were doing some legal scenes for Molly. She was like, ‘Molly’s one of our smarter characters on the canvas, let’s really lean into that.’ And then meanwhile I’m like, ‘Oh dad, you were in a cult?” But you know, when you love somebody, you’ll believe it, because you want them to be well and he’s home.”

For Kristen, she loves and welcomes leaning into a more comedic Molly. “I think you have to like lean into that, right? And just be like, ‘I gotta believe it. I’m desperate to believe it.’ It’s getting a little goofy,” shared Vaganos. “But what I will say is the show has been writing Molly and our circumstances a little bit funnier, a little bit more comedic these days, which I think is something that I bring to it. So, they’re writing into that and I’ll lean in. I’ll trip and fall, and do all sorts of funny little stunts, if that’s what they’re going to write for, and a little change of genre.”

Check out conversation with Kristen from the 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards below. For more red carpet interviews visit the Michael Fairman Channel here.

So, do you hope Molly and Cody finally hit the sheets? Do you see a potential longterm romance for the two? What did you think of the scenes where Molly was duped by her mother, father and sister and more when she sees Ric is alive? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.