General Hospital’s Kate Mansi Answers the Burning Question: Did Ava Push Kristina Out That Window?

Even as Kristina is fighting for her life, there’s another battle being waged as General Hospital fans debate whether the expectant mom was pushed out the window or fell. Obviously, Dante believes his sister was pushed, explaining why he arrested Avery’s mom. And Ava did herself no favors by tampering with the scene out of fear that no one would believe her side of the story.

In discussing the carefully staged scenes with Soap Opera Digest, Kate Mansi (Kristina) took a step back to see both sides. “Maura [West] is so protective of Ava, and she was really insistent on [making the scene more] than just these two women having a bitch fight just so that we can get to the result of Kristina going out the window,” shared Mansi. “She played it as, ‘I’m arguing this point, you’re arguing this point, and I’m certainly not going to push you.’ But [their argument] escalates in a natural way.”

In retrospect, Mansi believes this helped create “sort of a knotty gray area, because it’s like, ‘Wait, did she push her, or did she fall? Whose fault is it?’” As she sees it, there’s plenty of blame to go around. “Kristina came to Ava’s hotel room so hot, you know? Off the charts! Kristina isn’t attacking her, but if you think about it, Kristina comes into her space and is yelling at her and upset with her and making dmands and there is all this heat coming from Kristina.”

Just as important, believes Mansi, is the circumstances under which the incident happened. While Ava can certainly manipulate with the best of them, that wasn’t the case here. “Ava did not lure her there,” reminds Mansi. “Kristina went there willingly.”

The real question is what will happen next. If Kristina wakes up — a big “if” at this point — will she clear Ava’s name? Or will she see this as an opportunity to “help” dad Sonny by making sure Ava is unable to get custody of Avery?