General Hospital’s Kate Mansi Opens Up About Her ‘Brutal’ Divorce

Kate Mansi might be new on “General Hospital,” exploring the ins and outs of Kristina, but she had no problem opening up to Maurice Benard about the mental health challenges from her contentious engagement and eventual short-lived marriage. Despite her ex’s initial reservations about tying the knot, prompting Mansi to say things like, “Well, if you don’t want to walk down the aisle with, technically, your wife, then maybe we should just separate because why would you not want to go through with it?’” Mansi’s then-fiancé went through with the wedding. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be. 

Only a year into the marriage, he wanted out. Recounting the moment he informed her of his intentions, Mansi said, “It was brutal. I have had depression and anxiety for my whole life. For me, in that moment, that wasn’t like anything else. When he finally came to me a year later and said, ‘I’m calling it, I want a divorce,’ I didn’t leave the house for 6 days. I was on the floor, depressed. I have my coping skills and my toolboxes to reach for, but with something like that, there is no tool big enough to ease that blow.”

These issues occurred during the early COVID-19 years of 2020 to 2021, during which Mansi left “Days of Our Lives,” taking a brief break from acting with no notable roles until her polarizing recast as the new Kristina actor on “General Hospital.”