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GH’s Tamara Braun Reveals What’s Next for Kim After Losing Oscar (EXCLUSIVE)

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No one wanted to see Oscar die… but Tamara Braun is proud of the way GENERAL HOSPITAL told the tragic story. “The writers did a lovely tribute to Oscar, his life and the people who loved him,” Kim’s portrayer raved to Soaps In Depth. “They did a beautiful job with the love story of Joss and Oscar and the teenage couple saying good-bye with the family all around. And during those last days, it was great to bring in Monica, Ned and Olivia. I loved how they wove everyone into it — because the death of a loved one touches everybody.”

While Oscar ultimately found a family to love and mourn him, single mom Kim and her son had spent most of his life on their own. “They were each other’s everything,” Braun maintained. “You don’t often see mother/son relationships portrayed that close, loving and communicative. I really loved that bond — which was mutual. It wasn’t that she was a smothering mother. It seemed like a lovely two-way street of respect and connection. When he was dying, it was like she was losing a limb. More than a limb, she was losing her heart!”

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“Garren Stitt (ex-Oscar) is pretty special,” Braun said. “I love him so much. There will definitely be a bit of a void for me me” now that he’s left. (Photo Credit: Jim Warren)

And Braun was losing her main man at GH — on-screen son Garren Stitt. “I adore Garren, and I was very sad he was leaving,” she shared. “I felt so connected to him. three days of Oscar dying and letting go, it felt like everything lined up. Just seeing him like that, it was there for me. The most challenging part was that we shot a lot, and it wasn’t always in order. But it was really well done, so my job was easier.”

Though Kim feels isolated in her grief, she’s not actually on her own anymore. In addition to Julian, she’s had Drew by her side, sharing in the loss of their son. “Julian and Kim bring out the best in each other,” Braun believed. “Drew was definitely the love of her life — that intense, young love. And then Charlie — because that’s who he is to Kim — is an adult love. Once she finally allowed herself to love again, she found him. Now they’re both there… but Drew is not the man she knew before.”

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“Drew and Kim did a great job of co-parenting and sharing in the responsibility of Oscar’s happiness, his care and his life,” Braun said. “It’s definitely brought them closer — as friends and parents.” (Photo Credit: ABC)

Which is why Kim and this “new” Drew didn’t reunite romantically when they found each other. “What’s interesting is we got to play a love story, but it was a platonic love story about our son,” Braun noted. “Drew and Kim have a true love — a connecting love — in Oscar.”

Now that her son has moved on, Kim can’t seem to do the same. “This loss has affected her in a way she’s never been affected,” Braun said. “Who is she without this anchor in her life?” Instead of answering that question, Kim asked Julian and then Drew to make a new baby with her! “In her twisted. grieving mind, she wants some essence of Oscar back,” Braun explained. “And she feels like if she has another baby, somehow it will be like a little piece of him.”

Unfortunately, after both guys saw through Kim’s request, her next call wasn’t just bad — it was downright scary! “I think she’s going a little nuts,” Braun admitted with a sigh.

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“When I look into Becky Herbst’s or Leslie Charleson’s eyes and we’re doing emotional stuff, we just feel each other,” Braun raved of Liz and Monica’s portrayers. “I’m very fortunate to get to work with those lovely ladies.” (Photo Credit: ABC)

Of course, no one can blame the mourning mom for going a bit crazy right now. And while Braun enjoys the yummy, soapy twists of daytime, she’s hoping this story will also continue to take on the realities of grief and loss. “If she goes nuts, I hope we address it in a way that will be useful for viewers who’ve gone through this or seen a loved one have a psychological break because of trauma. I’m hoping we take the opportunity to make this into a real teachable moment to help people understand what can happen if someone doesn’t get the kind of help they need.

“GH did such a beautiful job with the Alzheimer’s story and how it affects everybody,” she added. “We can open people’s hearts and minds — two things other genres don’t have the opportunity to do. So whatever’s to come, I’m hoping this is going to be an opportunity where we go, ‘Aha, here’s what soaps do best!’”

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This story originally appeared in our print magazine.

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