2000 Caroline Benson 117 - AJ Confesses/ Sonny Wants Carly & Michael to Live With Him

[@dadriamcgregor8346]

The people that always stick up for Aj and say that Carly and Jason stole his son dont get it . Aj has an inferiority complex that has cause him to make really bad mistakes that make irreparable damage .like the accident with Jason. And it stems from growing up in that family with Edward. He has never felt good enough and Michael was the thing that was gonna make him good enough.Aj didnt see Michael as a person he didnt laugh with him or play with him when Michael lived there. He just knew that Michael belonged to him and that Michael is a Heir for Edward ... all this was to please Edward and to have something thats his. He even said When he thought Carly was pregnant for Jason " he took my child to ima take his " .He kidnapped Michael and told him that Sonny Jason and Carly didnt want him .Didnt care about him. Carly may have her flaws and she messed up a bunch of times but she was a first time mom with no money and if Aj and Toni didnt promise to take her baby away from her as soon it was born while she was still pregnant she wouldnt have gotten desperate.

[@Muirmaiden]

AJ is his own worst enemy. I never liked the character but Billy Warlock did some fantastic acting in these scenes.

[@amyanda]

agreed

[@Mazzystar0]

Look; If AJ wanted to, he could have said no, faced the consequences, and continue to fight for Michael - assuming he really did love Michael as he claimed.

[@sandrajohnson4778]

But he didn't.....he did as AJ does.....he saves his own ass!

[@rhaegostheskydragon1760]

AJ did a lot of things that would prove that he never once considered what was best for Michael. A good number of people argued that AJ felt important or powerful to have fathered a son.

[@richieyh3211]

Back in the day when I watched this in real time, I didn't disagreed with AJ fighting for Michael, even fighting dirty at the beginning. But AJ never ever did the self work to be the kind of father that he insisted that Michael needed and deserved. I don't doubt that AJ loved Michael, as much as he was capable, but only as a extension of himself, as a trophy to hold up for Edward and Alan to prove his worth. Michael became an unhealthy obsession for AJ. And he was destructive and self-focused about his "rights" and abusive and childish in nearly every single interaction with a young Michael that it became less about Michael, the person, than it was about AJ beating out his brother and Carly and later Sonny. It was about conquering his enemies and laying Michael on the altar of his ego for the Qs to worship. AJ was a total wreak as a person and he had a lot of help getting there, Edward and Alan inflicted untold damage on him and had a lot to answer for there. But AJ never really took responsibility for his own actions, choices, and path. He never really addressed his demons in a productive way to help him become the kind of father Michael need, he was much more content to blame everyone else for his shortcomings and failures.

[@sandrajohnson4778]

Facts.....pure facts.

[@angelalewis4437]

Seeing AJ cry like a baby made my heart very happy, he should be a broken man,.....

[@sandrajohnson4778]

He was broken long before that.....and his family knew it.

[@dianaschroeder9527]

I smiled through the whole thing! 😊

[@sandrajohnson2741]

​@@dianaschroeder9527so did I....I never so happy to see a loser lose.

[@luvs2bspld]

Sorry but if AJ wanted Michael he would have had him... AJ used Michael as a tool to get him what he wanted...ELQ, Revenge on Jason, and Carly...Carly had every right to fight for her son and her freedom!

[@edennewsome]

Facts 🤞🏾

[@sandrajohnson4778]

So all his boo hooing is pathetic.

[@sandrajohnson4778]

luvs2bpid your right……all PJ wanted was to accepted by his ass of a grandfather…….and at his age PJ could of seen that that was never going to happen……so I say it good for PJ……because he had no problem forcing Carly to stay married to him and he was not willing to compromise……..so all his boohooing is just a waste of time!!!

[@leanadickey9939]

Carly loved Michael but let's not forget that she used her son to.

[@breannamichelle23]

My heart broke into a million pieces watching AJ cry like that

[@rachealconrad328]

my heart broke into a million pieces watching Aj cry like that to and the worset part is i started crying when Aj cry like that i was crying with him

[@quartermainefamilyjewels6153]

@@rachealconrad328 me too

[@teamtony4623]

@@rachealconrad328 ikr? me too

[@jennifermansfield2748]

He caused his own problems

[@teamtony4623]

@@jennifermansfield2748 He shouldn't have slept with her in the first place.

[@veronicacoxsome254]

My heart didn't! AJ deserved everything he got!!!!

[@sandrajohnson4778]

And then some.....he never really made an effort to change his ways.

[@winzeo7]

I feel for Aj but Michael loved him in the end. Even though Ava and Sonny ended his life

[@johngillespie4231]

Thing is, Jason would have never done something like this, he would have, and probably did, (i didn't watch the hearing) fight honorably for Michael. It's AJ who took the criminal road, not Jason. That's what I don't get, Sonny and Jason will willingly break the law on a daily basis, but when they're in custody battles, they play it fair and even.

[@irenegai3168]

It’s a shame Alan never liked AJ and treated him horrible

[@sandrajohnson2741]

Fact....I'm surprised you didn't get more negative responses.....that family was the best in everyone's eyes and no one saw their faults.

[@cheryltomas4743]

He didn't even have the sense to meet the man in private. Lmao Edward.

[@sandrajohnson4778]

Can’t feel anything for AJ......he was to deceitful conniving and petty.

[@jenniferfields7113]

Sound like Carly

[@sandrajohnson4778]

@@jenniferfields7113 true but Carly made an effort to change…..PJ didn’t.

[@jenniferfields7113]

@@sandrajohnson4778 They wouldn't give him. Chance .

[@sandrajohnson4778]

@@jenniferfields7113 I’d hve to disagree……he was was given chances…..but he couldn’t get over himself.

[@jenniferfields7113]

@@sandrajohnson4778 That's find we here to agree and disagree

[@amyanda]

Michael would have protected his mother from Claudia no matter who was his dad. and prison probably was Dante's fault because he would have gotten off if Dante would have kept quiet.

[@beegee1960]

blabbermouth The mistake here was Jason’s and Sonny’s. They were not protecting him from prison, they knew he could claim justifiable homicide. They thought they were protecting him from a life of being known as the kid who killed his stepmother. They did not want him labeled a killer. But they were mistaken, they should have called the cops. Their hearts were in the right place, but their actions were wrong.

[@ashleyfinchludwig5228]

and hid him somewhere they cant find him.

[@teelasalada]

That was a great scene with AJ speaking his truth.

[@sandrajohnson4778]

No it was not PJ speaking the truth……do you think that Jason would of done those things PJ did??………no Jason would not……..and living up to the Q’s standards……. PJ did what his family always does…….blackmail and threaten…Jason would not hve treated PJ so.

[@teelasalada]

“His truth” being the operative words. No, I don’t think what he did was right anymore that it’s right that Jason kills people (even if I love the character). I don’t have to like the characters motivations or relate them to anyone else’s to appreciate the scene. And what AJ is saying is true to him. I haven’t watched this show in a while but love revisiting the old scenes.

[@quartermainefamilyjewels6153]

@@teelasalada really like what you said

[@teamtony4623]

@@quartermainefamilyjewels6153 so do I

[@Anomalous602]

if anything Michael was a casualty to Carson and AJ war where if anything he was determined to get Michael back by any means with playing dirty because they forced him.

[@beegee1960]

johnnyblaze3131 just as AJ forced Carly to play dirty when he threatened before he was even born, to take her baby from her.

[@teamtony4623]

@@beegee1960 How did AJ do that? By insisting on being acknowledged as the father of her child?

[@sandrajohnson2741]

​​@@teamtony4623his low loser ass threatened to take a woman's unborn child from her and never let her see it again.?...what was she to do?.....he did not even see it fit to compromise..

[@sandrajohnson4778]

PJ did not hve to play dirty....that was his choice....and this was the outcome.

[@sandrajohnson4778]

The beginning of Sonny and Carly!

[@zawadibrown8542]

I get choked up watching AJ talk to Alan. He had the ability not to get so bad and vindictive but he insisted on keeping Carly in his life. BIG mistake. That woman is destructive and crazy. He should have let her go. I don't like Carly at all, but if AJ had been willing to be reasonable and set up joint custody he could have had his son and been rid of Carly. Instead he chose to hold on to Carly and play an all or nothing game with Michael. smh

[@jasoncarly]

Zawadi Brown yes sadly this is true. Smh

[@justlina2769]

Exactly. It wasn't enough to share Michael. AJ threatened Carly with sending her back to Ferncliff. Edward threatened Carly with a restraining order against her own son. Both actions are every bit as ugly as what Sonny did..... and they acted first.

[@beegee1960]

Just lina hell, they threatened to take Michael away from Carly before he was even born. That was AJ s first big mistake. If he had treated Carly the way Jason did, he would have gained Carly’s loyalty and things might have been completely different. They all read Carly wrong. They all thought Carly wanted money. But she had ample opportunity for money and turned it down. What she really wanted was love and respect. That was why she loved Jason so. He never treated her with anything but respect. And Carly was no worse than Monica and Alan. She had no more affairs than Monica and no more than Alan. Alan had illegitimate children and. Monica treated Jason like dirt for the first couple of years. The Quartermaines lied and cheated and blackmailed each other on a daily basis. And their business dealings were as crooked as Sonny’s.

[@beegee1960]

Zawadi Brown he started the all or nothing with Michael before he was ever born. He said then he would take the baby from Carlly. She was desperate. That is what started the whole thing. That is the reason Carly asked Jason to be her baby’s father in the first place.

[@teamtony4623]

@@justlina2769 Who acted first? The mother who refused to acknowledge the father of her son and went to criminal lengths to keep that secret? That's why they threatened to take Michael away from Carly.

[@jokerz7936]

AJ has a point the family is quick to judge him but wave away all of Jason's crimes.

[@westkid2860]

it's ok aj i've been there k tearing up poor aj you do what you think is best and it's not good enough ...not even time on the weekend...or every other

[@teamtony4623]

Wow, ITA.

[@elizabethsanchez8126]

I've been watching GH for 45 years now and I remember everything Carlybabes is the worst thing that ever happened in the history of GH! 2023 GH it's about time for the Carlybabes character to go ASAP Real Talk

[@ashleyfinchludwig5228]

Aj doesnt even spend time with Michael all he does is work at ELQ why couldnt he just stay home and be a family.

[@soapgirl15]

AJ should have known it was going to come back and bite him in the ass. If he thought Jason was so bad for Michael he could have done it all differently instead of setting the warehouse on fire.

[@jackih2011]

Stop whining aj!

[@teamtony4623]

I agree with Zawadi Brown. Carly is destructive and crazy and when people take revenge on her it is hard to find fault with them wanting to, but it always backfires on them. Men just get crushed under Carly's heel. Carly's first big mistake with AJ was drugging him. Why did she need to do that? Don't tell me she didn't want money. If she wanted love and respect, she would have stayed in the nursing program her mother and stepfather paid tuition for.

[@beegee1960]

Team Tony That was Carly’s problem. She wanted love and respect but she never knew how to earn it. And her giant inferiority complex always made her doubt she was worthy. She kept coming up with the “big plan” to assure she would get what she wanted. But she could never foresee what was going to happen if her plan failed which it nearly always did.

[@crayzeetony4367]

@@beegee1960 lol, you just made me throw up in my mouth a little.

[@beegee1960]

CRAYZEE TONY But if all she wanted was money, Edward would have made her rich beyond her wildest dreams if she would have given him Michael. Monica asked her how much it would take to get her to go away. A J or Alan would also have paid her a fortune for Michael. Even Jason asked her what she would do if he offered her a million dollars to sign over her rights to Michael, to him and leave town. She told him she would tell him to go to hell. People misjudged Carly when they thought all she cared about was money. That was why they could never win over her. They never recognized her motivations. Years later, Jax and Carly would make the same mistake about Sam. Yeah, she liked money, but she never lied, cheated, or stole to get money. Those tactics she reserved for more important things. What Carly really wanted was Jason and Michael. She never got Jason, so she settled for Sonny and Michael.

[@crayzeetony4367]

@@beegee1960 You are really working hard at making this point. Methinks you protest too much.

[@good03boy]

​@@beegee1960Luke once told Carly that she was never a long-range thinker.

[@CAM8689]

Carly treated AJ and Tony like the saps that appear on Maury some mother.

[@jasoncarly]

CAM8689 yep!

[@teamtony4623]

Agree

[@good03boy]

@sonyab1974 This was the turning point for both AJ and Michael. Both lives would never be the same again. But, l think that Carly should had been allowed to visit Michael at the Q's.

[@kaityClark]

I guess Alan forgot about his “Jacob and Esau” speech to Jason about how he can’t love AJ.

[@sonyab1974]

This was a BIG mistake! Michael should have stayed with the Q's! :( At the start of 6:34, great performance by Billy Warlock! So heartbreaking! His voice cracks too! :(

[@jarlymorgan]

I completely agree with helenamonster♥♥

[@aaliyce]

The interesting thing about this storyline is everyone involved is horrible lol. AJ, Sonny and Carly

[@csulastd89]

poor Aj.

[@sandrajohnson4778]

bensonroberts why poor AJ?

[@sandrajohnson4778]

It good for allllllll of them!!!

[@vanessamills1768]

You are..The property of sonny corintos 😂😂😂

[@sheilabrisson8424]

Bring Carly back to the Q's if she wants to fight with Sonny

[@crayzeetony4367]

OMG, lmao, all Carly wanted was money. Carly was resentful of Bobbie's money so she 1) showed up with a resentment and executed a premeditated plan to undermine Bobbie's marriage; 2) drugged AJ the rich vulnerable Quartermaine to sleep with him so she would get pregnant since AJ inconveniently wasn't a drunk right then, and yeah, so AJ wouldn't remember cuz after all Carly loves AJ's brother so much, but inconveniently did not become pregnant by him, and 3) had no appreciation whatsoever for the wonderful adoptive mother she had who could have been an example to follow, but Virginia didn't have enough money. Oh right, Carly just wanted love.

[@quartermainefamilyjewels6153]

lmao this is so true

[@sonyab1974]

@good03boy Yeah both of their lives would never be the same again! Yes Carly SHOULD have been allowed to visit Michael at the Q's. I mean she IS his mother!

[@sonyab1974]

@jasoncarly Hahaha! Well Michael is an adult now! So, we can see how Michael is now! Michael should have stayed with AJ!

[@jacarly98jasam44]

Whats wrong with Michael? He turned out to be a very strong, honorable, smart, great guy!! We will never know how he would have turned out if he stayed at the Quatermaine. Alan turned into a pill addict, Emily was in heroine and tried to fly off a roof, Monica turned to drinking, both Ned and Dillion couldnt wait to get out of that house. Look how they tear each other a part and put each other down, pitting them against each other that is the whole reason AJ is the way he is now. Always putting him down, comparing him to Jason or Ned ect...

[@beegee1960]

jacarly98 jasam To be fair, that post was done 7 years ago. Michael was not in as good a place as he is now. But you’re right. Michael has turned into a fine young man.

[@teamtony4623]

I agree, Sonya.

[@sonyab1974]

@@beegee1960 What do you think about Michael today? ROFL! I hate Michael and Willow together. Boring together.

[@sonyab1974]

@@teamtony4623 😁

[@imdapapichulo]

What did they do to that baby’s hair?

[@jasoncarly]

this sickens me and it only got worst!

[@jasoncarly]

this here is what drove AJ to drink again. This. Not because he needs an excuse to drink because he,was devastated about losing custody if his Only child. AJ nerve once took a drink while Carly was married to him and living with him. now what? a pathetic loser and drunk? Not! if that were so he would have been drinking his,whole marriage to that evil bitch! he has a,disease and this triggered it period. Carly destroyed AJ that bitch! Glad AJ got the last laugh in death and His son is,now,running ELQ, living back in the mansion that is,almost empty thanks to Guza bitch ass and embracing being a Q. he may have the Corinthos name illegally I might add but he is and always will be a Quartermaine bitches take that!not a damn thing Sonny or Carly shank ass can do about it!

[@breannamichelle23]

NeishaLuvsGH I agree and Michael was the only good thing that came out of AJ and Carly's messed up relationship

[@stinasings]

I do agree they ruined AJs character. Yeah he was a rich punk who screws up but kidnapping, pretending Michael was dead that wasn’t the character of AJ

[@michelleheintzman9544]

Years of jealousy, hatred, revenge, self-loathing and drinking can wear a person down to a point where they are unrecognizable and they do things that are out of character

[@muertos2975]

Aj was a drunk before he met Carly

[@michellebachellor336]

Not now though he is back to being Carson's lackey

[@jarlymorgan]

I completely agree with helenamonster♥♥