Steve Burton is headed again to Port Charles following his Days of Our Lives departure.
“Happy anniversary General Hospital,” the actor stated within the last moments of the General Hospital sixtieth anniversary particular, which aired on ABC Thursday, January 4. “Stay tuned, big things are coming to Port Charles.”
Steve, 53, was flanked by General Hospital stars Laura Wright and Kelly Monaco, who teased his return.
“You know what they say, when one door closes,” Wright, 53, stated. Monaco, 47, continued, “Another door opens.” (The actresses play Carly Corinthos and Sam McCall, respectively, on the long-running cleaning soap.)
One day earlier than Steve’s shock General Hospital return, the actor introduced his departure from Days of Our Lives.
“Well, I just shot my final scenes here on Days of Our Lives and I just want to say, thank you so much to the cast [and] to the crew. It’s been amazing,” he shared in a video on the “Daily Drama” podcast’s YouTube channel on Wednesday, January 3. “I can’t believe it’s been a year already! So, thank you so much to the fans. It’s just … I’m always so full of gratitude.”
Steve made his Days of Our Lives debut in 1988 as Harris Michaels and first left the cleaning soap opera that very same yr. He reprised his function on the present’s spinoff, Beyond Salem, in 2022 earlier than making his official Days of Our Lives return in 2023.
Soap operas typically change up their casts, however there appears to be one thing within the water in Port Charles on General Hospital. Fresh off profitable a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Young Performer in a Daytime Drama Series, Eden McCoy was mysteriously changed by Courtney Fulk as Josslyn Jacks in December 2023. Neither ABC nor […]
Soap followers acknowledge Steve greatest from his stint as Jason Morgan on General Hospital from 1991 to 2012. He returned to the present in 2017 however was fired from the ABC sequence in 2021 after a dispute over the COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
“Well, I know there’s a lot of rumors and speculation about me and General Hospital, and I wanted you to hear it from me personally,” he introduced in an Instagram video on the time. “Unfortunately, General Hospital has let me go because of the vaccine mandate.”
Steve Burton poses for a portrait circa 1991. Dianna Whitley/Getty Images
Steve defined that he “did apply for my medical and religious exemptions,” which had been denied.
“But this is also about personal freedom to me,” he added. “Maybe one day if these mandates are lifted, I can return and finish my career as Jason Morgan. That would be an honor.”
Keeping up with the Burtons. Soap star Steve Burton welcomed three kids with Sheree Burton earlier than followers had been shocked by their seemingly abrupt break up in 2022. The General Hospital actor met Sheree on the set of the favored drama. They wed in January 1999. “My profession path took many turns after this primary job that […]
Like his profession, Steve’s private life has been shaken up lately. He filed for divorce from spouse of 23 years Sheree Burton in 2022, whereas she was pregnant. Upon saying their separation, he claimed through social media that he was not the kid’s father. She gave beginning in February 2023 and has not addressed her child’s paternity. (The former couple share three kids, Mackena, 20, Jack, 17, and Brooklyn, 9.)
Us Weekly confirmed in December 2023 that Steve and Sheree’s divorce was finalized. The exes will share joint authorized and bodily custody of their two minor kids, and he can pay $12,500 per thirty days in little one assist till April. The cost will later lower to $10,000 month-to-month.
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