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I'll beat a dead horse one last time lol. To me it's not a big deal she's gone or that she's no longer a lead. It's the clear preferential treatment Storms gets to basically dictate her own schedule. Many more important actors and vets have been canned for much less. As you said, we can't figure anything out for JJ, but let's roll out the red carpet for KT and RP, who no one cares about. Let's give Kirsten 16 years to move!!! But JJ has less than a year and very little writing.

Because she won't and Frank won't take her off contract. Which is nice for her and I think Frank is doing her a solid. But when Maxie is missing in a story about HER husband and father of her child it's glaring. She isn't subtly missing from the canvas like Lulu was in her coma. This story should be a Maxie story. And I suppose we wait until Storms decides she can come back hopefully sometime at the end of the year, but no promises. Mac, Felicia, the kid that plays James and maybe Spinelli have to do the heavy lifting here? Fine, but none of these actors get the consideration that Storms does. Nathan returning is on GH. It wasn't necessary, but the show can't even play the proper beats without Maxie.

I am not saying she should be banned for life from GH, but when her public excuses are always relatively mild things that people deal with every day like moving (which she doesn't have to) or skin issues it's vague on paper. Have you ever known anyone who had the luxury of taking an entire year off and still be employed for endometriosis? To me she's basically calling Frank and saying, "Meh, I can't work for half a year, I hope that's okay". I think everyone here is reading between the lines and digging deeper because there's obviously other things at play, but going by Kirsten Storms's actual excuses she's taking time off for very minor issues. I hope she's well and I can give her grace, but, lol, I am moving and I need the entire rest of the year off is ridiculous. Kirsten doesn't owe me or anyone any explanation or excuse, but when she gives silly ones I think I can judge them. I make fun of Amanda Setton and her wardrobe all the time. I think she should be recast, but she physically shows up for work and does her job even if I don't agree with her performance.

Portia is a trainwreck and hypocritical, but Curtis sucks so I am not even mad about it. Paevey is good looking That's all. Nothing else to see here.

I mean, then maybe she should vacate the role if she has such serious issues. I am 99% sure one leave was over skin issues. I will look it up, but KS's leaves have a variety of google searches lol Kirsten Storms Skin Issues Kirsten Storms has been dealing with skin issues that were exacerbated by stress and anxiety. She has openly discussed her struggles with these issues, which have led to her taking a break from the soap opera "General Hospital" to focus on her health. Storms has been candid about her mental health journey and the impact of stress on her skin, which has been a significant part of her life during her time off. She has also addressed the rumors and false headlines that circulated about her leaving the show due to health concerns, emphasizing that her departure was not related to her health but to her relocation to Tennessee with her daughter. I am sure she has medical issues as well, but it's not GH's job to continue to pay her if she can't film.

I think that's a fair assessment. But people in regular jobs in real life don't get that cushion. BB seems like a responsible father. There has to be a lot of reasons he got full custody of the child. Idk, with Tyler's passing it feels like GH should be a bit more responsible about giving KS options instead of coddling her. But of course I am just spit balling as I don't know if KS has substance/mental issues.

100% agree, but her child Harper is a girl lol.

Paggi was like a mop with blonde hair. She had no emotion lol

Not to be contrary as you know I love you, but having to literally go on "medical leaves" for extended periods at time isn't exactly requesting time off, but c'mon. Wasn't one medical leave for a frickin rash? Or skin ailment? Almost a year off for endometriosis is also excessive from personal experience.

I agree there are probably health issues that we don't know about and GH could be liable for firing her. It's the transparency that bothers me the most. Please just say you are struggling or there are other factors in play. No one needs a time break like that to move and to pretend like that's acceptable irritates me to no end. And they are still paying her to not be on screen! Go find Jen Lilley at God's channel or Molly Burnett . It's not like KS is a Sarah Brown performer. She's likeable at best and isn't willing to commit to the minimum requirements like showing up every day. I could understand, perhaps, if she was truly a single parent, but from my understanding Barash has always had full custody of the girl and is an active parent. He's married and stable. KS doesn't need to roam around Nashville for 6 months to, Idk, find a daycare or school for her child.

I would let her go. She's a liability that makes her own rules at this point. I am sure she's probably a nice person, but she can't reliably show to act and it's not even like she's on that often. Plenty of women would kill to have her job. Would your job ever let you take 6 months off to move?

Exactly. A nice little happy ending until Kirsten figures out...whatever. That's a satisfying conclusion to the character arc. Bringing Nathan in when there's literally no Maxie is stupid and undermines the Spixie pairing which I actually like.

At this point I don't think it's fair Kirsten gets all these passes on when she feels like she wants to work. She's never claimed mental illness or substance abuse so at this point she just seems lazy? Deciding when she wants to work, what she wants to wear, how she styles herself, etc. I would have recast years ago. People move all the time. It doesn't take 6 months. And, yes, I have moved across country before.

I mean, I am not even shipping Dillon coming back lol. I just want better casting if they do decide to go that way. Lovely that there is a whole Maxie story with Nathan that Kirsten Storms opted out of because she has to move for 5000 years or do whatever. GH should just fire her.

Lol! You dislike Berris? I just need a recast with some quirk rather than a bland hunk.

I thought SC was a great Dillon. Obviously he won't return. GH needs to go outside the box to find a new Dillon and not cast dull hunks like Robert Palmer Watkins. Dillon has always had more depth than the Nathans and Chases. I could see someone like Blake Berris working as Dillon.

Interesting tidbit about Monty/The Eckerts. I didn't know she was trying to develop a studio in Oregon. I found the Cartel story too complicated. Aside from what I'd mostly consider B players being involved, it had a lot of extraneous details that made it confusing yet boring. I obviously didn't watch early Riche in real time, but I do find her early months engaging as well. I don't know if that's because I know what's to come. To me it feels like she's tying up loose ends and repositioning the canvas to her vision. I suppose it could be considered dull day to day though.

I don't think anything was teased. Fans just picked up on the name and thought it could be connected. Which Barrett isn't the most uncommon last name, but there should have been a point to it. I assume Guza was just faking us all out and trying to woo Vanessa back in any sort of fashion.

Should have been Julia's son. NO ONE in town even question the last name including Sonny. An FU to fans. Duhon and Gehardt look similar to me, but Gehardt was a very hot silver fox replacement for Greg Vaughan not too long ago. I would not hate him as an Eric recast if GV isn't available.

Oh thanks for that. It's a real shame. Because I thought Logan had some legs to be long term, but I do in fact get him confused with Cooper Barrett (not related to Brenda or Julia 😑)

From the 80's from Brenda? She debuted in 1992. I can't speak for everything GH in that time period. I am more of a Brenda Barrett expert lol.

I mean, I certainly won't mourn Britt if she dies again lol.

To compare her to Carly or Brenda is ridiculous. Brenda was a spoiled brat as a teenager. She wasn't perfect as an adult and often a chaos monster, but showed growth. Carly had a lot of trauma and was a very hurt person. Britt's just a jerk to be a jerk. Having hot chem with Steve Burton isn't a reason to re-hire KT. Steve Burton has proven he can have chemistry time and time again with love interests (LW's Carly aside). We don't need to go backwards here. Did anyone seriously miss Britt on the canvas?

Idk. I think Tony was the main inspiration for the entire Eckert family so it's hard to say if they would have been viable with random casting. I think a Luke/Laura return would have bumped up the interest in the audience enough for Monty to stay on for a few more years. I still think she was very out of touch with what 90's audiences wanted, but JER did make that sorta camp work on Days. It's an interesting discussion.

I don't even understand why Britt's "employer" would even care about Rocco. Britt didn't until she returned. So I get the defensive walls up, but there isn't the vulnerability side there at all. It's just Britch all the time. And, well, Sarah Brown could act so there's no comparison with Kelly T.