The same thing could be said about any one of us. There are some posters on this board that irritate the hell out of me, but yet someone else is laughing and giggling with them and it leaves me dumbfounded. Then the flipside, I adore and laugh my ass off with some of the posters on here... while others find them detestable and I'm left just as dumbfounded. Nobody is going to be liked by everybody and nobody is going to be disliked by everybody. The key is understanding that personal opinion is just that. Personal. It's not a hard and fast rule. So if people find JFP evil, that's their perception of them. If people find JFP a doll, that's their perception of them. It's not as if we can twist her apart at the waist and see if her core is pure evil or goodness.

Very well said.

I give Jill a lot of credit for GH won many Emmys under her reign, but her casting decisions speak for themselves. Firing a 90 year old, several 30 year veterans, and GH's last two remaining original cast members is something that no matter how hard Frank Valentini tries, will never be able to be fixed 100%.

Who was the other original that she fired other than Rachel Ames?

GH didnt have any original cast members on its roster when JFP took over

GH didnt have any original cast members on its roster when JFP took over

I know Rachel Ames is often just considered to be one.

Who was the other original that she fired other than Rachel Ames?

Peter Hansen (Lee Baldwin) was recurring when JFP took over.

I forgot that he was still on the show at that point.

GH didnt have any original cast members on its roster when JFP took over

Rachel Ames (Audrey) & Peter Hansen (Lee) were always billed as original cast members since they came on so early in the show's history.

Edited February 18, 201312 yr by MrQuartermaine

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Edited February 18, 201312 yr by Mr. Vixen

Rachel Ames (Audrey) & Peter Hansen (Lee) were always billed as original cast members since they came on so early in the show's history.

They are not original cast members. Ames joined a year after debut, and he 2 years. He wasnt even on contract at anytime during JFP's run. Most of his appearances were on PC in his latter years and she chose not to use him when that was over, outside of Lila's funeral if I recall correctly. That doesnt equate to firing him

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They are not original cast members. Ames joined a year after debut, and he 2 years. He wasnt even on contract at anytime during JFP's run. Most of his appearances were on PC in his latter years and she chose not to use him when that was over, outside of Lila's funeral if I recall correctly. That doesnt equate to firing him

Rachel Ames came on in Febryary 1964, so not quite a year after the show started

I'm willing to accept her as an original.

They are not original cast members. Ames joined a year after debut, and he 2 years. He wasnt even on contract at anytime during JFP's run. Most of his appearances were on PC in his latter years and she chose not to use him when that was over, outside of Lila's funeral if I recall correctly. That doesnt equate to firing him

Ames has always been billed as an original cast member. I don't know why, but she has. And since Lee was an original character, Hansen often was considered an original cast member. He, Susan Brown, & Anne Jeffreys were recurring on both GH & PC until JFP took over and seized using them on GH. That may not be firing them, but it is still releasing them/letting them go.

Rachel Ames came on in Febryary 1964, so not quite a year after the show started

I'm willing to accept her as an original.

10 months. Big difference. Thats close enough to a year

Ames has always been billed as an original cast member. I don't know why, but she has. And since Lee was an original character, Hansen often was considered an original cast member. He, Susan Brown, & Anne Jeffreys were recurring on both GH & PC until JFP took over and seized using them on GH. That may not be firing them, but it is still releasing them/letting them go.

It doesnt matter what they were billed as. The fact is, neither was originally there when the show started and hnce neither was actually an original cast member even if some would rather think they were

I don't think it's unreasonable to think that one person can't be perceived in different ways by different people.

Melody Thomas Scott recently raved about JFP (she didn't have to and wasn't asked about Jill, but she did anyway), when most of us initially thought she was the type of actress Jill would want to fire or backburner completely. It's not always predictable which actors/characters a producer will take to and those they won't.

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Well Lee was an original character for sure.