GH: Character Recast

[John]

[Lye-C]

If they can rehire Steve Burton, why not Antonio Sabato Jr.? They are the same.

Edited February 4, 2024 by Lye-C

[John]

No. ASJ has made Homophobic/Transphobic remarks. Plus he also on Social Media said that the GH execs should be fired. You cant advocate for the GH bosses to be fired and than be shocked they dont want to rehire you. 

[Contessa Donatella]

Yes, saying something like that Frank guy should be fired. That's #1 at GH. That is not an enhancement to employment by any means at all!

And, the thing about Burton is, yes, he disagreed with the vaccine mandate & refused, so he had to be let go, but he never mouthed off, at all. Instead saying maybe he would be lucky & in the future that he & GH would be on the journey together again, etc. Unlike Ingo he was very smart in how he handled himself & the press. And, no, I don't care for Burton, but this is an aspect where he is due consideration. 

[Lye-C]

Burton feels the same way. Both are MAGA psychos.

[John]

Burton may feel that way, who knows. Ive never seen him publicly say that. ASJ I have. 

[Contessa Donatella]

For the most part Burton, Shriner & Hennessey are smart about what they say, how they relate to the press & to the fans & also what they don't say. Although I did read that recently Shriner said, "Liesl who?" so perhaps he is situationally smart, sometimes is, sometimes isn't.

Ingo & ASJr are seemingly never smart about what they say. 

[Lye-C]

How does Kin not know who Obrecht is?

This sounds like the situation at Days only this time ASJ is Missy Reeves and Burton, Hennessy, etc are Koslow, Hogestyn, and Sweeney. 

[Darn]

He knows who she is. He's just a jerk. I find Kin amusing but he's unquestionably kind of a jackass.

John, sweetie, why are we posting 20 year old pictures of this man?

[Contessa Donatella]

And he knows that it is over with Liesl & he knows just what he did to cause that, too! Me, I'd say jerk & [!@#$%^&*], but I will also accept jerk & jackass. Works for me. Like Donell, Kin has 'tude. He's not fixated on a blonde power player, no he's fixated on Scotty having a young hot thing for a girlfriend. 24-27, say, any hair color, any eye color but young & HAWT! 

[Jdee43]

So it wasn't the writers who decided to break up Scott and Liesl, but the actors? As in there was some BTS drama? 

[Paul Raven]

I'm over this notion that actors have much of a say in story.

Especially the notion that Kin, a recurring player who's only there due to the generosity of his employers, could flex his muscles about who he's paired with...

As for wanting some young love interest, yea we all have dreams.

[Vee]

Kin (who's been on recurring for aeons) has never said a word against being paired and re-paired with Lynn, Jackie, Genie and then Kathleen Gati over the last 20+ years. I don't mean back in the '70s, '80s or '90s, I mean the show's regular tired attempts to link Scott and those women back up in the 21st century, before they more recently tested him with Maura and then put him with Obrecht for a long stretch. I can't remember a time he had a love interest that was ever age-inappropriate in fact. I find it extremely hard to believe he is suddenly demanding a young woman lol.

Edited February 6, 2024 by Vee

[Contessa Donatella]

It's not that Kin has any power over his story if that is what you're thinking. It is a question of control & misbehavior.

Once due to some misbehavior they took a court case away from him & made up some story nonsense about him having to go deal with Serena being arrested for advocating for the whales. It was an abrupt change in story.

With Gati he made her cry more than once on set. 

 

[Paul Raven]

If Kin is troublesome, then he should go once and for all. It would be quite easy to ease him out.

I hate the  notion of women 'brought to tears' or made to cry. Unfortunately something women are allowed or expected to do.