On Twi/X Kelly's Mom & a good portion of her fans are really being atrocious. I don't know any other way to say it. I'm sure there are fans of KeMo's who are not being ugly but so many are. It's a crying shame. They do not help themselves in this way. 

Drastic change of subject: 

I know nothing about this Twi/X poster but here's their post. It may be of interest. Also could be nonsense. 

https://x.com/messages/1787558825039483244/media/1828845186648068119

55 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

No offense but, if we're speaking Twitter, her mother has only confirmed she's exited and then called out one user for accusing Kelly Monaco of having substance abuse problems. That's all she's done, unless she's speaking elsewhere.

You are right, she has been posting in support or calling out unsubstantiated rumors. She is not responsible for what others post that were nasty simply because she retweeted positive posts from those people. I haven’t been able to find Billy Miller’s mom’s exact words, but what has been shared is not great.

The attacks on other actors have been very nasty to see and the time would be better spent advocating for Kelly as opposed to spewing such venom. The exit has gotten pretty decent coverage they should be taking advantage of that.

Frank has a history of pettiness when contract negotiations go awry (Steve Burton, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Hillary B Smith, etc) so I could see killing Sam off being both a way to show the cast they need to fall in line with the budget cuts and finally rid the show of whatever headaches KeMo and her fanbase have given them.

I just think killing Sam off is too harsh an exit and if you’re gonna do it at least let it be in a blaze of glory. The rumors going around sound so lackluster. Also if it is a budget issue why not do a big stunt and kill a few more people, this all just feels so personal in a very icky way.

Thanks for the clarification on Kelly's mother's posts. 

Fans blaming anyone at GH for Billy's death is beyond the pale!

On 8/27/2024 at 9:47 AM, Liberty City said:

Exactly. Which makes me wonder: could ABC be [maybe] looking to cut Valentini sometime soon if things don't turn around? You can only control a budget for so long.

Again, I would say someone is out to get or humble FV and has for some time. Thus the PM mess. 

 

On 8/27/2024 at 10:02 AM, carolineg said:

Truth.  We know Nadia will be back again in 2027 when the show catches up with taping lol

Hahahahaha

 

On 8/27/2024 at 10:10 AM, carolineg said:

Vanessa won't be back as long as FV is involved, so I need that firing.🤞😂

We see each other!!!

 

18 hours ago, titan1978 said:

Killing her off on short notice is a statement.

Very much a statement. 

 

 

3 hours ago, titan1978 said:

Her mother and Billy Miller’s mom have been adding fuel to the fire that she was targeted by Frank unfairly.

As I read more posts attacking other actors,  I am less sympathetic to their cause when it comes to many of her fans. I have seen multiple posts claiming that Jonathan Jackson was offered some fat contract like he had in the JFP days. That Finola wasn’t asked to take a pay cut, and that’s not fair to Kelly somehow. That Laura Wright should be fired first. I am as sick of Carly as can be, but LW never looks bored or phones it in. That Maura  was spared so KM had to go. That cutting all the recurring characters is the same on their budget as Kelly, or people like Gio. That Steve Burton still has the influence he had in the 2000’s and could save her job. Tagging actors in posts like this. WTH is wrong with people.

Soaps have such a small fanbase considered to other celebrities, that it’s almost impossible to avoid stuff like this online. I feel for them, they are not in control of the shows.

Kelly was in the top earners. This seems sudden enough to be budget, but also possibly more than that and the opportunity presented itself. i think it sucks to be fired, and if Michael Easton and Roger Howarth had not also been fired within this season I would be much more upset for her than I am.

No LW just does smug and smirking, that's not much far from looking bored

ALL actors should be asked to take pay cuts, but clearly it's only Frank's pets who are exempt and it's clear that the money for JJ is coming from this firing and others that are rumored to be happening

 

Errol says some of it's personal and y'all wonder why fans think it's in favor of other actors etc...

Anyone who knows me knows I have been supportive of Frank Valentini at General Hospital and defend him, but, I am officially here to say: remove him, IMMEDIATELY! Nathan Varni, do your job and do whatever it is you need to do to get him OUT, and if you're involved then you can go, TOO!

Shelley Curtis, darling, where are you? Time to come home!

@dragonfliesHow you took that tweet as confirmation of Kelly’s firing having anything to do with paying JJ or anyone else's salary is beyond me. His return negotiations began months ago and there was already another actor dumped that likely provided salary cap space to bring Jackson back (Michael Easton).

The “I hate this character so now I have to make conspiracy theories about the actor and rage hate them too” type fans are odd ducks man.

15 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Anyone who knows me knows I have been supportive of Frank Valentini at General Hospital and defend him, but, I am officially here to say: remove him, IMMEDIATELY! Nathan Varni, do your job and do whatever it is you need to do to get him OUT, and if you're involved then you can go, TOO!

Shelley Curtis, darling, where are you? Time to come home!

Varni needs to be canned too, he's just as bad. 

9 minutes ago, detroitpiston said:

@dragonfliesHow you took that tweet as confirmation of Kelly’s firing having anything to do with paying JJ or anyone else's salary is beyond me. His return negotiations began months ago and there was already another actor dumped that likely provided salary cap space to bring Jackson back (Michael Easton).

The “I hate this character so now I have to make conspiracy theories about the actor and rage hate them too” type fans are odd ducks man.

Where did I say it was "Confirmation" I said it makes sense that people could see it that way. 

Yeah people are so making up "conspiracy theories" Funny how that's some "go to" response when they have literally nothing else. You sound ridiculous

I mean not unlike the replies here saying KeMo was problematic behind the scenes etc, with literally no proof showing any of that

people are ANGRY and have the right to be. I'm not even a KeMo or Sam fan and I'm pissed too. They're doing her dirty

I believe Errol is trustworthy so some of what is going on may be personal but without more details won’t venture a guess. When some people not here act like this has never happened before I do shake my head. That said if this is a situation where we lose 20 to 30% of the cast between now and the premiere of the Gates and Kelly is just the first, I can understand the reaction more. Typically GH only gets rid of one major and then minor people unlike some other casting culls of the past on shows that no longer exist.

There has been talk about issues with Kelly for literal years, lol. And she's been phoning a great deal of her performances in since the early 2010s, and that's a conservative estimate.

I suppose if I lived on soap twitter and only formed my opinions on GH based on how random people on the Internet felt I might be more invested, but I'm not. I don't particularly care that they fired Kelly because Sam has been dead weight for over a decade and the character is played out and has no story left. I think Sam's worked sometimes in recent years, but not enough that I would keep her.

Does being fine with Sam gone mean I am fine with FV running GH? Of course not, and it is not an either/or. This isn't stan wars and I'm not 15 years old, I don't have to pretend to take one side or the other. If Kelly wants to battle it out in the press and try to topple Frank that's just fine with me. He needs to go for other reasons. But cutting Kelly Monaco, that I don't care about.

40 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

No LW just does smug and smirking, that's not much far from looking bored

ALL actors should be asked to take pay cuts, but clearly it's only Frank's pets who are exempt and it's clear that the money for JJ is coming from this firing and others that are rumored to be happening

The first part is subjective, we can all watch and have our options about what the actors are doing.

But the second part is the issue- we do not know what happened with any of these people! It is not clear that her money was reallocated for JJ’s return. It’s not clear that everyone was asked to take cuts, or that people didn’t have to. Burton already took a cut to come back. Perhaps Finola did already as well. Or maybe she was asked and did so. People that think this way also attack the actors like they have any real power anymore. Those days are way over.

I do absolutely think there is an issue between Monaco and FV. She has barely been used in years.

Direct your ire to tptb for firing her the way they did, and for the power struggle that has left the show in story shambles it is barely crawling out of.

Attacking Finola or Jonathan (or even LW, who gets blamed for everything up to the Treaty of Versailles) is not going to get these jamokes anywhere lol.