43 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

I could potentially see it... but I also don't. I didn't see anything in his time as Vic to reflect Jax.

To me all you have to be for Jax is relatively charming, and he was.

15 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

I imagine this is an unpopular idea but I don't think we need Jax. I have wracked my brain trying to think why in fact the show needs him. And, I come up with absolutely nothing.

I can definitely see what people mean when they say that Charles Mesure should have been a Jax recast. He is a New Zealander so there is that. Accent is in place.

Really, what purpose do people see Jax playing today?

I only see them needing a Jax when Joss decides to get married or something. Funny how she never speaks of her father. LOL

1 minute ago, Beachstorm said:

I only see them needing a Jax when Joss decides to get married or something. Funny how she never speaks of her father. LOL

Yeah but, in a way, why would she? Thinking back, we last saw him in Nixon Falls, so it's definitely been awhile. If the show had interest in him it would be easy for them to write it that soon when Joss is furious (if my theory proves true) Jax could try to talk her down. Instead, that will fall to Carly & to Trina. 

18 hours ago, j swift said:

Also, we know that he signed a short term contract.

I believe Burton said it was a two year deal, which for a vet with a decent salary is not short term in today’s soap world.

Ingo can kick rocks. He made choices and there were consequences. He had other work around his GH stints before, so no telling exactly why he is deemed unhirable now. Perhaps his outspoken MAGA personality made it difficult to find work in Hollywood. There are plenty of people that feel the way he does working in soaps and most of them keep it relatively quiet, especially compared to him. It’s his own fault he is now on stage with Kevin Sorbo, Scott Baio, etc, and not acting.

I think Jax can stay gone personally.

5 hours ago, titan1978 said:

I believe Burton said it was a two year deal, which for a vet with a decent salary is not short term in today’s soap world.

Ingo can kick rocks. He made choices and there were consequences. He had other work around his GH stints before, so no telling exactly why he is deemed unhirable now. Perhaps his outspoken MAGA personality made it difficult to find work in Hollywood. There are plenty of people that feel the way he does working in soaps and most of them keep it relatively quiet, especially compared to him. It’s his own fault he is now on stage with Kevin Sorbo, Scott Baio, etc, and not acting.

I think Jax can stay gone personally.

But, I hope you get my point that Ingo is not suing in order to be rehired.  He is suing for damages based on a conspiracy theory that GH brought back Steve Burton in order to argue against having to pay Ingo's future wages.  He is alleging that by hiring Burton, GH was trying to show that any actor who had been fired due to the immunization mandate could be rehired. This means that Ingo could not sue for damages based on future lost wages because there is still a slim chance that he could be hired by another production.

I don't agree with the conspiracy, but there are tidbits of truth that could imply some credibility.  However, given the recent court ruling that does not allow him to re-open the discovery process, we'll never know if it was a possibility.

To me, the paranoid subterfuge implied in Ingo's filing is more interesting than who should be cast on a soap that is already too bloated.

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1 hour ago, j swift said:

But, I hope you get my point that Ingo is not suing in order to be rehired. 

I think he is suing for money and doesn’t expect to be rehired. I also think it is for attention from the online supporters of Trump and the anti-COVID crowd.

And I thought it was the last I’ve heard of Ingo… Gosh his character hasn’t even been interesting for 2 decades man. 
Such a bitter and greedy men. He really thinks he has a chance against ABC.. The Big Mouse? Good luck to him lol 

6 hours ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

And I thought it was the last I’ve heard of Ingo… Gosh his character hasn’t even been interesting for 2 decades man. 
Such a bitter and greedy men. He really thinks he has a chance against ABC.. The Big Mouse? Good luck to him lol 

Considering ABC News was forced by the company to settle a lawsuit with Trump that the actual news division personnel felt should have been dismissed altogether I don’t know anymore. They might settle just to get past the perception of anti-conservative bias.

18 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

Considering ABC News was forced by the company to settle a lawsuit with Trump that the actual news division personnel felt should have been dismissed altogether I don’t know anymore. They might settle just to get past the perception of anti-conservative bias.

But, it has been this way for years & they didn't capitulate earlier. Why would the Mouse company do so now? When I think about that as a possibility I cannot even imagine, given the size of Ingo's ego, it is substantially a chance that he would ...  I don't know ... maybe his head would explode!!! At any rate you wouldn't want to be in the vicinity.

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