Michael Easton Set to Depart ABC's "General Hospital"
by Lynette Rice
June 26, 2024


One door opens and another closes: a day after "General Hospital" thrilled fans by announcing that Jonathan Jackson is returning to the ABC sudser, Michael Easton has announced that he’s moving out of Port Charles.

The veteran soap star said his last day is June 27.



“I’ve always been partial to the Irish goodbye. That’s where you leave the party without actually telling anyone you’re gone,” Easton says in a video posted to Instagram. “But I thought you all deserved better, so I just wanted to let you know that I just filmed my final scenes here at General Hospital.

I’ve loved every minute that I’ve been here. I want to thank the entire cast and crew for allowing me to share their stage this past 10 years,” he continued. “Most importantly, I want to thank all of you for the kindness and love you’ve shown me and my family. I won’t ever forget you. And as I walk out here for the last time, and with apologies to the great Lou Gehrig, I feel like the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”

https://deadline.com/2024/06/general-hospital-michael-easton-leaving-abc-soap-1235984191/

Michael Easton on his Abrupt Departure from "General Hospital"
by Lynette Rice
July 5, 2024


Michael Easton is grateful for his time on "General Hospital". But the actor, whose last day on the ABC soap was June 27, has one regret over the way his character, Dr. Hamilton Finn, wrapped his time in Port Charles.

“From an acting standpoint, I would have liked to have just brought a little more subtlety and nuance to it,” he recently told Soap Hub about how his character fell off the wagon and immediately went off to rehab. “I had to get to a point very quickly.”

But, Easton added, “I was the beneficiary of a lot of really good writing and directing. I got to work with some really wonderful actors.”




Easton told Soap Hub that his hardest goodbye on the show was having to say farewell to Jophielle Love who plays his TV daughter Violet.

“That was the hardest goodbye of them all,” said Easton. “I have a daughter [in real life], and so Jophielle and I had this immediate connection. People said that our relationship looked so natural, as if we’d known each other in past lives. I think [Jophielle] is going to do amazing things both as an actress and as a singer. She’s going to do amazing things in life.”

https://deadline.com/2024/07/michael-easton-general-hospital-departure-interview-1236002178/