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‘General Hospital’s’ Rory Gibson Opens Up About Falling on Hard Times After Being Let Go by ‘The Young and the Restless’
Before Rory Gibson won everyone’s hearts as the new Michael Corinthos on General Hospital in 2025, from 2021-2023, he played the role of Sharon and Nick’s son, Noah Newman on The Young and the Restless, where he essentially went from contract to recurring to never seen again on the CBS soap opera.
Now, on the latest episode of Maurice Benard’s (Sonny Corinthos, GH) mental health You Tube series, State of Mind, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning star welcomed his new TV son to the hot seat where they discussed a myriad of topics including; Rory’s tough upbringing and the difficult challenges he faced when he became an out of work actor smack dab around the time of the SAG/AFTRA actors strike in 2023.
For the first time publicly, Gibson opened up about the subject, and how he and his longtime girlfriend and fiancée, Alicia Ruela fell on very hard times, and how things ended at Y&R.
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Rory shared, “Things got real, real bumpy for a while because we hit the strikes. I’ve never shared this publicly, but me and my fiancée (Alicia Ruela) were essentially homeless.”
Next, Gibson elaborated, “I was doing Y&R and then I went recurring, and I was working here and there for a little while. Then, I booked one really big one – a small role in like the Zack Snyder movie (Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire). I was pumped on it. Then, I kept testing for these big projects. I kept testing. I’m (feeling I’m) on the right road, and the (actors) strikes hit, and everything shuts down. Simultaneously, I’m not getting called in for Y&R anymore. So, all of a sudden everything goes dry. I already wasn’t making a ton of money. It got to a point where she (Alicia) was modeling professionally and that dried up too. Neither of us were making any money and we couldn’t afford a rent, and we had to bounce out. We were couch-surfing for almost a year.”
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Gibson then recalled how things began to get back on track, “So that was most of 2023 and then in 2024, I ended up getting back to work as a trainer at Barry’s Bootcamp gym. It like I was resetting in a strange way. I started working there again, started doing my thing, and the industry was still really slow. Slowly, it started to pick up and life got kind of comfortable again. It was this weird acceptance of like, I’m pursuing the thing that I love (acting) and that I want to do, and that I want to make something out of my my life with, and I want to enjoy what I do while simultaneously having to accept the fact that its going to come with a lot of trials and tribulations.”
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Reflecting back on hitting almost rock bottom and being scrappy and keeping his dreams alive, Rory added, “In hindsight, you look back on it and say, ‘If I hadn’t essentially been let go from Y&R and say, if I hadn’t had to couch surf for a year, and if I wasn’t broke, and I didn’t have to go through all the other stuff too,” that perhaps what awaited him wouldn’t have come.
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Gibson explained, “It was just through the past five or six years of these really big ups, and then here were a lot of really lows. We lost a lot of people, and we lost dogs, and it was a weird time, but then especially getting off of Y&R, and being broke, and trying to figure everything out. Say I was still doing that show (Y&R) and everyone there is lovely. I appreciate them beyond belief. They gave me my first big job, but maybe things would’ve been the same. I wasn’t feeling terribly fulfilled over there. It wasn’t the most ideal situation for me. Whereas now (at General Hospital) it kind of does feel that way. I feel extremely fulfilled.”
You can check out the full conversation between Rory and Maurice on State of Mind below.
So, what are your thoughts on Rory Gibson opening up and sharing what many people have gone through at one time in their lives when they fall on hard times? What did you think about the sentiments he expressed, that in a way, he was not feeling fulfilled with what they were giving him to play as Noah Newman in high contrast to now being front and center as Michael Corinthos on General Hospital? Let us know in the comment section.
I’m glad things are better for him.
Feel bad to hear about his bout with being homeless And yand r so misused him they way they’ve done to 100 others! Even though I don’t watch gh I wish him nothing but the best in the role of Michael Corinthos
Agree!
It actually seems that Y and R doesn’t know what to do with ANY of the characters in the younger generation(s)
I’m 54, and I was just at a fantastic family destination wedding this weekend. The Father of the Bride being my Cousin Once Removed, and the Bride being my second cousin. I was able to enjoy talking with the grandparents, parents generation, bride and groom’s generation since they are literally 25 years younger than me, as well as have some fun with the little ones who were there. That’s 5 generations of enjoyment, and many many stories were told as we all got to know each other with awesome fun and celebration.
I simply do not understand why anyone under 35/40 years of age is not featured. Don’t we need some young love stories for future weddings and babies rather than corporate mergers and acquisitions???
Anyways, you GO Rory!!! You ROCK as Michael on GH, and so glad you you have new beginnings on all accounts, both personal and professional. Keep up that fantastic job!!!
So glad you had a nice time at wedding ! It seems they don’t understand the name of the show is young and the restless . At a recent party for Nikki not one of her grandchildren was in attendance except Claire who became there grandchild 15 minutes ago ! They are certainly not writing for the future
And they just killed off Chance and Damien (and Cole – to ultimately become a grandfather to Claire’s kids). None of it makes any sense. At least GH understands the need for drama around young love and have developed the younger generations, and Rory as Michael will definitely help continue that.
Happy you had a wonderful time at the wedding, Margherita.
I’m a talker and hope i’m civil to you also everyone who read it. I don’t meant to be rude or cold. Sorry for that!
I don’t agree with Claire it is in her right to be there but you have good point on not inviting Nikki’s other grandchildren on the party. It’s not the first time
At a recent party for Nikki not one of her grandchildren was in attendance except Claire who became there grandchild 15 minutes ago ! They are certainly not writing for the future
Remember the anniversary of Victor and Nikki. Neither of grandchildren of them were there just Harrison who isn’t their grandson. The anniversary didn’t finish it was all about kidnapping Harrison & Summer and Kyle right away. To me it was bad.
Foreign fans were roasting Y&R because they didn’t do research on the adoption in foreign. Major fans sided I saw and other fans were insulting them. It was nasty!
But I wanna keep it positive. Team Rory/Michael(GH)
Agree, His story about being homeless moved me. He is magic in GH and has chemistry with everyone. I’m a fan of him but indeed Y&R misused Rory. Did it with Kelsey too as other. Picked AL/MM over it where a lot of actors and actress were pushed back previous years in stories. Now AL/CF are gone too. I feel bad for them because the Skyle fanbase/fans and media behaviour that ruined for everyone. They never get called out but attacking people personal who spoke against them. The same people are doing it with Haley Erin that doesn’t like something they see.
The world is full of crueilty what cruelity or obsessive nature can do to people over a soap, ship and character you love. That others don’t like or like instead of enjoying while those who act do/tries their best. If we had no soaps what would we watch then.
Y&R has not known what to do with the character of Noah, since he became an adult. Which is a shame, because he could be a positive voice and a new generation of the Newmans. I am glad things are going well for Rory Gibson. From what I hear, he is killing it as Michael.
Rory Gibson was only cast in the role of Noah when Michael Mealor quit as Kyle Abbott, and when Mealor came back, Josh Griffith clearly had no need to keep Gibson in the role of Noah.
Two different characters and two different families. Y&R is in need of young blood and storylines. If a person has the talent and given the opportunity, they can shine. Anyway, it’s great that things have turned around for Rory Gibson.
I respect Scotts comment, but well put. Lewis. Y&R wasted Alison Lanier and Connor Floyd. They could have done more with characters they played. I saw chemistry of both and saw why the fans loved them too much. You know with storylines and finallly a Newman/Chancellor blood. There is enough Newman/Abbott blood. Harrison and Dominic aren their bio children. They still can do that by undoing Chance death. Recast Chance and Summer so they can find happiness. Y&R need a new producer other than Griffith and good writers. To end this! I love how GH and fans embraced Rory.
Two different characters and two different families. Y&R is in need of young blood and storylines. If a person has the talent and given the opportunity, they can shine. Anyway, it’s great that things have turned around for Rory Gibson.
As a fan of GH. I know a lot in en outs on Y&R. It was repeatability about Michael Mealor/Alison Lanier. Summer and Kyle. It will be again if Y&R recast Summer with a new actress. I know how fans are feeling for not giving Rory neither Kelsey. AL Neither CF a chance for their character they play. The pairing which fans love to grow. Those who are attacking other over something they like or Claire& Kyle. Is low level.
Rory Gibson was only cast in the role of Noah when Michael Mealor quit as Kyle Abbott, and when Mealor came back, Josh Griffith clearly had no need to keep Gibson in the role of Noah.
I don’t like Willow and Michael. Each to his own but I don’t attack their fans or other over opinions or such. Not like that!
I don’t see anyone attacking anyone here. ???
Thrilled to watch Rory as Michael. The experiences that he had to endure made
him the fabulous actor he is now!!! Seeing
Emmy in his future!!!
Well said
I am glad things worked out for him; I slowly warmed to him on The Young and the Restless (although Robert Adamson held my heart), and when Chad Duell (whom I loved) announced his exit from the role of Michael on General Hospital, I had a small chance of hope Adamson would reprise the role again (my dream Michael recast), but alas, Rory Gibson came into the role and has smashed my expectations. He was meant to be in the role of Michael. Meant to be.
Wow! High praise indeed coming from you- loved the build up. I agree with your every word.
Happy for Rory Gibson! He’s good at GH Love Michael. I’m a GH fan.
I’ve read negative things overall about Y&R mainly fans/fanbase. Fans have right to judge a fanbase and media. Fans have right to complain about a fanbase and media. Major fans were victimized and were personally attack by fans huge/small followings or not, the fanbase over an opinion because they didn’t like Skyle. Because fans felt AL/MM were given to much attention, stories and publicty over other favorites actors or characters who were less given a story. Because of this Rory Gibson and Kelly wang are gone as Allie & Noah who were never given a chance. fans felt. Because of this Alison Lanier and Connor floyd are gone because fans liked Summer and Chance who also was never given a chance. Fans felt. It was about Skyle. The same fans, Summer and Kyle fans doing it again with Haley Erin because they don’t like Claire and Kyle. I like them together. Blame the show at the fullest but mostly the fans/fanbase/media played a role for hurting other fans.
People get you are fan of ships or not. But If you can’t take no or disagreement for a answer that people want something different then don’t watch! But this attacking personally crosses a line which never has been called out.
I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason; good or bad. Everything happens in God’s time. I am glad you are getting back on track. You are killing the roll of Michael. The fans gain and others loss.
His story moved me still and is killiing the role as Michael indeed. I agree with your comment.
Y&R has someone young talented as Michael Mealor too. I feel he isn’t on the right place and the show is wasting him so much while i see more in him. Same as Alison Lanier. Put her on Days!!
The bold and the beautiful has talented actors/actresses too. B&B is destroying them while they giving everything they can in a bad storyline =(
I saw that episode of State of Mind. Appreciated his honesty and love Rory as Michael. He deserves all good experiences after what he went through.The cream rises to the top.
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
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Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Ava’s (Maura West) daughter Avery looks quite different, starting on today’s November 9 episode of General Hospital. That’s because GH has made Avery into a full-blown teenager and the role is now being played by actress Alya Bullington.
In her debut, the Tennessee native was thrown into the deep soap waters with Daytime Emmy winners, Maurice Benard and Eden McCoy (Josslyn). Bullington weighed-in to TV Insider about her first scene which featured Avery overhearing a fight between Sonny and Josslyn.
She explained “It was something I have never done before, I did not have a lot of experience with the screaming and the crying stuff, but I got my first script, and I was like, ‘OK, this is a huge opportunity to learn so much about how that stuff works and to become this character that I have never even tried playing before.’”
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THE TEENAGED VERSION OF AVERY WILL HAVE A LOT TO CONTEND WITH
Speaking of working with McCoy, Bullington shared, “She’s incredible. I remember her just laughing and making jokes on set, and then the minute that they started taping, she just locked in and she cried immediately, and my first thought was, ‘I want to be able to do that.’
The soap opera newcomer added, “I think she just inspired me so much because she is so great and she can just lock into whatever character she wants to in the moment.”
The character of Avery was born back in 2014, but as recently as the October 8 episode of General Hospital, the character was suddenly referred to as a teenager. This is the second young female character in recent months to be aged up following the casting of Kayden Brenna Tokarski as Scout Cain.
As for her take on Avery and what’s ahead, Alya said,“She’s emotional, and she’s curious, and she’s a really fun person to play because so much stuff is happening in her life. I think she’s kind of confused about what’s happening and what to believe.”
So, what do you think about General Hospital making Avery a teenager? Are you excited to see the conflict between Sonny, Ava and Avery now that they have aged up the character? Share your thoughts and welcome Alya to GH via the comment section below.
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