General Hospital
GH’s Steve Burton Tests Positive for COVID-19 But Is Asymptomatic; ‘Stone Cold and the Jackal’ Shows To Be Rescheduled
The Delta Variant of the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on many lives. Now comes word from General Hospital’s Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) that he tested positive for Covid-19, although he is feeling fine, and thus has to cancel his scheduled appearance this weekend and moving forward in August with Bradford Anderson (Spinelli). The two had a show scheduled in Boston for this weekend as part of their Stone Cold and The Jackal Tour.
In a statement in his video shared by Coastal Entertainment, Burton shared: “Long story short I was exposed at work. I tested negative on Wednesday and then I wanted to take another test before I got on a plane to be safe and come out and see you guys and then I tested Positive. I feel fine, I have no symptoms, other than being really bummed that we can’t see you guys.”
Burton says they will announce new dates from the now cancelled August leg of their tour next week.
Watch Steve’s video announcement below.
Please send your well-wishes to Steve, hopefully all will continue to be well with him, and let’s hope we can make across-the-board mandates for vaccinations, and efforts, to stop the spread of the Delta Variant for the safety of all our our loved ones and colleagues whether it be at home, at school, or on the job.
Hey everyone we are so sorry we have to postpone all shows for @1SteveBurton @BfordAnderson @StoneColdJackal – Steve is feeling fine but has tested positive. More info by next week regarding new dates for the tour. pic.twitter.com/KYaP02D2H7
— Linda Rohe (@coastalent1) August 13, 2021
Well now you know somebody’s gonna put a hit out on COVID. That virus ain’t gonna get away with threatening Stone Cold.
It would be helpful to know if Mr. Burton had received both initial vaccine doses as he doesn’t fit the criteria of someone apt to be struck with the variant. From all the news shows I’ve seen, it’s only a small group who would need the booster for the variant. I just hope all will recover from this dreadful time. Especially sorry for families that have suffered so much pain.
First of all, there is no “criteria” for who can get it; the virus obviously doesn’t care. More important, of course he’s NOT vaccinated. He would’ve said so in the video, and we all know it.
DON’T EVER ASK ANYONE IF THEIR VACCINATED.
THEIR ARE HIPPA LAWS HELLO
Stay safe get better soon we love you❤
I’m so sorry to hear about Steve.
I hope you’re back to normal before you know it.
Glad you’re feeling good.
What’s this bit about NLG being pissed about COVID being spread at the show’s studio’s?
She said there were five actors who weren’t vaccinated and feels it should be mandatory. As we can see from Steve Burton, she’s right to feel that way. It’s way risky for these actors to be doing scenes with people who aren’t vaccinated; the crews are required to be; union rule.
Rebecca 1…Wonder how she felt about sharing scenes with Ingo today.
There are people that test positive for covid but have no Symptoms…
Where is Brenda at Vanessa Marcil?
Brenda needs to bring sonny home and expose everything
Jbolin
Say what??
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
Vaccine or no vaccine if I was an actor on the show I would not feel comfortable doing any kissing scenes. No one knows much about this delta variant and even if the vaccine people have gotten is 100% effective against the delta variant. I see some actors are still not doing kissing scenes and I assume they are either not vaccinated and/or not comfortable doing these scenes during the pandemic. The Delta variant seems to be affecting the younger group so if I was GH I would cut out all kissing scenes for now. Just doesn’t seem to be the wise decision.
Lots of false positives with the rapid test. Sounds like the test was a rapid test. He should have gotten the 72 hour test.
How do you know there is No such thing as asymptomatic?
adjectiveMEDICINE
(of a condition or a person) producing or showing no symptoms.
“infection is usually asymptomatic”
Example: PID. Men often have no symptoms, but can spread it to women during penetrative vaginal intercourse (unprotected). Women may also be asymptomatic, but will still suffer damage to their reproductive abilities, among other things.
I hate to see disinformation in any form. It’s disheartening when certain actors promulgate such falsehoods about COVID — Ingo, I’m talking to you! A certain ex-U.S. president was kicked off social media for constantly putting out disinformation, much of it harmful, some of it inciteful. Certain other members of Congress have also been kicked off social media, even briefly, for disinformation and harmful words.
I don’t like to see disinformation at this website either (discussion on “asymptomatic”). Anti-vaxxers, reality-deniers, science-haters, please change your ways. It might just save your life!
Jamesj75…It’s disheartening when anyone comes out with misinformation about covid, or any subject. Sorry to hear Ingo being one of those. But I also don’t like those who get on social media to fire him. With social media all of this negativity can spread like wildfire. The social media companies get a lot of blame here. I’ve listened to their rationales about monitoring content to their sites. It falls on deaf ears with me, especially one company whose founder started by rating girls in college. For those who believe in their freedom of choice, fine, but stay home where you won’t take the chance of infecting anyone else.
rose, thanks a million for your reply. I appreciate the points you make here, and I agree. I am no fan of social media — I don’t use them. I think they have proven to be harmful to our society at large and to individual self-esteem. But I congratulate them for removing those from their platforms who purposefully misuse those platforms to spread disinformation and hate. As for firings and cancellations, those are more nuanced and subjective, so that a case-by-case basis seems a worthy route. Take care.
You’re incorrect. There are lots of times that people are asymptomatic yet still positive and even contagious. Sometimes people do not have symptoms initially, but then develop them as the disease progresses.
Think: which is the more dangerous idea if it’s incorrect — yours, or the asymptomatic COVID “lie”?
Typhoid Mary was wrong, too. She ignored experts’ advice, and killed people with her gross poop-hands.
Stop helping kill people with your poop ideas.
I’m…I’m not even mad anymore, just sad. So many if you are in denial, filling hospitals. I feel so helpless. I’m immune-suppressed and trapped. You’re the third person saying this nonsense and I can’t with it. Please just…just find good sources and not these online fringe colloidal silver shills.
General Hospital
Blythe Howard Joins the Cast of ‘General Hospital’ as Monet: Who is She Connected to in Port Charles?
General Hospital continues to add new characters to the canvas. Now comes word of the arrival of Monet, a savvy lawyer played by Blythe Howard. Look for Monet to debut in Port Charles next week on the Wednesday, September 23 episode.
According to TV Insider, “Monet arrives in town as a litigator who recently joined Miller & Davis, the firm run by Diane Miller (Carolyn Hennesy) and Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn), and meets with a Port Charles resident in need of legal counsel.”
In a statement, General Hospital’s executive producer, Frank Valentini shared, “I am very excited to welcome Blythe Howard to the cast of General Hospital. Look for her to have an unexpected connection to a beloved Port Charles resident.”
FROM TELEVISION TO CANCER SURVIVOR TO GIVING BACK
If Howard looks familiar you may have seen her on several television series including: Yellowstone, Power Book IV: Force, Walker, 9-1-1: Lone Star, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, CW’s Dynasty, Silicon Valley plus David Fincher‘s Mindhunter.
Photo: ChemoQueens
Blythe is also a cancer survivor having cofounded Chemo Queens with her sister Kelsey Howard. The company creates products for people undergoing cancer treatment, including a patent-pending cold cap design.
In recent months, General Hospital has brought in several new actors for brand new roles or recasts. They include: Alimi Ballard (William Baines), Jonathan Bennett (Joe Fitzpatrick), Kearran Giovanni (Dr. Nichols), Dean Geyer (Tristan Roberts), Kelly Kruger (Serena Baldwin), Kayden Brennan Tokarski (Scout Cain) and Troy Lennon Appel (Hudson Parker). You can now add Blythe Howard to this list.
So, who do you think Monet has an unexpected connection to that is a “beloved” Port Charles resident as teased by Frank Valentini? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.
Longtime General Hospital favorite, Kelly Monaco (ex-Sam McCall), took to her Instagram on Tuesday, September 15 and shared that she is six months, seven days sober from alcohol. Monaco played Sam for 21 years on the ABC soap opera.
Accompanied by a screenshot from the I Am Sober app that tracks the progress of anyone struggling with or trying to not drink, Monaco wrote, “Now the whole 6/7 thing makes sense! #duces.”
Monaco has kept a very low profile since her final episode on General Hospital aired back on October 30, 2024, when Sam had a shocking heart attack and died. It was later revealed that Daytime Emmy nominee, Jeff Kober (ex-Cyrus Renault) injected Sam’s IV with a fatal dose of digitalis.
Photo: JPI
KELLY MONACO HAS KEPT MORE TO HERSELF SINCE LEAVING GH
This year, Kelly has posted on her Instagram account a total of four times, most recently to celebrate her mother, Carmina’s birthday, who turned 70 just four days ago.
Jumping into the comment thread on Kelly announcing her sobriety were several of her former GH co-stars including Brandon Barash (ex-Johnny, GH) who shared, “Love this. Congrats! 👏👏👏,” Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax, GH) who just posted the hands up and heart emojis, and Lexi Ainsworth (ex-Kristina, GH) who wrote, “So proud of you 👏 badass.”
Photo: ABC
DANCING WITH THE STARS BEGINS NEW SEASON; KELLY WAS THE SEASON ONE CHAMP
With this season’s Dancing with the Stars about to kick-off tonight, in which Kelly was the first-ever celebrity winner in season one and returned for an All-Star version, might we hear from her on her picks or thoughts on this year’s batch of contestants?
One thing has remained a constant with Kelly’s unwavering fan base, they want her back on General Hospital, because as we know in the soaps, many characters somehow come back from the dead, so why couldn’t Sam?
Share your thoughts for Kelly and her six months of sobriety via the comment section below and if you would still like to see her back on General Hospital or even another soap opera within the next few years.
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Soap Alums Remembered During In Memoriam Segment at 78th Emmy Awards; Patrick Muldoon Omitted
During last night’s 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, as it does every year, the television academy paid tribute to those in the industry that they’ve lost over the last year; since the previous Emmys held each year in September.
Starting with an emotional tribute to the late Catherine O’Hara by three of her co-stars, Schitt’s Creek’s Annie Murphy and Dan Levy and Home Alone’s Macaulay Culkin, the segment then dovetailed into Noah Kahan performing “Bridge over Troubled Water” as the faces and the names of those being remembered were shown on the screen.
Daytime soap alums, who either stayed in the genre for the majority of their career, or went on to primetime success as well, were honored including: Anthony Geary (Luke, GH), Hayden Panettiere (Sarah, OLTL, Lizzie, GL, Juliette, Nashville), James Van Der Beek, (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek, and Stephen, ATWT), Gil Gerard (Alan, The Doctors), June Lockhart (Mariah, GH), Patricia Crowley (Mary, Port Charles and GH), Randolph Mantooth (Clay/Alex, Loving and The City, and Richard, GH) and Jon Cypher (Alex, ATWT and Arthur, Santa Barbara).
Photo: TVAcademy
THOSE HONORED AND THOSE WHO WERE NOT
However, in a glaring omission, the producers of the In Memoriam failed to include Days of our Lives beloved star, Patrick Muldoon who played the OG Austin Reed and also Richard Hart on Melrose Place. Muldoon passed away in April of this year at 57.
After Kahan concluded his performance, a special tribute to Rob Reiner began with Jamie Lee Curtis taking to the stage to share some warm words about her late friend.
In a ironic and sad twist, Curtis shared ,“Last week, Robbie won an Emmy for guest actor in a comedy series for his beautiful work on The Bear, and he now holds the record of 48 years for the longest gap between acting Emmys, which was previously held by his father Carl Reiner, at 37 years.”
Reiner, who along with his wife, Michele Reiner were killed by their son, Nick Reiner, is currently awaiting a decision if he will stand trial. Prosecutors on Tuesday, shared they will not seek the death penalty if he is convicted at trial, but instead life in prison. Curtis said of Rob, “He was generous and kind and funny as hell, and a friend to all. We all miss Rob and Michele and all those we lost this year.” The Emmys then faded to black and went to commercial break.
So, were you happy to see those who you know from their work in soap operas included in the 2026 In Memoriam tribute at the Primetime Emmys? Share your thoughts in the comment section. But first, in case you missed it, you can watch it below.
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