General Hospital
Ingo Rademacher Reportedly No Longer Part of GH Cast; Called Out for Sharing ‘Transphobic Post’
Rumors swirled for the last week that a few cast members were no longer a part of the acting ensemble of the iconic ABC daytime drama series, General Hospital, for not adhering to the the Covid-19 vaccination mandate at GH that went into effect reportedly on November 1st.
While ABC and GH has yet to publicly comment or confirm who has been let go, on Sunday night, following a firestorm that erupted on Twitter over posts on Ingo Rademacher’s (Jax) Instagram story, where he doubled down on his opposition to the vaccine mandate with an image of a upcoming nationwide protest against federal and state vaccine mandates that starts today November 8-11th, and several other related posts, it was a post that the actor shared from another IG account that sparked outrage from his GH co-star, trans actress, Cassandra James (Terry), Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), and several in the Twitterverse.
The post showed a photo on the left side of Rachel Levine, a transgender female, who is now the highest-ranking official of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and thus becoming a four-star officer, and on the right, a photo of Winsome Sears, the Virginia Lieutenant Governor-Elect, who is holding a large rifle in both her hands which was a controversial campaign photo during the recent Virginia political race. The comment on the post read: “Welcome to ClownTown, where the dude on the left is an empowering woman, and the woman on the right is a white supremacist.”
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James took to Twitter and shared: “I am aware of a transphobic post shared by a fellow General Hospital actor. Shame on you. You have some serious unlearning and education to do. I feel deeply disappointed that such a public display of ignorance could come from our GH family.”
Nancy Lee Grahn then stood with James, and expressed: “The fellow actor, #IngoRademacher, is mercifully no longer a part of the #gh cast. Transphobia & misgendering are disgusting & should be unacceptable in any industry, including soaps/acting. I stand with my costar, @cassandrajames_ & the trans community”
On Monday morning, GH’s Laura Wright (Carly) tweeted: “I am aware of the transphobic post shared by a GH member & I would like to start by saying I am disgusted by this action. Misgendering trans individuals is dangerous & I do not support this behavior. I stand in support of all trans folks & echo the words of Cassandra James.” Wright added, “As a member of the GH cast I want everyone in the trans community to know we love you and we support you.”
Share your thoughts on this continuing developing story on Rademacher’s release from GH (although unconfirmed by the network), and the posts shared on his Instagram Story that continued to spark more controversy for the long-time soap star via the comment section below.
The fellow actor, #IngoRademacher, is mercifully no longer a part of the #gh cast. Transphobia & misgendering are disgusting & should be unacceptable in any industry, including soaps/acting. I stand with my costar, @cassandrajames_, & the trans community. https://t.co/pjj6FzEncg
— Nancy Lee Grahn (@NancyLeeGrahn) November 8, 2021
Glad that Ingo is out and that his termination from #GH has been confirmed. Not yet confirmed but has happened, Steve Burton is also out for not getting vaccinated. Those are the only two that I know of at this point.
Is Steve Burton being let go confirmed?
Sit tight. Nancy Grahn will announce Steve’s employment status soon. …Seeing as how she makes major casting announcements before the network and the producers do. (Seems like some sort of h.r. violation in its own right.)
Ingo has already left the show. His last scenes are yet to air. The only “HR violation” would be if she had insider knowledge that he was going to be let go prior to his knowing they were dropping his contract.
Just lots of rumors based on social media posts. Wouldn’t rule it out at this point. Johnny Wactor (Brando) is also rumored to be out. There was some scuttlebutt regarding Maurice Benard and Marcus Coloma, but both have confirmed being vaccinated and are not departing.
steve burton had a post stating he had the covid, guess freedom of speech or personal opinions are no longer allowed.
I doubt that Steve is going anywhere. Ingo was fired for being a bigoted asshole, not for his views on vaccinations.
General Hospital has a vaccine mandate. All actors have to be vaccinated (I think they may have a medical exemption; not sure) or they’re out. So, I think he was out before his idiot shared post, because he’s anti-vaxx. So will any other actor who doesn’t want the vaccine.
Damn!!! This ish is getting real. I need someone to pinch me.
Now he really has “freedom.”
Ingo Rademacher’s actions since the January 2021 Capitol attacks have been absolutely unacceptable, and how Disney-ABC has kept him employed up to this point is unacceptable. I applaud the class of Cassandra James and her social media posts, and applaud many of her co-stars, a-la: Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Wally Kurth (Ned), Haley Pullos (Molly) & Laura Wright (Carly) for calling out the bullshit. I’m sorry if that’s harsh to say (the B.S. line), but, it’s long overdue. And I applaud media, such as yourself Mr. Fairman, for reporting the TRUTH of the matter. Soap media, as a whole, has been covering this up for too long and it is high-time Rademacher’s disgusting views and decisions have come to light. This is not going to go away.
But you have nothing to say about riots burning businesses threatening police in other cities?
What does that have to do with the subject at hand?
And how exactly does this have any bearing on what Scott wrote? I could complain that Scott didn’t mention the recommendation to get regular colonoscopies after the age of 50. But it is neither here nor there in the context of his post.
The other side thinks that burning businesses down was OK. Since when did Freedom on speech become lawful??
You mean like that “umbrella guy” who went around breaking windows & torching businesses, and was later revealed to be a member of a right wing extremist, white supremacist cult?
The sheep being led to their slaughter by the Disney Demoncrats~ What a shame. They are allowed to shove all their woke agenda on the American public with no repercussions.
Can’t watch any tv anymore that doesn’t shove “alternative” lifestyles at us. Do what you want in your own time and in private without flaunting it all over the airwaves. DISGRACEFUL, G-D BLESS THOSE THAT CAN THINK FOR THEMSELVES. i don’t like much of what Nancy Lee Grahn has to say politically.
Demoncrats?? Hey, I resent that!
That party hasn’t nominated a candidate that met my Most Unholy standards for quite some time now.
I’ve liked Jax as a character for many years, and used to like Ingo, until I found out what kind of person he is in real life. Between the anti-vax conspiracy theory BS, and now sharing a transphobic post, especially when GH has a transgender actress on the show, it’s like he was trying to get fired. ABC and GH did what they had to do. He made his bed, now he has to lay in it.
His defenders will talk about freedom of speech. We all have freedom of speech in this country. But freedom of speech doesn’t mean free from the consequences of your words and actions. Bye Ingo, don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!
What Ingo??
I was willing to forgive the anti-vax stuff as some singular odd belief he had for whatever reason, but this shit makes him look like a full on Q-Anon believing MAGAtt type.
To Hell with him (and I don’t mean that in a good way!)
Dam Ingo I was disappointed in your words!! Shame on yoh
Good riddance.
i am proud of GH for standing behind bullying. thank you
Please add Haley Pullos, Maura West, Wil deVry, and Maurice Benard to the list of actors who also supported Cassandra.
Taking out the vaccine requirement, the character of Jax has been going nowhere for months now.
When IR returned to the show, he and Michelle Stafford has tons of chemistry in their few scenes together. He and Cynthia Watros were snooze-worthy together.
At this point, Jax is just a talk-to character for Joss, Carly, Nina and maybe a few others. The character is not needed on the canvas.
That’s Joss’ father! Not needed?? Really
Elizabeth has been without a father for 25 years (she was younger than Joss is now).
GH has it’s fair share of absentee fathers… Jeff Webber, Frisco Jones, Lucky Spencer to name just 3. Jasper Jax could easily fit in that club.
Y&R got rid of they guy that played Chance. Abby (Melissa O) looked at him like he had major cooties and was always 6 feet away from him.
I suspect that the actors at Y&R are all vaccinated, so there is no need for discussions. It is NOT a political issue. 194 million folks in the US have been fully vaccinated, so it is not partisan.
Ingo & Steve Burton were both gone for years, and no one really cared. Funny, they each have 3 kids and need to support their families, yet are not getting a life saving vaccine.
They are NOT the sharpest tools in the shed.
I have really mixed feelings about this. I don’t like the political views of lots of performers – on daytime two that come quickly to mind are Melissa Reeves and Kimberlin Brown. But should this factor in to their employment as actors? I really honestly don’t know. The reason I like Jax the character is because he is pretty much the only character who gives Carly hell for her despicable actions – everybody else enables that despicable monstrous character. But I don’t like Ingo’s views at all. I could understand if Days had fired Melissa Reeves (which they didn’t) when she refused to participate in Sonny and Will’s wedding (She meaning Melissa – Jennifer imo would have been at their wedding) – that makes sense as a legitimate reason to fire someone. The whole vaccination thing is so slippery and I honestly don’t know if anybody ought to lose their jobs over it (I can understand both sides of the argument). I really dislike Kimberlin Brown and her political views but she is terrific as Sheila on B&B….
I don’t have a problem with the vaccination mandate. Disney has made it a mandatory requirement for all employees to continue to work for their companies. Its seems pretty cut and dry to me – they pay the freight and they make the conditions of employment. if you don’t agree you don’t have to work for Disney. I have more mixed emotions about firing people for their political beliefs As a society we can’t keep watching people loose their employment for statements on social media. Today its him, tomorrow its you. This is the same industry that blacklisted people in the 50’s and 20 years ago almost destroyed the careers of the Dixie Chicks and Bill Maher. We just have got to find a better way to resolve our differences.
I totally agree!
I agree with you ; it appears that we as people don’t have the right to voice an opinion on anything. Plus, I agree that his character is willing or should I say is allowed to confront Carly. What will become the next chapter in this world?
Ingo has my full support for standing strong in his beliefs against illegal government overreach! He deserves better than the last several regimes have treated his character. Jax has been sacrificed on the altar of Sonny too many times. He will find much more fulfilling work.
Try again. There is nothing illegal or an overreach about vaccines and vaccine mandates. Children have to get vaccines for polio, measles and such before attending school, and nobody has an issue with it. The only reason vaccines have become controversial is because the right wing in this country decided to make a political issue out of it.
agree with you JJ
So do you consider things like seatbelts and stop signs/lights overreach? I consider them public health and safety mandates. Otherwise there will be chaos if people are left on their own. And I feel angry that we’re are seeing the un-vac arrived at hospitals sick with covid causing first responders more hero work than they needed to help make them well again. Or delay other health procedures for those needing them.
People like you have been trying over a year to use the seat belt analogy. That argument is weak at best and hilarious at worst. Do seatbelts cause heart inflammations? Do seat belts have mystery poisons and ingredients in them? Do seat belts have a whole list of adverse reactions up to and including death? No on all counts. Medical freedom of choice was brought in with the Nuremberg Code after World War 2 to ensure that citizens would NEVER AGAIN be subject to dangerous and experimental medical procedures. According to the Immunization Act, the Constitution, and the Criminal Code, forcing medical procedures on people is illegal. Plain and simple. You don’t have to agree with the law, and you clearly don’t, but laws are in place to protect people.
JJ…I guess I still trust that big pharma, health regulatory agencies and medical professionals, with all of the transparent tests and daily info updates, aren’t subjecting us to dangerous and experimental medical procedures. If for no other reason they would be sued big $’s by all of those negatively affected.
And nobody is forcing vacs on anyone. But there can be consequences for this freedom of choice for persons who decline the health and safety protection for themselves and others.
Reread your last paragraph! You make no sense! You say “No one is forcing vax” then in the next breath you say “but if they don’t take them they deserve to lose their job and their livelihood and suffer the worst consequences possible.”
So you just said yourself… they are being forced.
So if someone slipped you a roofie against your will… you deserve any of the consequences. And if you declined to take a roofie, you’re bad.
Make up your mind and stop posting nonsense. You can’t be FOR medical freedom of choice while at the same time wishing terrible consequences on those who exercise that freedom.
I am agreeing a lot with the truth which means that I don’t have to write too much!
Just remember tomorrow is not promised to anyone . Politics etc you are here by the grace of god
Hope your happy I hope all the soaps just evaporate! Hey soap stars you care so much bring them in your home feed them etc let’s see how well that works out for you !!! It is easy to sit back when it dies bit affect your home isn’t it??
Free speech is dead. This cuts both ways.
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Serena Sets Her Sights on Michael; Jason’s Emotional Exit from the Mob
This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, new and old motivations come into play with dangerous consequences. According to the just released GH video spoilers video for the week of August 3-7, a bailiff calls out, “All rise!”
Now it’s Isaiah (Sawandi Wilson) vs. Curtis (Donnell Turner), as the surgeon is suing the owner of the Savoy for assault that ruined is ability to operate. At the end of the day, which of these men has enough evidence against the other? Portia (Brook Kerr) is by Isaiah’s side, while Jordan (Tanisha Harper) is with Curtis.
Next, Lucy (Lynn Herring) has a plan to get the controlling shares of Deception away from Michael (Rory Gibson). She wants her daughter, Serena (Kelly Kruger) to seduce Michael. She tells her, “Pick out your most seductive suit.” Soon, we see Serena in her bathing suit at the Metro Court face to face with Michael.
Later, there is a small baggie containing three blue pills. Nina (Cynthia Watros) ask Willow (Katelyn MacMullen), “What did you do?” We also see Michael asking the same thing of Jacinda (Paige Herschell). Leading into this week, viewers know that Willow doesn’t want the former escort anywhere near her children, Amelia and Wiley. Is this how she stops her, or is Jacinda up to old tricks and wants to frame Willow? Remember when Jacindsa drugged Drew (Cameron Mathison)? Stay tuned.
Finally, in the pick-up from last Friday’s cliffhanger, an emotional Jason (Steve Burton) continues to tell Sonny (Maurice Benard) that he cannot work for him anymore. Sonny ask, “So that’s it? You’re Out?” We fade to black.
Take a look at the official GH spoilers for the week below.
MONDAY, AUGUST 3
Jason makes a sacrifice for Danny. Elizabeth becomes privy to a secret. Carly is touched. Valentin has a warning for Nina. Josslyn cautions Brennan.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4
Brook Lynn and Chase celebrate a milestone. Trina gets an earful. Carly’s plan backfires. Curtis is skeptical. Michael is anxious about his family’s’ future.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5
Sonny wants answers. Ava is struck with inspiration. Curtis’ trial begins. Brook Lynn wrestles with a big decision. Lucy and Serena scheme.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6
Sonny makes a stunning announcement. Serena makes her move. Willow faces a new threat. Isaiah takes the stand. Lucy questions Laura.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7
Josslyn is taken aback. Ava courts a new ally. Jordan and Anna catch up. Isaiah vents to Lucas and Elizabeth. Michael questions Jacinda.
Check out the latest ABC promo for General Hospital entitled, “What Did You Do?” below.
Now weigh-in: Do you think GH is about to pair Serena with Michael? Is it curtains for Jacinda? Can anyone stop Willow once and for all, or make her pay for her crimes? What will Jason do without Sonny and the mob? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
General Hospital Fan Club Weekend brought out many of your favorites to the four day event; with the main cast gathering on Saturday, August 1. Fans near and far attended the weekend held this year at the Burbank Marriott Hotel. Whether it be the main cast event or the smaller more intimate events featuring two or three cast members a great time was had by all.
Some of the cast participating in the main cast event included: Cyrus Hobbi (Yuri), Gary James Fuller (James), Bradford Anderson (Spinelli), Viron Weaver (Wiley), Paige Herschell (Jacinda), Chris McKenna (Brennan), Josh Kelly (Cody), Kayden Brenna Tokarsi (Scout), Cassandra James (Terry), Laura Wright (Carly), Dominic Zamprogna (Dante), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane), Rick Hearst (Ric), Adrian Anchondo (ex-Marco), and Chloe Lanier (ex-Nelle).
In addition to, Van Hansis (Lucas), Cameron Mathison (Drew), Ryan Paevey (ex-Cassius), Easton Rocket Sweda (Leo), Maurice Benard (Sonny), Kristen Vaganos (Molly), Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Kate Mansi (ex-Kristina), Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth), Cynthia Watros (Nina), Kristina Wagner (Felicia) and more.
Take a look at some of the snaps from the main event arrivals below:
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GH’s Rick Hearst with on-screen daughter, Kristen Vaganos, plus Nancy Lee Grahn, and Kate Mansi.
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GH’s Maurice Benard on-hand to meet the fans.
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Jack Brennan in the house … Chris McKenna.
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Adrian Anchondo, Van Hansis and Anchondo’s boyfriend, Days of Our Lives, Colton Little.
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GH’s Josh Kelly and his gal, the former Nelle Benson of Port Charles, Chloe Lanier.
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Who is James’ father? Not Cassius or Spinelli, actually. Actors Gary James Fuller, Ryan Paevey and Bradford Anderson!
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One of General Hospital’s newest cast members, Kayden Brenna Tokarski attends her first GHFCW event.
Check out some more arrival images featuring: Laura Wright (Carly), Cassandra James (Terry), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane) and more in the gallery below.
Michael Fairman TV will be adding more images to this post in the day ahead.
So, were you glad to see so many of your GH favorites attending this year’s General Hospital Fan Club Weekend? Let us know via the comment section.
General Hospital
Vincent Pastore of ‘Sopranos’ Fame and ‘General Hospital’s’ Maximus Giambetti Dies at 80
Vincent Pastore, best known for his memorable role as Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on HBO’s The Sopranos has passed away.
The veteran actor was found dead on August 1st in his home in the Bronx, New York. Pastore was 80-years-old. The cause of death is yet to be determined.
As well as his role on The Sopranos, many soap fans will recall he played multiple smaller roles on the beloved One Life to Live from 1995 and 2004. However, in 2008, he landed the short-term role as Maximus Giambetti on General Hospital.
PASTORE WANTED TO BE ON GENERAL HOSPITAL
Maximus was the mobster father of Sonny Corinthos’ (Maurice Benard) bodyguards: Max (Derk Cheetwood) and Milo (Drew Cheetwood)
According to Soap Opera Digest, Pastore told Soaps In Depth back in 2009, after appearing in a SOAPnet promotional campaign as a celebrity fan of General Hospital: “‘I’d love to be on the show. So they called up GH’s casting director (Mark Teschner) and Bobby (Robert Guza Jr. ex-head writer, GH) and they wrote me in!”
Pastore was a huge General Hospital fan from way back, who at one point told producers that he would watch the ABC soap opera while working in bars and nightclubs in the 70s and 80s.
Throughout his decades long career, Pastore appeared in films including: Goodfellas, Carlito’s Way and Men of Respect, The Jerky Boys: The Movie and the 1996 HBO TV movie Gotti.
In TV, besides The Sopranos, Pastore’s credits included: Law & Order, The Practice, Son of the Beach, Queens Supreme, Hawaii Five-0, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, plus the miniseries The Last Don II. Most recently, Vincent was a series regular on Gravesend and guest starred on Yellowjackets.
Pastore is survived by his daughter, Renee, son-in-law and granddaughter.
Share your remembrances and condolences for Vincent Pastore on his memorable role on ‘The Sopranos’ and his time on ‘General Hospital’ via the comment section below.
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