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Steve Burton Confirms His Exit from Days of our Lives
After much speculation, two-time Daytime Emmy winner, Steve Burton has confirmed he is done at Days of our Lives. The actor wrapped taping his final scenes just before the holiday break.
According to the website, DailyDrama.com, and his farewell video posted on You Tube (see below), Burton signed one-year contract with the Peacock streaming soap opera.
After his final scenes, Steve expressed in his video: “Well, I just shot my final scenes here on Days of our Lives and I just wanna say, thank you so much to the cast, to the crew. It’s been amazing. I can’t believe it’s been a year already. So thank you so much to the fans. It’s just, I’m always so full of gratitude. So thank you. Stay tuned.”
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Since Days tapes six months in advance of air, viewers can expect to Steve as Harris Michaels through at least the late spring. That means his current storyline with Tamara Braun (Ava Vitali) should extend through the spring season.
Steve joined the mothership and Days of our Lives for the second time in his career, following his appearance in the Days of our Lives limited series Days of our Lives: Beyond Salem: Part Two back in the summer of 2022. Later in 2023, he returned to the main show, for the first time since 1988 when he first played Harris.
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Burton is best-known for his role as Jason Morgan on General Hospital. He was let go from the series in November of 2021, amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the ABC and GH vaccine mandate. At that time. Steve decided not to take the vaccine.
At the time of his dismissal, he shared on Instagram, “Maybe one day if these mandates are lifted, I can return and finish my career as Jason Morgan. That would be an honor.”
So, what are your thoughts of Steve being done at Days of our Lives? Should GH consider bringing him back as Jason? Will they bring him back? Comment below. But first, check out his farewell video on his exit from Days of our Lives.
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I like him so much better at DAYS! Such a shame that he did not extend his time. I just don’t see a place for him on GH at this point!
I absolutely PRAY this does not mean he’s returning to General Hospital, even though Nathan Varni teased an announcement during tomorrow night’s ABC primetime special. And now I feel as if this could be that announcement.
Jason will return to GH. Bet your soul on it. I just hope they can avoid getting cancelled before then.
Oh come on, no doom and gloom now. I’ve always liked Jason’s way of making us feel safe and secure and as I’m one of the few that likes Drew/ Cameron Jason will be there to ease Carly and everyone’s pain over losing Bobby. On another note, just wonder if Dante will welcome him back as much as everyone else.?
Well, they also need to bring Lulu out of veggieland, and once that happens, Dante will be saying “Sam who??”. So that’s an easy problem to solve. And Charlotte could really use her mother right about now, of course.
Burton and Monaco lost the chemistry connection during his last stint. Would they really try for JaSam 4.0?
It’s not really so much that they “lost it” but rather, they were never really allowed to try again. And that’s not even since he came back in 2017, but pretty much the day the Valentini/ReRon regime took over in February 2012. One of the OLTL puppets switched out a live baby Danny for a dead Manning baby, and while Jason & Sam struggled to deal with that apparent loss, the vampire cop inserted himself between them (and not in a fun kind of way). By the time this was all resolved, Jason, Sam, and Danny had literally one day together before Faison shot him in the back & kicked him off the docks.
So yeah, I think they should get an ACTUAL chance at a reunion. Maybe it will work, maybe it won’t. But they can’t say they actually got a chance to try in the last 12 years.
Respectfully disagree. They had Sam drop OG Drew for Jason fairly quickly when it was revealed Burton was Jason. They looked like they barely enjoyed being in scenes together shortly after that.
Although it was short-lived, the Jason/Britt pairing showed he still had the charm. Meanwhile, Monaco has really perked up since Sam’s pairing with Dante.
Luke & Laura had an expiration date as did Jason & Sam and Sonny & Carly.
They would never cancel GH
He should come back!! Kudos for standing up for your integrity and right for choice!
He’s definitely on his way back to GH!
GH never killed Jason off, so yes, it’s time to bring Jason back to GH. He never should have been left go to begin with, and Jax, as well. If someone didn’t want to vaccinated, that was their right!
The vaccine mandates were an ABC/Di$ney corporate decision. Steve wasn’t happy about it, but all indications are that he left on good terms with Frank Valentini & the other “suits” at GH, so now that the mandate is over, there should be no problems with his return.
On the other horn, Ingo stirred up a bunch of bigoted dragonshit in “social media”, and started a bunch of bogus lawsuits, just like his Orange idol would have done. So he didn’t just burn bridges, he nuked them. I don’t see him ever coming back, and he probably isn’t getting work anywhere else for a while, because his bigotry is well known.
He was good as Harris. Loved him with Tamara
GH would be crazy not to pick him up!! Look how their rating would soar!!!
GH was crazy to make him go to begin with. GH is not the same without him
At first when they were at Bayview, the scenes jumped off the screen! Then, of course, the writers put them in a hum-drum storyline and that’s that.
I never thought I’d say I’ll miss Steve Burton, but, I will. Good Luck with the future!
PLEASE return, Sonny needs you, WE need you!
Uh oh. I have always sworn I would give up GH if I were forced to endure the return of Jason. Looks like my days watching may be numbered.
I liked him at Days but its pretty obvious he is going back to GH where he was one of the major stars of the show. GH appears to have found favor with the brass at Disney again because they are pulling out all the stops for the show and bringing back all the familiar faves. A daytime soap with a prime time special – its almost like the 80’s again.
Please bring Jason back, it hasn’t been the same, Sonny needs you, we need you…
I love Stevie stay on Days tho!
Please bring Jason Morgan back
Personally, I liked him as Dylan on Y and R much more than his portrayal of Jason on GH. Nikki needs her son to come out of witness protection, Sharon needs to have him jolt her out of the coffee house, and would love for Avery to return for Nick. New Year wishes for 2024…
Over rated and a diva god he needs help the thing he did to his arm please call the shrink ward !! I quit GH when they destroyed Billy miller and will never watch again never
That arm tattoo does make it difficult for Burton to play Jason Q (if he ever got his memory back) or Drew in flashback scenes.
I think Jason coming back tonight will be the surprise announcement. I think that Brennen kidnapped him for Pikeman and brainwashed him and he is now part of Pikeman and will hit Port Charles as Sonny’s number one enemy. I wish they would have Ted King come back as Alcazar and have him be Pikeman and Brennen just a part of Pikeman. But Alcazar not being dead and getting the ultimate revenge on Sonny by brainwashing Jason and having him take his business and send him to jail would be a delicious storyline. I think that one of the reason’s that they let Roger Howarth go beside the fact that they wrote a horrible character for him to play with Austin is because they were trying to free up money to get Steve back.
Yes the pathetic excuse for an actor want to ask him about selling juice at fan events ?? I can’t stand him and I will always respect Tristan Roger’s for calling him on it! TR was the draw always
Pikeman kidnapping Jason would ONLY make sense if it was Alcazar running the operation. You might remember that Jason was said to have killed Alcazar, though nobody actually saw it happen. And of course there were later reported sightings of Alcazar in South America, as well as a record of bank transactions being made from there. Though it was never said so on the record, my theory is that Jason told Alcazar he could live, as long as he never set foot in Port Charles again, and that Jason did do, because his “sister” Skye was married to Alcazar at the time, and it’s just not good business to kill family members… whether you like them or not.
On the other horn, should Alcazar have the opportunity to “return the favor” and keep Jason away from his family… and cripple Corinthos Coffee, LLC at the same time, he would certainly take it.
I don’t believe Brennan is in charge of Pikeman. He might well be the leader of an internal coup within the WSB that took over that organization, and is very comfortable with “black ops”, but even that type of intelligence operation would want to leave a level of “plausible deniability” between themselves, and the mercenary group actually carrying out those “black ops”.
Don’t want Jason to be brainwashed though. They just ended the idiotic amnesia plots with Ned & Esme, and Charlotte’s tarot card brainwashing is still an issue. It also seems like something might have been knocked loose in Drew’s brain when he got his prison beatdown. So I’d say GH has already reached their quota of “memory issues” for a while.
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Jacob Martinez is ‘Days of Our Lives’ New Javi Hernandez Replacing Al Calderon in the Role
Finally! The casting has been revealed as to just who would be Al Calderon’s successor in the role of Days of our Lives, Javi Hernandez. On Friday, April 30, the long-running soap opera revealed Jacob Martinez is taking on the part and he will first be seen this coming June 30th and then on all-new episodes streaming on Peacock.
As previously reported, the popular Calderon exited the soap opera last year to join the cast of the NBC primetime medical drama, Brilliant Minds as nurse Nico Silva, who in May will air the remainder of their second season. The series has been on the bubble for renewal by the network. His last episodes as Javi will also air this May on DAYS.
Since DAYS tapes ten months ahead of streaming, Martinez has been secretly ensconced in all the drama in Salem for quite some time. When viewers see the new Javi in story, we should learn what will happen in Javi’s relationship with Leo Stark played by Emmy winner, Greg Rikaart, plus his continued relationship with his relatives in the Hernandez clan. Currently, when Javi returned to Salem after taking care of his ailing father, and after the bust-up of his marriage to Leo thanks to Dimitri (Peter Porte), he claimed he had moved on with someone else while he was away from Salem.
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Like Calderon before him, Martinez is a multi-talented actor and singer. Jacob’s resume is impressive having appeared in the musical In Pieces: The Musical at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater and he was hand-picked by Joey Contreras to play the role of Grey. Other credits include: the short film, Memory Swim and the play Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage.
Martinez hails from Norfolk, Nebraska and appeared when he was very young at the Johnny Carson Theatre, and as DAYS fans know, Jacob is now working at the Days of our Lives studios, right where the “Tonight Show” is filled. In addition, Jacob Martinez is a graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA).
Taking to his Instagram on Thursday, April 30 once the news of his casting was revealed, Martinez, expressed, “Way too many people to thank in one post, so I’ll just say THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART to each and every person who continues to pour into me and encourage me to chase my dreams. I cannot even begin to express how grateful I am. I already feel beyond blessed, supported, and loved. See you all in Salem ⏳”
Jacob Martinez appeared on Friday on the Days of our Lives Instagram account announcing his casting. You can check it out below. Deadline was the first to report the casting switch.
So, excited to learn who is the new Javi Hernandez? Please welcome Jacob Martinez to the role and be on the lookout for his debut on June 30. Comment below.
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This week starts with heartbreaking news. Patrick Muldoon, best known for his roles as the original Austin Reed on Days of Our Lives and later as Richard Hart on Melrose Place, died on Sunday, April 19, at the age of 57. Reports indicate his death was sudden following a heart attack.
Muldoon’s sister, Shana Muldoon-Zappa, told TMZ on Monday more details on her brother’s death, “Patrick went to take a shower Sunday morning after drinking coffee with his girlfriend in their Beverly Hills home. His girlfriend decided to check on him after he was taking too long and found him unconscious on the bathroom floor?” Shana added that paramedics rushed over and tried to revive Patrick, but there was nothing anyone could do.
Soap fans first saw Muldoon as Kate’s (Lauren Koslow) son on DAYS back in 1992, where he quickly became a fan favorite during the on-screen love story between Austin and Carrie Brady (Christie Clarke). Patrick left the series in 1995. He later made comeback for appearances in 2011 and 2012.
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On Melrose Place, he played bad buy Richard Hart from 1995-1996. Patrick launched his acting career while in college landing the role of Matt in the 1990 sitcom Who’s The Boss? alongside the likes of Judith Light (ex-Karen, OLTL) and Tony Danza. Following his graduation, Patrick nabbed a recurring role as Jeffrey Hunter in Saved By The Bell by 1991.
Throughout his decades long career, Muldoon also starred in several motion and TV series including his leading roile in Starship Troopers (1997). He also had parts in Deadlock (2021), Vanquish (2021), Dakota (2022), Marlowe (2022), and Murder At Hollow Creek (2023).
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Not only was Patrick an actors, but a producer and a musician and singer. He often made appearances and put out music with his band, The Sleeping Masses. Muldoon was the band’s lead singer and guitar player. Patrick was also a producer of TV and film projects.
At the time of his death, Patrick was also an executive producer on a the movie “Kockroach,” which is currently in production.
Taking to his Instagram, just a few days before his death, Muldoon expressed,“So excited to be a part of this amazing project KOCKROACH directed by Matt Ross starring Chris Hemsworth, Taron Edgerton, Zazzie Beetz And Alec Baldwin. Filming now in Australia,” he captioned his post.
Sadly, on April 24, Muldoon can be seen in his 2025 film Dirty Hands also festuring Denise Richards (ex-B&B, RHOBH), which will be released on digital streaming platforms on VOD.
Muldoon is survived by his partner, Miriam Rothbart; parents, Deanna and Patrick Muldoon Sr.; his sister and brother-in-law, Shana and Ahmet Zappa; and their children, Muldoon’s beloved niece Halo and nephew Arrow Zappa.
Share your remembrances and condolences on the loss of Patrick Muldoon via the comment section, which is followed below by the trailer Dirty Hands due out later this week on digital platforms.
All My Children and Hallmark alum, Jonathan Bennett has been cast in the newly-created role on General Hospital as Joe Fitzpatrick.
Look for Bennett to make his debut on the ABC soap opera next month in May. Bennett is very familiar to daytime fans for his work as JR Chandler on All My Children from 2000-2001. Later, he landed the part of Aaron Samuels in the motion picture, Mean Girls in 2004 starring Lindsay Lohan, which would become his breakout role.
Jonathan would go on to star in seven Hallmark Channel movies and then hosting and producing the network’s reality competition show Finding Mr. Christmas, Bennett has also appeared as a contestant on Season 19 of Dancing with the Stars, plus Celebrity Big Brother in 2019, and he starred on Broadway in Spamalot.
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Frank Valentini, the executive producer of General Hospital shared to Deadline who first reported the casting news, “We’re so excited to have Jonathan joining our cast. He’s a tremendous talent and will be a fantastic addition to ‘GH.’
After the news broke, Bennett took to his Instagram and shared, “There’s a new guy in town…” Meanwhile, the official General Hospital account shared a pic and expressed, “He’s already tired of us telling him his hair looks sexy pushed back. Welcome to the family, Jonathan Bennett.
Bennett is married to Jaymes Vaughan. Back in 2022, they became the first gay couple to appear on the cover of the wedding magazine, The Knot.
So, what do you think of the casting of Jonathan as Joe Fitzpatrick? Is he the new man for Lucas? Share your thoughts via the comment section.
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