Nooooo. Ive watched YR for decades. I remember when Phyllis came on the show. Gina is definitely the best Phyllis

Both actresses are magnificent in their roles. But when you look at the intensity of Gina Tognoni’s acting in the role of Phyllis, as a fan i feel the betrayal. She deserves to be applauded, not fired. I hope GH grabs her. And I hope she wins many more emmys.

Cold business decision from Y&R and I would think long and hard before accepting a job that gets another person fired. Soap industry is small. I feel sad for Gina. She came in and received two Emmy noms and won one.

This is such a shock. I loved MS as Phyllis and was upset when she left. BUT much to my own surprise, Gina T. had me hooked from her first day. I love her; she’s made the role her own and this is unfair to her after 5 years. Furthermore, MS left Y&R of her own accord because she had had enough of playing Phyllis. What are TPTB thinking???

I suspect Y&R has offered her more $$$ money and better perks, CBS/Y&R can afford it..
I personally like Michelle better as Phillis than Nina,,
so- I’m fine with her jumping..

Things back as they should be! I never liked Michelle as Nina, And Gina was ok, but not Phyllis to me!

General Hospital wasted Michelle so no surprise she left. I like Gina,but she’s not Phyllis

I like the Phyliss now. To many changes

She was the best phyllis ever.

I am not happy, but wonder who will be the unlucky man she will be paired up with. Can not see Billy with this big blustery, in your face person, but Nick has had the honors before, so hopefully he’s gearing up for the onslaught. Good luck to us all!

Gina is a great actress but I personally just never felt that she fit the role of Nina. I didn’t feel it. Sorry to hear she lost her job. Maybe she can come on over to GH, but certainly not as Nina. Michelle has to do what’s right for her. Will miss her on GH. Good luck to both.

BEST news ever for Y&R ! No one has ever captured the seductive, evil essence of Phyllis like Michelle Stafford. Plus the chemistry between Stafford and Peter Bergman is virtually off the charts. Ditto with Nick, Christine and Danny. Enormous potential for great story telling. Hallelujah!!

WOW! I’d think this April Fool’s Day but that is not until Monday, and the daytime drama world is serious show business. This news leaves me conflicted. Michelle Stafford created Phyllis and made her vibrant. Gina Tognoni was amazing in a very challenging recast and was embraced and awarded for her talent and hard work. I do hope Y&R finds its way. It remains my favorite soap opera despite that Maria Arena Bell era, Jill Faren Phelps’s upset, and several recent rough storylines (botched human trafficking plot, the breakup of the Abbott family, the Pretty Little Liars rip off). Legacy characters have been dispatched. Actors come and go, including some beloved vets. Please new team, take stock of what everyone has done in the last 20 years, sort it out, right longstanding wrongs (Jill and Lauren should not be half-sisters!) and commit to some things that cannot be undone (Nikki’s multiple sclerosis, Dina’s ALzheimer’s, Cane’s son with Juliet) a long-term future for this landmark program that makes sense. I know Adam is coming back (more mixed feelings for me!), and I will accept that. The death of Kristoff St. John, and Neil Winters, may tie together the Winters family again. Maybe that can correct the unpopular additions of the Rosaleses. Just right the ship and craft some compelling stories involving legacy characters and incorporating vets with strong nod to history. I am on board! Let’s go!

I have been dreaming if this for years!!!! Huge props to the fabulous Tognoni, but Stafford IS Phyllis!! Such an enormous cous for my favorite show! So excited!!!

It stinks love her on GH as Nina

Michelle left Y&R on her own. I don’t think this is the right way to treat Gina.

Nina was a major yawn for her entire run in Port Chuck. The character just never worked.

Sorry, gang—I loved Gina playing Phyllis. Yes, Michelle is famous for doing the role for all the years she did but she left and Gina had me hooked with her portrayal of the character. I’m not thrilled by this.

MY FIRST THOUGHT – is worrying about Jason Patrick Stuart’ Mr. Valentin w/Charlotte.

could this be the time @GH Shelly AND Chris step up their game.. AND Anna is stimulated

Anna is brought back to life ???? COME ON ! Frank VAlentini… you are losing every thing.. it’s only a matter of time. Your job is done, here. you are not remembered for any thing.. other than keeping budget. no imagination.. no depth… no insight… no dreams

So excited Michelle is coming back! I like Gina, but no one can “out-Phyllis” Michelle!!

This may be good news for Y&R fans but not for those of us who love her as Nina on GH. I was completely thrown by this out-of-the-blue soapy news and will miss “Nina.” Michelle originated the role and IS Nina; can’t imagine another. So disappointed…

All I can say is It’s about time!

Gina was treated poorly. you should not fire someone who won you lead actress emmy

This was surprising news to come online and read late on a Saturday night, right when I was about to start my binge of this past week’s GH.

I may be in the minority among GH fans on this forum, but I enjoyed Michelle Stafford as Nina. Granted, I liked the character more when she first came on the show and was playing “Crazy Nina”, but I really liked the on screen chemistry she had with James Patrick Stuart, Kirsten Storms, Kathleen Gati, Roger Howarth, Maura West, among others. It’s a shame to see her go. Don’t know if they’ll kill Nina off, send her out of town, or recast the role. Hell, maybe they’ll hire Gina Tognoni as the new Nina. That might just cause the internet soap community to implode as we know it, lol.

I’m not sure what’s going on over at ABC. Seems like they’re penny pinching Frank V. and company right down to the last nickel. You’re always hearing about them having difficult contract negotiations with GH actors. It’s why Tyler Christopher left, it happened with Roger Howarth, William deVry, Rebecca Herbst, can’t even remember them all off the top of my head. None the least of which was their deplorable treatment of Genie Francis. Makes me very uneasy about the long-term future of the show.

Yay! Phyllis will be fun again!

Well, this is a bit of a surprise. I don’t think anyone saw this one coming. I liked Gina’s version of Phyllis a lot better than Michelle’s version. It’s just too bad that this casting switch had to come at the expense of Gina being let go from Y&R. I hope she lands on her feet soon and has another job soon.

Estactic to have the real Phyllis back however Ginas Phyllis won me over at the end
Her colder version of Phyllis didnt have the same playful sexy fun over the top style Michelle gave which imo is the essense of Phyllis. But Gina s Phyllis was impossible to take your eyes off of during the Philly affair year and most recently her betraying the other girls and the town turning on her.
I wonder what will happen to Philly with Michelle back as Gina and Jason s Billy have undeniable chem.
Pls put her right away in scenes with Jack, Billy, Nick, Sharon and plsss Christine. Lol
On a side note i think the way the switch was done was unclassy. Gina deserves better. Over the years i ve noted y n r does not handle firings approp. I remember how horrible they treated Adriannes Colleen which i adored and replaced her with the last one until she ultimatly was killed off. All because of weight gain. And her costar Davettas firing to make way for the original Lily’lite’. I prefer both girls version much better than the firings replacements.

YR has lost me as a viewer. What a disgusting, disrespectful move! I hope another show will pick up Gina quickly. She’s ten time the actress Stafford is or will ever be!

What does it really matter what we think? Y’all have already made the decision and replaced her with Michelle. I loved Michelle as Nina and Gina as Phyllis. Why the change?

I dont’ watch Y&R but I have been a fan of Gina since her days at OLTL. She is an amazing actor and beyond that a truly nice person. She takes the time every year to send a private message to her FB friends on their birthday. How many actors do that?!? I think it’s pretty lousy that they would fire her because the original actor became available. That said, I do watch GH, where Michelle is currently on cast. I am very surprised to hear she is leaving. Her portrayal of Nina is great. She created that character as well and it’s hard to think of someone as a replacement. It’s a dog-eat-dog world in show biz!

love gina but she is not the best phyliss that would be michelle stafford business is business i wish the best for gina michelle will jump right back in and any one who thinks gina was better probably thinks darvita was better as lily and no she wasn;t either

New head creative team of Anthony Morina and Josh Griffith idiots! You get rid of the best actresses of our time in daytime, really? Your are idiots, CBS what are you think of allowing this fools to do this?

Just plain crappy and that’s not the word I like to say on here!

This is certainly not the first time something like this has happened in soap land (original or previous performer coming back to reclaim a former role and displacing a recast in the process), but I still am pretty aghast at how disrespectful this is to Gina T. It was definitely a mistake to let someone of Michelle Stafford’s caliber and long standing with the show leave in the first place, and her departure should have been a quick sign to CBS and Sony that JFP was going to be detrimental to the show (but CBS and Sony never learn, do they?). That said, Stafford left of her own accord, and I find it very hard to accept that the show has chosen to address its mistake of five years ago in this particular way–by making another one, and I’d say this one is worse, because this ISN’T happening of Tognoni’s own accord. It’s just an ugly way to run things, and although I find Stafford very talented, and she can certainly step back into the role of Phyllis effortlessly, I’m not sure that she adds so much to the show that she’s worth this kind of ugly maneuver. Sigh. I hope the phenomenally talented Ms. Tognoni lands somewhere else soon.

I have an idea. Cast Gina in the role of Nina on GH. Then sit back watching Gina give everyone on the GH set a Master Class in acting on a daily basis.

i accept the recast. no problem with it at all. that’s classic us soap opera. love hearing the voice over say “the roll of whatshisname is now being played by Whosis”. have loved gina since she was dina on GL. my only issue with her is that she appeared younger than the phyllis i was used to. it will be great to have MS back. Good luck to Gina T!

This news is not good, Gina gets fired because Michelle wants to come back to Y&R. Michelle last stint in 2013, was terrible all she did was cry scream and a total diva too. I feel bad for Gina, she was on for 5 years and I loved her as Phyllis. Rumors out there, that there are more changes on the way. They should bring back Tricia Cast as Nina Webster. Get rid of Cricket slash Christine, cannot stand that witch.

Gina was great as Phyllis. She made that role her own. I hate to see her go!! Job well done Gina!!!

I don’t know but it seem ever since Gina took over the role the character has been in a perpetual bad mood– she always looks pissed off, even when she supposed to be in a love scene. GT had the character’s toughness down, but not her softness– MS will bring back the goofy, loving side– and I can’t wait to get my drinking game going again ever time MS has Phyllis say “Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me” LOL

Best news ever!!!!!! Stafford is and always will be my fave soap star!! THE real Phyllis is bound to kick some butt.
I am also looking forward to seeing Victoria Rowell—yeah!! Love you, Victoria!!

Cady McClain would make a good Nina

The “Soap Gods” couldnt have been any nicer to me unless Michael Muhney had returned as Adam! This is great news! Gina NEVER captured the essence of who Phyllis Summers is. Michelle had it down to a T! Phyllis is supposed to me gorgeous, multiplicative BUT also warm and heartfelt. Michelle got it, Gina didnt! PLUS, now GH loses a character that NEVER clicked with their audience. The writers NEVER knew what to do with Nina. Its a win for both soaps!

This, to me, is bullshit. Gina Tognoni stepped into the role of Phyllis Summers Romalotti Abbott Newman Abbott and OWNED the role. The fact that Michelle Stafford stated in 2013 that she’d never return seems disingenuous. Tognoni owned this role, made it her own and actually excelled in taking Phyllis to another level that Stafford, in my eyes, was incapable of accomplishing. Does this mean I’m not a Stafford fan? No. I like her, but definitely do not miss her in the role of Phyllis, and find that I will see myself hating the character once again upon the return of her.

Now, people are suggesting that Tognoni replace Stafford at General Hospital, and my response is NO! That would only validate that Tognoni is capable of replacing Stafford in her roles, and she is capable of securing her own damn role. Personally speaking, Tognoni deserves more than the shaft at this point. If anything, she should join Days of Our Lives, which in all actuality, is the most stable in terms of actors.

I am genuinely pissed by this decision, and feel like TPTB at CBS/Sony Pictures Television and The Young and the Restless are making bad decisions right now. 2019 is a mess, thus far, for this soap. Which is a shame.

WOW! Didn’t see this one coming at all. What a shocker!

Now wouldn’t it be ironic if GH hired Gina to replace Michelle as Nina?!?!

I am super sad as a super fan of GH and of Ms. But, i will restart watching Y&R now. Officially on MS’s fist day. I do hope they recast Nina and i am hoping for Susan Haskell!

Sorry to see Gina go. She’s been a great Phyllis. Have enjoyed BOTH of these fine women.

Noooo! Just weird! Can’t believe they want to even do this! Boo! Y & R
Maybe you deserve her loud loud voice and her
over-acting!

I wish they kept Gina as Phyllis.

This has me both happy and sad. Gina deserves better, but this isn’t a normal situation. Michelle was the original Phyllis, and Phyllis is one of those roles that cannot be duplicated. Phyllis is every woman in the body of one woman. Gina came along and grounded Phyllis. Gina did a phenomenal job, keeping Phyllis front burner and always interesting. BUT Phyllis isn’t a grounded person. She can become unhinged on a dime. She is tempestuous and unpredictable and vulnerable and loyal and loving and DANGEROUS. Phyllis is my favorite character. When Michelle is back onscreen, I know that I will feel that something is right again, not that Gina was wrong. That is what makes this switch so bittersweet. It’s impossible for me to be happy when Gina loses, when she did nothing wrong. She won a freaking Emmy! I pray that Gina’s next role brings her success beyond what she would have had were she not let go from Y&R.

Does anyone know Ms. Tognoni’s last air date as Phyllis?

Love Gina as Phyllis would love for her to stay on the show. Nothing against Michelle I just believe Gina played the character flawlessly and wish she could continue. She had chemistry with Josh as well and that will also be missed. I wish her all the luck in the future and sure hope to see her soon on another show.