Steve Burton returning to ‘General Hospital’ after being fired for refusing Covid vaccine
Steve Burton will return to “General Hospital” after having been fired in November 2021 because of his refusal to get the Covid vaccine.
Steve Burton will return to “General Hospital” after having been fired in November 2021 because of his refusal to get the Covid vaccine.
At the time, Burton was one of two actors on the long-running ABC soap opera who refused to be vaccinated; Ingo Rademacher was also fired. Rademacher later sued ABC and lost.
Burton made the announcement of his return himself, during an ABC primetime special Thursday night celebrating the show’s 60th anniversary.
“Happy anniversary, ‘General Hospital,’” Burton said as he walked through a doorway, flanked by cast members Laura Wright and Kelly Monaco. “Big things are coming to Port Charles.”
Burton played Jason Morgan on the ABC soap off and on since 1991, but on the Nov. 19, 2021 episode, a tunnel on Cassadine Island collapsed on Jason, and he’s been presumed dead since. His body was not found, of course. At the time, Variety reported that the show would not recast Burton’s role.
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