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General Hospital News And Spoilers: Frank Valentini Addresses Chad Duell’s GH Exit As Michael Corinthos

Valentini Confirms Chad’s Exit As Michael
Valentini Confirms Chad’s Exit As Michael Corinthos

Valentini Confirms Chad’s Exit As Michael! General Hospital fans everywhere are disappointed yet again that another fan favorite is on their way out. Fresh off the heels of Kelly Monaco’s unexpected GH exit and Sam McCall’s death.

Yesterday, General Hospital Blog shared some more sad news. GH fans learned that their faves, the show’s icons are dropping like flies. Unfortunately, another one bites the dust. Ok, we don’t want y’all having the wrong impression so, “bites the dust,” and, “dropping like flies,” aren’t 100% correct phrases to use. In fact, there’s really no he said she said drama this time around because the actor has shared the news himself.

Last night, Chad Duell shared the disappointing news that he’s leaving General Hospital. His recent Instagram post features some of his direct cast-mates. The caption tells the story.

General Hospital News: BREAKING! Chad Duell Confirms General Hospital Exit, Michael Corinthos Says Goodbye

According to the latest General Hospital news and spoilers, Executive Producer Frank Valentini double confirms Chad Duell’s upcoming General Hospital exit. Additionally, Valentini discloses that no plans have yet been made to recast the role of Michael Corinthos.

Do you think that Michael will leave Port Charles? Evidently, he’s not sticking around to watch Willow and Drew canoodle with each other. And based on Valentino’s statement about a recast, it doesn’t sound like Michael will meet his make quite yet. I mean, they can’t kill off another one of Sonny’s kids. Adopted or not.

General Hospital News And Spoilers: Chad Duell Tells Startling Truth Of His GH Absence, “I Felt Like I Was Having A Heart Attack”

The role of Michael Corinthos (Chad Duell) has been temporarily recast by Robert Adamson, stepping in to play the son of Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Carly Corinthos (Laura Wright), in small, but repeated incriminates of time.

General Hospital news reports confirmed the recasting of Michael Corinthos was only temporary, as Chad Duell had explained his absence was Covid related.

GH fans became concerned after Duell returned to the role to then depart again. Michael is involved in some imperative story lines, and some fans have been thrown for a loop having not gotten used to a new face in the role.

General Hospital news and spoilers reports reveal that Chad was recently a guest on Maurice Benard’s YouTube series, State of Mind, where he opened up about his recent GH absences.

General Hospital spoilers reveal, in his interview, Chad candidly explains what’s been going on. Not only has he contacted Covid multiple times, this last time his Stanton’s became so severe, he knew he has to head to the hospital. “I had the symptoms of it: the fever, the cough, a weird headache”, but was testing negative. Then, “on the fourth day, all of a sudden, my chest started hurting unbelievably bad. I felt like I was having a heart attack…. It was so painful, I thought, ‘If I have Covid, it probably went to my chest. I should go to the hospital.’ ” Chad continues to explain that he had been suffering from a common after effect of the Covid virus, and was was diagnosed with acute myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. There isn’t anything specific to be done regarding aiding this adverse effect in resolving sooner, however, it will go away on its own. Chad admits, “I thought I was dying.  I can’t tell you the pain I felt. I was taking morphine and it wasn’t doing anything.  So I was scared, man.”

To watch the full interview, CLICK HERE to be taken directly to Maurice Benard’s, State of Mind, on YouTube.