'General Hospital' Loses Second Regular Over Vaccine Mandate [View all]
General Hospital has parted ways with a second member of its cast over the production’s COVID vaccine mandate.
Steve Burton said in an Instagram video Tuesday that he’s no longer with the ABC daytime soap due to the mandate. The network confirmed he has departed after being unable to comply with the vaccine policy; his last day of work on the show was Oct. 27.
Burton is the second GH cast member to leave the long-running series due to its vaccine mandate in recent weeks. Ingo Rademacher‘s last episode aired Monday after he departed over the mandate (and after he was called out by castmates for sharing an anti-transgender meme on social media).
In his Instagram video, Burton says he applied for medical and religious exemptions to vaccination but was denied. He says not complying the the mandate “is about personal freedom for me; I don’t think anyone should lose their livelihood over this.”
In his Instagram video, Burton says he applied for medical and religious exemptions to vaccination but was denied. He says not complying the the mandate “is about personal freedom for me; I don’t think anyone should lose their livelihood over this.”
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