General Hospital actor fired over Covid vaccine mandate returns to TV show: Buzz – syracuse.com

General Hospital actor fired over Covid vaccine mandate returns to TV show

Steve Burton is back on General Hospital, three years after being fired from the TV show for refusing to comply with its Covid-19 vaccination requirement. USA Today reports the 53-year-old actor is reprising his role as Jason Morgan, a criminal with mob ties, on the ABC soap opera. Burton said he was denied medical and religious exemptions for refusing to get the vaccine in 2021, but doesnt appear to harbor any bad blood. Today is the day! Are you ready? he said in an Instagram post on Monday, announcing his first show back.

Burton appeared on General Hospital off and on for 30 years, and still kept busy acting over the past two years. He appeared on Days of Our Lives and the spinoff miniseries Beyond Salem as Navy SEAL Harris Michaels. A spokesperson said Burtons character is expected to remain in the Days of Our Lives universe in the coming months.

Fellow General Hospital actor Ingo Rademacher, who had played Jasper Jax Jacks on the daytime soap from 1996 to 2021, sued over the vaccine mandate, but a Los Angeles judge reportedly sided with ABC in a June 2023 decision. Rademacher has not appeared in any television roles since, and said in November hes had some mental health struggles since being ousted from the show for my political views.

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