Port Charles is about to welcome again an previous pal.
After not too long ago revealing that he’s leaving his one-year gig on Days of Our Lives, Steve Burton is now headed again to General Hospital. He will reprise his position as Jason Morgan in early 2024.
The information was revealed on the finish of GH‘s sixtieth Anniversary particular that aired Thursday evening after The Golden Bachelor dwell wedding ceremony.
Burton left the ABC sudser in 2021 after failing to stick to its vaccine coverage. He ended up becoming a member of the second installment of Beyond Salem, Peacock’s Days of Our Lives spinoff, earlier than hopping over to DOOL earlier this 12 months. He performed Harris Michaels, a job he originated on Days in 1988.
Burton depicted Jason Morgan on and off on General Hospital from 1991 to 2012, then from 2017 to 2021. His departure from the cleaning soap got here three weeks after it drop-kicked Ingo Rademacher (Jasper Jacks), who had been a vocal critic of COVID-19 mandates. He subsequently sued ABC for non secular discrimination.
Last July, Burton talked to Deadline about leaving the ABC cleaning soap. His character departed at an ungainly time: he married his longtime pal Carly (Laura Wright).
“Look, the circumstance [of his GH departure] was tough and you know, that’s just the way it is,” he advised Deadline. “I’ll always be grateful for my time there. It was my family for so long. I grew up there and the fans have always been awesome to me.”