“Basic Hospital” followers should say goodbye to a different Port Charles resident after Chad Duell revealed he is leaving the favored daytime tv present.
Duell, 37, portrayed Michael Corinthos on the cleaning soap opera for 14 years, starting along with his first episode in 2010.
“After many unbelievable years with Basic Hospital, I’ve determined to step away from the present,” Duell wrote on Instagram. “This wasn’t a straightforward determination for me, but it surely appears like the best time in my life.”
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“Basic Hospital” star Chad Duell quits cleaning soap opera after 10 years. (Christine Bartolucci)
He added, “I am past grateful to Frank Valentini, the solid, crew, and everybody behind the scenes who’ve been like household to me all through this wonderful journey.”
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Duell thanked his followers “from the underside of my coronary heart in your unwavering assist and for letting Michael Corinthos be part of your lives.”
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“Your love and encouragement has meant the world to me,” he wrote. “This isn’t a goodbye—it’s a goodbye.”
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“Basic Hospital” govt producer Frank Valentini confirmed Duell’s exit from the present in an announcement supplied to Fox Information Digital.
“I’m unhappy to substantiate the information of Chad Duell’s forthcoming exit from #GeneralHospital,” he stated. “I’ve cherished working with Chad through the years and need him nothing however the most effective. He’s a terrific actor and might be missed by everybody at #GH.
Duell earned an Emmy Award for his work on “Basic Hospital.” (Gilbert Flores)
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Valentini continued, “There are not any plans to recast his position at the moment, however you by no means know in daytime. I can promise an incredible story for Michael and his household when Chad exits within the new yr.”
Duell earned a Daytime Emmy Award in 2015 for excellent supporting actor in a drama collection, along with six Emmy nominations. He appeared in additional than 1,500 episodes of the award-winning present.
Final month, the “Basic Hospital” solid had one other main shakeup when Kelly Monaco revealed she was filming her “final scenes with the Davis ladies” in a since deleted Instagram publish.
Kelly Monaco’s character was killed off “Basic Hospital” in October after greater than 20 years with the collection. (Christine Bartolucci/ABC by way of Getty Pictures)
Monaco appeared as Samantha McCall for greater than 21 years and a pair of,000 episodes of this system. On the Oct. 30 episode, her character died on the present.
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