{"id":340459,"date":"2026-05-25T16:49:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=340459"},"modified":"2026-05-25T16:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:19:51","slug":"kate-mansi-to-exit-general-hospital-after-difficult-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/kate-mansi-to-exit-general-hospital-after-difficult-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Mansi to Exit General Hospital After Difficult Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>General Hospital<\/em>\u2019s <strong>Kate Mansi<\/strong> will exit the daytime soap opera.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/soapsteph.beehiiv.com\/p\/kate-mansi-exclusive-why-i-m-leaving-gh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>SoapSteph\u2019s Daytime Dish<\/em><\/a>, Mansi, 38, confirmed that her run as Kristina Corinthos-Davis got here to an end last month when her last day of filming occurred. \u201cI\u2019ve made the very difficult decision to go away <em>General Hospital<\/em>,\u201d Mansi told the outlet in an article published on Sunday, May 24.<\/p>\n<p>Mansi, who joined the long-running soap in 2023, added that recent projects required her \u201cfull attention\u201d as did the necessity to support her husband, <strong>Matt McInnis<\/strong>. \u201cWith my husband currently producing a series filming primarily abroad, I needed the flexibleness to travel while continuing to develop and work in Los Angeles,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The interview also included a note of gratitude from Mansi. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly grateful to <strong>Frank<\/strong> [<strong>Valentini<\/strong>, the show\u2019s executive producer], ABC, and our writers for the care they gave Kristina,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s been such a meaningful and unforgettable ride. I\u2019ve loved being a fiery Corinthos-Davis girl in such an exceptional family.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">\u2018General Hospital\u2019 Star Kate Mansi Engaged to Matt McInnis<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tGeneral Hospital star Kate Mansi has lots to have a good time after her engagement to Matt McInnis. Apparently today is a vacation, but I believe July third was even higher,\u201d McInnis, 40, announced via Instagram on Thursday, July 4, sharing a photograph of the couple hugging. They spent Independence Day with beautiful views of trees and [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Valentini, 63, responded to Mansi\u2019s departure, telling the outlet that he was comfortable for her fresh start. \u201cWe love Kate and support her decision to go away. The door is at all times open, and we appreciate all that she added to the show these past three years,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Mansi, who rose to fame as Abigail Deveraux in <em>Days of Our Lives<\/em> from 2011 to 2020, also discussed with the outlet why she was originally drawn to joining the <em>General Hospital<\/em> forged. \u201cWhen Frank first approached me concerning the role, two things deeply resonated with me: the chance to indicate my support for the queer community by playing an LGBTQ+ character, and to assist tell an endometriosis storyline,\u201d the actress said. \u201cTogether, I actually feel we honored each of those stories in a way that mattered.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You could have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>She concluded, \u201cNow, it looks like the correct time for each Kristina and me to step into recent adventures.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-512244406-Kirsten-Storms-Responds-to-Comments-About-General-Hospital-Pause-e1752165212876.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1400px%2C791px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-512244406-Kirsten-Storms-Responds-to-Comments-About-General-Hospital-Pause-e1752165212876.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1400px%2C791px&#038;resize=200%2C113&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-512244406-Kirsten-Storms-Responds-to-Comments-About-General-Hospital-Pause-e1752165212876.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1400px%2C791px&#038;resize=300%2C169&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-512244406-Kirsten-Storms-Responds-to-Comments-About-General-Hospital-Pause-e1752165212876.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1400px%2C791px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-512244406-Kirsten-Storms-Responds-to-Comments-About-General-Hospital-Pause-e1752165212876.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1400px%2C791px&#038;resize=600%2C338&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-512244406-Kirsten-Storms-Responds-to-Comments-About-General-Hospital-Pause-e1752165212876.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1400px%2C791px&#038;resize=800%2C450&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-512244406-Kirsten-Storms-Responds-to-Comments-About-General-Hospital-Pause-e1752165212876.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1400px%2C791px&#038;resize=900%2C506&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-512244406-Kirsten-Storms-Responds-to-Comments-About-General-Hospital-Pause-e1752165212876.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1400px%2C791px&#038;resize=1000%2C563&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-512244406-Kirsten-Storms-Responds-to-Comments-About-General-Hospital-Pause-e1752165212876.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1400px%2C791px&#038;resize=1200%2C675&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"GettyImages-512244406 Kirsten Storms Responds to Comments About General Hospital Pause.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Kirsten Storms Reacts to Recasting Rumors Amid \u2018General Hospital\u2019 Pause<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKirsten Storms set the record straight about her break from General Hospital amid rumors of behind-the-scenes drama on the ABC soap. \u201cI\u2019m still under contract and have every intention of returning when the break (I used to be fortunate enough to be granted) is over,\u201d Storms, 41, confirmed to fans via Instagram on Wednesday, July 9. Storms [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this 12 months, fellow <em>General Hospital<\/em> star <strong>Steve Burton<\/strong> announced that he would take a brief break from portraying Jason Morgan on the show as he selected to embrace a brand new marriage and family time. On the time, Valentini again showed his support. \u201cWe love Steve and I&#8217;m glad the show worked it out so he can get some personal time together with his family,\u201d Valentini told <em>Soap Opera Digest<\/em> in an announcement. \u201cWe&#8217;ve some great Jason stories leading as much as spring and stay up for his return in the summertime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>General Hospital<\/em> door has swung each ways in recent times, with <strong>Kirsten Storm<\/strong> returning to the role of Maxie Jones in February following a leave of absence after learning she had a brain aneurysm.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Hospital\u2019s Kate Mansi will exit the daytime soap opera. In an interview with SoapSteph\u2019s Daytime Dish, Mansi, 38, confirmed that her run as Kristina Corinthos-Davis got here to an end last month when her last day of filming occurred. \u201cI\u2019ve made the very difficult decision to go away General Hospital,\u201d Mansi told the outlet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":340460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[4797,8738,1475,893,2393,3605,52122],"class_list":["post-340459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-decision","tag-difficult","tag-exit","tag-general","tag-hospital","tag-kate","tag-mansi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340459"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340462,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340459\/revisions\/340462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}