Chad Duell shocked the cleaning soap world when he introduced he was leaving Common Hospital in November 2024, and now he’s opening up about his choice and whether or not or not he can be returning to the daytime drama.
Showing on the most recent episode of his former costars Bradford Anderson and Steve Burton‘s Day by day Drama Podcast, Duell defined why he selected to step away from his position as Michael Corinthos, a personality he’s performed since he joined the long-running cleaning soap opera in 2010.
“It’s only a life adjustment. A whole lot of stuff has been occurring in my life… This break, there’s just a few issues behind it,” Duell stated, per Cleaning soap Opera Digest, noting how the lack of a member of the family performed a component in his choice.
“My dad handed away, and I’m nonetheless coming to phrases with that,” he continued. “Additionally, my intention was to spend a while again in Arizona, however that’s turning into just a little more durable to do. Luana [Lucci, his partner] has faculty. Dawson [their son] goes to this daycare out right here… Proper now I’m simply extra about doing issues mentally, bodily… getting ready myself for no matter subsequent chapters [come].”
Duell didn’t go into element on what these “subsequent chapters” may contain, however he didn’t rule out a return to Common Hospital. “Frank [Valentini, the soap’s executive producer] left the door open there,” he defined. “So we’ll see what occurs sooner or later.”
For now, although, Duell stated he’s “simply making an attempt to develop in ways in which possibly I really feel like I’ve stifled myself,” including, “Generally it’s important to take drastic steps or make your self really feel uncomfortable to take a step.”
Whereas Duell famous how a lot he beloved engaged on Common Hospital, he acknowledged that taking part in the identical position for 14 years made him settle into the “snug and secure job… However security and luxury [are] the enemy of progress lots of instances.”
“I really feel like I had a really sturdy complacency and luxury for such a very long time that my identification was wrapped up in that,” he continued. “Who I used to be was the present and the character I’ve carried out for thus lengthy. It’s going to be a course of sort of unraveling that and actually seeing who I’m, particularly now in my life.”
He concluded, “I don’t know what the longer term holds, however there’s lots of work I’ve to do to realize the potential that I do know I’ve, not simply in career-wise, however in lots of elements. I really feel like I’ve been in that bubble of consolation for such a very long time. As an artist, to be repeating the identical sort of factor can sort of be just a little stagnant, however I’m nonetheless extraordinarily blessed to have the ability to [have been on GH] for so long as I’ve.”
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