Kelly Monaco received a spherical of applause from her Normal Hospital household as she gave a farewell speech on the set of the ABC cleaning soap.
“I’ve been on this lot for 25 years, and you’ve got all been my household — not solely my second household however my first household,” a tearful Monaco mentioned, as seen in a video circulating on social media. “And I simply thank each certainly one of you for all these reminiscences and this expertise that I’ll take with me for the remainder of my life.”
Monaco additionally thanked Normal Hospital casting director Mark Teschner for “begin[ing] this complete journey,” calling her time on the cleaning soap a “wild journey.” And she or he instructed her colleagues that they haven’t seen the final of her.
I got here throughout this stunning video of Kelly’s final phrases after her remaining scene on #gh . 21 yrs of dedication and loyalty taking part in Sam McCall ….. shared with the solid and crew. What an emotional journey! #kellymonaco pic.twitter.com/fpAkjQCK1P
— pam (@pjporten) November 15, 2024
The information of Monaco’s exit broke in August, and the actor was reportedly “blindsided” to have been let go from Normal Hospital after 21 years of taking part in Sam McCall. Followers instantly petitioned producers to backtrack on the choice, even sending a billboard truck with a #IStandWithKelly message to the studios.
Monaco filmed her remaining Normal Hospital scenes on September 27, and in a now-deleted Instagram remark, she mentioned that Sam’s storyline “stopped” when costar Billy Miller was fired and that Sam was stripped of “each attribute she had” and was dismantled into a personality Monaco didn’t acknowledge.
“Name it what you’ll… retaliation at its best,” she added.
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Sam died of a mysterious sickness throughout Normal Hospital’s October 30 episode, with surgeon and half-brother Dr. Lucas Jones (Van Hansis) calling time of dying. After Sam’s surprising demise, followers lambasted govt producer Frank Valentini on social media.
“His hate for her is actual!” one X person mentioned of Valentini. “This man is so unprofessional.”
One other wrote, “Kelly Monaco and Sam followers deserved so a lot better. Disgusting habits by Frank and anybody else who made this choice.”
Followers additionally observed that Valentini wasn’t clapping when the digicam panned to him within the video of Monaco’s farewell speech.
“Kelly is an incredible, elegant actress [and] was till her remaining (for now) day at GH,” one X person wrote. “Her phrases had been stunning, no self-pity there. I did discover everybody clapping apart from one particular person, that’s so telling. #FireFrank.”
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