Say it isn’t so! General Hospital comings and goings say that Jacqueline Grace Lopez is leaving Port Charles. And it sounds like this was a decision that wasn’t made on her part, either. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
General Hospital Comings And Goings: Jacqueline Grace Lopez Is Out
The actress, who is best known for her role as Blaze on the hit ABC soap, took to her Instagram account to write, “Not gonna lie, this goodbye hurts. I think because I didn’t see it coming. That and when you spend almost two years with this group, you start to feel like part of the fabric.”
“I’m so grateful to Frank for asking me back. I am grateful to everyone I got to tell stories with, both in front and behind the camera. This cast and crew work so hard and have taught me so much. Jobs come and go, but it’s the people you miss. I’m definitely going to miss this bunch.”
She then continued, “I’ve mentioned that as a brown girl, it’s so hard to see ourselves in media, period. To have writers introduce Latiné story elements because of my character? Even adding a Latiné last name to my character’s name?”
“Getting onscreen family and backstory as a non-contract actor? Being a part of the opening titles?! Turning a 10 episode part into almost two years??? Babyyy, she done did that! Sometimes we have to be the change we don’t see.”
General Hospital Comings And Goings: Blaze Is Leaving Port Charles
It didn’t take many of her fans and followers to respond to her post.
Some of them wrote comments such as, “My heart Jacqueline is absolutely broken to hear this. We love you so much and your scenes yesterday were incredible! No one saw this coming either and shocked you didn’t either. Is there any hope of a return?”
Another fan wrote, “OMG stop we were just scratching the surface of Blaze this is devastating.”
“Thank you so much for being such a strong and amazing representation of the LGBTQIA+ community on this show your story was so important and i’m so sad to see it cut so short. you’re going to go on to do amazing things I’m sure!”
And then there was this comment as well: “You will be missed. Who knew both your stories – Blaze being forced into doing things by her agent and Blaze coming out – would be such a powerful moments. The latinas are proud of you!”
Of course, General Hospital fans will have to tune in to find out what will happen next by tuning in each day on the ABC network. Check your local listings for times.
