General Hospital RUMOR Round-Up: 4 Major Exits & Villain Locked in Shadybrook

General Hospital fans, we have got a pile of leaked info for you. It is a sizzling rumor roundup. We’re going to talk about some big exits possibly coming, a very bad girl going to ShadyBrook, some contract updates, a dangerous weapon, and lots more.

We’ve got leaks about Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart), the final Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers) story, some details on Steve Burton’s contract status, scoop on Willow Tait (Katelyn MacMullen), and so much more.

Now, I will say upfront that I am working from a couple of different leak sources. So, some of these rumors actually conflict with each other and it’s kind of like, okay, which one do I believe? I’ve gotten good stuff from both.

But since it is all juicy stuff, I decided to go ahead and share it. But as always, bear in mind, these are rumors, not official spoilers. So, take it with a big old grain of salt. But let’s talk about it.

Medical Storyline Rumors for General Hospital

So, not too long ago, we heard from one source that there was going to be some sort of public health crisis slash big medical storyline this summer that would kill some people. And then another source came in and said there’s definitely not a medical storyline coming this summer.

So, that feels like a coin toss at this moment. So, the one source that said people would die specified that Liz, Ric, and Lulu would not be on the chopping block as people that were taken down in whatever possible medical storyline. That same source also said the medical crisis would bring a new face.

Now, we already know there is a new face coming to General Hospital in May, but I suspect Jonathan Bennett’s new character, Joe Fitzpatrick, might actually be a future love interest for Lucas Jones (Van Hansis). So, if he is a doctor, a medical plot makes sense.

GH Leak: Faison’s Final Project

And it looks like there is some big danger coming from Faison’s final project, according to some chatter I’ve gotten. So, of course, that is the Cold Fusion prototype that Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) is finalizing. By the way, I was looking up what even the heck is cold fusion.

By the way, it is infinite energy in a small package. So, it could be made into a bomb. It could be used to trigger mass power outages. It could be a highly targeted weapon for a finite target or a big weapon like a weapon of mass destruction. It’s very open to interpretation.

Also, given the neural charts and the brain stuff in the lab, some people are wondering if this device that Britt’s working on may be some kind of super machine for memory mapping. Or Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) may have Britt building some device for brainwashing or mind control, something else.

I could absolutely see that because Faison was heavy into memory mapping, but no matter what it’s used for, I’m sure it’s going to be evil, not good, and it may devastate Port Charles.

General Hospital: Exit Rumors

We’ve also been getting some exit rumors. We had one that said Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) was going to get sick and may die. And then the other leakers said, “No, that wasn’t happening.” So, again, coin toss. Not sure if Ric’s going to be wrapped up in these other casting rumors.

One source said three actors were leaving. And then another leaker said it will be four actors leaving. So the rumor about the three actors said one person wanted to leave, one didn’t want to leave but got exited and then the third exit no specific info.

So of the rumors saying three are exiting, one of them is supposed to go under a cloud of judgment or a walk of shame. Now that sounds like Willow Corinthos to me, but we will see. I tend to think she’s not leaving GH.

False GH Facebook info Going Around

By the way, there was an insane rumor over on Facebook where you often find inflammatory, wildly inaccurate stuff. There’s a GH page that does nothing but publish fake death rumors about actors and characters and all kinds of stuff.

And they said Katelyn MacMullen was fired. That did not come from official channels. It did not come from any reliable leaker. I’ve not heard anything about it from any of my sources. So that to me is file that as one more fib from Facebook.

So, the rumor regarding four exits I find less credible than the three exit one simply because they said one of these is supposedly Maura West as Ava Jerome. This leak that I find dodgy said that she would die. I don’t believe it for many reasons.

But primarily she’s a well-liked Emmy winner who’s been on the show for years, and the leaker didn’t even spell her name right. Like, not even in the country of spelling it right.

So, I feel like the one about Maura West isn’t credible at all, and the Katelyn MacMullen one’s just simply insane. Also, the source about the four exits say they’re all contract players leaving.

Contract Updates at General Hospital

So, by the way, looks like Kirsten Storms has slid back to recurring status. She came back on contract after her long break where she was doing her move to Nashville. She was taking care of some medical stuff.

Maxie Jones was back and then bam, back burner. There are some recast rumors if Kirsten Storms reportedly isn’t able to work as much as they want, but nothing firm on that yet.

Another rumor is that one or both of Elizabeth’s older sons could come back this summer. Cameron Webber and of course Jake Webber are her two sons. William Lipton has some room in his schedule if they want to bring Cameron back.

But Hudson West who plays Jake is very, very busy. We also heard that the Robert Scorpio exit storyline has been hit by delays because of Finola Hughes’ extended break, but will hopefully happen before the end of the year. So, we’ll see.

General Hospital: Ryan Paevey Takes A Break

Also, there’s a rumor that Ryan Paevey took an extension at General Hospital and he will be around through at least September 2026, maybe longer. He needed a little time off. They negotiated it.

So, we’ll have a gap where Nathan isn’t on screen. And we know that this is definitely true because it was confirmed by Ryan Paevey himself that he was taking time off and he posted some social media stuff about it.

Also, there’s a rumor that Steve Burton renewed his contract, but for just one year to keep playing Jason Morgan, not the usual two years. No word on whether this was at Burton’s request or not. The rumor said the contract extension came with a little bit of a pay cut, not a raise, a cut.

Marriage Of Convenience Coming on GH?

Another tidbit we got is that there is a marriage of convenience coming. Maybe Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) getting hitched. There was a photo that Laura Wright posted of her with her hair done up gorgeous and a white kind of dressy suit. She looks sort of glammed up. So, it could be for some other special event or it could be a suit for a simple wedding.

If you remember, Carly married Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) twice in the past to avoid testifying against him. So, this could be a GH repeat where Carly marries Valentin this time so they don’t have to testify against each other over the fugitive business.

If Carly’s going to have a marriage of convenience, I definitely want it to be with Valentin. Another rumor says he’s not going to get a full redemption right away. He may have to go back on the run for a bit, but they are saying it looks like Valentin and Carly may actually be endgame.

General Hospital Drew & Willow Rumors

One last rumor in our roundup is about Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) and Willow. The scoop is Drew gets out of his locked in status, which of course we all expected would happen eventually and reportedly he’s back to being a jerk right away because apparently Willow shooting and paralyzing him taught him nothing, which sounds like typical him, right?

So, the rumor also says that Willow is sent off to Shadybrook. Now, I’m sure that’s because her lawyer Ric argues an insanity defense, kind of the stuff he was talking with Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) about already, you know, growing up in a cult, abusive, overbearing husband, yada yada. I mean, obviously ShadyBrook is better than Pentonville.

So, that’s the scoop we’ve got. We’ll see how much of this actually manifests from rumor over into spoiler. Some of the chatter seems likely to happen and other not so much, but it’s juicy stuff, so I wanted to share it.