Kelly Monaco being fired from General Hospital came out of left field.
She was once a leading lady on the daytime drama, even giving Carly (Laura Wright) a run for her money.
However, Kelly wrapped up her final scenes as Sam last month, and we know the ABC soap is killing her. There will be no recast or return down the road.
Now we know where this storyline is headed, and we can say we saw it coming a mile away.
The most recent episode of General Hospital revealed Sam will be the match to donate some of her liver to Lulu (Alexa Havins) to save her life.
However, it isn’t going over with viewers, who are sounding off about it on social media.
General Hospital fans weigh in on Kelly Monaco’s impending exit
As soon as the recent episode of General Hospital aired, viewers immediately took to Soap Twitter (currently called X) to voice their unhappiness.
One viewer believes Sam being the match is a rewrite following Kelly Monaco’s firing. Lucky (Jonathan Jackson) was brought back on contract, so his not being a viable donor makes no sense.
Another viewer called the exit “insulting,” and we’d have to agree.
Another pointed out that women characters always donate and reiterated, “SAM DESERVED MORE.”
This isn’t the storyline Kelly deserved, but are we surprised based on how they wrote Billy Miller’s Drew off? Kelly did mention that she would speak out and that things didn’t make sense, and now we know why. None of this makes sense.
Alexa Havins tapped to play Lulu
In a perfect world, Lulu finally waking up and taking back her life would be ideal. However, using Kelly Monaco to prop the character who has been in a coma for years is a slap in the face.
The problem isn’t Alexa Havins being Lulu, but she will get pushback because she stepped into the role, giving the writers an out to kill off Sam.
ABC viewers will remember Alexa played Babe Chandler on All My Children, so she is familiar with Michael E. Knight, who plays Martin, Lulu’s uncle. Seeing them reunite will be a trip down memory lane for AMC viewers, but it doesn’t negate that Sam will die saving Lulu.
This viewer summed it up perfectly.
Unfortunately, this is what we have for now. General Hospital will move on, and the viewer pushback will likely be ignored as they welcome Alexa to the fold and work on propping her up.
General Hospital airs weekdays on ABC.
Well I knew GH writers were incredibly out of touch with reality! Donating a liver transplant is usually never fatal! Ever surgery has risks of course. However Sam dying to save LuLu is just plain stupid.I agree Sam just now finding out is stupid! LuLu has needed a donor for months come on now! This is not even believable. Cyrus Renuae being some how involved in Sam’s death theory is even worst come on now GH ! Just send Sam out of town or better yet put her in the coma. This is crazy!GH will lose viewers over this dumb story line!
Went too far! Babe wasn’t exactly award winning material, and Alexa is a beautiful girl, but to shaft Kelly this way is unforgivable! Fans as well as Kelly deserve.better! Bragging on one does not make the rest palatable!
Stupid storyline