General Hospital Comings and Goings for 2026: Exits, Returns, New Arrivals, Recasts, Special Guests + Airdates
General Hospital spoilers indicate the land of Port Charles can be a flurry of activity when it comes to new character arrivals and departures. Read on to see all the returns, exits, debuts, and more happening in 2026, below.
Startling Exits
On Sunday, May 24, news hit that Kate Mansi, who plays Kristina-Corinthos Davis, will be exiting the soap.
She entered the role in 2023, replacing Lexie Ainsworth who portrayed the character, on and off, since 2009.
It was Mansi’s decision to opt out of renewing her contract with GH, and her reasons behind this was travel, as her producer husband, Matt McInnis, is currently shooting a television show oversees.
With that said, the actress also stated that exiting the Kristina role will also give her time to focus on other projects. Mansi wrapped up filming as of April and is expected to exit sometime in June.
GH fans were saddened by the exit of Adrian Anchondo, who plays Marco Rios on the ABC soap. Marco was killed by villain Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) when the WSB double-agent stabbed the lawyer to death in his office at Miller and Davis. Anchondo’s last air date was Wednesday, March 25.
Jason Morgan also officially exited that day too, as Steve Burton takes a “short break” from the daytime drama. Burton announced he’d be leaving the show on a hiatus via Instagram this past February but has promised that Jason will return to PC this summer.
New Characters
Mean Girls and Hallmark Channel star, Jonathan Bennett, entered the land of Port Charles on Monday, May 18. He plays the newest edition to the PCPD, Joe Fitzpatrick. While he’s best known for his work in film and Hallmark, General Hospital is not Bennett’s first time in soaps. He once played Adam “JR” Chandler on All My Children (AMC) from 2001 to 2002 as a temporary recast.
Special Guests Arriving
Broadway star Michael James Scott, who’s played “Genie” in the musical, Aladdin, since 2019, participated in a multi-episode storyline, starting Friday, April 24. Scott played himself and was involved in an arc with Emma Scorpio-Drake (Braedyn Bruner) and Gio Palmieri (Giovanni Mazza).
Other newcomers to GH so far in 2026 include Lily Cardone, who played “Delilah”, a pregnant woman that Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) and Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard) found in distress during a romantic walk.
The character debuted on March 3 of this year and ended up passing away in the hospital shortly after she gave birth. She left behind a newborn daughter, Peobe, but Delilah’s identity and connection to Port Charles remains a mystery.
Major Returns
General Hospital spoilers reveal that Ethan Lovett, played by Nathan Dean (once known as Nathan Parsons), the son of Luke Spencer (Anthony Gearing) and Holly Sutton (Emma Samms) returned to Port Charles, Friday, April 17.
Maxie Jones finally woke up from her coma earlier in 2026, after a six-month hiatus. Kirsten Storms re-appeared on canvas, much to her fans’ delight, on February 12.
The actress temporarily exited the role in August 2025 due to health issues and a move from Los Angeles to Nashville, Tennessee. With that said, Storms has also officially been taken off contract and is on recurring status.
Speaking of temporary exits, Cameron Mathison, who plays Drew Cain on the soap, had a brief hiatus in January of this year.
As Mathison has multiple projects outside of GH, including films he shoots (and promotes) for the Great American Family network, it’s not unusual to see Drew pop off screen, only to return some episodes later.
Meanwhile, General Hospital fans were horrified to see Peter August, played by Wes Rasmey, re-appear during the January 23 episode this year.
Thankfully, he was merely a hallucination that Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) was having while being captured by Pascal (Marc Forget) and Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) in the tunnels at Wyndemere.
Recast News
Patrick Scott Lewis stepped into the Ezra Boyle role on March 2 and 16 of this year when the character’s portrayer, Daniel Cosgrove, was unable to make it to Los Angeles for filming. A big storm stopped all travel out of the Connecticut airport in January, so Lewis stepped in as a recast.
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