“His separation from General Hospital was prior to today and was because he declined to comply with the production’s vaccine mandate,” a source told Us on November 8. That same month, fellow General Hospital star Nancy Lee Grahan called on the SAG-AFTRA union to address the issue of working “on a set with unmasked, unvaccinated actors.” Her August 8 tweet reportedly led to General Hospital’s decision to implement a vaccine mandate, making it the only daytime soap opera to do so.īurton’s departure comes two weeks after his costar Ingo Rademacher, who played Jasper “Jax” Jacks on GH, was also fired for refusing to get the vaccine. Burton had tested positive for COVID-19 in August, saying at the time via Instagram that he had been “exposed at work,” but was asymptomatic.
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