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Monday, July 23, 2012

Kirsten Storms In (yay!), Jen Lilley out (sad)


I am here with some General Hospital news. I want to apologize. I meant to post more here but I had a thi happen (broken foot and broken ankle) which has wrecked my lite temperarily. I am going to try and do a little better from now on.

Ok, GH news. Jen Liley (current Maxie Jones on General Hospital) released a youtube video on July 21 2012. The video which I posted earlier today was actually a little heart breaking.

Kirsten Storms took the role of Maxie in May 2005 (she received an emmy nomination for this role in 2009). In 2011 Storms vacated the role to an unexplained illness. This illness caused her to walk off set many times or even miss work altogether.  The illness was later identified as endometriosis. Storms stared on the reality show Dirty Soap and was shown dealing with this illness. It was formally announced she would return to the role in February 2012. Later it was confirmed she would not be returning
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As I said above, on July 21 Liley posted a video on youtube where she thanked her fans for their support. She also thanked her fans for trying to trend #welovejenliley. She was visibly upset and crying. It was really sad.

That is the facts and here is my opinion.

I have always liked the character of Maxie. She is troublesome I know. But she is also loyal and spunky and I like it. Kirsten realy defined the role. She made Maxie into someone fans can remember. When Storms fell ill and Liley took over I didn’t like it. But Liley grew on me. I have actually really liked what she has done with Maxie. So, I can honestly say I am torn. I am excited that Storms is coming back ( and that she is in better health, of course).  But, at the same time I am sad to see Jen Liley leaving.

I will end with this…I wish Kirsten Storms all the best on her return to Gh. I also wish Jen Liley all the best in her future in endeavers.

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