Steve Burton is as soon as again leaving Salem. The star revealed on Thursday that he’s leaving “Days of Our Lives” simply over a year after he revealed his go back to the long-running soap.
“Wow. Well, I simply shot my last scenes here at ‘Days of Our Lives,’ and I simply wish to state thank you a lot to the cast, to the team, to ‘Days,’ everyone. It’s been incredible. I can’t think it’s been a year currently. Thank you so much to the fans. It’s simply, I’m constantly so loaded with appreciation. Thank you,” Burton stated in a video published Thursday.
“Stay tuned,” he included. See the clip at the top of the page.
Burton initially signed up with “Days” in 1988, playing the character Harris Michaels. He repeated Michaels in 2022 on the Peacock spinoff, “Days of our Lives: Beyond Salem,” before going back to the flagship program in 2023.
In between his initial look on “Days” in the 80s and his efficiency on “Beyond Salem,” Burton invested 3 years playing Jason Morgan, a fan-favorite character on “General Hospital.” He was fired in 2021 after declining to adhere to the program’s COVID vaccine required.
“Unfortunately, ‘General Hospital’ has let me go due to the fact that of the vaccine required,” he stated in a declaration at the time. “I did request my medical and spiritual exemptions and both of those were rejected-,which, you understand injures, however this is likewise about individual liberty to me.”
At the time he stated he would more than happy to return if the required was ever raised. It’s uncertain what his next relocation is.