{"id":1092,"date":"2024-12-28T12:32:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T12:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2024-12-28T12:32:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T12:32:18","slug":"sad-news-maurice-benard-confirms-split-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=1092","title":{"rendered":"Sad News: Maurice Benard Confirms Split Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sad News: Maurice Benard Confirms Split Rumors \u2013 \u2018Sonny Is Wrapping Up\u2019; Praises Executive Producer Frank Valentini.<\/p><div class=\"sfgan69f59c108ff12\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.sfgan69f59c108ff12 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.sfgan69f59c108ff12 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.sfgan69f59c108ff12 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.sfgan69f59c108ff12 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.sfgan69f59c108ff12 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>Back in July, General Hospital\u2019s Maurice Benard opened up about his recent mental health struggle which kept him out for two weeks of taping all-new episodes on the ABC soap opera in his signature role of Sonny Corinthos.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1093\" src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/niplak.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1192\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/niplak.jpg 1192w, https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/niplak-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/niplak-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/niplak-768x619.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1192px) 100vw, 1192px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In what was a dark time for Maurice as he described, things took a nosedive after his son, Joshua, and wife, Paula left for a trip to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the taping of his special episode of State of Mind (where he just spoke to the cameras about what he had gone through), Benard revealed that if he had taken off another week of work from GH (he already been gone for two), the show would probably have had to recast.<\/p>\n<p>At that time Benard shared, \u201cIf I had to stay away another week. They would have to recast. And I\u2019ll tell you right now, if they had to recast I\u2019d have been in really bad shape.\u201d Now, on Tuesday, August 13th, Maurice took to his Instagram to clarify his statements and that in no way did GH\u2019s executive producer, Frank Valentini put any pressure on him to return or threaten him with a \u2018recast.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1094\" src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/abc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/abc.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/abc-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/abc-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Benard expressed: \u201cI want to clarify something. During a rough period recently, I spoke about being recast and I can\u2019t tell you how generous and great, and amazing Frank Valentini was during that period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sad News: Maurice Benard Confirms Split Rumors \u2013 \u2018Sonny Is Wrapping Up\u2019; Praises Executive Producer Frank Valentini. 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