{"id":118639,"date":"2024-08-15T16:50:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/15\/jacqueline-grace-lopez-confirms-her-general-hospital-exit-as-blaze\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T16:50:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:50:35","slug":"jacqueline-grace-lopez-confirms-her-general-hospital-exit-as-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/15\/jacqueline-grace-lopez-confirms-her-general-hospital-exit-as-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacqueline Grace Lopez Confirms Her General Hospital Exit as Blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n Jacqueline Grace Lopez on \u2018General Hospital\u2019<\/span> Disney\/Ricky Middlesworth<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jacqueline Grace Lopez<\/strong> is leaving General Hospital<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The actress confirmed on Wednesday, August 14, what fans saw on screen during the prior day\u2019s episode. Her character, Blaze, split with Kristina Corinthos-Davis (Kate Mansi<\/strong><\/a>) on the episode, with Kristina urging Blaze to join Miguel Morez (Ricky Martin<\/strong>) on tour.<\/p>\n

While fans held out hope that this would only be a temporary absence, Lopez, 39, confirmed via Instagram<\/a> that she has exited the show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot gonna lie, this goodbye hurts,\u201d she began her post. \u201cI think because I didn\u2019t see it coming. That and when you spend almost two years with this group, you start to feel like part of the fabric.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lopez has been part of the General Hospital<\/em> cast since 2022, appearing in 68 episodes.<\/p>\n

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\n Jacqueline Grace Lopez on \u2018General Hospital\u2019<\/span> ABC\/Christine Bartolucci<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With her goodbye post featuring pictures of her with other cast and crew, she took time to thank those who made her tenure on the show a positive experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so grateful to [executive producer] Frank [Valentini]<\/strong> for asking me back. I am grateful to everyone I got to tell stories with, both in front and behind the camera,\u201d she continued. \u201cThis cast and crew work so hard and have taught me so much. Jobs come and go, but it\u2019s the people you miss. I\u2019m definitely going to miss this bunch.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Jacqueline Grace Lopez on \u2018General Hospital\u2019<\/span> ABC\/Christine Bartolucci<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She also stressed the importance of representation in media, noting that her story arc gave her the opportunity to \u201cbe the change we don\u2019t see.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve mentioned that as a brown girl, it\u2019s so hard to see ourselves in media, period,\u201d she wrote. \u201cTo have writers introduce Latin\u00e9 story elements because of my character? Even adding a Latin\u00e9 last name to my character\u2019s name? Getting onscreen family and backstory as a non-contract actor? Being a part of the opening titles?! Turning a 10 episode part into almost two years??? Babyyy, she done did that!\u201d<\/p>\n

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