'Lynn Herring was very sweet, and I got some very supportive and kind words from Nancy, and Cynthia Watros had some really great advice and kind and supportive words.' She and Bonnie were the first people to reach out to me and they were shocked and very sad and also very supportive,' Wactor shared. Wactor revealed that many of his GH castmates thought Brando would pull through and didn't learn the truth until the following week. The news of Brando's death took Wactor by surprise, but it caught many of his co-stars off-guard as well. I'll deal with it when I get back.' Later, I read the scripts and it was like, 'Okay, they killed me off.' The following week, I wrapped my movie on Tuesday, flew back Wednesday morning, got tested for Covid at GH on Wednesday, and then I filmed 60 pages on Thursday and 55 pages on Friday and that was my last six episodes of GH.' Well, I wasn't expecting that today, but I'm about to hop on a plane.

My manager told me to call him and he was like, 'Hey, this is what's happened,'' Wactor told Soap Opera Digest. That day, I was flying to New York to shoot a movie that I was producing. 'I found out on Friday, July 29th that I was not going to be renewed for the end of my contract.

Wactor shared that he learned he was being let go back in July - but the news of how his character would exit didn't come until later. That all came to an end last month when his alter ego, Brando Corbin, fell victim to a hook-wielding attacker. For nearly three years, Johnny Wactor has called Port Charles home.

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