Might three-time Daytime Emmy Award winner Rick Hearst leaving General Hospital later this year?

While the actor has said that he doesn't particularly want to, a recent interview hints that show executives might not give him a choice.

"I've got three months left on my contract," Hearst said at the General Hospital Fan Club luncheon in July, as reported by Soap Central. "We'll see if it's in the minds of our creators if I'll get a chance to go further. It would be nice. We'll see what happens."

Hearst is a veteran of the daytime world. He got his start on the soaps in 1989 as Scotty Banning on Days of our Lives.

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