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<p>Johnathon KornbleeJuly 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM</p>
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<p>Beloved 'General Hospital' Star Announces Extended Break and Relocation originally appeared on Parade.</p>
<p>Earlier this month General Hospital shocked viewers when the role of Maxie Jones was temporarily recast, with Nicole Paggi assuming the role while Kirsten Storms was unavailable due to scheduling conflicts. Now, Storms has taken to social media to share a direct and shocking message to her fans.</p>
<p>Storms announced on her Instagram account that she and her daughter, Harper, have moved to Tennessee. The actress captioned the post, "I'm very excited to be making Tennessee my home! I can't wait to return to GH, once Harper and I are settled in our new town. I plan on documenting as much of this new journey on my social media as I can. It's always been a dream of mine to move to a place like this, it's hard to believe it's really happening. 🥰"</p>
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<p>In the video Storms explained that this was not a sudden decision. "First I meant to post this video a few weeks ago, but in March I asked Frank Valentini, our amazing executive producer, I had a conversation with him for my reasons for wanting to move and my desire to not leave the show."</p>
<p>The actress explained how Frank and the show were very accommodating to this news, "Now when you approach a job like this they can always be like 'forget it' we'll let you out of the contract if you're going to leave the state. GH did not do that. Which was kindof amazing."</p>
<p>Storms then announced that she may have filmed her last episode of General Hospital for the year. Continuing, "Because I also asked for some time off. The week before last week, I had my final taping day for the year. It's possible I will be back in December, maybe November."</p>
<p>The fan favorite teased that she is excited for fans to see the direction of her storyline. Sharing, "I promise you the storyline they have going on until my return to Port Charles is kindof incredible. You guys are going to freak out actually. I can't wait to see the comments online about that."</p>
<p>She then thanked ABC and General Hospital for being so accommodating. "I really want to thank GH, the ABC executives, the writers, for agreeing to let me take this time and I know Frank and the producers there know my reasons and I am so grateful that they understand and are supportive."</p>
<p>Storms then addressed some of the online rumors that have been circulating about her. Telling fans "Really quick about the online rumors, and I'll get into some of this stuff at a later date, this is just me, very long windly explaining that I am taking a break and moving to Tennessee. If you don't read about it or watch a video on it from my page, take it with a grain of salt. People like to say a whole bunch of stuff."</p>
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<p>Paggi is expected to air as Maxie Jones on the episodes scheduled for July 30 and August 13. Storms is expected to return on air with episodes airing the week of August 18 to finish out her exciting storyline.</p>
<p>General Hospital airs weekdays on ABC and streams weeknights on Hulu.</p>
<p>Beloved 'General Hospital' Star Announces Extended Break and Relocation first appeared on Parade on Jul 8, 2025</p>
<p>This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 8, 2025, where it first appeared.</p>
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