As long-time General Hospital star Kelly Monaco has been confirmed to be exiting the soap this fall , she has retaliated against some fans' assumptions around her unexpected departure. Kelly, who stars as the role of Sam McCall on the series, has been a staple of the show for the past 21 years. But this summer, it was leaked that the writers are reportedly going to kill her off this season.

After the news broke, Kelly was said to have been "blindsided" by the decision along with her fellow co-stars. Since the bombshell dropped, fans have also been trying to make sense of the news with viewers conjuring up their own theories as to why she was written off. On Soap Hub’s Instagram recent post published on Tuesday, one General Hospital fan theorized that the real reason Kelly is leaving is because she refused to accept a pay cut that other stars on the show have.

When will Kelly Monaco be returning to General Hospital? All you need to know about time left on show General Hospital star Kelly Monaco's tragedies from boyfriend's overdose to shock axe The viewer wrote: "What do you got concrete in your head she wasn’t fired she didn’t take the pay cut so she had to leave.” To which Kelly herself shut down with a fiery response clarifying that her departure was due to creative differences. According to the New York Post , in a now-deleted comment, she wrote: "No primary role’.

. do your homework. When Billy Miller was fired, Sam’s storyline stopped.

Stripping Sam of every c.