General Hospital fans delighted over return of popular character one year after shock exit

General Hospital viewers are emotion 'so galore emotions' aft it was announced Emma Samms would beryllium returning to nan show arsenic fan-favorite characteristic Holly Sutton-Scorpio.

After 1 twelvemonth disconnected screen, nan web announced nan 63-year-old character would beryllium backmost successful Port Charles successful early September.

Taking to societal media to stock nan breathtaking development, Emma simply wrote connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, connected Monday: 'Breaking news…!' alongside a communicative from Variety, who first reported nan news.

And it wasn't agelong earlier General Hospital fans expressed their delight astatine nan casting bombshell and flocked to societal media to sound their anticipation.

One wrote: 'So galore emotions…. Such awesome news.' 

Another said: 'What a awesome measurement to commencement nan week. This is nan champion news. Bring connected September!'

Echoing a akin sentiment, a 3rd said: 'Yes!! So happy to spot this beautiful look astir PC (Port Charles) again.'

'Looking guardant to your return!!!' a 4th continued. 'Can't hold to spot what's successful store!!!'

A 5th posted: 'The champion of nan champion is returning… The champion bday gift. Thank you lol. Can't hold to spot Holly backmost pinch her peeps.'

British character Emma first played Holly connected General Hospital from 1982 to 1985, earlier returning for various stints crossed nan past 4 decades, racking up much than 300 episodes. 

She past appeared connected nan soap successful April 2023 successful a awesome storyline saw her on pinch Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) and Scott Baldwin (Kin Shriner) set together successful Greenland to forestall Victor Cassadine (Charles Shaughnessy) from unleashing biologic warfare to swipe retired 80 per cent of nan world population.

After redeeming nan day, she tried and grounded to rekindle her narration pinch Robert, earlier she yet bid farewell and swapped Port Charles for Australia wherever she planned to thief Ethan (Nathan Parsons) settee his debts.

Last year, Emma told Soap Opera Digest that she had been conflicted complete whether aliases not to return to General Hospital.

She said: 'I deliberation that it was almost excessively bully past time. It was truthful awesome and truthful well-received successful arsenic overmuch arsenic it was truthful cleanable and truthful well-received that possibly I should person moreover conscionable stepped distant then, permanently, and near connected specified a high.'

Speaking astir her astir caller comeback, she continued: 'It is not truthful overmuch astir my character, it's astir nan communicative and actually, that's a spot of a relief, successful a way.

'Even though my characteristic is important to nan story, it's not my character's story.'

News of Emma's return to General Hospital comes conscionable 1 period aft nan web announced Jonathan Jackson would besides beryllium reprising his role, Lucky Spencer.

Sharing nan bombshell successful a video posted to his Instagram, he said: 'Hey everyone, conscionable wanted to fto you cognize that I will beryllium returning to General Hospital this summer.

'Super excited and can't hold to excavation successful and spot what's going connected successful Port Charles. Excited to spot Genie Francis, obviously, and truthful galore others.'