General Hospital Spoilers: Antonio Sabato Jr.’s Salty Take On Jagger’s Recast

General Hospital (GH) spoilers reveal that fans were shocked by last week’s recast of John “Jagger” Cates. The character was previously portrayed by Antonio Sabato Jr., and now Adam Harrington is in the role.

It was a jolt to see Jagger go from being Latin to blonde haired and blue eyed. Sabato debuted in the role more than three decades ago and it’s been reported that he was not asked to reprise the role. Keep reading to discover what he has to say about this turn of events.

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Jagger was re-introduced when he met up with Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) and Jordan Ashford (Tanisha Harper).

The ladies are in an FBI ambush when Jagger shows up. Maybe it was his romance with the peroxide bottle, but Jagger had to remind Anna who he was!

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In a now-deleted Instagram video (we all know what that means) Sabato addressed the recast: “I’m being bombarded with a lot of questions about this General Hospital thing. You need to know the truth from me and you need to know the only truth about what’s going on.”

He went on to say “At the beginning of my career, I started on a character that I truly, truly adore, that I created with Wendy Riche, the executive producer, and an amazing team of writers at General Hospital back in 1992. I was on General Hospital from 92 to 94, playing a character by the name of John “Jagger” Cates.”

General Hospital Spoilers – Antonio Sabato On Jagger Recast

He added “I’ve been asked by the fans by millions all over the world, not just in America and in North America, but all over the world, about coming back to General Hospital for 30 years. Now, like I said, I’m doing very well. I’m not begging to go back on the show. This is not about that. I have many careers. I’m still acting very well. I have a movie coming out. I have a lot of things coming out and I’m very proud of.”

But he stated “I’ve never been asked to come back on General Hospital for 30 years. The producers at General Hospital, ABC, and Disney, they know where to find me. They know where I am. The fans always ask me every single day, ‘Are you going back to General Hospital?”

GH Spoilers – Antonio Sabato Addresses Jagger Recast

After NuJagger debuted this week Antonio commented on Jagger’s revival, and the fact that he wasn’t asked to step back into the role: “They don’t even call him ‘Jagger.’ They call him ‘John’ because they know that the character’s only been played by me ’cause it’s part of who I am. It’s my life. It’s a character that is really a big part of, of my soul that I dedicated my life. And that’s what it turned out to be. I gave everything I have to that character and I would still do. So, the truth and the fact of the matter is people say, well, ‘you ruin your career because you voted for this or political or this and that.’ I shouldn’t be hired on my political views. I should be hired on my merit, on my acting abilities because you know, that works.”

“So this is on them hiring a new person, which is fine. They could do whatever they want. But hey, but for all the fans around the world to speculate or to say, you know, I ruined my career and all this stuff, no, that’s not it. So now you know the truth. I’m gonna leave this out there for you to see.”

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