General Hospital Spoilers: Rebecca Budig Reminisces About Working on AMC With Josh Duhamel

ABC General Hospital spoilers and updates reveal that today daytime drama fans know Rebecca Budig as Hayden Barnes on the ABC sudser, but there was a time when she was known for her role as Greenlee Smythe on All My Children. In fact, at one point her character had a smoking hot romance with none other than hottie movie star Josh Duhamel who played Leo Dupres. That was until his evil mom threw him over a cliff never to be seen again!

Rebecca recently reminisced about those good old days when Entertainment Weekly held a virtual cast reunion. She participated along with Duhamel, Melissa Claire Egan who played Annie, Ricky Paull Goldin who played Jake, Cameron Mathison who played Ryan and Chrishell Stause who played Amanda.

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These days fans can catch Egan as Chelsea Lawson on The Young and the Restless and Stause most recently portrayed Jordan Ridgeway on Days of our Lives; you can see her currently on Selling Sunset.

General Hospital Spoilers – We Have Rebecca Budig’s Thoughts On Her Past Soap Performance

Rebecca recently sat down with Soap Opera Digest and spilled the beans on what it was like to reconnect with her costars. She said that she keeps in regular contact with Cameron and Melissa as well as Chrishell.
She hadn’t seen Ricky in a long time and seeing Josh nearly sent her into a meltdown.

She said she texted him afterward, maybe to keep reminiscing about the torrid union that Leo and Greenlee once shared?

“I don’t know what it was about that show,” she said, “but literally that show was some of the best days of my life.” She said it may have been because she was in her 20’s and getting to know herself plus being in The Big Apple that was behind the specialness.

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General Hospital Spoilers – Did Josh Duhamel Once Injure Rebecca On Set?

During the reunion Josh told a funny story recalls Rebecca, that involved her. What happened back in the day was that Josh accidentally dropped her on her head during a love scene!

Afterward, he felt so bad that he went to her house with an apology present, “I think a silver teapot,” she recalled.

General Hospital Spoilers – What’s Next For Hayden Barnes in Port Charles?

Will fans ever see Rebecca’s character Hayden Barnes back in Port Charles? There is no word on a return date but she did leave behind a very important item that she may want to retrieve someday—her daughter!