Jonathan Jackson Admits He Wanted to Stay Longer Before Leaving General Hospital md13

It turns out that an experiment to travel between his home in Tennesse and California, where GH films, became too disruptive to his life. “There was always that possibility because it was a bit of an experiment on my part to see if I could make it work with the family dynamic,” revealed Jackson, who is married with three children. “There were moments where I thought, ‘I think I can find this balance with the family and time back and forth,’ and then you just have to pray about it and try to do what you feel is right. We gave it our best shot, but we weren’t able to keep it going.”

It turns out that an experiment to travel between his home in Tennesse and California, where GH films, became too disruptive to his life. “There was always that possibility because it was a bit of an experiment on my part to see if I could make it work with the family dynamic,” revealed Jackson, who is married with three children. “There were moments where I thought, ‘I think I can find this balance with the family and time back and forth,’ and then you just have to pray about it and try to do what you feel is right. We gave it our best shot, but we weren’t able to keep it going.”

He told the publication he “was trying to stay in the moment as much as possible.”

“That’s really where my mindset was, taking it one day at a time,” he shared, “but also one month at a time, and just seeing how it was feeling. I have to say that none of this would have happened at all if Frank [Valentini, EP] wasn’t so open and helpful to even get it this far. So that’s definitely something I’ve been extremely blessed by.”

In the recent episode which confirmed his pending exit, Jackson’s Lucky Spencer announced he would be leaving Port Charles after Liz (Rebecca Herbst) turned down his surprise marriage proposal. Explaining that her life is in Port Charles, she realized that he could never be happy there. Admitting that Port Charles was “not his home anymore,” he told Liz he would be leaving. “I know it’s sudden,” he explained. “But being here, knowing that we can’t be together, it just hurts too much.”