Not only did Kelly Monaco’s exit from General Hospital after 21 years shock Us, but it also sent waves throughout the soap opera world. Many members of the Days of Our Lives family were equally surprised to learn that Monaco was leaving the iconic soap.

Days of Our Lives star Brandon Beemer isn’t certain Kelly Monaco’s time on General Hospital has come to an end. “I don’t think she's really fully leaving,” Beemer, 44, exclusively told Us Weekly at the “Day of Days” fan event at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater on Saturday 2.

As General Hospital star Kelly Monaco bids farewell to the soap after a over twenty year run, actors of Days of Our Lives have shared their disappointed reactions to the news

Fans are devastated over Kelly Monaco’s General Hospital exit, and other soap opera stars have weighed in. “She was there for 20-something years,” Wally Kurth told Us Weekly at the “Day of Days” event in Los Angeles on 2.