Over the years, Genie Francis has returned to "General Hospital," but in 2002, she told TV Guide that she'd been wrestling with the thought of leaving again. "I was really disappointed when the death of Lucky [Spencer, Jonathan Jackson] storyline happened and I worked so hard, and I still couldn't receive an Emmy nomination," she said, adding that, "I wish I could have bounced back from that better, but that was a really big blow for me." She admitted that despite all of her effort, she felt unappreciated at the studio.
When she wanted some time off, then-executive producer Jill Farren Phelps claimed she couldn't legally ask for it. "Apparently, they put in my last contract that I had to give 120 days notice to get a six-week vacation. I had completely forgotten that it was there, and that made me really angry because I fought all along to have equality with my partner, Tony [Geary], and they don't impose that on him for his vacations, but they do impose it on me." Angered by this inequality, she decided to part ways once again.
Fortunately, she returned to the role that made her a star briefly in 2013, and then again in 2015 where she got on contract, and her character became Laura Collins after marrying Dr. Kevin Collins (Jon Lindstrom) in 2017, and is still there much to the happiness of the fans.
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