The 41-year-old actress, who has portrayed Maxie Jones on the long-lasting ABC cleaning soap since 2005, first introduced the information in a video shared on Instagram Monday that she’s taking an prolonged break and relocating from Los Angeles to Nashville, Tennessee together with her 11-year-old daughter Harper, whom she shares with ex-husband and fellow cleaning soap star Brandon Barash.

“I am very excited to be making Tennessee my dwelling!” Storms wrote within the caption. “I am unable to wait to return to GH, as soon as Harper and I are settled in our new city. I plan on documenting as a lot of this new journey on my social media as I can. It is at all times been a dream of mine to maneuver to a spot like this, it is arduous to consider it is actually occurring.”

In her candid video, Storms revealed she’s already wrapped filming on the cleaning soap and had beforehand clued producers in on her cross-country transfer.

“My hiatus from work has been one thing that is been within the works since March,” she defined. “I had a dialog with [executive producer] Frank Valentini about my causes for wanting to maneuver and my need to not go away the present.”

“If you method a job like this, they will at all times be like, ‘Neglect it, I’ll allow you to out of your contract if you are going to go away the state,’” she added. “GH didn’t do this, which was form of wonderful as a result of I additionally requested for a while off.”

Storms confirmed, “I’ve already had my ultimate taping day for the 12 months,” and teased that “It is potential I will likely be again in December, perhaps November.”

As for what’s in retailer for Maxie whereas she’s gone, Storms promised followers they’re in for a wild experience.

“I promise you the story line they’ve occurring till my return to Port Charles is form of unimaginable. You guys are gonna freak out really,” she shared.

Basic Hospital has briefly recast the function with actress Nicole Paggi, who appeared within the July 3 episode and can proceed within the function all through July and August, in line with Cleaning soap Opera Digest. Paggi additionally stepped in again in December 2023 when Storms was unavailable on account of scheduling conflicts.

Talking to the outlet, Storms admitted she had combined emotions in regards to the recast at first.

“I might be mendacity if I did not say that I used to be greatly surprised a bit by it,” she informed Cleaning soap Opera Digest. “I would like that somebody play Maxie and be taking part in Maxie properly to maintain the character related and within the cleaning soap world nonetheless as a result of it doesn’t take a lot for a personality to die off and for any individual else to return in and be in a front-burner story line. I used to be very excited simply to know that she was nonetheless going to be in Port Charles and doing a lot of issues.”

Whereas followers must be seeing Storms again on display screen August 18, her official on-set comeback will probably be later this 12 months.

Basic Hospital airs weekdays on ABC.