Kirsten Storms is opening up about what it was like to be temporarily replaced in her long-running “General Hospital” role. Storms, who has played Maxie on the historic soap opera since May 2005, was recently replaced temporarily by Nicole Paggi due to scheduling conflicts.

General Hospital fans got a big surprise on the Thursday, July 3, 2025, episode when Maxie Jones suddenly had a different face when she knocked on the Quartermaine door.

As viewers saw on the July 3 episode of General Hospital, the role of Maxie Jones, played by Kirsten Storms for the past 20 years, was recast with Nicole Paggi.