How Actor Steve Burton Faces Life’s Challenges: ‘I Have Hope, I Have Faith, I’m Grateful’

Published: July 20, 2022

How Actor Steve Burton Faces Life’s Challenges: ‘I Have Hope, I Have Faith, I’m Grateful’

By Movieguide® Staff

Actor Steve Burton, known for GENERAL HOSPITAL and DAYS OF OUR LIVES: BEYOND SALEM, said that he relies on faith and the hope that brings him to face life’s challenges.

Burton, 52, was fired from GENERAL HOSPITAL over his decision not to get vaccinated.

“Obviously life can throw you curveballs, and it’s really, in life, how you handle things,” Burton told Fox News Digital. “And I just always find a way to be grateful. And, you know, gratitude is number one for me. And I’m so grateful still to be in a medium that is around after 50 plus years that Deidre and I get to sit here on a zoom and talk to you about still working in daytime and ‘Days of Our Lives.'”

“I have hope. I have faith, and I’m just grateful,” he added.

Burton opened up about his firing on Instagram, explaining that he was denied his religious and medical exemptions.

“I wanted you to hear it from me personally,” he wrote. “Unfortunately, ‘General Hospital’ has let me go because of the vaccine mandate. I did apply for my medical and religious exemptions, and both of those were denied, which, you know, hurts. But this is also about personal freedom to me.”

However, Burton remains busy with the DAYS OF OUR LIVES reboot, where he reprises his role as Harris Michaels.

“You’ve got so many super couples on ‘Days’ that are getting back together, which is awesome,” Burton told Fox News Digital. “I started my career on ‘Days of Our Lives,’ and now years have passed, and I’m reprising my role as Harris Michaels. And this character is doing some crazy stuff.

“We’re having a blast. It’s action packed,” Burton continued. “There’s so much drama. It was so much fun to shoot this.”

Season 2 premiered on July 11, and the actor said that the fans have remained “loyal.”

“‘Beyond Salem 2’ is special in the sense that our daytime fans, you know, they’re so loyal,” he told Fox News Digital. “That’s why we’re doing what we’re doing. They just want more content. And Peacock is putting this limited series on and the fans are loving it.”