gh cast GENERAL HOSPITAL - The cast, crew and creative team of “General Hospital” celebrated the 15,000th episode milestone of TV’s longest-running scripted television drama currently in production with a cake-cutting ceremony on the Prospect Studios lot in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 12, 2022. "General Hospital" airs Monday - Friday, on ABC (check local listings). (ABC/Liliane Lathan)KATHLEEN GATI, KIN SHRINER, MAURA WEST, TRISTAN ROGERS, KRISTINA WAGNER, JOHN YORK, JACKLYN ZEMAN, BROOK KERR, JOHN LINDSTROM, CHARLES SHAUGHNESSY, GENIE FRANCIS, CHAD DUELL, MAURICE BENARD, LAURA WRIGHT, NANCY LEE GRAHN, DONNELL TURNER, FINOLA HUGHES, WALLY KURTH, LISA LOCICERO, JEFF KOBER, SONYA EDDY, CYNTHIA WATROSNICHOLAS CHAVEZ, MARCUS COLOMA, KELLY MONACO, JOSH SWICKARD, AMANDA SETTON, REBECCA HERBST, MICHAEL EASTON, JOPHIELLE LOVE, KELLY THIEBAUD, LYNN HERRING, SOFIA MATTSSON, LYDIA LOOK, KATELYN MACMULLEN
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On May 12, General Hospital shared to Instagram a photo that revealed more than just how tasty-looking were the cakes on set the day of a momentous occasion. “The entire cast and crew were thrilled to celebrate the filming of our 15,000th episode today,” read the soap’s post, “and we wanted to share a little of that excitement with you!

“[The episode] won’t air until June, but who doesn’t love an excuse to eat some cake?” the post continued. “From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your continued support.”

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Of course, we didn’t just let out a cheer at that news, we also scanned the photo for what intel we could glean. And whad’ya know? Included in the image is Jeff Kober — a sure sign that the actor’s been back taping and that Cyrus Renault will be back this summer to stir up more trouble.

Unless the actor was just there for the cake. No judgment — we would’ve been.

Also telling is the absence of Cameron Mathison, who’ll be MIA as Drew for a bit while he films GAC’s The Christmas Farm in Canada with Jill Wagner. (Read all about it here.) “Miss you guys,” wrote Mathison to his Port Charles fam.

Kathleen Gati (Obrecht) replied to her castmate that she “was in your room today. Stole an orange and left you a cookie!” Seems like a fair trade to us.

Jophielle Love (Violet) exclaimed, “What an amazing day on set today to be with the entire cast — or almost… — to celebrate the 15,000th episode!

“I have done about 70 of these,” added the youngster, “and it feels like so many to me! Congratulations! I feel so lucky to be part of this amazing family.”

Check out our updated list of all the latest General Hospital cast additions in our brand-new photo gallery.