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Former General Hospital actors Nicolas Bechtel and Ryan Paevey have opened up about the negative effects of hurtful comments from fans.
Bechtel, 19, played Spencer Cassadine in several seasons of the program, while the latter portrayed Nathan West on the show for a total of five years.
Bechtel began by writing that he was temporarily putting his acting career on hold in order to pursue higher education and expressed that many of the show's fans seemed to disagree with his choice to step away from the program.
'I'm headed to college in the Fall and I fully understand that I'm not everyone's cup of tea and I'm ok with that,' he posted to Twitter last month.
The actor went on to write that he was fully aware of the oftentimes harsh messages that were shared online by certain overzealous General Hospital fans.
Former General Hospital actors Nicolas Bechtel and Ryan Paevey opened up about the negative effects of hurtful comments from fans in a set of messages that were shared on X earlier this year; Bechtel is seen in 2020
'I follow the hashtag #gh and all the negativity attached to it is really sad. Actors, writers and producers do read things on social media and it's very disheartening,' he wrote.
Paevey responded to the message in kind and stated that negative fan interactions were part of his reasoning for 'why I bowed out' from the show.
The performer went on to write that he was particularly alarmed by the caustic messages from soap opera fans that he often saw online during his time on General Hospital.
'Soap Twitter was one of the most caustic online environments I've ever experienced…droves of armchair judges with no ability or experience standing in judgement of people
