Longtime General Hospital star Kelly Monaco is opening up about her exit from the ABC soap. After 21 years on the sudser and two Daytime Emmy nominations for her work within the Port Charles universe, Monaco wrote on Instagram, “Last scene with the Davis girls. 😘🥲🙏🏻 still doesn’t make any sense to me.”

Kelly Monaco is speaking out about her General Hospital exit. The actress, who is leaving the ABC daytime soap after 21 years as Sam McCall, addressed her departure in an Instagram post on Sunday. “Last scene with the Davis girls,

General Hospital firing Kelly Monaco was not on our 2024 Bingo cards, but here we are. The actress dedicated over two decades of her life to Port Charles and the character of Samantha McCall. It was met with tearing down who she was the last few years,

Since news of Kelly Monaco's shocking General Hospital exit broke at the end of August, the actress has remained relatively silent. Now, she has shared her first post directly talking about it.

This time Kelly Monaco posted from her Instagram account. She dropped a photo of her last scene with her TV family.

"Call it what you will… retaliation at it [sic] finest," Monaco wrote on Instagram in a since-deleted comment Kelly Monaco is speaking out about her departure from General Hospital. In August, PEOPLE confirmed that Monaco,

This moment is a difficult one, but knowing that she has had such an incredible, devoted fan base has given her strength,” Kelly Monaco’s mom said.

Kelly Monaco, who shot her final General Hospital episode as Sam McCall on September 27 after being informed in August that the show was writing her out after a nearly 21-year run, shared a

The end is near and growing nearer for long-running General Hospital heroine Sam. On October 6, portrayer Kelly Monaco shared a photo from the set with Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Kate Mansi (Kristina) and Kristen Vaganos (Molly).