Rebecca Budig Ends Run as Hayden on 'General Hospital'

Rebecca Budig

Rebecca Budig finished her run as Hayden Barnes on General Hospital this week after her character was shot in the head by Nikolas' hitman, and went into a coma following surgery.

"I really enjoyed being a part of the cast," Budig says in the new issue of Soap Opera Digest. "It was supposed to only be two weeks and it turned out to be a little bit more, which I was very happy about.”

“When I had the baby [Charlotte, born September 8, 2014], I really wasn't sure if I wanted to work. But now I feel like, ‘Wow, I loved being on GENERAL HOSPITAL and I really do want to work.’ I would absolutely do another soap. I loved being back in front of the daytime audience again.”