Monaco, who was reportedly blindsided by producers’ decision to kill off Sam McCall, shed tears as she said goodbye to her colleagues.

General Hospital said goodbye to Kelly Monaco after over 20 years, and her co-stars are reacting to the sudden departure. Monaco joined the long-running soap opera in 2003 as Sam McCall. On the Oct. 24 episode,

Kelly Monaco could return as a long-lost unknown twin of Sam's who was raised by the Cassadines to be dangerous and lethal.

It’s been a few weeks since Kelly Monaco aired her final scenes as Sam McCall. She was fired from the ABC soap after two decades on-air, with her character killed off to prop up the return of Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins).