A little update on Ryan Paevey:
Unfortunately, no, he is not doing a new Hallmark movie. He had previously made the announcement he was giving up acting as his mom has stage 4 cancer, AND he had an angry, miserable time after finding out his likeness and identity were used to scam women into handing over thousands of dollars to scammers. AND he admitted he hadn't behaved very well on set to others.
Last I read, his mom still has cancer. Ryan has moved down to San Diego to be with her. He had closed all his social media accounts, except his Instagram where he advertises when he's made a new batch of his handmade jewelry for sale.
However, a few weeks ago, the producer of
General Hospital sent him an unexpected text. They talked and Ryan is back on
GH as a new character. He started filming last week.
https://deadline.com/2025/08/general-hospital-bringing-back-ryan-paevey-1236486551/
So, he's back to acting. Maybe there is hope that, in time, he may straighten things out with Hallmark and may do some more Hallmark movies.
As for scams using General Hospital actors, a incident was posted on the news last week involving a different GH actor, Steve Burton. He was used in an AI generated video so real, they are called "deep fakes." In a side by side comparison of two videos of Burton, it is really hard to tell which one is AI generated. In the AI video, the likeness even used the woman's
name while speaking to her! They were able to con her out of $81,000 and she was scheduled to send out more money until her daughter found out what was going on.
In this video below, the reporter interviews Burton, and he talks about meeting fans at his appearances, who, he can tell from the way they look at him and act like they've known "him" for a couple years, are being conned. He has to break the news to them that it's not him.
On the Hallmark Channel at 8pm ET/PT, 7CT.
