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General Hospital Reportedly Losing Chris McKenna as Jack Brennan

An unconfirmed trade report that the WSB chief will be killed would set up a high-profile whodunit for Port Charles.

Overview

  • Soap Opera Network reported on Thursday that Chris McKenna is exiting General Hospital and that his character Jack Brennan will be killed, a claim echoed by other outlets but not confirmed by ABC or McKenna.
  • McKenna stepped into the Brennan role in February 2025 after Charles Mesure left and publicly confirmed a contract with the show in August 2025.
  • Recent storylines in which Carly secretly recruited her daughter Josslyn as a WSB agent and plotted with Valentin Cassadine are cited by reporters as narrative motives that would feed a murder plot.
  • EntertainmentNow named Anna, Willow, and Valentin as possible suspects if Brennan is killed and suggested Valentin or Jason as likely candidates to lead the Port Charles WSB.
  • The report arrives after several July cast changes on the series and, if verified, would reshape ongoing plots and raise immediate questions about WSB leadership and character fallout.