Where is Maxie from General Hospital?

Kirsten Storms, the actress who portrayed Maxie on General Hospital, experienced weight gain due to brain surgery and her other health concerns.

General Hospital, often referred to as GH, is a long-standing American daytime TV drama. The show first premiered on April 1, 1963, on the ABC Television network and has won ten Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series. Frank and Doris Hursley, a husband-and-wife duo, created GH. Initially set in an unnamed community's general hospital, it later became known as Port Charles, New York, in the late 1970s.

Who is Maxie?

Maxie Jones, whose full name is Mariah Maximiliana "Maxie" Jones, is a fictional character in the daytime soap opera General Hospital on ABC. She's been part of the show since 1990. She also appeared in the spin-off series, General Hospital: Night Shift, which aired on SOAPnet. Different actresses played the role before Kirsten Storms took over in 2005 and has been portraying Maxie since then, with some breaks.

In the soap's story, Maxie is the daughter of Frisco and Felicia Jones. However, she was mostly raised by Mac Scorpio, whom she considers and loves like a father figure. Maxie's onscreen birth was on October 31, 1990.

Did Kirsten Storms, aka Maxie, gain weight?

Kirsten Storms started at General Hospital in 2005 but in 2011, she took an extended leave, and Jen Lilley stepped in without revealing the reason. Later, Storms disclosed that she had endometriosis, a painful condition where tissue grows outside the uterus. This led to a year-long break.

In 2014, she took a four-month hiatus due to pregnancy and in 2016, stress-related skin problems caused another short break. In March 2017, Storms took a leave for "personal reasons" and returned six months later, possibly for her skin issue. Five years later, she appeared with a neck brace, explaining on Instagram that she had surgery on the lower portion of her brain.

Besides physical health challenges, Storms spoke openly about her mental health in 2022. She shared about a tough period lasting almost two years before being diagnosed with Bipolar I. Storms emphasized it wasn't just depression and mentioned that incorrect medication worsened things. All these factors contributed to her weight gain over time.