‘General Hospital’ (GH) star, Eden McCoy (Josslyn Jacks) will not let online bullies spoil her celebration mood after bagging her third Daytime Emmy nomination for playing the role of Josslyn Jacks on the ABC sopa opera.
‘General Hospital’ Spoilers: Eden McCoy Claps Back at Online Bullies
A Twitter user took to the platform to criticize how McCoy, 19 was nominated alongside two grade school-age actors for the Younger Performer category, and the actress clapped back, saying, “Oh am I supposed to be embarrassed by my nomination now?”
The actors she is competing against are Cary Christopher from ‘Days of Our Lives’ and Henry Joseph Samiri from ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’. “Shame on anyone tweeting that,” the actress continued. “Regardless of the changing rules in the Younger Performer category, I stand by the quality of my work in ANY of my years at GH (going on 8 btw).
My two prior nominations were in years where the category was 25 and under. Multiple talented actors my age who did amazing work submitted this year, and these “kids” whose work you were belittling were nominated ahead of them. I’m proud of Henry and Cary. Your lack of respect is what’s embarrassing. The facts are that everybody earned what they got. Do better.”
Four actors were originally nominated in that category, but on Friday, April 28, Days of Our Lives star, Victoria Grace, who plays Wendy Shin announced that she was withdrawing from the competition due to a “huge misunderstanding across the board regarding the rules for this year’s category.”
Recall that two years ago, the Younger Performer category was open to actors who were 25 years old and younger. However, it was changed back to 21 and younger until 2022, when it was 18 and younger.
The 50th Annual Daytime Emmys will take place on Friday, June 16. It will be aired on CBS and Paramount+ will stream it live at 9 p.m. ET. In the west it will show on the platform at 9 p.m. PT.
