Tyler Christopher passing away on October 31 took many of us by surprise, especially since ‘General Hospital’ (GH) spoilers were among most fans hoping for him to make a triumphant return to the business he loved.
The outpouring of love for him has been immense and heartwarming, but we never expected anything else from him.
‘General Hospital’ Spoilers – Kimberly McCullough Takes Us On a Walk With Tyler Christopher
As actors and fans reached out and shared their thoughts, sadness, and love for him, one tribute stuck out to us as Kimberly McCullough remained friends with him since their earliest days on “General Hospital” when she played Robin Scorpio and he played Nikolas Cassadine.
Like many others, she took to social media to share her memories and talked about Tyler Christopher the person and friend on her Instagram stories.
‘General Hospital’ Spoilers: A true friendship
Unfortunately, Instagram stories only last 24 hours, but special thanks to She Knows for the transcript of her 20 minutes story.
After inviting us to take a walk with her to tell us about her friend, and it’s something special to hear.
“Let me tell you about my friend, Tyler Christopher,” Robin’s longtime portrayer said in the post’s video. And over the course of nearly 20 Instagram stories, that’s exactly what she did. She shared a beautiful tribute, filled with joyful memories and laden with so much emotion it tore at our hearts.
“I want to talk about Tyler Christopher, the person,” McCullough began. “If you’re a fan of his or even if you knew him personally, go on a walk with me.”
“I first met Tyler when I was about 16,” she recalled. “And as some of you may know, Nikolas and Robin had a very sweet friendship. But so did Kimberly and Tyler. We were a part of this acting class, which is where I met a lot of my really good friends, and we were also part of a friend group.
“Once when I was going through a breakup, it was a really hard time in my life. I was extremely lonely and he apologized for not being there for me. And he said, ‘I hope you’ll forgive me.’ And it made me feel like I wasn’t crazy, that I was loved and that Tyler really was my friend.
“I mean, what 20-something-year-old TV star at the height of his career says the words, ‘I hope you’ll forgive me?’ But that’s the kind of friendship we had. Tyler was like a big brother to me. And things were never romantic between us, which was great. It made our friendship that much sweeter and simpler.
“The second thing I want to tell you is how Tyler always supported me when I wanted to make a transition into directing and how much that meant. It was like he could see it as clearly as I could. He would always say, ‘Yeah, go, go, go, go. Keep going, keep going. I know you’re gonna do it!’”
He even went so far as to put me up in his house in Austin, Texas while he was shooting a TV show. I was shadowing on an ABC Family show and he totally took care of me while I was there. He would even make coffee in the morning before I went to work and leave me a little note, like, ‘See you at work.’ It was just thoughtful.
“The third thing I want to tell you is about how freaking funny this dude is. I remember Finola (Hughes) came up to me one day after working with him and she was like, ‘I didn’t know he was so funny. Tyler is so clever. He just says this stuff under his breath and if you’re not listening very carefully, you’ll miss it.’
“And I was like, ‘I know, I know! No one knows. He’s a freaking stand up comedian in the body of a prince.’
“Tyler was so funny. He would tell these stories and my stomach would hurt so bad. I would cry like those cartoons where the tears shoot out of the side of your eyes.
“So, I guess my point to all this is to tell you that even though Tyler had his own struggles, he found a way to be all of these things for me as a friend. He found a way to be empathetic, generous and had a way of just making me laugh like no one else could. We shared a love of hip hop and robust sound systems in our cars. We shared a love of dogs and we shared a love of finding the emotional truth in our craft.
“And even though I’m super sad today. I’m so grateful that I got to know someone like that and grateful that I got to have a good friend for over 30 years. Rest in peace, man.”
Stories like this really pull back the curtain and “General Hospital” Spoilers are grateful to Kimberly for sharing. As fans, we love to hear about our favorite actors and what they’re like, even if it’s not all good.
We’re all human and when we lose someone like Christopher it reminds us that we’re all in this thing together.
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