‘General Hospital’ (GH) spoilers says that everyone’s favorite soap star Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos) has taken his services to YouTube.
The actor, who is very passionate about his mental health advocacy and work, has a new platform – YouTube – where he now posts his weekly State of Mind discussions with some of his co-stars, including Kin Shriner (Scott Baldwin) and Ingo Rademacher (Jasper Jacks). Here’s what you need to know.
Speaking to Soap Opera Digest in a new interview, the multi-talented actor tells the publication, “The history of how State of Mind started is that one night I was in bed and I woke up with anxiety and I started filming myself with anxiety – and as I was doing that, I was watching a guy on TV going, ‘I can’t believe these Hollywood actors that film themselves and put themselves on social media!’ Anyway, the next day my friend Melissa said to me, ‘Why don’t you film yourself talking about mental health?’ I said, ‘I don’t know…’ But I did it; I talked about my life a little bit and I put it on Instagram and it got a lot of views and people were into it. That was over a year ago now.”
‘General Hospital’ Spoilers: Maurice Benard Is Taking His Services To YouTube
Maurice went on to say that he gets emotional just talking about this project, the response he’s gotten and how he feels knowing that he’s helping so many people talk about a subject some people would rather not open up about.
The actor continued, “When Instagram took away my music, and then cut in half the time I could film, I went to YouTube and put my wife Paula on – and my wife gets 125,000 views! I thought, ‘This is it. YouTube is where I’m going to be.’ Kin was the first actor from GH I had on, and I knew he would be great because he has OCD. And he really was great, and it was good for me to learn something I haven’t experienced.”
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