The Touching Gift General Hospital’s Jacklyn Zeman Gave Brighton Hertford As A Child

“General Hospital” star Brighton Hertford continued explaining to Michael Fairman what Jacklyn Zeman had said about the butterfly. “She told me that in order to make sure that the opals never crack, I’m supposed to take my pinky and rub it on the inside of my nose, where your natural body oils collect, and rub it on the opal.” The token remained an important memento for her, noting that the opal hasn’t broken so far. Whenever she sees someone who also has jewelry with an opal, she remarked, “I’m like, ‘Oh, you have to remember to keep it like this.’” Wistfully, she stated, “Jackie gave it to me as a way of saying goodbye.”

Hertford had also never met Kirsten Storms, who’s played Maxie Jones since 2005, and it was a treat to work with her. “She was just so welcoming and offered to run lines with me in the green room because it is very fast-paced and high octane and wanted to make sure that I felt comfortable,” she excitedly stated, remarking that the two exchanged contact info afterward.

In her Soap Opera Digest discussion, Hertford explained that she brought a level of humility upon her return, acknowledging the grief that everyone was experiencing after losing Zeman. She said, “I tried to approach it from a place of really understanding the situation that I was walking into. I didn’t anticipate that I was going to walk in and everyone was going to be like, ‘Huzzah, B.J.! Hello!’”