A week after Haley Pullos announced that she was temporarily stepping away from General Hospital due to an “automobile accident,” new information is painting a different picture of her exit.
According to a new report from TMZ, the April 29 accident — in which Pullos’ car jumped over a Pasadena freeway barrier into oncoming traffic, leading to a head-on collision with another car — ended with the actress being arrested for felony DUI at the hospital. Edibles and mini bottles of tequila were reportedly found in her car by police, who determined that Pullos had been driving under the influence.
While Pullos is away from Port Charles, Holiday Mia Kriegel (pictured here), whose small-screen credits include roles on CBS’ Bull and TNT’s Animal Kingdom, will fill in as Molly. Kriegel will make her first appearance during the week of May 22.
“Unfortunately, I was involved in an automobile accident and I’m doing okay, but I am going to need a little time to recover,” Pullos said in a statement to Soap Opera Digest on May 11. “I will be back as soon as possible!”
An ABC rep declined to comment. Your thoughts on General Hospital‘s temporary (but maybe not-so temporary) Molly recast? Drop ’em in a comment below.
I hope that she learned a valuable lesson. She is young and this might just be the wake-up call she needs.
Hopefully she will be back on GH once she has paid for her lack of judgement. She certainly must be held accountable.
She’s not going to be back on TV anytime soon, or at all, with a felony DUI…
Shes lucky that she didnt kill anyone. Couldnt she call any friends or an Uber. Drunk driving is so irressponsible.
Whew all the judgmental people in the comments.
How is what Ozzy said judgmental when they speak facts. The pictures of the accident tell the story. The fact that no one was killed is a miracle and drunk driving is irresponsible so….
If you drink and get behind the wheel of something that could kill someone if operated without your full facilities, you deserve all the judgement cause you’re a selfish twat who should rot
Max, I understand sometimes we give celebrities we like more compassion and sympathy than others, but I guarantee you if Haley Pullos killed someone you loved that evening, or made you a paraplegic, you would be singing a different tune.
I have compassion for her, but she also seriously injured another person due to her actions. I think we need to get more details on the extent of the victim’s injuries before judging further, but it appears that she may be facing and be deserving of serious jail time.
I thought the same thing as George: The fact that someone was seriously injured elevates this to a different level, very possibly a criminal matter, and she may face jail time for this. At the very least, she needs to be in a treatment program and she needs to face the fact that she has a problem.
She got a felony DUI…she’s in big trouble.
No facts needed simple NO DRINKING OR DRINKING PERIOD
So true. Some people are very forgiving as long as it didn’t happen to anyone in their family.
The truth is NOT judgmental. There are multiple apps and other alternatives for drunk people to get a ride home. Driving in this state is dangerous, she really could have killed herself or an innocent person.
LOL Are you seriously giving her a pass for a DUI? She could have killed someone. Drunk driving IS irresponsible and also illegal, hence why she was arrested. That’s not judgmental, it’s the truth. Facts over feelings.
No judgment just the truth she needs to get help. So dose she needs to kill someone? We all have to answer for our wrongs no sympathy no drinking and driving no excuse period
Well if the reports are true, she did seem to be more concerned about her blouse, then the other person in the car. Would you feel the same way if someone you know was injured seriously in this manner? We should wait until all the facts are known and lets hope the person she hit survives without any lasting damage from her injuries. In this day and age, it was a definitle and serious lapse in judgement on several levels!
I agree! Sounds like she needs some major therapy and/or rehab. I only hope the person she hit survives/recovers without any lasting damage. It will be interesting to see what the courts do but definitely a serious charge and sentence could be forthcoming. Her comment sounded like….she did not realize how seriouis the situation is, – a little too much entitlement going on, I think!
Mini bottles of tequila and edibles? That’s a hard core addict right there. She better fix that before it kills her.
Wow surprising to hear. I don’t really know much about her personal life but I hope she gets help.
We all make mistakes when we are young, so we shouldn’t judge. We should send good thoughts and prayers. AND we should clean up our own lives while helping others pull themselves up.
like the 17 drunk driver that killed a man on Mother’s Day in Lenexa, KS? We shouldn’t judge them?
What about the bride that was killed on her wedding day STILL IN HER WEDDING GOWN by a drunk driver that was this girl’s age?!? It’s NOT judging. It’s being realistic. Also, it is NOT mistake to drive under the influence! It is a choice!
THIS!!!!!
“We all make mistakes when we are young, so we shouldn’t judge.”
That’s one way to try to launder a no-excuse DUI crash that could have killed or seriously injured one or more people.
oh yes. We all make mistakes like driving the wrong way while under the influence. How many people have died this year from wrong way drunk drivers?
WOW…FACT…Drunk drivers KILL!!! You do not make a mistake and drive drunk.
I have lost 2 friends to drunk drivers, and another one wished she died when she lost half her face. She is lucky to be alive after seeing the pictures of her car. She needs help.
Not our little Molly!!😳
I hope Nancy Lee Grahn takes her to TOWN! She won’t stand for that BS!
NLG tweeted a shadey tweet the day after the accident. “Dear @haleypullos call your mother!”
(for those who don’t know, NLG plays her mom – a lawyer.) :0
NICE! LOL.
Pathetic! It is NOT an accident to ingest alcohol or drugs! Unpopular opinion, she should be fired. There are teachers, medical personnel, government employees, etc…that would get fired over this. She is an actress making WAY more than normal people make so it’s a privilege to be in the entertainment (or sports) field. And if you can’t live obeying laws ..then there is someone else out there that should get that privilege of being an actress. Yes, some may not agree but oh well. We are all entitled to our opinion
First of all, she mostly like does not make a ton of money. Unless you’re a top tier daytime star, you’re not buying a house in the Hollywood Hills. Soooo, she’s probably pretty “normal” according to your standards.
Secondly, everybody (most people) should be allowed a second chance. Let’s give her that opportunity to learn and evolve from her horrible choices.
She claims to have money. When the police tried to assist her, she told him to take his hands off her F***ing $400 shirt
I agree that she should have a second chance… as soon as she successfully completes rehab, gets sober, makes amends, and serves out whatever sentence the justice system provides for her.
YEP
@TR: I agree 100%.
^This
Agree
Let the one without sin cast the first stone.
sigh, people should pay for their mistakes, she could have killed with someone, please keep your religious bs where it belongs, in some drawer with all the other religious hypocrisy the world over…such nonsense…look at all the religious sinners exposed every day calling for so many people to burn or ‘look to god’ – it’s a racket – only weak minded folk fall for
Well, I’ve never been charged with a felony DUI, so I’ll cast as many stones as I like.
I appreciate the kindness and compassion of so many commenters here. On the other hand… someone who drives drunk and high (so much so that she fought with police and hospital workers afterward), and causes a crash that nearly killed someone (who’s still in the hospital with “major injuries”), maybe you deserve to be in jail.
Well, her character’s name is Molly, after all…
When I was 19 I got picked up for DUI. The drinking age in my state was 18 at the time. It’s since been raised back to 21. So I was legal but I was also drunk. I guess I was lucky the cop stopped me as soon as I pulled out of the parking lot of the club I was at. This was in 1973. Nobody shamed me for it and I did learn my lesson. I’m almost 69 and it never happened again. I learned my lesson and pray Haley will too.
Apples and oranges. She was belligerent, crashed into someone and bragged about her shirt. She deserves jail. Holding people accountable is not “shaming” or being “judgmental.” She may learn a lesson or she may not. She should be jailed to protect the public from people like her.
No sympathy here. She is old enough to know better, she could easily have killed someone. Impaired driving is NEVER acceptable.
I don’t think she’ll :be back as soon as possible”
Now that her DUi has been publicly announced.
Nor should she be. She lied about the circumstances on top of all her bad acts in connection with the incident. She shouldn’t rewarded with a return. (Those who wish to say this is judgmental, save it. She should be held accountable for such carelessness, negligence and belligerence). This is not someone who has learned nor shown a willingness to-judging from her downplaying of the incident. No, this wasn’t some “accident” she was driving under the influence (how’d that work out for Anne Heche?)
Why?! Why!!?? Why!!!?
Why would she put her self in a position like this?! It’s a miracle nobody was killed (tg!) Star status, but still a human, she needs to do her time and face reality!
I hate that this happened and maybe it was a one time thing that ended this way. I only know she is Molly and her storyline was headed finally in a good direction.
Please get better as soon as possible.
What a spoiled, entitled, mean, drunk. If GH fired actors for not getting a vaccine, then she definitely needs to be pink slipped.
Hoping the innocent people she hit will all be okay.
Zero excuse for her actions. She could have taken public transportation, or even hired her own driver being the elite Hollywood income she has. I hope she’s put under the jail, loses her job, and becomes bankrupt after all law suits are settled. Zero empathy.
If you can afford a $400 blouse you can afford an Uber
*winning comment*
She could be in jail in months. But she play it tight and went to rehab smart move come senting time in March 2024. In california drunk driving punishable by 4 days to 6 months. Fine of $390-1000, and getting your license suspended for 6 moths, and driving when high is 1 year in jail. Up to 2,000 in fines, and a year and a half license suspended. Meaning max is 1 year and 6 months jail. $3,000 fines and 2 years license suspended. Max but she went to rehab and getting help so it looks like the jury will take that into count I typically pike middle grounds. So I root for 6 months and two days in jail. $1255 in fines, and 9 months license suspended. But won’t be shocked if she gets less. Rehab was a smart move. She be acting in 2 years years time she will win another award for something. She in like everyone else. I a friend believer of ten grand take off 1 year on famous people so if the off her a please deal of no jail no license suspended and a $21,255 I think she will be open to it.
I was way off, I didn’t know about the 1ft accident what she really facing is. 16 moth to 3 years each and up to
a $1,000 fine each ($4,000 total)For drunk driving and driving while high. And 1-3 years. For hit and run with severe injuries. While she facing 15 years max, she also facing 6 and 1/2 years minimum. So she in an 6.5-15 years sentence. So I want her to get 10.75 years in a county jail. And $2,000 fine. Of course her rehab will bring this down and she won’t get that much time I know
I have no sympathy. My father was murdered by a drunk driver.
Just read that investigators determined that Pullos was also involved in a hit-and-run crash in Pasadena before she drove onto the 134 Freeway.
All I’ll say is Ingo Rademacher and Jason Burton got fired for much less serious issues than this …… and really I think that says it all ……
They need to get Steve Burton back in any case. GH has been in a complete toilet spiral since he’s been gone. First they turned the show into the Parasite Nina Praise & Worship Hour. Then they brought in a bunch of useless newbies. More recently they had three actual deaths (two actresses & a producer) impacting the program. And now this mess…. which will result in 2 of the 3 “Davis Girls” being unrecognizable as of next week (they had already recast the role of Kristina before the DUI forced a recast of Molly)
Add the writers strike on top of all this, and you have to ask the question of whether General Hospital is on the air at all after the writer’s strike is over. Given the current trends at ABC, they’ll probably throw some stupid game show in the time slot.
As for Ingo…. his issues went way beyond his opposition to the vaccine. I would say the odds of a blizzard here in Hell tomorrow are better than him ever returning to GH.
Well said!
Well, we can still love her and want her to be well without condoning what she did. Hope she gets some help, but it’s likely her time on GH is over. Disney doesn’t play like that…
General Hospital’s PR department is on fire. The timing of this revelation is awful for them. Although Lexi claimed the decision to leave GH was “mutual” inside sources are reporting she was blindsided and let go just moments before news of Kate Masi’s casting broke. It was pretty clear from her disappointment about not being able to play the upcoming story that it wasn’t her choice. People were already mad & now this. GH is screwed. If they fire Haley than it looks bad that Lexi was fired for no reason in comparison but if they don’t fire Haley than the fact Lexi was fired while Haley gets to keep her job after a DUI looks even worse. They should’ve replaced Molly with Kate and kept Lexi. If I were GH I would hope for a long production break due to the writer’s strike, work on getting Lexi back then write a new role for Kate (perhaps Serena) and be thankful the strike gave them time to fix their mistake. I don’t think that will happen, but it should. Haley can keep doing Lifetime movies, but she needs a long break from GH to get her act together.
Who is Lexi? who is Kate? I don’t know the actors’ names, only the characters’.
Lexi Ainsworth plays/ed Kristina and has been recast with Kate Mansi
Yes, but Lexi wasnt on contract… So she wasnt fired, they just didnt want to rehire her.
Haley (Molly) has never been contract. And YES Tracy84…Frank’s decision to give Haley a storyline inspired by Lexi’s (Kristina) personal health issues when i’m sure it was pretty obvious Haley was erratic because Frank was pissed Lexi was booking projects like her recent NCIS shows poor decision making skills. #firefrank
Fire her!!!
Says she will be back as soon as possible? Is she still high? Sounds like someone needs to have a brutally honest conversation with her.
The more I consider this, the angrier it makes me.
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“Unfortunately, I was involved in an automobile accident and I’m doing okay, but I am going to need a little time to recover,” Pullos said in a statement to Soap Opera Digest on May 11. “I will be back as soon as possible!”
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1) She said this sober .
2) She almost killed herself and others.
3) She resisted arrest.
4) She showed zero contrition or appreciation for the seriousness of her actions.
5) She never apologized.
6) She talks about herself-with full knowledge of what she did.
7) Wants to back to work as if nothing happened.
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She is an entitled, remorseless psychopath with substance abuse issues. I would maybe be sympathetic to the calls to forgive or perhaps feel it was a one-time mistake, had her statement made that clear. Instead, it proves she’s not worth the benefit of the doubt. She simply only cares about herself and people are acting like she just made an innocent mistake. No, she consciously chose to mislead with that statement. She did it once (that we know of) and will do it again.