General Hospital‘s Ingo Rademacher Mum on Rumored Exit, But Addresses His Sharing of a Transphobic Tweet
General Hospital‘s Ingo Rademacher on Monday afternoon apologized (in part) for his sharing of a transphobic tweet, but had no comment (yet) on a report that his time with the ABC sudser has abruptly ended.
Rademacher — who off and on for many years has played Jasper “Jax” “The Differently Spelled Nickname Never Made Much Sense” Jacks — drew fire over the weekend after he shared in his Instagram Story a screen-grabbed tweet that misgendered and cast aspersion on a trans woman, and identified her as a member of “ClownTown.”
In a new Instagram video posted on Monday, Rademacher stood by the comparison being made in the shared tweet, saying, “I don’t really think it’s OK to call a trans an ’empowered woman,’ because where does that leave women? Women have fought so hard to get on a level playing field with men…. So I don’t agree with that.”
Rademacher did, however, apologize for not modifying the shared tweet to eliminate the misgendering of the trans woman.
“I do apologize for not crossing out ‘dude’ and putting ‘transgender,'” he said. “Me, personally, I wouldn’t have written it that way.”
Cassandra James, who plays Dr. Terry Randolph on GH and is a trans woman, reacted to Rademacher’s Instagram share by tweeting, “I am aware of a transphobic post shared by a fellow General Hospital actor. Shame on you. You have some serious unlearning and education to do. I feel deeply disappointed that such a public display of ignorance could come from our GH family. Misgendering trans folks is violence and if you come for one of us, you come for all of us.”
To James, Rademacher said in his new video, “Cassandra, I apologize to you as well, sincerely. I think you’re an absolute talent and you’re very beautiful as well. I don’t think a transphobic man would say that.”
But as for loud rumblings that his days with the ABC sudser are done — because, sources tell TVLine, he has chosen not to comply with a COVID vaccine mandate that took effect Nov. 1 — the Aussie, who has regularly questioned vaccine efficacy, mandates and passports, said, “I will comment on that later, I just don’t have time right now…. I will fill you guys in on what’s happening when I can.”
ABC has yet to comment on Rademacher’s rumored exit, which was escalated by co-star Nancy Lee Grahn’s response to James’ aforementioned tweet: “The fellow actor, #IngoRademacher, is mercifully no longer a part of the #GH cast.”
In August, Rademacher continued a pattern of sharing social media memes and messaging that protested vaccine mandates and “passports,” sparking the launch of a #FireIngo hashtag campaign. Not long after, he responded with an Instagram video in which he called #FireIngo supporters “bigots” and asserted without complete accuracy, “Mandating any vaccine is wrong but especially one that doesn’t help the spread…. If you want to take the vaccine, take it. Just know you’re doing it for yourself, not to save anyone else.”
SAG actors are currently working under the terms of a pandemic-era Return to Work agreement which states, “Producers may in their discretion implement policies requiring that current and prospective employees in Zone A, studio teachers and others who come into close contact with minors be ‘fully vaccinated’ as a condition of employment where permitted by law.” (Zone A is the area where actors are taped/filmed performing scenes for a TV show or movie, plus the immediate perimeter where crew members work.)
Ingo R: My Son wore a princess Dress once, so I cant be Transphobic.
ME: Kids of all genders play dress up. You can still be Transphobic Ingo.
He was OK with mask mandates when his wife was cashing in on them.
I’m Australian and this guy is a bloody moron you can keep him America
Funny, he always had plenty of time to spread misinformation about vaccines.
He was not being transphobic. Btw that means fear of trans people. Most people are not afraid of trans people! It’s called people overreacting to his post. He is absolutely correct on the comparison he was making & I applaud him for making it. And by the way, people calling a black woman a white supremicist because of her political views is sad & ridiculous & says a lot about liberals and the times we’re living in. So a black person cannot have conservative views without being a white supremicist? Utterly ridiculous! Ingo is another person who is going to be cancelled because he thinks for himself & doesn’t go along with the mob mentality. He is allowed to have different views than the rest of the Hollywood liberals & he shouldn’t lose his job over it. That includes his views on the vaccination. And btw, I’ve gotten the vaccination but I also understand why some people don’t want to get it. That’s their choice. Stand your ground, Ingo.
Thank you, Julia. I agree 100%. We need to be free to express our opinions and people are free to ignore them. I’m so tired of the moral high-ground nonsense.
You are free to express your opinions. But does not mean you are free from the consequences. An employer is free to express their opinion that they do not want to employ someone who creates a dangerous and toxic work environment for others. An employer is free to express their opinion that they do no want to employ someone who refuses to follow the mandates of that work environment.
Additionally, if you are so tired of the moral high-ground nonsense, you should be against the way Ingo is conducting himself. He is literally acting like his has the moral high-ground.
You really think a toxic work environment isn’t created against other groups of people – Christians and conservatives for example? If that’s true, you haven’t been paying attention. Christians have to put up with a lot in the workplace and aren’t allowed to voice their opinions on much of anything. I would argue that it’s a pretty toxic work environment for Christians, but most people would say get over it or suck it up or get used to it or have a thicker skin, but when it comes to LGBTQ issues, everyone is so protective of them. Funny how we’re so incredibly protective of and sensitive to some groups but could not care less about others. Ah the hypocrisy!
It is toxic to Christians that they cant spout bigotry in the workplace? It is funny how Christians think being forced to exist in this world with people who are different than them is “oppression.”
Not all Christians spout bigotry but it’s the only religion that one is allowed to criticize these days.
@anonu: I dunno where you’re living where only Christianity is getting criticized, but there are many people out there who can (and do) criticize any religion they want all the time in this country. Many people who are critical of Christianity tend to have issues with any and all organized religion in general, they don’t pick and choose which religion gets their ire. And even then, most of them still remain perfectly respectful of individual religious people they encounter or know.
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If it feels to you like Christianity seems to be getting targeted most often, however, it’s likely more because most people tend to live in areas with a majority Christian presence. And the majority of our government officials adhere to some kind of Christian faith, too. Thus, as a result, that particular religion is going to get the most scrutiny and the most criticism and the most attention. If any other faith were the dominant one in this country, they’d be getting the majority of the focus. It’s simply a numbers game more than anything.
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Bottom line, though, B and JJ are absolutely right. Christians and conservatives can voice their opinions all they want. But if they’re spouting off about things they’re factually wrong about, such as anything relating to the topic of transgender people, then yes, they deserve to be called out for, y’know, getting something wrong. If one doesn’t know about or understand issues relating to transgender people, their best course of action would be to just be quiet and learn and educate themselves, not spout off ignorant nonsense and misinformation. Some people may be jerks to Christians simply for being Christian, sure, and they would be wrong to do so and should be held accountable for that.
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But compared to what transgender people have to deal with day in and day out simply because of their sexual orientation, it’s a little rich to hear Christians or conservatives acting like they’re the truly persecuted ones in this country. They’re not. They’re really not.
Honey, if you’re feeling like you are working in a toxic work environment, just get a new job and stop trying to stand up for a man who, a very very long time ago, was homophobic. He’s also pro-Trump. There’s a reason he hasn’t been on lately … I for 1 am very glad #GH has dumped his butt. And if the rumblings about Mr. Burton are true (which I hope they’re not), it now makes total sense as to why there’s an influx of new contact players.
I love it when Christians try to play the victim in situations that they created lmao. Did you ever stop to think that maybe people are protective of LGBTQ people because Christians have been working their butts off for years to keep them from having equal rights? Same-sex marriage has only been legal for a couple of years, and that’s because of Christians who tried to force their religious beliefs on the rest of the country. There are thousands of churches that practice conversion therapy, Christian adoption centers that would rather a child remain parentless than letting a same-sex couple adopt them, and Christian parents throwing their kids out for being LGBTQ (5% of the population, but 40% of the homeless population, and most come from religious homes), but y’all are the victims?
Also, over 65% of adults identify as Christian, but you’re trying to claim they are dealing with toxic work environments at the same level as a drastically smaller group that experiences demonstrably higher rates of workplace exclusion/discrimination, harassment, and terminations? Just because your workplace doesn’t allow you to spout bigotry against other groups of people doesn’t make it toxic.
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You Summed It Up Perfectly❗ People Should Always Be Free To Express Themselves; Whether Their Opinion is Popular or Not; However, Words and Actions Have Consequences and Those Governing The Workplace Environment Are Free To Express Their Views as Well… Free To Implement Consequences and Serve Up Those Consequences For Those Who Are Non-Compliant. Vaccines Have Been Mandated From the Time We Came Out of Our Mothers’ Wombs. Children Were Not Allowed To Attend Schools UNLESS They Were Vaccinated Against Various Strains, In Order To Prevent The Spread of Certain Viruses/ Diseases/Illnesses.
We Bare a Mark on Our Upper Arm as a Lasting Reminder of One of Those Childhood Vaccines.
That’s because you’re always on the losing end of it.
You are free to express your opinions. And other people are free to express their opinions about your opinions. Or did you mean that only certain people should be free to express their opinions?
He does not think for himself. Anti-vaxxers are not free thinkers. They follow a mob mentality. The mob mentality of opposing something they do not understand. Hence why it does not matter how much actual proper research they are shown, they ignore it.
So much to unpack here. Trasnphobic has gone on to mean more than fear. It now means distaste or disgust, and honestly, what place is it of yours to concern yourself how a trans person lives their life? I find plenty of the beliefs and practices of conservative people disgusting, but we have to let them live that way. I know you all try to hide behind the idea of “cancel culture,” but he isn’t being canceled. No one ever is. They just see the consequences of their actions. If he wants to trash trans people and his co-workers decide they don’t want to be around that, he’s gone. If he’s tough enough to run his mouth on twitter, he can find another job. I know you conservatives just LOVE to pretend you’re victims, but you aren’t. Get over it.
Great post Julia I totally agree. I for one will miss him if true. When it comes to the vaccination good on him for standing his ground his body his choice.
So you’re pro-choice in all cases right? Hate to think you’re a giant hypocrite.
One is about making a choice for your body. The other is about making a choice for not just your body but your baby’s body. Two completely different things. So no, I’m not a hypocrite.
If you don’t understand how refusing a vaccine and then engaging with the rest of the world doesn’t affect other human beings’ bodies, then you don’t actually know how vaccines work…
Do you think I care what you think David? No! Good on you Ingo for doing what you believe is best for yourself and your family.
So your pro-choice – my body, my choice but not when it comes to the vaccine. You cant even make the stuff up!!! I bet you are pro-choice up to the point of 9 months but not giving someone the right to take a vaccine or not which said vaccine does not stop it from spreading to other people. So who is the hypocrite????
Ohhh Julia. No, you’re wrong on many levels.
“So a black person cannot have conservative views without being a white supremicist? ” Well a white woman can have completely liberal views and still be called a racist. It’s the times we live in. It’s all or nothing when it comes political views.
He copied a meme and forgot to check the language. He should know there are some things that you’re not allowed to joke about, corrected language or not.
Yikes, he’s trashy.
Why lie about something that’s so easy to Google?
“Transphobia is a collection of ideas and phenomena that encompass a range of negative attitudes, feelings, or actions towards transgender people or transness in general.”
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” irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against transgender people”
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“[Transphobia] describes any attitude, feeling, or behavior that stigmatizes trans people, denies their identities, treats them as unequal or less than human.”
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“Transphobia can take many different forms, including negative attitudes and beliefs, aversion to and prejudice against transgender people, irrational fear and misunderstanding, disbelief or discounting preferred pronouns or gender identity, derogatory language and name-calling, bullying, abuse, and even violence.”
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If y’all want to be transphobes, own it. Spouting transphobia and then turning around and lying about what you’re doing is just pathetic. And claiming that being transphobic or an anti-vaxxer is “thinking for yourself” is so sad it hurts. You aren’t thinking for yourself. You’re simply listening to a different set of authority figures.
A transphobic man would absolutely say that, and then kick the **** out of that trans woman. Ingo is giving himself far too much credit.
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” – Voltaire
He wasn’t saying Dr. Rachel was a member of Clown Town. I disavow this guy and his opinions, but I feel the same way about TVL fragrantly misinterpreting info, like the nasty tweet he shared. ClownTown would appear to be the world we’re living in, according to the OP, and not a reference to Rachel specifically. Do better, TVLine.
I will miss him if it is true. As for the vaccine it was meant to be voluntary but here in our state in Australia we were forced to be vaccinated or we would lose our livelihood and way of life. Now that is coercion at its best. You don’t have to be an anti vaxer to not want to have the jab.
Pretty sure not wanting “to have the jab” is the actual definition of anti-vaxer.
Not at all, I am not against all vaccinations but against a vax that was mandated when it was supposed to be voluntary. I was vaccinated as a baby/child but am of the age that I should be the one who chooses what I have injected into my own body.
Absolutely not! My kids and I have received all recommended vaccines and the fact that I was hesitant about getting a new vaccine at first did not make me an “anti-vaxer” I am incredibly thankful for the miracle of vaccines, but wanted to have a choice whether to be part of the experimental phase of a new vaccine. Labels are only there to divide people. Let’s stop labeling people and love our fellow neighbors. :)
The classic defence, I’m against calling trans women anything but trans because I love and respect women.
Trans women are women. Maybe show them some respect
Men tell trans women they are beautiful before they kill them.
Now that’s some … but it would be impolite to use this word.
Thank god we don’t have to see those highlights anymore. I hope his salary goes to an actor / character we would love to see again. Lulu? Lucky? Brenda? Morgan? Who would you bring back in place of Ingo?
It’s time to rest dear Jasper Jacks. Maybe for good. They won’t recast him. We’re still waiting on a Jordan recast and maybe someday a Lulu recast. GH is beyond full with an extremely large but multi-talented cast. For now let’s use who’s still there! (BTW, in all this hullabaloo, did anyone notice that they bumped up Inga Cadranel [Harmony] to contract?)
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The picture is not of some random trans woman, that’s Dr. Rachel Levine, the HHS Assistant Secretary for Health.
Anyway, sounds like General Hospital will be better off without him!
I love general hospital huge fan of the show
Rodemacher is beneath contempt. His ignorance and overall lack of understanding of transsexual issues screams to the truth about his pathetic mindset. I sincerely hope he never lands another acting gig.
Suspend (unpaid) all actors who refuse to get vaccinated for COVID. They can come back when they show legitimate proof of full vaccination. All the other people on set deserve to be protected.
Dude does look like a lady. On a serious note, Ingo Rademacher is a much better feminist than Nancy Lee Grahn. And kudos to Ingo for defending his right not to get the vaccine. More celebrities should do the same. On a side note, I’ve always thought Ingo was hot, and this just makes him hotter. IMHO
What happen to tolerance, is this still the United States,