Soap opera actor Richard Burgi was fired from The Young and the Restless after Christmas and is revealing it's because he 'naively and inadvertently violated the show's Covid policy'.
The soap industry has been plagued recently with issues surround coronavirus safety protocols with several actors - like Ingo Rademacher and Steve Burton - fired for their refusal to follow them. .
Honest mistake: Soap opera actor Richard Burgi was fired from The Young and the Restless after Christmas and is revealing it's because he 'naively and inadvertently violated the show's Covid policy'.
The actor recently tested positive for COVID and 'took the necessary five days the CDC had recommended, came back, and then tested twice negatively at the studio'.
Richard explained that when he got back to work after five days he didn't realize it 'was not within the show's guidelines, which is a 10-day protocol.'.
'So I inadvertently violated the show's Covid rules and protocols,' he said.
'So I inadvertently violated the show's Covid rules and protocols,' he said, explained that he tested positive for coronavirus and returned to work after five days of isolation per the CDC not realizing show policy was 10 days.
The CDC policy recently changed from 10 days in isolation down to five days.
Digging in his heels: Meanwhile, General Hospital veteran star Ingo Rademacher recently sued ABC after being booted from show for refusing to get vaccinated
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