On Wednesday, November 7, Kelly Monaco‘s professional dance partner on “Dancing with the Stars: All Stars,” Val Chmerkovskiy tweeted, “On my way to @GeneralHospital and its not cause @kellymonaco1 is working… #DaytimeEmmy here I come lol #thrilled #honored.” Monaco followed up his tweet when she said, “So proud of @iamValC [Chmerkovskiy’s Twitter handle] Had his 1st day of shooting on the set of @GeneralHospital… from #DWTS to #GH :).”
While it was unclear at the time when he would first air, Soap Opera Network has learned that Chmerkovskiy will air on the Monday, December 10 episode of the ABC drama series and that he’ll be playing a boxer that spars with Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Shawn (Sean Blakemore).
According to ABC, while it doesn’t look like Monaco and Chmerkovskiy will be sharing scenes on screen, the dancer did get some tips off screen from his dance partner as she served as his acting coach while he prepared for his scenes at the Prospect Studios where “GH” is filmed.
“General Hospital” marks Chmerkovskiy’s acting debut.