Eva LaRue, Kelly Ripa, and more 'All My Children' alums reunited and shared their favorite memories of late costar John Callahan. LaRue, who was married to Callahan on and off-screen, also talked about what his last moments were like. New episodes of EW's 'AMC' reunion will drop every day this week.
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Eva LaRue and All My Children castmates share favorite memories of late costar John Callahan
LaRue, Callahan's ex-wife, shares that Sarah Michelle Gellar was the first
AMC alum to call when the late actor was in the hospital.
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Rachel Yang
May 26, 2020 at 10:30 AM EDT
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Longtime
All My Children star John Callahan
died in late March at the age of 66, and some of his former co-stars shared their favorite memories of the soap vet when EW reunited the cast for a weeklong reunion event.
During the first episode of
EW's Cast Reunions: All My Children series on Tuesday, Eva LaRue,
Kelly Ripa,
Mark Consuelos, and Sydney Penny reminisce about how warm the late actor was.
LaRue, who was married to Callahan on and off-screen (the couple was married from 1996-2005), recalls her first day on the soap opera in 1993. "I just remember seeing this big beaming smile, and I'll never forget," she says of seeing Callahan for the first time in the video above. "He was like, 'Oh, you're here!' It was the biggest, most loving welcome. It was really great."
Penny, who played LaRue's Maria Santos' sister on
AMC, agrees with her costar's sentiment. The actress' dressing room was next to Callahan's, and he always kept his door open.
"He would always be willing to talk to anybody. And there were some days when it was just nice to lean on the door and go, 'John, oh my God this scene today,'" Penny says. "He would always find some way to get you motivated, that you can do it because it's not impossible. And it was always a big help to lean on his door."
Ripa reveals that she and Callahan used to spend an "enormous amount of time together" because they were neighbors, and she would even "third wheel" when LaRue and Callahan first started dating.
"I could hear their thought process like, 'Are we really taking your little sister out again on a Friday night?'" Ripa says. "It was fine. I had no problem interloping. I never took a hint."
Callahan died on March 27, reportedly from a stroke, and LaRue spoke about his final moments. In the clip below, she recounts how she and their daughter were at the hospital with him and that
Sarah Michelle Gellar was the first
AMC alum to call to show support. He died later that same night.