General Hospital star Ingo Rademacher is currently at the center of controversy. The 50-year-old German-Australian actor has been met with backlash after reposting a tweet on Nov.
7 that featured an image of U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, who is transgender. The tweet referred to Rachel as a “dude,” and so, Ingo was called “transphobic” for sharing the message by many, including General Hospital trans actress Cassandra James.
Ingo later apologized in an Instagram video and said he “should’ve just crossed out” the word dude in the tweet. He also apologized directly to Cassandra: “I think you’re an absolute talent and you’re very beautiful as well.