For Eva LaRue, playing a villainess was no walk in the park. Now, she's speaking out on leaving "General Hospital."

Her exit aside, LaRue is grateful for her experience on the show, which is currently in its 62nd season after debuting in 1963.

Eva LaRue is exiting General Hospital over a year after joining the show as Natalia, the disapproving and homophobic mother of Jacqueline Grace Lopez's Blaze. Initially serving as a villain, LaRue's character quickly earned the ire of the long-running soap's viewers.