Dominic Zamprogna explained how he and Kelly Monaco got close in real life and about their last scenes together.

"She's a remarkable person. She's tough as nails and admirable in so many ways, and it’s been cool to become a friend of hers. And that won't end," Zamprogna said of Monaco

Cast members from ‘Days of Our Lives’ exclusively spoke to Us Weekly about Kelly Monaco’s shocking exit from ‘General Hospital’

Kelly Monaco was “amazing” to the very end of her 21-year General Hospital run, says leading man Dominic Zamprogna. Fans of the long-running ABC sudser first met Monaco’s Sam on Oct. 1, 2003, having previously seen Monaco plat Livvie Locke on the GH spinoff Port Charles.

General Hospital fans experienced a tearjerker for the ages last week when Sam McCall unexpectedly died after donating part of her liver to an ailing Lulu Spencer. Kelly Monaco's final scenes as Sam

Days of Our Lives’ star Brandon Beemer told Us Weekly he's not sure that Kelly Monaco is ‘fully’ done with ‘General Hospital’ after a shocking exit

Fans are devastated over Kelly Monaco’s General Hospital exit, and other soap opera stars have weighed in. “She was there for 20-something years,” Wally Kurth told Us Weekly at the “Day of Days” event in Los Angeles on 2.