I read that too, Clawdy. I think the problem is that Gary is a crap actor and can only do one expression, so it is difficult for him to portray anything but "angry".
Hope it isn't true that Sylvia is leaving. Roy will just be cast adrift.
Hope all goes well for your sister, Melika. Soaps tend to have a nasty habit of bringing up unwelcome subjects at exactly the wrong time, don't they? But I suppose there would be no script if they didn't. Doesn't make it any easier though.