AMC's Alec Musser out?

Rumors are swirling that AMC plans to axe the hunkalicious Alec Musser (Del), along with co-star Kelli Giddish (Di). ABC Soaps in Depth says this may happen just after December taping is wrapped. ABC reps deny it, but where there's smoke, there is often fire in these situations.

If this is indeed true, that will be make ABC's invalidation of SOAPNet's reality show "I Wanna Be a Soapstar" truly complete, as GH and OLTL have already banished their inherited winners, Mykel Shannon Jenkins and Mikey Jerome.

Musser won "Soapstar" in its second season, and he remains the only performer to be kept in the cast for a year or more. However, he's been woefully underused, both as an actor and a soap hunk--both of which he had talent for. Keep him, AMC!