Stephen Colbert unexpectedly canceled 5 episodes of The Late Present With Stephen Colbert after the host underwent surgical procedure for a ruptured appendix.
“Sorry to say that I have to cancel our shows this week,” Colbert, 59, wrote in an announcement shared by way of Threads on Monday, November 27. “I’m sure you’re thinking, ‘Turkey overdose, Steve? Gravy boat capsize?’ Actually, I’m recovering from surgery for a ruptured appendix.”
Colbert expressed his gratitude to his medical doctors and household for serving to handle him. He gave a shout-out to his spouse, Evelyn “Evie” McGee-Colbert, and their three youngsters, Madeline, 28, Peter, 26, and John, 21, for “putting up” with him.
The comic ended his assertion with a joke.
“Going forward, all emails to my appendix will be handled by my pancreas,” he quipped.
A ruptured appendix, which is a extreme type of appendicitis, spreads an infection all through the stomach, per the Mayo Clinic. The situation requires rapid surgical procedure to take away the organ and clear the belly cavity. Restoration can take as much as two weeks.
The Late Present was scheduled to return on Tuesday, November 28, following Thanksgiving hiatus. The brand new episode was set to have Jennifer Garner, Baz Luhrmann and John Scofield seem. Friends for the remainder of the week included Sir Patrick Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Kelsey Grammer, Jon Batiste and others.
Colbert and the opposite late-night TV hosts lately returned to tv in October after going darkish in Could because of the Writers Guild of America strike, which lasted for multiple hundred days. Following his preliminary return, Colbert needed to shut down manufacturing for one week whereas he recuperated from COVID-19.
“Sorry to say, per doctor’s orders, I’m going to be out for the rest of the week,” he wrote by way of X (previously Twitter) final month. “Resting up so that I can deliver the hand crafted, artisanal talk show that we so enjoy serving you. In the meantime, a heady blend of Paxlovid and onions in my socks (thank you, [Jimmy] Fallon) will be rebuilding my immune system.”
The onions had been a part of a bit from the “Strike Force Five” podcast, which he hosted alongside, Fallon, 49, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver. Within the episode, Fallon claimed his pals instructed him that sporting a bag of onions on an individual’s toes may assist deal with a cough.
The comedians launched the restricted audio collection in August to assist the writers who had been putting on the time.