Stephen Colbert Cancels ‘Late Present’ For One Week As a consequence of Ruptured Appendix

One week of “The Late Present With Stephen Colbert” has been canceled unexpectedly as Colbert recovers from surgical procedure following a ruptured appendix.

The information got here by way of a publish on the CBS present’s official Threads web page on Monday. “Sorry to say that I’ve to cancel our exhibits this week,” the publish reads. “I’m certain you’re pondering, ‘Turkey overdose, Steve? Gravy boat capsize?’ Really, I’m recovering from surgical procedure for a ruptured appendix. I’m grateful to my docs for his or her care and to Evie and the children for placing up with me. Going ahead, all emails to my appendix can be dealt with by my pancreas.”

That is the second time “The Late Present” has needed to go off the air because it returned to CBS in early October after the top of the Writers Guild of America strike. Later that month, Colbert hosted one episode from his residence after testing constructive for COVID earlier than the remainder of the week’s exhibits had been canceled.

Tuesday’s canceled present was set to characteristic Jennifer Garner and Baz Luhrmann as visitors, with John Scofield sitting in with Louis Cato and the Late Present Band. On Wednesday, former “Late Present” band later John Batiste was set to carry out, whereas Patrick Stewart was the featured visitor. Barbra Streisand and Kelsey Grammer had been the visitors for Thursday’s present.