Late Show Host Stephen Colbert Suffers Ruptured Appendix _ E! News
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00:00 Welcome, one and all.
00:02 Thank you ladies and gentlemen.
00:04 Very kind, very nice.
00:06 Welcome everybody to The Late Show.
00:08 I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.
00:10 The Late Show host, Stephen Colbert,
00:12 is calling in sick this week.
00:14 The comedian says that a Thanksgiving hangover
00:16 isn't to blame for his absence,
00:18 but instead a ruptured appendix.
00:20 Colbert shares a message to his viewers
00:22 on Thread saying,
00:24 "Sorry to say that I have to cancel our shows this week."
00:26 I'm sure you're thinking,
00:28 "Turkey overdose, Steve?
00:30 Gravy boat capsize?
00:32 Actually, I'm recovering from surgery
00:34 for a ruptured appendix."
00:36 He goes on to thank his medical team and family
00:38 saying, "I'm grateful to my doctors
00:40 for their care, and to Evie and the kids
00:42 for putting up with me."
00:44 Jokingly adding, "Going forward,
00:46 all emails to my appendix will be
00:48 handled by my pancreas."
00:50 The previously scheduled new episodes
00:52 of The Late Show this week were set to be star-studded,
00:54 with Jennifer Garner, Baz Luhrmann,
00:56 Patrick Stewart, Kelsey Grammer,
00:58 Barbara Streisand, and
01:00 Jean Baptiste all set to appear as guests
01:02 when the show returned from Thanksgiving
01:04 break on the 28th.
01:06 It's been a difficult few months for Colbert,
01:08 who took over The Late Show from David Letterman
01:10 in 2015. Colbert was
01:12 forced to cancel a week's worth of shows
01:14 last month after testing positive for
01:16 COVID-19. He wrote on X at the time,
01:18 "Sorry to say, per doctor's
01:20 orders, I'm going to be out for the rest
01:22 of the week, resting up so that
01:24 I can deliver the handcrafted, artisanal
01:26 talk show that we so enjoy
01:28 serving you. In the meantime,
01:30 a heady blend of Pax Lovid and onions
01:32 in my socks. Thank you, Fallon.
01:34 We'll be rebuilding my immune
01:36 system. And if this is anything
01:38 like his COVID, Stephen will be back
01:40 in no time." "And, alright,
01:42 it's coming on.
01:44 You feel that?
01:46 You're tingle?
01:48 You're tingle?
01:50 We gotta get it right back to where we started from
01:52 here at the Ed Sullivan Theater, and it feels good
01:54 to be back, 'cause I was out last week
01:56 for, uh,
01:58 just a touch of the COVID.
02:00 It was
02:02 technically my third, uh, bout
02:04 of the COVID, so
02:06 let me just, uh, get my card out here.
02:08 There you go.
02:10 There you go. Alright.
02:12 There you go. Oh! I, I,
02:14 I get a free hoagie that
02:16 I can't taste."
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