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Stephen Colbert’s ‘The Late Show’ pulled as host recovers from surgery

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                                Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert arrives at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, in September 2022. Colbert revealed on social media Monday that he’s recovering after surgery, and canceling his planned shows for today, Wednesday and Thursday.
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Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert arrives at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, in September 2022. Colbert revealed on social media Monday that he’s recovering after surgery, and canceling his planned shows for today, Wednesday and Thursday.

First this fall, another round with COVID-19 shuttered Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show.” Now the show is again sidelined as the host recovers from a burst appendix.

The comedian revealed on social media Monday that he’s recovering after surgery, wiping out planned shows for today, Wednesday and Thursday. “Going forward, all emails to my appendix will be handled by my pancreas,” he joked.

Colbert had a busy three shows planned, including guests Jennifer Garner, Baz Luhrmann, Patrick Stewart and Kelsey Grammer, the return of former bandleader Jon Batiste and Barbra Streisand was to take “The Colbert Questionert.”

In mid-October, Colbert contracted COVID-19 and had to cancel a week’s worth of shows, although he hosted one from his home, like he did during the pandemic.

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