Comedian Carrot Top’s Saturday, September 19, comedy show has reportedly been canceled following an alleged suicide attempt.
The comedian, real name Scott Thompson, will reportedly remain hospitalized on Saturday and as his scheduled performance at the Luxor Casino is canceled, according to TMZ. Us has reached out to reps for both the comedian and venue for comment.
Carrot Top 61, was hospitalized several hours earlier after an alleged suicide attempt. Us also reached out to the local police department for comment regarding the incident.
“Mr. Thompson is recovering in the hospital and is receiving the care and support he needs,” his rep, Jami Schlicher, told TheWrap in a Friday, September 18, statement. “His family and those closest to him are deeply grateful for the concern, prayers and respectfully ask for privacy.”
Additional details regarding Carrot Top’s condition have not been publicly revealed at the time of publication.
Carrot Top, who rose to fame in 1991, has headlined a residency at the Luxor since 2005.
“It came around by accident, believe it or not. I used to do a couple of weeks at a time at the MGM Grand, 17 years ago,” he recalled in a 2022 interview, detailing his journey performing in Sin City. “It was like a mini-residence. I would go there for two weeks, and then I would go on the road and do shows. Then, I would come back and do two weeks and then go back out on the road again.”
When Carrot Top first received an offer to lead his own title show, he was admittedly wary about one aspect.
“I wasn’t ready to be a resident headliner. I was reluctant,” Carrot Top recalled. “I said, ‘Let’s do a year and see how it goes.’ It was horrible for that first year. I was living in the hotel. It was just not a good time. Things weren’t working. Shows were tough and I was losing my mind, and thinking I have to get out of this gig. Then, one day it was really weird, I just started having fun and it started to click.”
He continued at the time, “I agreed to do another two years, making it a three-year deal, and at that point we really got into a groove. It wouldn’t make any sense for me not to be in Vegas. Then, I agreed to a five-year deal. Then, it became a 10-year deal, and now it’s been 16 years and counting. You’re in one place and people come to you, as opposed to you going to them. I’ve gotten used to the room.”
Carrot Top’s show was recently nominated for Best Comedian, Best Resident Performer/Headliner and Best Production Show at the 2026 Best of Las Vegas Awards.
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