Carrot Top hospitalized in Las Vegas

Carrot Top, the mop-topped prop comedian who has entertained audiences since the aboriginal 1990s, was taken to a Las Vegas hospital aft reportedly trying to instrumentality his ain life.

In a connection to The Times, a typical for the 61-year-old entertainer — whose existent sanction is Scott Thompson — said that helium was "recovering successful the infirmary and is receiving the attraction and enactment helium needs."

"His household and those closest to him are profoundly grateful for the concern, prayers and respectfully inquire for privacy," the connection read, without offering further details.

When reached connected Saturday morning, the typical told The Times that determination was thing other she could "really accidental close now."

TMZ reported that Thompson was taken to a Las Vegas area infirmary aft an effort to instrumentality his ain life.

With a vocation spanning decades, Thompson has attracted followers for his trademark high-energy benignant and loony routines. For conscionable arsenic long, critics person ripped into his eccentric on-stage persona; still, Thompson has enjoyed 1 of the longest-running residencies in Las Vegas, playing shows astatine the Luxor Hotel & Casino.

"Scott is simply a beloved subordinate of the Luxor and MGM Resorts family, and we are relieved to perceive that helium is recovering," an MGM Resorts spokesman told Vegas quality outlets connected Friday night. "We are reasoning of him and privation him spot arsenic helium receives the attraction and enactment helium needs."

His Friday amusement was reportedly canceled.

Thompson has successful caller years besides been much outspoken astir the puerility bullying helium said helium endured due to the fact that of his distinctive fiery reddish hair.

The Florida native was besides facing ineligible troubles, according to quality reports.

This week, a antheral filed a assertion successful tribunal accusing Thompson of sexually exploiting him and furnishing him with intoxicant erstwhile helium was 19.

In 2022, helium besides had a nationalist falling retired with chap comedian and erstwhile mentor, Gallagher, who died that year.

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This communicative primitively appeared in Los Angeles Times.

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