Comedian Carrot Top, whose real name is Scott Thompson, has been hospitalized in Las Vegas, forcing the cancellation of his Friday and Saturday shows at Luxor Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.
“Mr. Thompson is recovering in the hospital and is receiving the care and support he needs,” a representative for Thompson said. “His family and those closest to him are deeply grateful for the concern, prayers and respectfully ask for privacy.”
A spokesperson for MGM Resorts, which operates Luxor, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal: “Scott is a beloved member of the Luxor and MGM Resorts family, and we are relieved to hear that he is recovering. We are thinking of him and wish him strength as he receives the care and support he needs.”
The Review-Journal also reported that Thompson had been seen at a Las Vegas bar around 2 p.m. Friday, hours before his show had been scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.
Tickets for his performances next week remain available for purchase as of now.
Thompson has held a standing residency at Luxor since 2005 and is under contract to perform there through 2030, making him one of the longest-running headline acts on the Las Vegas Strip.
In a 2025 appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Thompson talked about the benefits of a Las Vegas residency compared with life on tour. “I’m home at 10:30, 11:00 at the latest,” he said. “You can have a normal day. I had a dog for a bit, you can take a dog, you can then go to work, come home, you’re watching SportsCenter at 10:30, in bed by 11:00.”
The two also discussed his signature prop comedy. Rogan told him, “You became so successful as a prop comic, you kind of stole the market. There’s no young [prop] comics coming up.” Thompson laughed in response, “Because nobody wants to be a Carrot Top, I think. I think that’s what it is. You know how much s— I still get?”
Rogan noted that Thompson doesn’t seem to face as much criticism as he did earlier in his career, which Thompson agreed with, though he said he still hears from people about it. “You still get the aftermath of it,” he said. “Like just on the plane today, some guy was like … ‘I don’t care what everybody else says, you’re funny.’ I’m like, ‘Who’s everybody else?’ I get that a lot, all the people like, ‘Hey, I personally think you’re funny,’ that kind of stuff.”
