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Jimmy Kimmel was behind the cancellation of a recent episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
The Nov. 6 episode of the late-night talk show has been postponed due to “personal issues” involving the 57-year-old host, Entertainment Weekly confirmed. Additional details have not been released.
PEOPLE has reached out to representatives for Kimmel and ABC for comment.
A rerun of the October 28 episode was aired in place of the November 6 episode, which featured David Duchovny (Malice), Joe Keery (Stranger Things), and musician Madison Beer.
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Mr Beal, 26, confirmed the news on social media, saying his performance would be rescheduled for a “later date”. She didn’t share any additional details, but promised to keep fans informed.
“Due to unforeseen circumstances, Jimmy Kimmel Live! had to reschedule my performance, originally scheduled to air tonight, to a later date,” Biel wrote. “We’ll share as many details as we can about timing. We can’t wait for everyone to see it.”
The news was originally reported by Deadline, which noted that fans who were scheduled to attend a live taping of the show at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles on November 6th received a message that the show had been “postponed” and that they would receive tickets to a future taping.
EW confirmed that Kimmel will perform the remaining shows scheduled for next week as scheduled. Next week’s guest list includes George Clooney, Mike Tyson, Eddie Murphy, Debbie Gibson and Jason Bateman, the outlet said.
The canceled episode came weeks after ABC announced Jimmy Kimmel Live! The show was taken off the air “indefinitely” amid controversy over Kimmel’s comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Disney said in a statement to PEOPLE at the time: “To avoid further inflaming the tense situation at an emotional moment for our country, we have made the decision to cease production on the show.”
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The company continued, “This is a decision we made because we felt some comments were ill-timed and therefore insensitive. We have had thoughtful conversations with Jimmy over the past few days, and after those conversations, we have reached the decision to resume the show on Tuesday (September 23).”
Jimmy Kimmel Live! It airs weekdays at 11:35pm ET on ABC.
