The Luxor casino in Las Vegas pulled Carrot Top's Saturday night show off the schedule, a day after scrapping his Friday set, following what TMZ has reported as a suicide attempt by the comedian.

Carrot Top, whose real name is Scott Christopher Thompson, is 61. He remains hospitalised and will continue receiving care until further notice, according to TMZ's reporting, which JoBlo.com cited in its own coverage of the story.

His representatives gave TMZ a short statement: "Mr. Thompson is recovering in the hospital and is receiving the care and support he needs. His family and those closest to him are deeply grateful for the concern, prayers and respectfully ask for privacy."

No further detail on his condition or a timeline for his return to the Strip has been made public. Bollywood readers might not clock the name immediately, but Carrot Top has been one of the most reliable draws in American stand-up for two decades now, running a residency at Luxor since 2005 built entirely around a trunk of custom props, sound gags and his trademark frizzed-out red hair.

He's also turned up in smaller roles across American film and TV over the years, including The Hangover, Family Guy, George Lopez, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Critics have long ribbed his visual style as goofy rather than sharp, but his Vegas audiences have generally left happy, and the show has stayed a fixture on the Strip's comedy circuit longer than most.

For now, there's no word on when, or whether, the Saturday and Sunday dates will be rescheduled once he's discharged. The Luxor hasn't put out its own statement beyond pulling the listings, and Thompson's team has made clear they don't want the story to become bigger than the family's request for space.

What's next depends entirely on his recovery, and his representatives have signalled they'd rather not put a date on that. Until there's official word, the shows stay off the calendar and the questions stay unanswered.

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