Larry the Cable Guy is recovering at home after a sudden health scare landed him in the hospital for emergency surgery.
The 63-year-old comedian, whose real name is Daniel Lawrence Whitney, revealed that severe stomach pain sent him to the hospital in his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, on July 23.
Doctors quickly discovered the problem: appendicitis.
Larry underwent surgery to have his appendix removed and spent two days in the hospital before finally being allowed to return home.
“Getting a lot of messages so just to let ya know I’m all good,” the Blue Collar Comedy star wrote on X on July 26. “I had major stomach pain and turns out I had appendicitis.”
He added that his appendix had been removed and said he was still “pretty sore” but otherwise doing well.
And in typical Larry the Cable Guy fashion, he couldn’t resist cracking a joke about his condition, telling fans his vitals were good and making a cheeky remark about how another part of his anatomy was looking.
The unexpected medical emergency came at a busy time for the veteran comic.
Larry had been preparing to tape episodes of his new syndicated CBS series, American Mayhem, but production was reportedly postponed while he recovered.
The upcoming series is being billed as a wild, high-energy clip show featuring some of the funniest and most outrageous moments caught on camera across America.
The format is expected to have shades of America’s Funniest Home Videos, but with a more extreme twist and Larry providing his trademark commentary.
According to the show’s announcement, American Mayhem will spotlight “the wildest, funniest, and most outrageous moments caught on camera across the U.S.”
Larry became a household name during the hugely successful Blue Collar Comedy Tour alongside Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Ron White.
The tour ran from 2000 to 2006 and helped turn Larry’s “Git-R-Done” persona into one of the most recognizable acts in American comedy.
Outside of stand-up, generations of younger fans know him as the voice of Mater, the lovable tow truck from Disney and Pixar’s Cars franchise.
He has also remained busy on radio, hosting Larry the Cable Guy and The Fun Bunch on SiriusXM.
Larry had wrapped up a comedy tour in May, just weeks before his frightening hospital trip.
Despite the increasingly heated political climate surrounding comedy, Larry has said he has no intention of changing his act because somebody might be offended.
“We live in the United States of America,” he said. “Somebody doesn’t want to like your act then don’t go see that person’s act. It’s as simple as that.”
Larry said he feels fortunate to have a loyal audience and plans to continue telling the jokes he thinks are funny.
“I already got a pretty good, built-in following and I got some awesome fans,” he said. “If I think it’s funny, I’m going to do it and we’ll see where it goes.”
For now, however, the longtime funnyman is taking some time to heal following his emergency surgery — while assuring worried fans that he’s doing just fine.
