Talk show host Stephen Colbert recovering from ruptured appendix

Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert revealed on social media Monday that he's recovering after surgery. Photo: AP

Production of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was cancelled this week as the top-rated U. late-night television host recovers from surgery for a ruptured appendix, the CBS programme announced on Monday.

The news came in a brief statement posted on the show's official feed on the social media platform Threads, presented as a message from Colbert himself in his signature tongue-in-cheek style, jokingly hinting at Thanksgiving over-indulgence.