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This commitment to openness builds on efforts such WordPress’s recent signing of the Open Weights and American AI Leadership letter. Our mission to democratize publishing means giving anyone a voice and welcoming everyone to contribute. Working with other communities puts those values into practice beyond WordPress, supporting the freedoms that make participation possible. I invite you to read the Open Website Alliance charter to learn more about the commitments its members share and how the Alliance works.
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Carrot Top’s condition is improving.
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Comedian Carrot Top — whose real name is Scott Thompson — was hospitalized following an alleged suicide attempt last week.
Thankfully, Thompson survived after being rushed to a hospital near his home in Las Vegas.
The nature of the attempt is unclear, but insiders say the comic is now awake and “breathing on his own.”
Carrot Top attends as Keep Memory Alive hosts star-studded lineup at annual “Power Of Love” gala at MGM Grand Garden Arena on February 22, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive)
Hiw representative, Jami Schlicher, confirmed that the 61-year-old was hospitalized but did not address the circumstances surrounding the incident.
“Mr. Thompson is recovering in the hospital and is receiving the care and support he needs,” Schlicher said in a statement.
“His family and those closest to him are deeply grateful for the concern, prayers and respectfully ask for privacy.”
The statement offered no additional details about Carrot Top’s condition.
The shocking news comes after more than two decades of Thompson becoming a fixture of the Las Vegas entertainment scene. He has headlined his prop-comedy show at the Luxor since 2005, making his residency one of the longest-running in the city.
The comedian first rose to prominence in the early 1990s through appearances on shows including Comic Strip Live and Star Search. His career eventually expanded into television and film, with appearances on Scrubs, The George Lopez Show, and Last Comic Standing, along with a starring role in the 1998 comedy Chairman of the Board.
More recently, Carrot Top made a cameo as himself on the HBO series Hacks in 2024.
Known for his unmistakable red hair, energetic stage presence, and famously elaborate props, the comedian has built an unusual career around a style of comedy that has kept audiences coming back to his Las Vegas show for years.
For now, however, the focus is understandably on Carrot Top’s recovery rather than his next performance.
His family is asking for privacy as he receives medical care, while those closest to him have expressed gratitude for the public’s concern and support.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or emotional distress, please call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
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Over the weekend, Kate Beckinsale reached her breaking point.
For years — but especially in recent months — the beloved actress has been making troubling posts.
Some were about her alarming weight loss. Others were about PTSD. And then there were the deaths of her parents.
Over the weekend, she announced that she’s giving up, telling haters “bye” and that they win.
Kate Beckinsale attends Variety’s 2024 Power Of Women: Los Angeles event on October 24, 2024. (Photo Credit: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)
Kate Beckinsale’s latest posts were bleak and felt final
On Sunday, September 20, Kate Beckinsale took to her Instagram Story to share a photo of a rainbow as viewed from a street.
“Congratulations,” her caption began.
“You won,” Beckinsale announced, without explaining which person she was addressing.
“I give up,” her message continued.
That last part is of the greatest concern. Especially because it was not her only worrisome post at that time.
“Congratulations,” Kate Beckinsale shared as an Instagram Story post atop an image. “You won. I give up.” (Image Credit: Instagram)
Also on Sunday, Beckinsale conducted a total purge of her Instagram page.
Instead of her past photos and videos, she shared a single image.
On a black background, the white three-letter caption reads: “bye.”
Beckinsale deactivated comments on that post. She — or someone — later deleted the post, leaving the entire page blank.
She has not, as of Monday morning, added or updated anything past that point.
“Bye,” Kate Beckinsale wrote succinctly in a worrisome post after wiping out the rest of her Instagram. (Image Credit: Instagram)
She has been going through so much
Just weeks before this disappearance from social media, Kate Beckinsale spoke about struggles with PTSD.
That video is no longer up, but she made many accurate points about how trauma feels inescapable for someone with this condition.
(PTSD often stems from experiences with domestic abuse, especially as a child, but can also emerge from military service, sexual assault, surviving a harrowing accident, or even witnessing something horrible. With PTSD, the safeguards that your mind builds up to keep you safe turn your existence into a prison where you no longer feel safe.)
Beckinsale spoke about lack of sleep, how the condition is “invisible,” and she called for people to be “kinder and gentler” to others. All true.
She did not specify the cause. She lost two parents within the space of a year and also described a horrifying Harvey Weinstein experience, but that does not mean that we know all of her trauma.
Right now, fans should not be panicking.
Despite the alarming messages and Beckinsale’s health battles — both mental and physical, there is not currently any concrete reason to believe that she did more than flounce from Instagram.
Yes, she did it dramatically.
But coming back to delete the “bye” post gives the impression that she thought better of it, realizing that some might take her farewell as extending beyond social media.
We hope that Beckinsale is well, or as well as she can be. It is also a shame that she was facing such hostility on a platform for sharing photos.
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