Late-Night Hosts Cancel Live ‘Strike Force Five’ Vegas Show After Jimmy Kimmel’s COVID Diagnosis

“I could never live with myself if I got my hometown friends sick,” Kimmel writes

Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert
Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert (Credit: Getty Images)

Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert have canceled their live “Strike Force Five” show in Las Vegas as a result of Kimmel’s COVID-19 diagnosis.

“Well, Las Vegas, I got COVID, and sadly, we need to cancel this weekend’s Strike Force Three show,” Kimmel tweeted Wednesday. “I could never live with myself if I got my hometown friends sick. Thanks to all who purchased tickets, everyone will get full refunds and we will try to reschedule if possible.”

The one-night only event was set to take place Sept. 23 at the Dolby Live at Park MGM, and would have been the first time the three late-night hosts were onstage together.

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