Yesterday, Jeannie Mai announced that she was forced to drop out of Dancing with the Stars because of a medical emergency. The Real host found out that she was suffering from epiglottitis, and she needed surgery to correct the condition that could have potentially killed her.
“I would never imagine ever having to write this, but I made it safely out of my emergency surgery. I will be forever grateful to Dr. Nasseri who identified my potentially life-threatening condition. What simply started as a sore throat had unbeknownst to me become a dangerous infection that already closed at least 60% of my airway and resulted in a throat abscess that spread in a matter of 3 days,” Mai said. “Although I am grateful to be recovering safely, I can’t lie… I am devastated by the fact that my journey with #DWTS will end this way 🥺😞 Dancing on this show has been the most exhilarating adventure. I’ve gained both beautiful friendships and loving supporters.”
While she won’t be able to compete on Dancing anymore, hopefully, they can find something else for her to do when she is better. Maybe she can replace Tyra Banks, who shed crocodile tears for Mai on the ABC competition show last night.
When I voted, I didn’t even put on one of those stickers. When Katy Perry voted, she made one of those stickers into a huge hat so that everyone would know that she turned in her ballot.
I get it. I wouldn’t wear one, but I get it! This is an election where we are proud that we made our voices heard.
Today is the most important election day of our lives. If you haven’t voted, then do it now. As Cyndi Lauper said, “Girls they want to have fun-damental rights!”
When I turned in my ballot, I had my period because my ovaries were screaming for me to do the right thing. As I drove to the Amelia Earhart Library, I listened to Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman. I wanted DC to hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore.
NBC had an inspirational comedy on their hands with Connecting…, but they didn’t handle it correctly. Therefore, today they announced that the sitcom, about our times now, will air its final four episodes on Peacock and NBC.com starting this Thursday at 8:30p.
Connecting… is a groundbreaking sitcom where the actors shot themselves via technology as they did stories about COVID-19, the lockdown, George Floyd, loneliness, and everything else in between. It was real, and it was funny. It just didn’t have enough of you watching.
I blame NBC for that. It was the first scripted show to air on NBC and did not have any other shows to promote it with. Comedies always have a hard time finding an audience, so throwing it out there, seeing if it can stick, is not going to work. They should have waited and paired it up with Superstore and debuted it then. Then it might have had a better chance.
If you missed it, then catch up on it on NBC.com and Peacock. I promise you won’t be disappointed.
