Simon Cowell is on medical leave from America’s Got Talent because he needed to get routine back surgery due to his electric bike accident in 2020.
Therefore, the talent show needs replacements while he is recovering. Today, they announced that Kenan Thompson will be sitting in his seat on Tuesday.
Hopefully, if he does a good job, Cowell will bring him back as a replacement next season. It would be nice to have an American-born judge for the first time since Julianne Hough and Gabrielle Union.