Carrot Top is hospitalized in Las Vegas after a suicide attempt … TMZ has learned.
Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … the comedian and longtime Las Vegas performer, who’s real name is Scott Thompson, attempted suicide on Friday in the Vegas area and was rushed to a local hospital.
CT’s rep Jami Schlicher tells TMZ … “Mr. Thompson is recovering in the hospital and is receiving the care and support he needs. His family and those closest to him are deeply grateful for the concern, prayers and respectfully ask for privacy.”
I remember in the 1990s that “hating Carrot Top” was a whole shtick. And it was probably his idea, too. My introduction to Carrot Top was David Letterman pretending to hate his guts and constantly blasting him with a fire extinguisher, and that Simpsons episode where he’s an evil mastermind.