Carrot Top Returns to the Luxor After Suicide Attempt, Jokes About His "Month of Reflection"

Carrot Top walked onto his Luxor stage Monday night for the first time since a suicide attempt last month, and he didn’t dance around it. The 61-year-old comedian called it an“emotional night,”joked that he could tell how much the audience knew about his summer based on where they were seated, then pulled a noose from his famous prop trunk and deadpanned,“This would probably not be appropriate.”The sold-out crowd laughed anyway.

The road back started rough. Thompson was hospitalized Sept. 18 after being found unconscious near the pool at his Las Vegas home. His manager requested a welfare check after Thompson texted the single word“done”amid distress over pending sexual misconduct allegations. He announced his return on Instagram Saturday, thanking fans for their support, and the room Monday night made it clear the feeling was mutual.

The comeback doesn’t erase everything else. Thompson is still in an ongoing legal battle with former opener Bryan Evans, who allegedly threatened to leak a sexually explicit video for a $500,000 settlement, and the misconduct allegations tied to an upcoming article haven’t been publicly addressed. But for one night in Vegas, the story was about a headliner, a prop trunk, and a crowd that came to laugh with him. Do you think humor is the right way to process something this heavy? Sound off in the comments.