Jimmy Kimmel Has Emergency Appendix Surgery

By Stephen M. Silverman

Thursday June 21, 2007 10:20 AM EDT

Jimmy Kimmel

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Usually Jimmy Kimmel is putting people in stitches – now it's the other way around.

The host of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, 39, underwent an emergency appendectomy on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, his publicist, Lewis Kay, said in a statement.

"He is resting comfortably and is looking forward to getting back to work," said Kay. "The rest of this week's tapings of have been cancelled until he is back on his feet."

• Reporting by MARISA LAUDADIO