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May 18, 2020 1:19PM EDT

Ryan Seacrest Assures His Fans He Did Not ‘Have A Stroke’ During ‘Idol’ After Live Finale

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AMERICAN IDOL - Music industry legends and all-star judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, along with Emmy®-winning producer and host Ryan Seacrest, and multimedia personality and in-house mentor Bobby Bones, were on hand when ABC's "American Idol" kicked off auditions for the upcoming season in search for the next singing sensation in Savannah, Georgia, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. (ABC/Eliza Morse)
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AMERICAN IDOL – "316 (On with the Show: Grand Finale)" - "American Idol" rounds out its all-new innovative and critically celebrated season on ABC, crowning its next singing sensation live during the epic grand finale event, SUNDAY, MAY 17 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC)
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AMERICAN IDOL – ABC’s “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest with judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan, and in-house mentor Bobby Bones. (ABC/Gavin Bond)
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AMERICAN IDOL – ABC’s “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest with judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan, and in-house mentor Bobby Bones. (ABC/Gavin Bond)
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During the ‘American Idol’ finale, fans thought Ryan Seacrest’s words sounded slurred and that his right eye appeared larger than his left. Concerns for his health were doubled when he was missing from Monday’s ‘Live,’ but Ryan’s rep assured everything that he’s doing okay.

“Ryan [Seacrest] did not have any kind of stroke last night,” a rep for the American Idol host said in a statement to PEOPLE on Monday, May 18. This statement was in response to Ryan’s behavior towards the end of Sunday’s live finale. Right before crowning Samantha “Just Sam” Diaz the winner, Ryan seemed a bit off. His words sounded slightly slurred, and some fans thought his right eye appeared larger than his left. The situation caused many to express concern online, and these fears were doubled when Ryan was absent from Monday’s Live with Kelly and Ryan. However, Ryan’s rep reassured everyone that he’s doing okay.

“Like many people right now, Ryan is adjusting to the new normal and finding work-home balance, with the added stress of having to put on live shows from home,” Ryan’s rep said in the statement. “Between Live with Kelly and Ryan, American Idol, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, and the Disney Family Singalong specials, he has been juggling three to four on-air jobs over the last few weeks and he’s in need of rest,” adds the rep in the statement to PEOPLE. “So today he took a well-deserved day off.” So, put your concerns to rest. Ryan will be back on your television screens and iHeartRadio stations soon enough.

Ryan’s work ethic is renowned, and he has long had the reputation of being one of the hardest working men in show business. It seems that if there’s something that needs hosting, Ryan will do it. However, it appears that it all just caught up to him and he is now, finally, taking a well-earned break.

98% sure ryan seacrest had a stroke on live TV last night. he’s not on live with kelly this morning, either, which is…concerning pic.twitter.com/3j9R2bMbfm

— kim windyka (@kimlw) May 18, 2020

Earlier in the month, Ryan spoke to PEOPLE about maintaining his schedule during the COVID-19 outbreak, specifically the remote Idol finale. “We put the show together earlier in the week because there are so many factors to it,” he told PEOPLE about these part-live, part-recorded hybrid shows. “Every once in a while we have to be careful not to step on each other while we’re talking because there’s that delay that we’ve all experienced talking to our families at home on different Zooms and things like that.”

 

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