George Lopez jokes about his cancellation: 'I'm fine, my goddesses are a wreck'

 
George Lopez seems to be taking the news of his TBS show's cancellation pretty well, judging by his monologue Wednesday (Aug. 10) night.

TBS decided Wednesday to cancel "Lopez Tonight," which ran for two seasons but was struggling in the ratings. The final show airs Thursday. Lopez devoted a couple minutes of his monologue (you can also watch here) to the news, joking that "We're not saying goodbye. We're saying -- cable doesn't work."

He also made reference to Charlie Sheen getting canned from "Two and a Half Men": "People ask me, what are you going to do? Like every TV star before me, I'm gonna find some crack. I'm gonna get on the pipe, lose that unwanted 110 pounds I've been trying to lose. ... I'm fine, but my goddesses are a wreck. ... They left me."

Lopez also says he's grateful Sony has decided to make a sequel to "The Smurfs," in which he does the voice of Grouchy. "So today I lost some work because I'm brown, but also I got some work because I'm blue," he says.

Lopez's fellow TBS host, Conan O'Brien, expressed his sympathy for Lopez and the show's crew on "Conan" Wednesday night. "Had it not been for George being so incredibly supportive of me I would not have come to TBS," he said. "... Tonight all of our thoughts are with George and his staff and crew."

The final "Lopez Tonight" airs at midnight ET Thursday.

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George Lopez jokes while Conan mourns cancellation

George Lopez faced his audience last night for the first time since TBS announced that Thursday’s show will be his final episode. The audience booed after Lopez shared the sad news, but chuckles won out after Lopez revealed his plans for the future. “Like every TV star before me, I’ma find some crack. I’ma get on the pipe!,” he joked, at Charlie Sheen’s expense. “Lose that unwanted 110 pounds I been trying to lose. But I’m taking it good, I’m straight, believe me. I’m fine. My goddesses… are a wreck. They left me. I’m a losing teeth.” Watch the clip here or below.

 

Later in the night, Conan O’Brien, whose heralded arrival at TBS shifted Lopez to a later timeslot, honored his gracious neighbor and mourned the loss of the show. “Had it not been for George being so incredibly supportive of me I would not have come to TBS,” O’Brien said after the first commercial break. “It makes me really sad that TBS and George could not work this out … so tonight all of our thoughts are with George and his staff and his crew.”

Lopez is hitting the road, literally. He and Carlos Santana are going on tour together, beginning Sept. 3. In hindsight, though, was this parting of the ways inevitable once Lopez was pushed back to accommodate Conan?

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George Lopez jokes about cancellation of 'Lopez Tonight,' references Charlie Sheen

George Lopez joked about the cancellation of "Lopez Tonight" on the TBS talk show and even paid tribute to troubled actor Charlie Sheen.

The cable network had announced on Wednesday that it had decided not to renew the late-night series, whose ratings have declined since its 2009 debut.

"Unemployment is at an all-time high and for Latinos, it just got a little higher," Lopez said during his monologue on "Lopez Tonight" on Wednesday. "We're not saying goodbye - we're saying cable doesn't work."

"Everybody asks ... 'What are you going to do now?'" Lopez added. "Like every TV star before me - I'm gonna find some crack. I'm going to get on the pipe. But I'm taking it good. My goddesses are a wreck. They left me and I'm losing teeth."

Sheen, who has battled alcohol and drug abuse for years, was fired from the hit CBS series "Two and a Half Man" in March after he insulted show co-creator Chuck Lorre in the media and following a rehab stint.

Before he was axed, Sheen, the top-paid TV actor at the time, was suspended from the show. He appeared on various news programs, touting his "winning," party-loving lifestyle and live-in girlfriends, or "goddesses." The actor maintained he was sober, dubbed himself a "rock star from Mars" and demanded a pay raise.

After TBS announced "Lopez Tonight" was canceled, Lopez received Twitter messages of support from fans as well as from several of his fellow comedians and actors, including Ashton Kutcher, who is replacing Sheen on "Two and a Half Men" when it returns for a ninth season in September.

"Hey @georgelopez sending love your way flaco," Kutcher Tweeted.

"Thank you El Kutch!" Lopez responded. "How about 3 1/2 men? I'm ready and close by!"

The news of the cancellation of "Lopez Tonight" even spurred a display of unity between comedienne and actress Roseanne Barr and her ex-husband, actor Tom Arnold.

"So sorry to hear of your cancellation--you are great!" Barr Tweeted, to which Arnold responded: "Finally something we agree on! Good luck George."

Others who expressed support for Lopez on Twitter include Margaret Cho, Judah Friedlander, "ER" and "Mulan" star Ming-Na, Holly Robinson Peete of "21 Jump Street" and the daytime series "The Talk," Niecy Nash, "Private Practice" actress Kate Walsh and "Rizzoli & Isles" star Angie Harmon, who was scheduled to appear on the show on Monday.

Lopez rose to fame as a comedian and later starred in his own scripted comedy series, "George Lopez," which aired originally between 2002 and 2007.

Lopez also appears in films and has voiced characters in animated movies such as "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," "Rio" and "The Smurfs." He recently filmed the comedy film "The Skank Robbers" with Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence.

The final episode of "Lopez Tonight" airs on Thursday, August 11, at its regular timeslot of midnight and is set to feature Eva Longoria from "Desperate Housewives," which was also canceled recently and is set to air its eighth and final season in September.

Others set to appear on "Lopez Tonight" on Thursday are actor Benjamin Bratt, NBA player Ron Artest of the Los Angeles Lakers, former Guns n' Roses guitarist Slash and comedian Russell Peters.

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