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Janet Jackson drops out of ‘SNL’ performance
Rep says singer is suffering from ‘flu that’s kicked a lot of people’s behinds’
 | Janet Jackson poses at the signing of her new record, “Discipline,” at the Virgin Record Store on Feb. 28 in Hollywood, Calif. The singer went to the hospital Monday night over a case of the flu. |
Michael Buckner / Getty Images file |
NEW YORK - Janet Jackson has dropped out of her upcoming “Saturday Night Live” performance because she has the flu, the singer’s representative said Tuesday.
Celebrity Web site TMZ.com reports that the singer even checked into the ER at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles.
“Janet did go to the hospital last night due to the fact she’s been suffering from this flu that’s kicked a lot of people’s behinds,” publicist Patti Webster told The Associated Press in an e-mail. “She was never admitted and she is fine.”
Still, Webster said Jackson — who visited a Los Angeles hospital — was pulling out of the March 15 “SNL” telecast because “she needs some time to get better.”
“SNL” spokesman Marc Liepis said he did not know what music act will replace Jackson.
Jackson, 41, was scheduled to perform live Saturday night in support of her latest album, “Discipline,” which was released last month.
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