Katt Williams hospitalized for “exhaustion”

Posted by Maximum Fun on 17th November 2008

This is what the New York Times is reporting:

The comedian Katt Williams, right, is “incredibly fatigued” and has sought medical attention and canceled a performance in Las Vegas, his publicist, Yvette Shearer, said in a statement. The Item, a newspaper in Sumter, S.C., reported the police there responded to a call on Friday morning that Mr. Williams was behaving suspiciously at a motel. Mr. Williams later made two visits to the office of Garryl Deas, a lawyer; during the second visit, Mr. Deas told The Item, Mr. Williams’s family members arrived seeking an order to have him undergo a mental evaluation. The Sumter County Sheriff, Anthony Dennis, told the newspaper that his deputies arrived at the office to transport Mr. Williams to a hospital.

Here’s the statement, according to MTV news:

“Following an arduous 300 shows and an 18-month touring schedule that left him incredibly fatigued, Katt, a veteran of MTV’s ‘Wild ‘N Out,’ felt compelled to be with his family in an effort to deal with his stress,” read a statement from Yvette Shearer. “While doing so, he is under a doctor’s care.”

All I can offer is best wishes to Williams, who’s a very funny guy, and according to a friend who’s his DJ, a really decent guy as well.