{"id":263386,"date":"2026-09-16T21:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/16\/drag-race-star-katya-cancels-upcoming-projects-live-events-amid-medical-complications-shares-statement\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T21:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:37:01","slug":"drag-race-star-katya-cancels-upcoming-projects-live-events-amid-medical-complications-shares-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/16\/drag-race-star-katya-cancels-upcoming-projects-live-events-amid-medical-complications-shares-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Drag Race&#8217; Star Katya Cancels Upcoming Projects &#038; Live Events Amid Medical Complications, Shares Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2285392\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/katya-zamolodchikova\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Katya Zamolodchikova<\/strong><\/a>, whose real name is <strong>Brian McCook<\/strong>, has just pulled out of all upcoming appearances. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 44-year-old <em>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em> star\u2019s team shared a statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdXMzWJSyBu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdXMzWJSyBu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, explaining the sudden news. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>Katya <\/strong>will be taking time away from upcoming projects and live events so she can prioritize her health following recent medical complications. A full recovery is anticipated,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith the support of her family, her team, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/trixie-mattel\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Trixie<\/strong><\/a>, she appreciates everyone\u2019s patience and understanding during this time. Her fans have always been so gracious, and that means everything to her,\u201d they continued. \u201cFor upcoming live events, ticket holders will receive additional details regarding their options shortly.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/trixie-katya.jpg\" class=\"pss-trigger\" role=\"button\" data-pss-trigger=\"0\" aria-controls=\"pss-modal\" aria-label=\"Open gallery of 1 image.\" title=\"Open gallery of 1 image.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/trixie-katya-788x1181.jpg\" alt=\"Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova attend an I Like to Watch LIVE event\" class=\"wp-image-2285399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/trixie-katya-788x1181.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/trixie-katya-428x642.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"\/><span class=\"pss-trigger__badge pss-trigger__badge--top-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news of <strong>Katya<\/strong> taking a break comes just one day before she and <strong>Trixie <\/strong>were set to kick off their \u201cVery Bald and Very Beautiful Tour\u201d in Oakland on Thursday (September 17). They were set to tour the US with nearly 20 live shows through March 2027. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The duo was also set to host a Halloween dance party in Boston on October 31st.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in May, <strong>Katya<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/02\/drag-race-star-katya-sparks-concern-after-sharing-hospital-photo\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/02\/drag-race-star-katya-sparks-concern-after-sharing-hospital-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sparked concern<\/a> after posting a photo in the hospital, and a week later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/10\/drag-race-star-katya-shares-health-battle-update-it-was-absolute-hell-on-earth\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/10\/drag-race-star-katya-shares-health-battle-update-it-was-absolute-hell-on-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed she had emergency abdominal surgery<\/a>, calling it \u201chell on earth.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are sending well wishes to<strong> Katya<\/strong> during this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/katya-zamolodchikova\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katya Zamolodchikova<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/09\/16\/drag-race-star-katya-cancels-upcoming-projects-live-events-amid-medical-complications-shares-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Katya Zamolodchikova, whose real name is Brian McCook, has just pulled out of all upcoming appearances. The 44-year-old RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race star\u2019s team shared a statement on Instagram, explaining the sudden news. \u201cKatya will be taking time away from upcoming projects and live events so she can prioritize her health following recent medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-263386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}