Keith Olbermann Off Tonight, Will Be With His Father

By GottaLaff

Oh no. Not what we want to hear.

Help. Help. Help:

Keith Olbermann will not co-host the special edition of "Countdown" on MSNBC tonight as previously announced. Instead, Chris Matthews will host a special "Hardball" with Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie.

Last night, Keith mentioned he would have to take time off if his dad took a turn for the worse (which he told us he had already):

"If he does not recover you will not see me here for a while," Olbermann said. [...] [H]e is with his father this afternoon.

I posted the Special Comment last night, but it's worth a second post:

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Tears.

My heart goes out to the family. Keith has been amazing, and we're all thinking of him.