 John Barrowman has been forced to pull out of Geek'd Con to be at his mother Marion's side in intensive care. The 59-year-old Doctor Who star was supposed to appear at the Louisiana convention this weekend, however said in a new social media video that he wanted to join his father John and other family members in the hospital. Actor John explained in a social media video shared on Tuesday: 'Hey everybody this is a message to everyone who is heading to Louisiana for GeekdCon.' He continued: 'Unfortunately, I'm gonna have to cancel this weekend my mother is still in intensive care, and I feel it's only appropriate that I'm here with her and my dad and the rest of the family. 'So I hope you understand, again go and have a great time there's lots of guests coming have a wonderful Con.' John also said: 'Support the LGBTQIA+ community, make some videos to tell my Mum to get better. I would love that and sport those flags and all the rainbow flags and post those videos so I can watch them. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The 59-year-old Doctor Who star was supposed to appear at the Louisiana convention this weekend (Picture: Twitter/JohnBarrowman) 'I'm sorry I was looking forward to coming but unfortunately circumstances mean that I can't so lots of love to everybody and have a great time.' He captioned his video: 'An update and message for those of you heading to Shreveport Louisiana this weekend for @GeekdCon Due to my mother's illness I am not going to be able to make it. 'Unfortunately, she is still in Intensive Care. As always spread the #lgbtqia+ love and make the con a huge success. John said he wanted to join his father and other family members in the hospital (Picture: Instagram/johnscotbarrowman) 'Have lots of fun ConFamily. I want to see pictures! Hopefully I will be with you next ye){kind=link}
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John Barrowman has been forced to pull out of Geek’d Con to be at his mother Marion’s side in intensive care.
The 59-year-old Doctor Who star was supposed to appear at the Louisiana convention this weekend, however said in a new social media video that he wanted to join his father John and other family members in the hospital.
Actor John explained in a social media video shared on Tuesday: ‘Hey everybody this is a message to everyone who is heading to Louisiana for GeekdCon.’
He continued: ‘Unfortunately, I’m gonna have to cancel this weekend my mother is still in intensive care, and I feel it’s only appropriate that I’m here with her and my dad and the rest of the family.