OUT OF SIGHT

Fox Host Reveals Reason for Sudden Absence

Lawrence Jones opened up about his health struggles on X.

Fox & Friends host Lawrence Jones has come clean about why he’s been suddenly and unexpectedly absent from the network. Jones was forced to take an unscheduled break from his on-air duties after complications from eye surgery, he wrote in a post to X on Thursday. “You may have noticed my recent absence,” Jones began, explaining his eye surgery earlier in the year was caused by a childhood sports injury and then saying he had experienced another retina detachment, “which is common after the initial tear,” he wrote. “Yesterday, I underwent surgery again with the best care team... I’m optimistic that I’ll be back soon!” Jones took leave in January for the initial surgery on his eye, after the surprise discovery of the problem in December. Jones had a retinal detachment—when the retina separates from supportive tissue—which causes painless symptoms including flashes of light, spots in your vision, blurred vision, and darkening of peripheral vision, and can lead to blindness if untreated. He said he doesn’t know what incident in his childhood caused the condition.