“I’ve been looking forward to this show and seeing all of you this year, so doing this breaks my heart,” she said on Instagram at the time. “However, it’s important to always put your family first… and that’s the decision I had to make. A couple of months ago, my father was hospitalized and almost died. We’re all so grateful that he came out of it alive, but he still has a long road ahead of him. I had to make the difficult decision to put my full focus and energy on my family at this time.”

Source: Los Angeles Times April 03, 2019 22:09 UTC