What happened to the Gutfeld show?

GREG Gutfeld had been missing from his late-night show for some time - leaving TV viewers puzzled.

After a long absence, he has returned to Fox News and opened up about his mother-in-law's Ukraine escape.

What happened to the Gutfeld show?

Gutfeld! was pulled from its regular weeknight slot in late February 2022.

Greg later explained on Twitter that the show would skip its normal schedule to allow room for coverage of the situation in Ukraine.

On March 3, 2022, he tweeted: “Gutfeld! will not air tonight due to breaking news. For the latest, stay tuned to @FoxNews.”

Upon his return on March 14, he took a few seconds to speak about his absence:

“We’ve been off for a few weeks and for good reason,” he said in his opening monologue. “This is a news channel and war is news, actually it’s breaking news and it’s breaking all the time.

“But you can’t spell ‘breaking news’ without a break and sometimes we do need a break.”

With his normal quick-witted sarcasm, Gutfeld opened up about his personal life and how his mother-in-law was among those displaced in Ukraine.

At the time she was being housed in Lviv, a small town about 45 miles from the Polish border.

While speaking to Fox correspondent Lucas Tomlinson who is reporting in Ukraine, Gutfeld said, "Well thank you, Lucas, you’re in Lviv, so is my mother-in-law. I think she’s at your hotel. If you run into her, give her my best. Give everybody there my best.”

He said his wife, Elena Moussa, was in Warsaw with his mother-in-law. He thanked his colleagues at Fox News, who he says helped his mother-in-law escape the country. 

“I do want to point out that like our co-workers are unbelievably awesome, because the things that they have been doing for a grouchy, cynical bastard like myself."

He added: “These guys over there, I won’t name them, but you probably know who they are, and you’ve seen them, are absolute heroes helping out a little old lady they just met.

“And maybe by tomorrow or the next day, she will be with her daughter and it’s because of those guys who work for Fox News.” 

Greg later revealed live on The Five that the family member had been safely evacuated as she was filmed reuniting with her daughter at the Ukraine – Poland border.

“Just to let everybody know my mother-in-law crossed into … Poland about half an hour ago, so she’s in a car on her way to Warsaw to see her daughter, Elena,” Gutfeld said on the air.

Dramatic footage showed his wife Elena Gutfeld warmly embracing her mother in front of the Renaissance Hotel in Warsaw, telling her in Russian: “Thank God.”

Over 1.2million refugees have now fled Ukraine — with an average of 115,000 pouring into Europe every day.

Has Gutfeld show been canceled?

Following a long absence due to breaking news coverage on the war, Greg announced on March 10, that the show would be returning on March 14.

When asked on Fox News when the show was coming back, Greg revealed the news before adding, "I'm not supposed to say that!"

A spokesman for Fox News told The Sun that Gutfeld! had not been canceled, but was temporarily being pre-empted by special breaking news coverage.

Fans of Gutfeld's show can now rest easy as the show has returned.