Sutton Ross said: "Natalie is so damn talented, loved seeing her up there with Aaron F (his debut as Christian!) but she takes many, many mental health days. She seems to prioritize the mind, body, soul connection above anything else. As long as her employer is cool with it, I doubt anyone else cares."
She missed most of the month of February, and towards the end of the month it seemed like she was quietly on medical leave. The show doesn't seem to want to announce anything about it (I'd imagine they're worried about how it reflects on them after what happened with Karen) but she came back last week. Based on her instagram it seems like she has been dealing with health issues caused by Covid. Her attendance was fine pre-December, and she's led an Alex Timbers musical before and he apparently loves working with her so she clearly wasn't having these attendance issues before.