New Jersey Outlander con: Caitriona Balfe latest to drop out

Just as fans are getting ready to travel to New Jersey for the second official Outlander con in the States, Caitriona Balfe has had to cancel her appearance. A new guest has been added to the lineup instead.

Fans will be gearing up for the second Creation Outlander con of the year. Already given the bad news that Sam Heughan and Tobias Menzies couldn’t attend, there was hope that Caitriona Balfe would still make it. Now, the day before the event starts, Creation Ent has announced that the star can’t make it after all.

According to the email Creation sent, Caitriona Balfe’s filming schedule has changed and now there’s a conflict of dates. Of course, filming work has to come first for the actors, but something tells me Creation has left this new to the last minute. After all, there’s already a guest lined up to take her spot.

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Sophie Skelton will now make it to the New Jersey Outlander con. It didn’t take long for Creation to find a replacement. She’ll be there Saturday and Sunday, which were the days that Caitriona was set to attend.

Richard Rankin will now appear both Saturday and Sunday when he was originally only set for Sunday. The two have also been included as complimentary autographs for Gold and Silver Package buyers.

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Just recently, the representative Sam Heughan was being booked through sent out a note about the decision for Sam to cancel his appearance. There were complaints with many fans believing that the sale of tickets was still using Sam’s appearance despite the convention knowing he wouldn’t make it. However, there was only a day between Creation being notified and con attendees being notified.

Maybe this is a similar case. Creation decided to quickly get someone else in place of Caitriona Balfe for the New Jersey Outlander convention before announcing it and it did all happen on the same day. Who knows.

All I know is that it will be extremely disappointing. Can you really have an Outlander convention without the two main stars?

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