Barker to miss Daytime Emmys

Veteran game show host Bob Barker will miss his chance to attend next month’s Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony because he’s getting a cancerous lesion removed from his back.

Barker, 81, said he’s had bouts with skin cancer in the past because of a lifetime of sunbathing, particularly his summer months spent shirtless growing up in South Dakota.

Barker is scheduling his surgery around a week off from taping “The Price Is Right,” when he was supposed to travel to New York to see if he’ll win his 14th Emmy as best game show host.

He’s in his 32nd year as the show’s host, three years short of breaking Johnny Carson’s record for continuous performances on a single network show.