File this one under Things That Happened A While Ago But We All Missed Out On – Billy Eichner has confirmed that he won't be back for the next season of American Horror Story.

The actor appeared in both season 7, AHS: Cult, and season 8, AHS: Apocalypse, as multiple characters both times, but is sitting season 9 out.

Writing on his Twitter back in May (!), the Parks and Recreation star said: "Thank you! I can't do AHS this year but boy oh boy I had a blast and I love all those crazy kids a lot."

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Thank you! I can’t do AHS this year but boy oh boy I had a blast and I love all those crazy kids a lot. ❤️ https://t.co/ntnNdombY1 — billy eichner (@billyeichner) May 24, 2019

The ninth series of the anthology series is titled American Horror Story: 1984, and the little we do know so far hints we are getting a series inspired by 80s slasher movies. Could there also be a bit of George Orwell and/or that iconic Apple advert that Ridley Scott directed? Maybe not the latter.

Star Evan Peters has also revealed that he will not be returning, but he has previously told Digital Spy that he might be back in future years.

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American Horror Story will return on September 18 to FX in the US, and on FOX and NOW TV in the UK. Catch up on series 1-6 on Netflix, with season 7 available to buy on Amazon Prime Video.

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