He left a letter to the staff penned, “Merry Christmas, Jay.” He said being without a job right now makes him feel anything but heroic. “It is devastating to lose your job,” Withey said.

The 13-date run will kick off on Nov. 15 in Highland, California, before reaching cities including Los Angeles, Montreal, Chicago, and more Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...