NOT Cancelled! ‘Alaskan Bush’ Season Premiere Delayed Due To 'Health Issues' & Extreme Weather

Alaskan Bush People fans can breathe a sigh of relief, as RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned from a Discovery Channel spokesperson that the series has most definitely not been cancelled, and filming is currently underway for season 8 of the hit show.

“The rumors of the cancellation of Alaskan Bush People are totally fabricated and completely untrue,” Executive Vice President of Public Relations for Discovery, Laurie Goldberg, told RadarOnline.com exclusively. “We are filming for the new season as we speak."

The season premiere was pushed back from May for multiple reasons, Goldberg explained.

“First of all, this has been the longest winter in the region where the upcoming season is being filmed.

It is incredibly remote and all of the access roads to the area are closed. It really has been the worst winter ever," the rep told RadarOnline.com.

“Secondly, there have been severe health issues with several members of the Brown family. Noah had emergency gallbladder surgery and Gabe has had an awful flu-like illness for weeks,” the rep revealed to RadarOnline.com.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, matriarch Ami Brown battled cancer last year, but is now in recovery.

“Basically every single element that could possibly work against the Brown family and the production of the show has been," Goldberg told RadarOnline.com. "But Billy, Ami and all of their children are incredibly excited to be filming for the new season right now, as are we at Discovery.”

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