A few minutes into the All That panel at 90s Con—a convention devoted to butterfly clips, boy band autograph signings, and, as the name suggests, all things 1990s—it became clear that Amanda Bynes was not coming.
The Nickelodeon break-out star had been scheduled to make her first public outing since the end of her conservatorship, a panel appearance alongside her former co-stars Kel Mitchell, Lori Beth Denberg, and Danny Tamberelli. On Saturday, however, local news outlet CTInsider reported that Bynes had canceled due to illness, citing the convention’s Instagram. Still, the nostalgia lived on: All That star and Saturday Night Live stalwart Kenan Thompson staged a surprise entrance that sent Saturday’s All That crowd into wild applause.