2002. He has been a recurring guest on Howard Stern's and Bill Maher's shows and sat in with the CBS Orchestra on the Late Show with David Letterman on occasion. In 2009, he sat in with the Roots on an episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Popper performed "Something Sweet" with the Duskray Troubadours on the TBS show Lopez Tonight on March 1, 2011. He also sat in with the house band for the closing number of the show. In 2016, Popper, along with the rest of Blues Traveler, made a cameo appearance in The Meddler. In 2018, Popper appeared in the "Fully Vested" episode of Pawn Stars. Personal life Since the success of Blues Traveler, Popper has lived in various locations, including rural Pennsylvania and New Orleans. On November 23, 2015, Popper and his then-wife Jordan Auleb had their first child, a daughter; the couple divorced in 2018. In October 1992, Popper was involved in a traffic collision on a motorcycle while traveling to a studio to record for Blues Traveler's third album. The crash put him in a wheelchair for several months, but Popper continued touring with the band performing in a wheelchair. In 1999, he suffered a near-fatal heart attack brought on by years of compulsive overeating (he had been diagnosed with diabetes a few years earlier). Doctors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center performed an emergency angioplasty, which saved Popper's life; he had 95% arterial blockage. Popper later underwent gastric bypass surgery and lost a significant amount of weight. Popper has a tattoo across his chest that says "I WANT TO BE BRAVE", written backwards. In August 2016, he announced a pending surgical procedure to repair collapsed vertebrae in his neck, necessitating the postponement and cancellation of some Blues Traveler shows. Weapons collecting Popper is an avid collector of weaponry, including firearms, swords, and a working $10,000 American Civil War cannon. He cites a fascination with their aesthetic of being "life-savingly efficient" machines. Popper is a supporter of Second Amendment rights and once appeared on an MTV-sponsored roundtable discussion on gun control, which included panelists from the Law Enforcement Alliance of America and Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He carries weapons in any state where it is allowed, even when onstage. On his 2003 Daily Show appearance, he stated that he decided to move away from New Jersey because of the state's tight gun laws.