When that “Daniel Radcliffe has coronavirus” hoax came out, it was a pretty funny, albeit in a borderline sort of way. Well now it’s stopped being funny because we have our first confirmed celebrity case of coronavirus and the person infected is none other than Tom Hanks.
Speaking of the coronavirus, the GOAT team talk about all the events that have been cancelled due to the disease on ‘It’s Been A Big Day For…’ below:
In a statement issued out on his official Twitter profile, Tom Hanks revealed that he and his wife Rita Wilson have been in Australia at the Gold Coast filming Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic when the couple began to feel “tired”, some “body aches”,” some “colds” and a slight fever.
After doing the responsible thing and getting tested for the coronavirus, Tom revealed that the results came back positive and he and Rita are now following all the protocols issued out by medical officials and are in isolation. ABC News reports that Tom and Rita have been hospitalised on the Gold Coast.
Despite the bad news, Tom remained upbeat in his statement and says he and Rita are taking it “one-day-at-a-time” and promised to keep the world posted and updated on what’s happening with them.
Of all the people to get the coronavirus, why must it be Tom Hanks? What did he do to deserve such a thing to happen to him? And bloody hell, Australia, why did you have to go do this to Tom? He was on the Gold Coast working on a movie for god’s sake, it’s not like he was doing anything awful.
This is now personal and here’s hoping Tom Hanks will pull through this coronavirus infection.
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