Hugh Grant
The Four Weddings and a Funeral star revealed he also had COVID-19 earlier this year.
On Nov. 10, Hugh, who stars in The Undoing with Nicole Kidman, told Stephen Colbert he took a test last month and discovered he and his wife, Anna Eberstein, both had COVID-19 antibodies in their blood.
He said he thinks they both likely had the illness in February based on the awful-sounding symptoms they were both having.
"It started as just a very strange syndrome where I kept breaking into a terrible sweat," he said. "It was like a poncho of sweat – embarrassing, really.
"Then my eyeballs felt about three sizes too big and this feeling as though some enormous man was sitting on my chest...
"I thought, 'I don't know what this is,' and then I was walking down the street one day and I thought, 'I can't smell a damn thing,' and you start to panic."
Hugh said that made him freak out, as it would most people and he started smelling everything he could just to see if scents would register in his nose.
"You get more and more desperate – I started sniffing in garbage cans," he hilariously said. "You know, you want to sniff strangers' armpits because you just can't smell anything.
"I eventually went home and sprayed my wife's Chanel No. 5 directly into my face. Couldn't smell a thing, but I did go blind!"
He said they're both feeling much better now and we're glad, for multiple reasons.
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![<h2>Jessica Simpson</h2>
<p>The singer says she tested positive for COVID-19, though it's not known exactly when that happened.
<p>In an <a href=https://www.instagram.com/p/CNAzJUlMO7b/?utm_source=ig_embed>Instagram post</a> she made March 29, the 40-year-old revealed she learned she had the illness caused by the novel coronavirus when she was writing essay for Amazon's Original Stories series.
<p>"This past year has been especially intense for me and so many of you," she wrote. "I started writing this essay on the same day I received a positive test result for COVID-19.
<p>"I decided instead of being driven by fear, I would manifest a hopeful conversation with you. I felt strong, resilient, and God-inspired through my pen teaching me as I was sharing with you ways to get to the other side of fear."
<p>Jessica's memoir, <I>Open Book</I>, was published in early 2020, just before the coronavirus pandemic changed our lives. In it, she opened up about childhood sexual abuse she suffered, how it left her traumatized and her sobriety from alcohol and prescription drugs that she's maintained since November 2017.
<P>"I have not thought about alcohol [during quarantine]," Jessica said on the <a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jajwz4YiB18&feature=emb_title>Tamron Hall show</a> earlier this month. She said husband <strong>Eric Johnson</strong> has been one of her biggest supports and one of the strongest cheerleaders in her life.
<p>Jessica's essay is called Take the Lead and will be released April 29.
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![<h2>Jim Parsons and Todd Spiewak</h2>
<p>The <I>Big Bang Theory</I> star said he and husband <strong>Thomas Spiewak</strong> started feeling ill in March and initially thought they had colds – but then they couldn't smell or taste anything and realized they had COVID-19.
<p>"[Losing those senses] defied the descriptions for me," Jim told <strong><a href=/tags/0/jimmy-fallon>Jimmy Fallon</a></strong> on Sept. 28. "I didn't realize how completely taste and smell could be gone. And when you're in quarantine and there's really nothing to do but eat – oh, my God, that was brutal.
<p>He jokingly described all the meals he and his husband ate during that period as "wasted calories" because they couldn't taste a single thing.
<p>Jim said he and Todd completely recovered from the virus. We hope their meals taste better – read, actually have taste! – now!
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![<h2>Minnie Osbourne and her sister</h2>
<p><strong>Jack Osbourne</strong>'s three-year-old has come down with COVID-19 – as has one of the little girl's older sisters.
<p>On <I>The Talk</I> on Sept. 21, <strong><A href=/tags/0/sharon-osbourne>Sharon Osbourne</a></strong> revealed Minnie's positive test meant the grandmother couldn't be in the studio like her other hosts.
<p>"She's okay, she's doing good," Sharon told her co-hosts and the audience. "I don't have it. [Jack Osbourne] doesn't have it. Her mommy doesn't have it. Her sisters don't."
<p>Sharon went on to say that people shouldn't think toddlers and small children cannot get the novel coronavirus, and that Minnie had picked it up from one of Jack's employees.
<p>Get well soon, guys!
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![<h2>Giuliana Rancic</h2>
<p>The E! host was unable to take her place as one of those helming the network's <a href=/tags/0/emmy-awards><strong>Emmy Awards</a></strong> red carpet on Sept. 20 after she tested positive for COVID-19. Her husband, <Strong>Bill Rancic</strong> and her son <strong>Duke</strong>, 8, also have the virus.
<p>"As much as I didn't want to hear [I tested positive], I'm very thankful I heard it before I traveled and possibly could have exposed other people. So for that, I'm thankful," Giuliana said in a statement just before the show.
<p>"As far as my health, I'm doing well... we're all doing well and taking care of each other so I'm going to get back to doing that. But I just want to say I'm wishing you all the best and please protect yourselves and protect those around you. Take good care and I'll see you on the next red carpet."
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![<h2>Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka</h2>
<p>The <strong><a href="https://ca.hellomagazine.com/tags/0/neil-patrick-harris/">actor</a></strong> and his husband <a href="https://ca.hellomagazine.com/tags/0/david-burtka/"><strong>David Burtka</strong></a>, plus, their nine-year-old twins, <strong>Gideon</strong> and <strong>Harper</strong>, had COVID-19 earlier this year.
<p>Neil revealed the information on <a href="https://www.today.com/health/neil-patrick-harris-reveals-he-his-family-had-coronavirus-earlier-t191679"><em>Today</em></a> on Sept. 15.
<p>"It happened very early [in the pandemic], like late March, early April," he explained in the virtual interview.
<p>"We were doing our best before, and I thought I had the flu, and I didn't want to be paranoid about it.
<p>"And then I lost my sense of taste and smell, which was a big indicator, so we holed up."
<p>The family has now recovered and are doing "great."
<p>"It was not pleasant, but we got through it and have antibodies and are feeling good," <em>How I Met Your Mother</em> star revealed. "We want to make sure everyone's doing their best to slow this down every way possible, for sure."
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![<h2>Jillian Michaels</h2>
<p>In a recent interview with Fox Business, the celebrity trainer said she contracted COVID-19 a few weeks ago from a friend.
<p>"If you are afraid of COVID-19, you should not go to the gym," she said. "And I actually am a person who let my guard down. I haven't spoken about this publicly, really, and a very close friend of mine gave me COVID several weeks ago.
<p>"I'm fortunate to have gone into it being healthy and I was able to get on the other side of it pretty quick, but not everyone is that lucky, as we know. All I can tell you is, if you are afraid of getting COVID, a public gym is probably a place where you will get it.
<p>"I would love to tell you that's not the case, but the reality is I literally let my guard down for an hour with one of my best friends who does my hair and makeup and I got it. It's just that simple."
<P>Jillian, 46, said her friend had no idea she had the novel coronavirus, and it took a test to confirm her diagnosis.
<p>"If you're not in a mask and that person is not in a mask, and they have COVID and have no idea - because, by the way, I had no idea that I had it for six days [and] my friend had no idea that she had it when she gave it to me - anticipate that you will likely get it in an environment like that.
<p>"If you are afraid of it, by all means, it's not a move that I would recommend making."
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![<h2>Bryan Cranston</h2>
<p>The former <em>Breaking Bad</em> actor has revealed that he and his wife, actress <strong>Robin Dearden</strong>, contracted the coronavirus "early on" but they have thankfully recovered.
<p>During a virtual interview on <em>Live with Kelly and Ryan</em>, Bryan detailed about how they were fortunate to have "mild symptoms," including "a week of severe lethargy" and losing his sense of taste and smell for a couple of months.
<p>"When my wife and I had it very early on — the very first week that everything had shut down — I didn't think that the world needed another celebrity saying, 'Hey, I had it!'" he stated.
<p>"So I just didn't say anything and went about my way," he added before eventually revealing his COVID-19 diagnosis in July when he donated his plasma.
<p>"I count my blessings that that was the extent of my sacrifice," Bryan said of his symptoms. "I had the antibodies and [wasn't] infected anymore and so I thought now is the time to give plasma."
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![<h2>Roy Horn</h2>
<p>The iconic <strong>Siegfried & Roy</strong> performer (right in the photo) has the coronavirus, his publicist said in a statement on April 28, and he's doing well in his recovery so far.
<p>"[He] is currently responding well to treatment," a statement read. "Most importantly, Siegfried & Roy send positive wishes to everyone impacted by the pandemic."
<p>The 75-year-old's team has asked for his privacy to be respected, saying they had no further comment on his recovery at the time.
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![<h2>Chris Cuomo</h2>
<p>The CNN anchor, who is New York Governor <strong>Andrew Cuomo</strong>'s brother, revealed his positive test on March 31. He said he's quarantined himself in his basement since his diagnosis.
<p>"Sooooo in these difficult times that seem to get more difficult and complicated by the day, I just found out that I am positive for coronavirus," he wrote on Twitter. "I have been exposed to people in recent days who have subsequently tested positive and I had fever, chills and shortness of breath."
<p>The 49-year-old added that <I>Cuomo Prime Time</I> will continue to air despite his self-isolation and positive test.
<p>"I just hope I didn't give it to the kids and [wife] Cristina," he wrote. "That would make me feel worse than this illness!"
<p>On April 22, it was revealed Chris had left self-isolation and had recovered from the coronavirus.
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![<h2>Sabrina Dhowre</h2>
<p>The model and actress, who is married to <strong><a href=/tags/0/idris-elba>Idris Elba</a></strong>, said she has coronavirus, too, after deciding she'd rather be with him while he recovers than apart.
<p>"I found out his morning I tested positive," she told <strong><a href=/tags/0/oprah-winfrey>Oprah Winfrey</a></strong> on her Apple TV+ series on March 22. "I'm not surprised. As soon as I heard Idris was possibly exposed, I mean, I was on my way, anyway, and I wanted to be with him. I think that's an instinct as a wife. You just wanna go and take care [of your partner].
<p>"We didn't change the way we interact. I could have made a decision to put myself in maybe a separate room or stay away and I'm sure that people are making those decisions and they're tough decisions to make, but I made the decision to want to be with him and, you know, still touch him."
<p>Both Idris and Sabrina say they don't have severe symptoms from the illness, although Idris now said he has "a little bit of an achy body" the day he was tested. The couple say they've been in self-quarantine for two weeks and are asymptomatic.
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![<h2>Kristofer Hivju</h2>
<p>The <I><Strong><a href=/tags/0/game-of-thrones>Game of Thrones</a></i></strong> star, who played Tormund Giantsbane in the series, revealed on March 16 that he has COVID-19, too.
<P>"My family and I are self-isolating at home [in Norway] for as long as it takes [to get well]," he wrote in an <a href=https://www.instagram.com/p/B9zvkEHBRjf/?utm_source=ig_embed>Instagram post</a> that day. "We are in good health – I only have mild symptoms of a cold. There are people at higher risk for who this virus might be a devastating diagnosis, so I urge all of you to be extremely careful; wash your hands, keep 1.5 metres distance from others, go in quarantine; just do everything you can to stop the virus from spreading. Together we can fight this crisis and avert a crisis at our hospitals. Please take care of each other, keep your distance, and stay healthy! Please visit your country's Center for Disease Control's website, and follow the regulations for staying safe and protecting not just yourselves, but our entire community, and especially those at risk like the elderly and people with pre-existing conditions."
<p>On April 13, the star said he and his wife <strong>Gry Molvær Hivju</strong> had fully recovered.
<p>"Hi! We are fully recovered and in good health after I was infected by the Cororonavirus, and most likely my wife @grymolvaerhivju," he wrote on <a href=https://www.instagram.com/p/B-71iajBCF7/>Instagram</a>. "After several weeks inn quarantine, and also a couple more indoors after beeing free of all symptoms, we are finally safe and sound. We were lucky to only have mild symptoms of the Covid 19."
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