Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Test Positive For COVID-19
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America’s sweethearts Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson tested positive for coronavirus.
The actor announced their diagnoses via Instagram, posting an image of a discarded glove in a hazmat bin (continuing his long-running motif of abandoned accessories).
Writing from Australia, where Hanks is filming Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley movie, he said the pair “felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches.”
“Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers, too,” the photo caption said. “To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the coronavirus, and were found to be positive.
“Well, now. What to do next? The medical officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires,” he continued. “Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?”
Shooting for Luhrmann’s as-yet-unnamed biopic began early this year, with Hanks as Col. Tom Parker, the iconic manager of Elvis Presley, played by Austin Butler.
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, a Warner Bros. spokesperson confirmed preproduction of the film has been halted since a “company member … who tested positive for COVID-19 is currently receiving treatment.”
Wilson, meanwhile, has been performing songs from her new album “Halfway to Home” across Australia; she sang at Brisbane’s Emporium Hotel on March 5, and made her Sydney Opera House debut over the weekend.
She previously postponed a series of concerts with Sugarland’s Kristian Bush on U.S. military bases in South Korea.
Don’t worry, though: Hanks and Wilson are “not trippin’” about this whole ordeal.
Son Chet Hanks took to social media on Wednesday to confirm the news and thank his followers for their concern.
“Yeah, it’s true my parents got coronavirus. Crazy,” a shirtless Chet said in his video message. “I just got off the phone with them. They both are fine. They’re not even that sick. They’re not worried about it. They’re not trippin’, but they’re going through the necessary health precautions, obviously.
Tom Hanks’ eldest son, Colin, also tweeted an update this week.
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