Writer-comedian Ali Wentworth, the wife of “Good Morning America” co-host George Stephanopoulos, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
She announced the development Wednesday on her Instagram account:
“I have tested positive for the coronavirus. I’ve never been sicker. High fever. Horrific body aches. Heavy chest. I’m quarantined from my family,” Wentworth wrote in a post to her 185,000 followers.
“This is pure misery,” she added with the hashtag #stayhome.
Wentworth’s post followed comments made by Stephanopoulos on “GMA” earlier in the day. He said Wentworth “has developed some symptoms.”
“While she’s recovering as she goes through this, I’m going to be broadcasting from home and we’ll be working as long as we can,” he added.
Wentworth, who is also an author and producer, went on “GMA” to describe her situation while under quarantine in her home.
“First of all, thank you for all your well-wishes,” Wentworth said, before joking. “You know I’m feverish if I’m allowing myself to go on national television with no makeup on.”
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Just out of curiosity I would like to know from the people who visit this site how many people they know have contracted the virus and how many have died. So far for myself and everyone I know and have spoken with the results are Zero for Zero.
That’s a good question. I don’t know anyone personally who has the virus.
Where I live the virus has been more traceable than I’ve seen in most news articles. The very first case reported here was in ab elderly lady that participated in a Bridge tournament over a few days. She died and some others who played have also died. Apparently this was also the source for an infected church choir.
You can see how playing cards over a table would be an easy way to get it. Also expelling a lot of air by singing would spread it.
Another traceable case was from a certain nursing home which resulted in a lot of cases and some deaths. Other nursing homes also have cases which leads to the thought that health care staff are picking up the virus and spreading it unwittingly as some seem to work in multiple institutions.
People here are making cloth masks and donating them to health care staff and now to individuals who want one asking only for a donation to buy more materials.
Passing infected playing cards is like passing coins and dollar bills. Avoid them and use only your credit cards to purchase.
I haven’t played cards for years. The cards were not the point of my comment. I just find it interesting how the spread of the disease can be traced. We see too little tracing IMO.
I know two gaming comrades who’ve had family members now, come down with it (one was on fri, last week, the other found out tuesday). NOT one yet has died though.
I don’t like her or her husband, but I wish them well with regard to the coronavirus.
OH NO!! If something happens to her, how will we ever survive??? I think I’ll go hide in the corner with my security blanket and suck my thumb.
With that being said, this is one of the most STUPID articles that this site has run in a while, however it seems that they, the stupid articles, are becoming more frequent.
Wentworth played Sheila, aka ‘Schmoopy’, on the 1995 Seinfeld episode ‘The Soup Nazi’. Not sure about hers, but I don’t care at all for her husband’s politics. We wish her a speedy recovery.