# Musicians, Movie and Tv Celebrities with Coronavirus. Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 12, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312 "2020-03-12T02:34:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/1 "2020-03-12T02:34:11Z")
Well, the first Coronavirus entry is Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson. Hanks was in Australia preparing to play Colonial Tom Parker in an Elvis film. Tom & Rita are 63 and in good health. Hopefully they’ll recover and be ok. Celebrities meet a lot of people. It’s a key part of their careers. But it may mean that they’ve been exposed to sick people. This thread is intended to discuss celebrity cases of Coronavirus as it’s reported. Tom Hanks > **[Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson Test Positive For Coronavirus As Outbreak Hits...](https://deadline.com/2020/03/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-test-positive-coronavirus-elvis-presley-movie-1202880431/)** > > EXCLUSIVE: We have just received word that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus. Both have been down in Australia for the pre-production of Baz Luhrmann’s untitl… ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/2 "2020-03-12T02:53:21Z")
Obviously they’re just part of the “Democrat hoax.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/3 "2020-03-12T03:06:23Z")
Not exactly a famous name, but Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has tested positive for the coronavirus. This is big, as the NBA has suspended the rest of their regular season. > **[Coronavirus: Infected Jazz star Rudy Gobert provides health update, wishes he...](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/coronavirus-infected-jazz-star-rudy-gobert-provides-health-update-wishes-he-took-this-thing-more-seriously/)** > > Gobert, who was 'careless' by risking the spread of coronavirus, is making sure others don't make the same mistake ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/4 "2020-03-12T04:52:27Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Well, the first Coronavirus entry is Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson. Hanks was in Australia preparing to play Colonial Tom Parker in an Elvis film. (Mister Rogers voice) “Can you say ‘quarantine’, boys and girls? My but that’s a big word, isn’t it?” I’ll be in my handbasket. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/5 "2020-03-12T05:11:44Z")
Make room for me and Walt Disney’s frozen head ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/6 "2020-03-12T05:37:47Z")
You better have lotion. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/7 "2020-03-12T05:46:16Z")
Now is the optimal time to kill-off expendable show characters. “Ma caught the Corona and died, praise the lord!” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/8 "2020-03-12T10:46:17Z")
**[Moderating]** > [@guizot](#): > > Obviously they’re just part of the “Democrat hoax.” This is not the place for political potshots. This is an official Warning. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/9 "2020-03-12T13:09:49Z")
I’m a little worried for Stephen King. He has a home near Sarasota where some of our state’s first outbreaks were, and he’s not the healthiest dude to begin with. He also seems like the kind of celebrity who would mingle with the public a bit. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/10 "2020-03-12T13:15:49Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > Now is the optimal time to kill-off expendable show characters. “Ma caught the Corona and died, praise the lord!” It’s probably a great threat in contract negotiations. “If you don’t renew we’ll just off your character using the corona virus”. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/11 "2020-03-12T13:16:38Z")
Production on _Riverdale_ has been shutdown. Someone came into contact with a Coronavirus patient. No word yet if it was crew or an actor that was exposed to the virus. > **['Riverdale' Production Shut Down Due to Coronavirus Scare](https://www.tmz.com/2020/03/11/riverdale-production-shut-down-coronavirus/)** > > 'Riverdale' is shutting down production because of the coronavirus. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/12 "2020-03-12T15:55:42Z")
The entire CBS Broadcast Center in New York has been shut down for cleaning. And Stephen Colbert announced last night the _The Late Show_ won’t have a live audience for an undetermined time. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/13 "2020-03-12T16:07:46Z")
I think all TV shows will ban spectators. Jeopardy already did . ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/14 "2020-03-12T16:07:52Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I’m a little worried for Stephen King. He has a home near Sarasota where some of our state’s first outbreaks were, and he’s not the healthiest dude to begin with. But he lives on an exclusive small barrier island–pretty easy to isolate himself. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/15 "2020-03-12T16:24:01Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > I think all TV shows will ban spectators. Jeopardy already did . So has _Wheel of Fortune_. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/16 "2020-03-12T17:24:55Z")
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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/17 "2020-03-12T17:38:40Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I’m a little worried for Stephen King. He has a home near Sarasota where some of our state’s first outbreaks were, and he’s not the healthiest dude to begin with. He also seems like the kind of celebrity who would mingle with the public a bit. We need to lock him in a clean-room and keep him writing day and night. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/18 "2020-03-12T17:56:33Z")
Way ahead of you, bud. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/19 "2020-03-13T13:33:41Z")
Tom Hanks and Rita shared an update. They’re still upbeat and thankfully don’t appear too sick. They aren’t on respirators. I’ve read they had the virus for several days before it was diagnosed. Rita had performed a couple concerts in Australia and been on a morning talk show. Tom had taken selfies with fans. They came into contact with quite a few people. [https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/entertainment/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-coronavirus-update/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/entertainment/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-coronavirus-update/index.html) > **[Australian TV show staff quarantined after Rita Wilson appearance](https://pagesix.com/2020/03/12/australian-tv-show-staff-quarantined-after-rita-wilson-appearance/)** > > “Today Extra” hosts David Campbell and Belinda Russell are among those being sent into self-isolation for 14 days, according to Nine Network, which airs the program. > [@](#): > > “Hello folks. Rita Wilson and I want to thank everyone here Down Under who are taking such good care of us. We have Covid-19 and are in isolation so we do not spread it to anyone else,” he said. > > “There are those for whom it could lead to a very serious illness. We are taking it one-day-at-a-time. There are things we can all do to get through this by following the advice of experts and taking care of ourselves and each other, no?” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312/20 "2020-03-13T14:22:05Z")
Sophie Trudeau, the wife of Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Trudeau and his family are going into 14 day isolation. > **[Wife Of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tests Positive For Coronavirus](https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/13/815291676/wife-of-canadas-trudeau-tests-positive-for-coronavirus)** > > The office of the prime minister said Thursday that Sophie Grégoire Trudeau had begun experiencing a low-grade fever and other mild flu-like symptoms, prompting the test. Geez, Nobody is entirely safe from this virus. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-movie-and-tv-celebrities-with-coronavirus-discussion/849312.md?page=2)