It’s Day 12 of our coronavirus coverage and we hope you’re hanging in. We’re keeping you as up to date as possible on the fast-moving news of how the pandemic is affecting entertainers and royalty. Check back for updates throughout the day and take a look back at yesterday’s trending COVID-19 celebrity news stories.
- Queen Elizabeth is learning how to video chat! According to The Telegraph: Her Majesty will be given instructions on how to make and receive calls to stay in touch with loved ones amid the coronavirus pandemic. Palace aides will be setting up video conferencing at the residence any day now. The monarch is currently social-distancing at Windsor Castle with her husband Prince Philip.
- David Bryan of Bon Jovi provided an uplifting update on his coronavirus diagnosis. The 58-year-old keyboard player took to social media to say: “I just got my results back today and tested positive for coronavirus. I’ve been sick for a week and feeling better each day. Please don’t be afraid!!! It’s the flu not the plague. I’ve have been quarantined for a week and will for another week. And when I feel better I’ll get tested again to make sure I’m free of this nasty virus. Please help out each other. This will be over soon… with the help of every American !!😎💪❤️”
- Younger star Debi Mazar has Coronavirus. "I have just tested positive for Covid-19. I AM OK," she prefaced a lengthy Instagram caption. Read the full note, which also details her testing experience and the difficulties of receiving treatment below:
- Rita Ora is stepping up and doing what she can to help during the outbreak. The How to Be Lonely singer put out a new line of coronavirus-themed merchandise to help benefit the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
- Idris Elba's wife Sabrina Dhowre-Elba has tested positive for coronavirus. During the first episode of Oprah Winfrey‘s new Apple TV+ series Oprah Talks, the 30-year-old revealed her diagnosis. “Actually, I found out this morning, Oprah, that I tested positive,” Sabrina candidly shared as she and her 47-year-old famous husband, who already tested positive, FaceTimed the icon. “I wanted to be with him,” Sabrina said, addressing that she didn't distance herself from Idris. “That’s the instinct of a wife. You want to go and take care.” She gave insight to how she's feeling, adding: “I don’t feel anything that would come to what people would now expect to be a symptom of coronavirus, which is really strange."
- Transformers: Age of Extinction star Sophia Myles sadly revealed that her father passed away from COVID-19. Peter, who had suffered from Parkinson’s Disease, passed away at the age of 67 in the hospital. “RIP Peter Myles. My dear Dad died only a few hours ago. It was the Corona Virus that finally took him,” the Doctor Who actress wrote on Twitter hours after visiting him in the hospital. Our thoughts are with her family at this time.
- Sophie Turner has no patience for those who don’t see the importance of social distancing. During an at-home Instagram Live with husband Joe Jonas, she urged all to: “stay inside.” She then threw some shade at Evangeline Lilly who said she will not be quarantining as she values her freedom : “Don’t be f–king stupid. Even if you count your ‘freedom over [...] your health.’ I don’t give a f–k about your freedom. You could be infecting other people, other vulnerable people around you by doing this. So stay inside guys!”
