Actress Liv Tyler has revealed she contracted COVID-19 recently and is speaking out to share her experience with the virus now that she is recovered.
Posting on Instagram, the Lord of the Rings star said she is normally a private and shy person but felt compelled to share her story to help drive awareness of the virus to help people to understand they are not alone.
Tyler tested positive for the virus on New Year’s Eve. “Sh**, I had made it all the way through 2020 keeping myself and my family safe. Doing everything I could to protect my wolf pack and follow the rules to protect others,” she said. “Suddenly on the morn of the last day of 2020… boom it took me down. It comes on fast, like a locomotive. Owchie.”
Tyler said she felt feelings of fear, shame, and guilt about where and how she might have contracted the virus and who she might have passed it on to.
“Luckily, the rest of my family and bubble were negative,” she said.
Tyler also addressed the virus itself and how her body reacted to it. She acknowledged that it affects everyone differently, and she was fortunate to not have severe symptoms, it seems. That being said, Tyler said she was bed-ridden for 10 days due to her sickness.
“I was so lucky and had corona light as my momma called it,” she said with a laugh. “But It floored me for 10 days in my bed. There is the physical aspects but also emotional and psychological ones too. It Fs with your body and mind equally. Every day different. Being isolated in a room alone for 10 days is trippy to say the least.”
Tyler was sick during the US Capitol riots, and she said she awoke that morning with a feeling of disbelief. “Was it real or the Twilight Zone? Ohhh no it was real!!! The first days of 2021 have been scary for everyone in the world,” she said.
Tyler said during her time in isolation that her children came to her window, and she watched as they played outside. Her children also sent her messages and drawings that they placed under her door. The actress capped off her message by thanking front-line workers and expressing a feeling of gratitude and also condolences to those who lost their lives.
“I am so grateful to be through it and spent my days alone praying and beaming love to all who are affected and suffering from this,” she said. “Those who are working tirelessly to protect and care for others. Thank you. We are all connected through this experience. I am humbled and filled with gratitude to be well, a gift and beaming love and light to all those who have left this world because of this virus and those who are suffering. Sending love and imaginary universal hugs to all.”read more
Lord Of The Rings Star Liv Tyler Reveals She Contracted COVID-19, Shares Her Experience
