From Doja Cat who can’t taste bacon, to Bryan Cranston who lasts months.
The CDC cites ‘new loss of taste or smell’ as a possible symptom of COVID-19. Most people get these senses again after a few weeks, but some do not yet. Here is a list of celebrities who have experienced this very peculiar symptom of COVID and how it was for them.
1.
Doja cat:
How it was for her: She told Capital XTRA: ‘It was a four-day symptom freak, but I’m fine now.’ She also could not taste bacon.
2.
Neil Patrick Harris
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How it was for him: He told Today“It happened very early, like late March, early April. We used to do our best, and I thought I had the flu, and I did not want to be paranoid about it. And then I lost my sense of taste and smell. , which was a big indication, so we got a hole. “
3.
Jim Parsons
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How it was for him: He had a mild to medium fall, but said it lasted a month to six weeks. He also lost his sense of taste and smell.
6.
Jack Nicklaus
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How it was for him: Jack told a news conference in July: “I had a sore throat for about four, five days, a cough that lasted about three weeks. Barbara had absolutely nothing. I’m actually still tasteless. I can does not smell or taste much. “
7.
Prince Charles
The Prince of Wales also spoke to staff about the loss of taste and smell when he had #coronavirus and said he still feels the effects of the virus. Many weeks later.
How it was for him: He felt the effects of the virus for weeks. He also lost his sense of taste and smell.
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Von Miller
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How it was for him: He lost 15 pounds. He said in a Zoom call: “During the virus I lost a lot of weight. Everyone’s symptoms are not the same, but for me I lost my taste and smell, and I really could not eat. If you do not can not taste or smell food, you lose your appetite. I lost about 15 pounds. “
10.
Gavin Creel
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How it was for him: He told Rosie O’Donnell: “I get asparagus and it can just as well be rubber. I do not know, it’s the weirdest thing.”
11.
Rudy Gobert
Just to give you an update, the loss of smell and taste is definitely one of the symptoms, and could not smell anything for the past 4 days. Anyone experiencing the same?
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How it was for him: He was one of the first athletes to lose his loss of taste and smell in March.
17.
Hugh Grant
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How it was for him: He told Stephen Colbert: ‘It started as a very strange syndrome where I kept breaking into a sweaty sweat, like a poncho of sweat. It was an embarrassment. Then my eyeballs felt about three sizes too big and I felt like this huge guy, like Harvey Weinstein, was sitting on my chest. Then I walked down the street and felt like I was not damning anything. ‘
18.
Charlie Hunnam
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How it was for him: He told Jimmy Kimmel: “It was not very acute, I just lost my taste and smell for ten days and had a little tiredness.”
19.
Stephen Amell
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How it was for him: He said on the Inside you podcast (via EW), “For two nights I was awake every few hours between freezing cold and boiling hot.” He also lost his appetite and as a result lost 15 pounds.
20.
DJ Jazzy Jeff
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How it was for him: He told Will Smith on Snapchat: ‘I had a temperature that reached 103. I had chills. I lost my sense of smell. I lost my sense of taste. ‘
21.
Gloria Estefan
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How it was for her: She said on Instagram: ‘My poor chef was the victim of telling me that the chicken she made me tasted like nothing. I still did not realize it until the next day when my breakfast tasted like nothing and when my soap did not smell. ‘
22.
Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson
😂👏🏾👏🏾🥃 Like it and thanks for the laugh. And my sense of taste is still being checked. #mahalocovid https://t.co/jNjLxStnxx
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How it was for him: He said in an Instagram video that the coronavirus is one of the most challenging and difficult things he has had to endure as a family.
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