DeGeneres thanked those who reached out with kind words and support during her recovery, and expressed her wish that she should embrace each and every one of her followers.
“It would probably have been dangerous and illegal,” the host joked.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show interrupted production in early December on the last day of the show’s “Twelve Days of Giveaways” seasonal event. As a result, DeGeneres invited the same audience to the show that missed their gifts in December.
The host recounted the dramatic events on set the day she received her COVID-19 test result.
As she sits in hair and makeup, the 62-year-old remembers how her assistant Craig stepped in to inform her that she was testing positive.
“And then everyone around me ran away,” DeGeneres said. ‘It’s funny, people just get really scared and they run. Some have not returned since. ”
Following the news, DeGeneres left the studio immediately as her COVID security team notified everyone who had been in contact with the virus.
When one of the show’s executive producers, Andy Lassner, heard the news, Ellen claimed that “he literally ran off the track at full speed.”
Following the news, DeGeneres placed quarantine in a separate room of the woman Portia de Rossi. In the first three days after contracting the virus, DeGeneres reported that she slept 16 hours a day and woke up on the fourth day with back spasms. As the pain persists, her pain pills and muscle relaxants are prescribed by her doctor.
“Jackpot,” she joked. “This thing bears fruit.”
When the painkillers did not help, doctors eventually put DeGeneres on a steroid pack, which eventually facilitated her recovery.
After her experience with the virus, DeGeneres informed her audience that although she was not yet aware of it, back pain is now a major symptom of COVID-19. She did not experience any other significant symptoms.
“I did not lose my taste,” she recalls. “Even though I wore crocs with socks for a day, you have to be the judge.”
The program presenter has now fully recovered and claims that she still has not determined what she contracted the virus from.
Watch the clip and see Ashley McBryde’s performance from the episode below.