American talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres, has tested positive for COVID-19.
The 62-years-old took to her Twitter page to disclose her status on Thursday. She added that the The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been shut down until January.
She went on enjoin her fans to take appropriate measures to prevent themselves from contracting the virus.
“I want to let you all know that I tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, I’m feeling fine right now,” she tweeted.
“Anyone who has been in close contact with me has been notified, and I am following all proper CDC guidelines. I’ll see you all again after the holidays. Please stay healthy and safe.”
Since March, Ellen DeGeneres has been the subject of multiple allegations on not communicating with the crew members of The Ellen Degeneres Show, an American daytime television variety comedy talk series, about pay during the pandemic-induced shutdown.
In August, three senior producers exited the program after some of the show’s leadership was accused of sexual harassment, racism and creating a toxic work environment by 36 former employees. The accusations were published by BuzzFeed News. Two of those producers denied all the allegations to BuzzFeed; a third reportedly didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Earlier in the year, the actress, comedian and writer had opened up on how she was sexually assaulted by her mother’s former husband when she was a teenager.
According to E-Online, the abuse happened at a time when the comedian’s mother was battling with breast cancer and away from home.
“He told me when (my mom) was out of town that he’d felt a lump in her breast and needed to feel my breasts, Anyway, he convinced me that he needs to feel my breasts and then he tries to do it again another time, ” DeGeneres recounted.
“He tries to break my door down and I kicked the window out and ran ’cause I knew it was going to go more to something.
“I should never have protected [my mother]. I should have protected myself and I didn’t tell her for a few years, and then I told her.
“And then she didn’t believe me, and then she stayed with him for 18 more years and finally left him because he’d changed the story so many times.”
