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(The Big Bang Theory star) Jim Parsons Reveals COVID-19 Diagnosis, Says Symptoms “Defied the Descriptions”
Deadline ^ | September 29, 2020 | Alexandra Del Rosario

Posted on 09/30/2020 5:04:12 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Jim Parsons shared on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon that he and husband Todd Spiewak contracted COVID-19 back in March.

On Monday night Parsons told Fallon of his experience with the coronavirus.

“We didn’t know what it was, we know we had colds and we lost all sense of smell and taste,” the Hollywood actor told Fallon. “It defied the descriptions for me, I didn’t realize how taste and smell could be gone.”

After describing his time learning about his diagnosis, Parsons said that he and his partner grieved not being able to taste any of the food at home, as eating more became a favorite activity during the pandemic. The conversation then moved on to the two television stars discussing what kept them busy during quarantine.

Parsons said that he has busied himself with creative writing classes and bleaching his hair, the latter which Fallon also did, though years ago.

Fallon then noted that the last time Parsons appeared on the show, he was still acting on the Big Bang Theory. When asked about what life was like after the show ended, Parsons likened it to a death.

“It reminds me when someone died or passes and it feels so monumental for a moment and you think it’s never going to end then nine months go by and you’re like ‘life carries on.’ It was bittersweet when it ended but I feel fine.”

Watch the entire segment below.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bbt; bigbangtheory; covid19; covid1984; hollywood; jimparsons; tbbt; thebigbangtheory
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How many celebrities will claim to have (or have had) COVID19 between now and the election?
1 posted on 09/30/2020 5:04:12 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Surprised it’s not AIDS.


2 posted on 09/30/2020 5:05:01 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Stop frequenting gay clubs.


3 posted on 09/30/2020 5:06:04 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: EdnaMode

Don’t most people lose their sense of smell and taste with a bad cold?


4 posted on 09/30/2020 5:07:50 PM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: EdnaMode

I lose my sense of taste (for a little while at least) just about every time I get a cold. Surprised this is so unusual for so many people.


5 posted on 09/30/2020 5:08:53 PM PDT by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength.)
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To: EdnaMode

Did he take HCQ?

6 posted on 09/30/2020 5:08:55 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: OpusatFR

Yes


7 posted on 09/30/2020 5:09:38 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: EdnaMode

The loss is smell is interesting.


8 posted on 09/30/2020 5:09:56 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: OpusatFR

Uh, yeah. Yuppers. You got it. Somehow the rest of the world has forgotten this.


9 posted on 09/30/2020 5:10:17 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: EdnaMode
Funny trivia: Macaulay Culkin turned down Jim Parson's role multiple times.

The Big Bang Theory was one of the last great network shows. I just ordered the entire series on Blu-Ray.

10 posted on 09/30/2020 5:12:52 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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To: EdnaMode

I believe them when they say they had it.

And it just reinforces ours and Trump’s thoughts.

None of the actors who said they had it died...of all the actors that have said they had it, no one said it was incredibly horrible.

It’s like talking about having the flu like it was something exotic and terrifying.

It’s a virus. It’s dangerous in old people and those with co morbid conditions.

Or else this guy and his hus...can’t sasy it and Tom Hanks and The Rock and whomever else would ALL BE DEAD.


11 posted on 09/30/2020 5:13:55 PM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABO UT THE COVID GODFATHER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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“It reminds me when someone died or passes and it feels so monumental for a moment and you think it’s never going to end then nine months go by and you’re like ‘life carries on.’ It was bittersweet when it ended but I feel fine.”

Um...YOU are the one that ended the show, ya douche, LOL!

Celebre-tards. Is there anything they don’t know? *SMIRK*

‘Husband?’ Whatever. *Rolleyes*


12 posted on 09/30/2020 5:14:12 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Even though the creator of the show is a huge lib they always kept politics out of it. Only once did I see anything political and that was when Penny briefly wore a Hillary 2008 t-shirt for just a second.


13 posted on 09/30/2020 5:15:55 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: EdnaMode
"I didn’t realize how taste and smell could be gone.”

Obviously this numb nuts has never had a cold.

14 posted on 09/30/2020 5:16:26 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: OpusatFR

Yes. I have.


15 posted on 09/30/2020 5:17:07 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Never watched it. I don’t do sit-coms.


16 posted on 09/30/2020 5:18:19 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: OpusatFR

No, they don’t. I lost my taste and smell with COVID and I had a mild case. Three and a half months later I still don’t have them back. Not complaining, just reporting.


17 posted on 09/30/2020 5:18:34 PM PDT by Hildy (In an unforgiving world, only the shameless survive.)
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To: mass55th

This is NOTHING like losing your taste and smell to a cold. Believe me, I know.


18 posted on 09/30/2020 5:19:11 PM PDT by Hildy (In an unforgiving world, only the shameless survive.)
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To: EdnaMode
“It defied the descriptions for me, I didn’t realize how taste and smell could be gone.”

It's pretty clear, then, that he doesn't haunt FR.

19 posted on 09/30/2020 5:23:59 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time)
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To: Hildy

Are visits to the throne more pleasant now?


20 posted on 09/30/2020 5:25:03 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time)
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