Sunday, June 21, 2020

Video: Comedian D.L. Hughley tests positive for coronavirus

D.L. Hughley announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.
The 57-year-old comedian revealed his diagnosis in a somber Instagram video taken from inside the hospital as he was about to be discharged. He was tested after he passed out in the middle of a stand-up set at a Nashville comedy club late Friday night.
D.L. opened the video by mentioning he was about to leave Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville and gave thanks to his fans for their well-wishes, along with a joking dig at other comedians because they 'called and said such evil things' while he was unwell. He explained that he was originally being treated for extreme exhaustion and dehydration.
'But they ran a battery of tests, and I also tested positive for COVID-19, which blew me away,' he said.
The comedian explained that he was asymptomatic.
Scary: D.L. passed out onstage at Zanies Comedy Club in Nashville, Tennessee around 11 p.m. this Friday
Medical attention: Both a fire truck and an ambulance arrived at the scene where the comic was put on a gurney and taken to the hospital
Taking precautions: The rep explained D.L. was 'suffering from exhaustion after all the week's work and travel, and was kept overnight at the hospital for tests under doctor's orders'

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