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Dwayne Johnsonis reflecting on his household’s “scary” bout with COVID-19 last fall.
TheJungle Cruiseactor, 49, first revealed in September that he and his wife Lauren Hashian and their daughters Jasmine and Tiana, now 5½ and 3, had alltested positive for COVID-19. Speaking withThe Hollywood Reporterin a new cover storyalongside Emily Blunt, Johnson reflects on his nanny and housekeeper also contracting the coronavirus at the time.
“It was very scary. I couldn’t control it because then the nanny took it home to her family. And then the housekeeper took it home to her family, and they were a little older there,” he says. “And you don’t want to be the fire-starter that then causes all this bedlam and fear.”
“But luckily we all got through it, thank God,” adds Johnson, who says the pandemic shutdown “really forced me to stop and slow down” in his day-to-day life.
Back in February, Johnson opened up toCigar Aficionadoabout the health concern and how the family was doing after recovering from the virus.
“In a 24-hour period, ithad spread so quickly to our nanny, our nanny’s teenage kids, her husband,” he explained at the time. “Myself and my 2-year-old daughter, we were the last ones standing until the very end, but of course we both tested positive. We were on the fortunate end for something that has been so traumatic to the world. We got through it.”
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In his September Instagram post revealing the news, Johnson told fans his family was feeling better after a rough few weeks.
“I could tell you that this has been one of the most challenging and difficult things we have ever had to endure as a family, and for me, too, personally as well,” the star continued. “And I’ve gone through some doozies in the past.”
“Testing positive for COVID-19 is much different than overcoming nasty injuries, or being evicted, or even being broke, which I have been more than a few times,” Johnson said, adding that the reason contracting the virus is so different “is because my No. 1 priority is to always protect my family. And protect my children, my loved ones.”
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“I wish it was only me who tested positive, but it wasn’t,” he said, “it was my entire family, so this one was a real kick in the gut. But I am happy to tell you guys that we as a family are good. We’re on the other end of it, we’re on the other side. We’re no longer contagious, and we are — thank God — we are healthy.”
In May, the actor documented himself getting the second dose of his COVID vaccine, encouraging fans to also get vaccinated.
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