Rita Wilson opens up about coronavirus in new interview with Gayle King

Fans around the world were relieved when everyone’s dad, Tom Hanks, and his wife Rita Wilson revealed they had beat coronavirus after testing positive for COVID-19 in Australia back in March. (Remember March, when social isolation began?) But now that the couple has settled back on American soil and adjusted to their new normal, they’re ready to talk about what living with the virus was like for that period.Wilson opened up in a virtual interview with Gayle King on April 14, revealing that she had many of the symptoms people now associate with the virus. “I was very tired. I felt extremely achy, uncomfortable, didn't want to be touched and then the fever started," Wilson told Oprah’s bestie. "Looking back, I also realized that I was losing my sense of taste and smell.”The singer also revealed that her fever climbed up to 102 degrees (38.9 celsius) at one point, and that she had chills unlike anything she’s ever experienced in her life. Meanwhile, although Hanks had some similar symptoms they weren’t quite as bad as his wife’s. By about day nine, Wilson was given chloroquine, the controversial drug that’s typically used as an anti-malarial.[video_embed id='1936262']RELATED: Rita Wilson's first interview after COVID-19 comeback[/video_embed]"I can only tell you that I don't know if the drug worked or it was just time for the fever to break. But, my fever did break," she said, adding that the side-effects were real. As in Wilson had nausea, vertigo, muscle weakness and the inability to walk. “I think people have to be very considerate about that drug. We don't really know if it's helpful in this case.”While Hanks and Wilson are still unsure when or where they contracted the virus, they are hoping to help with future efforts to squash it. Both personalities have donated their blood to studies that will hopefully help in developing a vaccination using their antibodies, while their plasma has been donated to help others who are battling the disease. Wilson is also getting back into “the studio,” teaming up with Naughty by Nature to remix “Hip Hop Hooray” to raise money for musicians affected by the pandemic.

 

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Here's a little background on the Hip Hop Hooray remix from a fun interview with @gayleking on @cbsthismorning! Thanks for having me!! Remember STREAMING sends money to COVID Relief fund. Link in bio to watch the full interview. #CBSThisMorning #HipHopHooray #MusiCares

A post shared by Rita Wilson (@ritawilson) on Apr 14, 2020 at 10:48am PDT

As for Hanks? Well he’s been back in the spotlight too. Fans won’t soon forget that he hosted a virtual edition of Saturday Night Live from his kitchen on April 11, because as he put it, people need to laugh right now.“I have been the celebrity canary in the coal mine for the coronavirus and ever since being diagnosed, I have been more like America’s dad than ever before since no one wants to be around me anymore and I make people uncomfortable,” he said. “We’re in this for the duration, and we will get through this together. We are going to thank our hospital workers, our first responders, and all our helpers. The supermarket stockers. The people who deliver our food. The people who are making the takeout for us. The men and women who are keeping this country running at a time when we need them more than ever before. We’re going to take care of them and we’re going to take care of each other.”[video_embed id='1938492']RELATED: Tom Hanks hosts SNL from his kitchen[/video_embed]