Daniel Radcliffe had the best response to false reports that he has the coronavirus
Everyone calm down. Despite the rumors whirling around on Twitter, Daniel Radcliffe does not have coronavirus. Radcliffe, best known for playing Harry Potter, called into Australian radio show Smallzy’s Surgery to clear the air. He is, in fact, corona-free.
“I walked into the hair and makeup room on the play yesterday, and the makeup artist was like, ‘My niece has just texted me and told me you’ve got corona,’” Radcliffe said to the host.
The makeup artist then showed him the tweet in question—it appeared to be from a BBC News Twitter account. “It was like ‘Daniel Radcliffe becomes the first famous person to contract coronavirus,’” Radcliffe recalled.
As Radcliffe explained, the account was actually a fake, and has since been suspended from the site. “But enough people saw it,” Radcliffe explained, and it obviously went viral enough that it had fans concerned. “That is the internet,” he said.
Fake BBC account with 125 followers fake-infected Daniel Radcliffe with covid-19.
Link resolves to a genuine BBC news alert page that hasn't been updated since 2017. pic.twitter.com/vJk3gBEtQj
— Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) March 10, 2020
But why Radcliffe? Why did this troll have to attack our beloved HP?
“I think it’s just because I look ill all the time, so you can believably say it about me,” Radcliffe joked. “Because I’m very pale. But, you know, flattered they chose me.”
There’s a rumour going around that Daniel Radcliffe has coronavirus…
I got him on the phone to confirm or deny 👀#SmallzysSurgery pic.twitter.com/9BRJ0eRaF2
— Smallzy 🎧 (@Smallzy) March 12, 2020
Now that we know Radcliffe is okay, we can chuckle at these tweets without feeling too guilty.
the boy who lived https://t.co/MfcE8Cs2Sc
— Dartunorro D. Clark (@dartunorro) March 11, 2020
daniel radcliffe seeing the article that says he has corona: pic.twitter.com/Z7GtPuaqmj
— alexa (@cyanicas) March 10, 2020
10 points from everyone who retweeted the fake Daniel Radcliffe tweet
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) March 10, 2020
In fairness, Daniel Radcliffe was the perfect person to pick.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) March 10, 2020
The followup is actually almost too good:
Someone replied to The Tweet with “Coronalus Reparus,” which almost makes the spread of disinformation worth it.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) March 10, 2020
Harry Potter jokes aside, we’re glad Radcliffe is well and is so far unscathed. We’re officially sentencing whoever wrote this article to at least two years in Azkaban. At least!
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