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After followers criticized John Cusack for his unsubstantiated claims, he responded with another since-deleted tweet (via the U.K.’s Metro), writing, “Very instructive. Suggest a new broadly used tech — may be harmful — hysteria ! Um asbestos ? Anyone — nuclear power — Fracking ? Your (sic) acting like f***ing Sheep — It’s basic — not conspiracy.”
Metro notes that the coronavirus is spreading in areas that don’t have 5G networks, like Iran, adding that claims like Cusack’s have been dismissed as “dangerous nonsense” by Cabinet Secretary Michael Gove.
Over the past few weeks, other celebrities have also been called out for their inappropriate responses to the coronavirus. On an episode of Norm Macdonald’s YouTube talk show, Quarantined with Norm Macdonald, in April 2020, Roseanne Barr said, “I think they’re just trying to get rid of all my generation. The boomer ladies that, you know, that inherited their, you know, are widows. They inherited the money, so they got to go wherever the money is and figure out a way to get it from people.”
Meanwhile, Vanessa Hudgens got in trouble for an Instagram Live where a fan noted that the quarantine period could stretch all the way to the summer and Hudgens responded (via E! News): “…’Till July sounds like a bunch of bulls**t. I’m sorry, but like it’s a virus. I get it. I respect it. But at the same time, even if everybody gets it, like, yeah, people are gonna die, which is terrible but inevitable.”
And these celebs aren’t the only ones who haven’t taken the virus seriously.
Written by: Nicki
