Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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■ Khloe Kardashian says she had tested positive for the coronavirus. The reality star confirmed her previous diagnosis in a Wednesday sneak peek clip of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” The bedridden Kardashian spoke in the video with a hoarse voice. “Just found out that I do have corona,” she said in the teaser of the episode. A teaser in September showed Kardashian being tested for the virus. “I have been in my room,” she said. “It’s gonna be fine, but it was really bad for a couple days.” Kardashian said her symptoms included coughing, shaking, nausea, headaches along with cold and hot flashes. She said she had a burning sensation while coughing. The video clip was released a day after her sister, Kim Kardashian West, drew hefty criticism for celebrating her lavish 40th birthday vacation with a large group on a private island during the pandemic. She posted a few group photos on social media of herself with family and friends, who were all unmasked. Kardashian West said in the post that “after two weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island.”
■ Chrissy Teigen has written a heartfelt message about the recent loss of her third child with husband John Legend. Teigen, in an essay posted on Medium, made her first public response since she and Legend announced the loss of their son, Jack, in a heart-wrenching social media post with several photos on Sept. 30. In Tuesday’s post, Teigen, who had announced her pregnancy in August, wrote that her doctors diagnosed her with a partial placental abruption. “I had always had placenta problems,” she wrote. “I had to deliver Miles a month early because his stomach wasn’t getting enough food from my placenta. But this was my first abruption.” The 34-year-old Teigen said she received blood transfusions at the hospital, but that failed to help support the fluid around her son. After a couple of nights, she said she knew it was time to say “goodbye.” “He just wouldn’t survive this, and if it went on any longer, I might not either,” she said. Teigen said her decision to take and post photos of the process was met with some support and criticism. She said Legend was “very hesitant” to take the photos, but she felt the need to share their story. “I cannot express how little I care that you hate the photos,” she wrote. “How little I care that it’s something you wouldn’t have done. I lived it, I chose to do it, and more than anything, these photos aren’t for anyone but the people who have lived this or are curious enough to wonder what something like this is like. These photos are only for the people who need them.” Teigen urged people to “please be kind to those pouring their hearts out.”