Coronavirus: Idris Elba slams conspiracy theory that stars have been paid to say they have illness

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Idris Elba has condemned a conspiracy theory that celebrities are being paid to say they have coronavirus. The British actor, who was the one of the earliest stars to reveal they’d tested positive for the illness, made the comments in an Instagram Live video. “This idea that someone like myself is gonna be paid to say I’ve got coronavirus?

That’s absolute bulls***,” Elba said. “Such stupidness. People wanna spread that as if it’s news. That’s stupid. “It’s the quickest way to get people sick because there’s no benefit to me and [Elba’s wife] Sabrina sitting here saying we’ve got it if we ain’t got it.

I don’t even understand the logic of that.” While Elba did not name the source of the conspiracy theory, rapper Cardi B previously made