Amanda Klootshas tested positive forCOVID-19.
Inan Instagram poston Thursday,The Talkco-host announced that she received the positive results after a recent trip to Mexico. Kloots — whose husband,Nick Cordero,diedof COVID-related complications in July 2020 — also confirmed that she would be missingThe Talkwhile she quarantines.
“My @thetalkcbs family! Unfortunately I tested positive for COVID and will be missing some days at work until my quarantine is over,” Kloots, 39,wrote in her post.“I am feeling completely normal now and feel very grateful for that. I am vaccinated and boosted which is very much putting me at ease.”
“I recently got back from a trip to Mexico where I tested negative before I left and before I flew home so this was [a] surprise this morning,” she continued. “This is the first time I’ve tested positive since the pandemic.”
“I will hopefully be back to work soon but taking this time at home with Elvis to start potty training!!!!” Kloots wrote. “Wish me luck as I run after a naked toddler for the next three days. Any advice please leave below 👇 ❤️”
Kloots joinedThe Talkin January 2021. Ahead of her debut on the CBS talk show, Kloots told PEOPLEshe was “really just looking forwardto evolving as a person.”
“I love growing and learning and being open to receiving information. And I think what’s great about this show is I can go into an episode and know about the topics that we’re going to talk about, but then Sharon [Osbourne] will say something or Sheryl [Underwood] will say something, or Carrie Ann [Inaba] will say something, and it really adjusts what you think,” Kloots explained. “I think that’s really cool because it changes your opinion, and then you grow from that. And I love that. And I’m really looking forward to learning from these women.”
The COVID diagnosis comes close to two years after Kloot’s husband contracted the virus. After spending 90 days in the hospital, Cordero sadlydiedat age 41 on July 5, 2020, due to COVID-related complications.
Amanda Kloots.Rich Fury/Getty
“I just got my COVID 19 vaccine! I cannot tell you how emotional I was and still am right now. I had Elvis beside me and Live Your Life playing in the car,” she wrote, in part, at the time. " have been terrified since Nick has passed, as a single mother of getting this virus and now I am one step closer."
“Everyone should be getting this vaccine, and anyone that gets it, we should be celebrating that one more person has got the vaccine,” she added in a follow-up post.
Opening up to PEOPLE in October 2020,Kloots also revealed the additional ways in which she and Elvis honor their late husband and father.
Amanda Kloots, Nick Cordero and their son Elvis.Ashley Becker
Kloots also noted that she sees similarities between her husband and their son.
“Elvis is just calm and cool. He gets along with everybody. I think that’s very much Nick,” she said, adding that Elvis always cheers her up when she is down. “Anytime I’m sad, he brightens my mood in two seconds. He looks at me with his big smile and his little teeth, and I’m instantly transported into a different mood.”
“We have this beautiful little boy that we created together,” she continued. “I love watching him grow, and I know Nick is watching him too.”
The Talkairs weekdays at 2 p.m. EST on CBS.
source: people.com
