Is Guy Sebastian Australia’s patient zero? Singer reveals he thinks he caught COVID-19 in Wuhan and never got tested when he got home
Guy Sebastian is convinced he caught COVID-19 during his trip to Wuhan, China late last year, before the global health crisis emerged.
Appearing on the Kyle And Jackie O Show on Wednesday, the Australian singer, 38, revealed that he developed flu-like symptoms after visiting the city to play at a music festival in November.
‘I was patient zero so I already got [coronavirus] ages ago, when I was in Wuhan,’ the father-of-two nonchalantly said.
While Guy said he can’t confirm that he actually had COVID-19, he did develop symptoms of virus including ‘a bit of a cough and a cold’ immediately after coming home from Wuhan.
‘I sort of self-diagnosed that I had it,’ The Voice judge explained.
Stunned, Kyle interjected: ‘Hang on, you had the ‘rona? What were you doing in Wuhan?’
”I sort of self-diagnosed that I had it’: Guy Sebastian, 38, told The Kyle And Jackie O Show on Tuesday that he’s convinced he caught COVID-19 during his trip to Wuhan, China late last year
‘I was in Wuhan, I hadn’t even heard of Wuhan, and in November when Corona started I was there for a music festival, he explained.
‘I was with Alan Walker and a few other DJs and stuff and doing promo in China,’ Guy added.
However, Guy reassured Kyle and Jackie that he didn’t visit any of the wet markets during his stay in the city.
What are the odds? A stunned Kyle (left) asked Guy (right) what he was doing in Wuhan, to which the singer responded: ‘I hadn’t even heard of Wuhan, and in November when Corona started I was there for a music festival’
A wet market in Wuhan called Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market is believed to be the source of COVID-19.
It comes after an Instagram photo shared by Guy during his stay in Wuhan went viral earlier this year.
Posing on the street alongside an elderly man, Guy wrote in the caption: ‘Loved hanging out today in Wuhan, China. Ate some seriously interesting things (more to come about that) and met some beautiful people.’
Symptoms: While Guy said he can’t confirm that he actually had COVID-19, he did develop symptoms of virus including ‘a bit of a cough and a cold’ immediately after coming home from Wuhan. Pictured: Guy posing with a local resident in Wuhan, China last November
Guy told Kyle and Jackie O that the post received a slew of hilarious comments from fans jokingly accusing him of bringing COVID-19 to Australia.
‘I don’t normally read comments but there was some funny ones on there where people are just saying, ‘First he bloody robbed Shannon Noll and then he starts coronavirus!”
According to the South China Morning Post, the first recorded case of COVID-19 in Wuhan was on November 17, weeks after Guy’s picture was taken.
Guy has taken an active role in encouraging fans to stay home in order to slow the spread of the virus.
iIt comes after this Instagram photo shared by Guy during his stay in Wuhan went viral earlier this year