Amanda Seyfried Reveals COVID After Vaccinated on Oscar Noms Morning – The Hollywood Reporter
Amanda Seyfried stopped by Late Night time With Seth Meyers on Tuesday and revealed she discovered she had examined optimistic for COVID-19 simply earlier than she obtained her first Oscar nomination, however she didn’t need the analysis to overshadow her success.
Seyfried obtained a nomination earlier this yr for her supporting function in Mank. After host Meyers congratulated her on the popularity, the actress defined how she discovered the information: “I turned my telephone off the evening earlier than as a result of I used to be like, ‘If anybody’s going to inform me I received an Academy Award nomination or didn’t, I would like it to be my mom.’ She added, “However I used to be additionally sleeping in as a result of I had a troublesome case of COVID.”
She recalled having to do interviews concerning the nomination whereas being ailing and “coping with one of many worst moments of my life.” She stated, “I didn’t need that to take over as a result of clickbait and stuff like that.” The actress additionally shared that she had been vaccinated two days earlier than testing optimistic. Seyfried joked, “It’s nice to have each, apparently. Hybrid immunity.” She stated the expertise was “actually disturbing” earlier than “impulsively, this superb career-changing factor occurs.”
Throughout her look on the late-night present, the actress additionally spoke about her new movie, A Mouthful of Air, during which she performs a mom battling postpartum melancholy. Seyfried, who has two kids, stated the film “displays actually how we discuss psychological well being typically and likewise how we deal with moms within the healthcare system, which is we don’t.”
She additional defined, “As quickly as you could have a child, you go dwelling, and that’s it. There’s no fourth-trimester check-ins. There’s no, ‘Hey, are you feeling okay?’ When you’re a single mom, you’re made to really feel like it’s a must to do it alone, which is loopy. It was once a tribe factor and, fortunately for me, I do have that. My mother lives with us.”
Seyfried admitted giving beginning is “traumatic” and that caring for a small youngster will be terrifying. She ended the dialog with Meyers, saying, “We don’t discuss it sufficient and I hope this film generates that dialog. I hope folks perceive that there’s a lot of assist on the market and that we’d like extra of it.”
Watch the total interview beneath.
