In an Instagram Live, Cardi B gave birth to conspiracy theories that popular names that have publicly shared positive coronavirus diagnoses appear to be in a "Flat Tummy Tea commercial," a detoxifying tea that influencers recommend online in return for payment.
In other words, the rapper alluded that celebrities were paid to say they had coronavirus.
Idris Elba, the infected actor, responded to the allegations on Instagram Live.
"The mere idea that a person like my job gets paid to say he has coronavirus is a big idiot," he said. ?What a fool. People say it as news. It's stupid. It's the simplest way to make others sick because Sabrina and I have nothing to gain by staying home and saying we have something we don't have. I don't understand the logic behind that. "
The celebrities have been criticized for their ability to be tested when there is a lack of tests in America and the United Kingdom.
However, Elba defended himself and the fact that he had been tested. According to him, it is not worth discussing privilege at such moments.
"The debate about the rich and the poor, those who get infected and those who do not get infected is not a worthwhile debate," he said. ?I was tested and came out positive. That makes me eligible? I do not understand. I don't think I'm privileged because I was tested and I'm really sick. "
Cardi defended the allegations made in another video: "I stand by what I said."
Elba is one of the popular names that has been affected by Covid-19. Tom Hanks and wife, Rita Wilson, fell ill in Australia and are now "feeling better." Also, actress Olga Kurylenko said she "has completely recovered from the coronavirus."
