COVID-19: Robbie Williams ‘quarantining in Caribbean with coronavirus’
Written by News on 20/01/2021
Robbie Williams is understood to be quarantining on a Caribbean island after testing positive for coronavirus during a family holiday.
The 46-year-old singer reportedly flew to St Barts with his wife Ayda Field and their four children shortly after Christmas, and he was pictured in a flowery shirt and wearing a mask as he got on to a boat there earlier this month.
However, he has been forced to self-isolate and extend the trip after testing positive for COVID-19, according to The Sun.
A source quoted by the paper said: “Robbie‘s been fairly sick.
“He’s confined to the villa where he is staying with his family. It’s not exactly the worst place in the world to be quarantined, although he cannot go to the beach.
“He will have to remain in quarantine for up to 14 days.”
A representative for Williams did not comment on the report when contacted by Sky News.
Current rules mean people are not permitted to travel unnecessarily, including foreign trips, although Williams is reported to have flown out on 28 December, before the full lockdown restrictions came into force.
The singer and Take That star is not the only celebrity holidaying in the sun during the pandemic.
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Earlier in January, former Love Island star Zara Holland was fined $12,000 (Barbados dollars, about £4,415) after breaching COVID-19 quarantine rules on the island.
Another former Love Island star, Olivia Attwood, hit out at influencers posting paid partnership pictures on social media while abroad, saying they need to be away for work.
“There’s a difference between being able to earn money from wherever you are and being on holiday for work,” Attwood said in a video posted on Instagram.
“Whenever I go on holiday, I will post content which I can monetise.
“I’m still on holiday, I don’t go, ‘Oh me and [my boyfriend] Brad have had the most amazing week in Portugal but don’t worry, I was flat out working’. You just sound so stupid.
“And on top of that you have got the ones going, ‘Oh we are all in this together, this is our struggle’.
“No it’s not, you are on holiday and to be fair I don’t f****** blame you.”
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