Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, many celebs have been using their platform for good.
Ones like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga have encouraged fans to stay home and practice social distancing.
And, as soon as masks were recognized as a valuable tool to prevent the spread of the virus, many also started promoting them.
But since not everyone is listening, celebs have begun sharing their embarrassing COVID-19 symptoms.
With people rushing to stock up on toilet paper, you might think that an “embarrassing” COVID-19 symptom would be going #2 uncontrollably.
Well, it’s not. According to these celebs who have actually had COVID-19, it’s much worse. This includes everything from hair loss to intense sweating.
Take a look at the gallery below to see which ones have opened up about their COVID-19 symptoms.
Keep in mind that COVID-19 symptoms differ for everyone.
Khloé Kardashian
The reality star was one of the latest celebs to announce that she had the coronavirus.
This was revealed in a sneak peek clip of the upcoming episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians .
In it, Khloé was bedridden and had a hoarse voice.
She revealed that some of her symptoms coughing, headaches, hot and cold flashes, shaking, and even a burning sensation while coughing.
“It was really bad for a couple days,” she said.
Alyssa Milano
The Charmed star was one of the first celebs to come forward with “embarrassing” COVID-19 symptoms.
That’s because she found that she was experiencing hair loss, even long after she had recovered from the virus.
“Thought I’d show you what #Covid19 does to your hair,” Milano shared in an Instagram video on August 9, 2020.
“Please take this seriously. #WearADamnMask #LongHauler.”
A month later, she shared that she still has occasional heart palpitations and forgets her words.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
The Rock may be tough, but even he came down with the virus, along with his wife and their two daughters.
While the kids recovered quickly, he shared on Instagram that he and his wife “had a rough go at it.”
“I can tell you that this has been one of the most challenging and difficult things we have ever had to endure as a family,” he shared in an Instagram video.
This was a lot for the star who said that he’s “gone through some doozies in the past.”
Andy Cohen
The Watch What Happens Live host got to experience what happens when you develop the coronavirus.
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He experienced a loss of smell and loss of appetite. This led him to eat only one bowl of soup for an entire day.
Colton Underwood
When The Bachelor star contracted the virus, it only gave him 20 percent access to his lungs.
“My breath is shorter, and I’ve had to train myself to talk differently with my breath,” he shared to People .
Hugh Grant
During a recent appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , the actor revealed how he knew he was sick.
“It started as just a very strange syndrome where I kept breaking into a terrible sweat. It was like a poncho of sweat, embarrassing really,” he recalled.
He experienced other strange symptoms, such as his eyeballs feeling three sizes too big and feeling as though some enormous man was sitting on his chest.
He soon became desperate to regain his sense of smell, which he had also lost.
“I started sniffing in garbage cans. You know, you want to sniff strangers’ armpits because you just can’t smell anything,” he said.
