Sarah Michelle Gellar has endured a “tough” fight with COVID-19.
The ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ star took to her Instagram Story on Monday (13.06.22) to tell her four million followers that she has not been so active on social media because she has been affected by the respiratory disease with her symptoms exacerbated by her long history of asthma and lung problems.
Sarah, 45, shared a note that read, “I realize I’ve been really quiet here, after two and a half years, COVID finally got me.
“Fortunately, I have been vaccinated and boosted.
“But to those out there who say ‘it’s just a cold’ … maybe it’s for some lucky people. But for this (relatively) young healthy person who’s struggled with asthma and lung problems all his life, it’s not my experience.
“Even with therapy and all my protocols, it’s been tough. I know I’m on the road to recovery, but it has certainly not been an easy path.”
The actor ‘Cruel Intentions’ – who has two children, Charlotte and Rocky, with her husband Freddie Prinze Jr. – promised soon to be back at work and be active online.
However, Sarah insists that she will take as many precautions as she can to avoid getting coronavirus again.
She added: “I’ll be back soon (hopefully with super antibodies … even if it’s just for a while). To quote one of my friends -” I’d rather wear a mask in the shower if that means i do not. get it again. “
Sarah previously gave an interview to Health magazine in November 2021, in which she told about how the global COVID-19 pandemic had affected her and her family.
The actress – whose two children both have asthma while Freddie, 46, is having bouts of the disease – said: “For the last two years we have obviously been confronted with a pandemic that is a viral respiratory disease. You realize how much there really is to games for anyone like myself who suffers.
“When the pandemic hit for the first time, everyone with asthma knows that breathing is a challenge and it’s something we need to think about.
“If we were to get COVID, my body would have a harder time fighting it by breathing through it. It increases it for anyone suffering from asthma.”
