Idris Elba is hitting back at rumors suggesting he was paid to pretend he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Doubters have claimed the actor is part of an Internet conspiracy theory, prompting Elba to jump on Instagram Live from quarantine on Tuesday (March 24, 2020) to blast the “stupidness”. “I think the negativity around test-shaming is counterproductive,” the Luther star said. “I don’t see what people get out of that.
And the idea that someone like myself is going to be paid to say I have coronavirus, that’s absolute bulls**t. Such stupidness.
And people want to spread that like it’s news. It’s stupid. “It’s the quickest way to get people sick. It’s no benefit to me and (wife) Sabrina saying that we got it and we ain’t got it.