Idris Elba is slamming a conspiracy theory that celebrities have been paid to say they have coronavirus.The actor, who tested positive for COVID-19 last week, took to Instagram Live to debunk the rumor that recently surfaced.«I think the debate about rich and poor and who's getting it and who's not, I think, is not a healthy debate,» Elba told his followers. «It's like, I got a test but I also got COVID.
Does that make me preferential? I don't understand that.»«It shouldn't be about whether rich or poor gets it,» he added. «I think that the negativity around test-shaming is counterproductive.
I don't see what people get out of that. And also this idea that someone like myself is gonna be paid to say I've got coronavirus, that's absolute