Willie Nelson got COVID bad. In a new interview with The New York Times Magazine, the legendary musician revealed that he came down with COVID earlier this year, and things got a bit scary. READ MORE: Willie Nelson Wants Joe Biden To Make 4/20 Into A National Holiday “I had a nebulizer on the bus,” his wife Annie D’Angelo said. “I started everything I could at that point, including Paxlovid.
He had the monoclonal antibodies. He had steroids.” She explained that they went home to their Spicewood ranch, and got a mobile medical unit set up. “We turned the house into a hospital,” D’Angelo said. “There were a couple of times when I wasn’t sure he was going to make it.” Nelson downplayed the danger a bit, telling the magazine, “I had a pretty rough time with it.” He added, “Covid ain’t nothing to laugh at, that’s for sure.” READ MORE: Michael Bublé Calls Working With Willie Nelson ‘The Greatest Moment Of My Life’ Back in May, Nelson announced he was postponing a number of shows, explaining that someone in the Willie Nelson Family Band had tested positive for COVID.