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Liv Tyler said that she tested positive for COVID-19 on New Year's Eve.
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  • Liv Tyler revealed on Instagram that she tested positive for COVID-19 on New Year’s Eve and was bedridden for 10 days.
  • Tyler, 43, said she felt “fear, shame, and guilt” over the possibility of infecting others with the virus.
  • She added that having COVID-19 not only affected her body but her emotions as well. 
  • Tyler shared a photo of her reuniting with her three children after completing quarantine.
  • She is one of many celebrities who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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Actor Liv Tyler became the latest celebrity to reveal her COVID-19 diagnosis. 

Tyler, the daughter of Bebe Buell and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, shared the revelation on Friday in a new Instagram post. 

The photo featured Tyler donning a face mask as she hugged her daughter Lula Rose Gardner and son Sailor Gene Gardner. Tyler shares four-year-old Lula and five-year-old Sailor with her husband David Gardner, while she has 16-year-old Milo William Langdon with Royston Langdon. 

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"Reunited with my loves ... what a wild 2 weeks," wrote Tyler, who added that she's normally a private person but wanted to bring awareness to COVID-19. 

"I tested positive for covid 19 on New Year's Eve day. S--- I had made it all the way through 2020 keeping myself and my family safe. Doing everything I could to protect my wolf pack and follow the rules to protect others. Suddenly on the morn of the last day of 2020... boom it took me down," wrote Tyler.

She said her COVID-19 diagnosis affected her quickly "like a locomotive," but said none of her family members were hit with the virus. 

"With it Feelings of fear, shame, and guilt swirling through you, who could you have gotten it from and who could you have infected...Terrifying. Luckily the rest of my family and bubble were negative," wrote Tyler. 

Tyler, whose makeup routine costs an estimated $1,700, then said that her COVID-19 diagnosis not only affected her physical health but also took an emotional toll.

"There are so many strange elements to this sickness. It affects everyone so completely differently. I was so lucky and had corona light as my momma @realbebebuell called it but It floored me for 10 days in my bed," Tyler wrote. 

She continued, "There is the physical aspects but also emotional and psychological ones too. It F's with your body and mind equally. Everyday different. Being isolated in a room alone for 10 days is trippy, to say the least."

Although the Lord of the Rings star was forced to quarantine away from her children, she said they sent her sweet notes to lift her spirits. 

"I missed My babies beyond but they visited my window and called up to me and I watch them play outside. Such a gift. They sent little messages and drawings under my door. Reminders of what's on the other side. What to get better for," Tyler wrote.

Tyler is among numerous other celebrities, including Tom Hanks and Ellen DeGeneres, who have tested positive for COVID-19. 

Last year, it was revealed that Tyler declined to continue filming Fox's "9-1-1: Lone Star" over concerns of traveling during the pandemic. Tyler had split her time between filming in the United States and living in the United Kingdom. 

"What a thrill it was having a movie star of Liv Tyler's stature to help us launch the first season of '911: Lone Star,'" Tim Minear, the series showrunner and co-creator, told Variety in a statement.

He continued, "We loved working with Liv and will be forever indebted to her for her haunting, powerful portrayal of Michelle Blake. While we were able to tell a complete chapter in Michelle's story, as with Connie Britton on our mothership, we also feel like there are more stories to be told. The door here will always be open for a return."

 

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