Dr. Drew Apologizes For Dismissing Coronavirus As ‘Press-Induced Panic’: ‘We Were Wrong’

Kelly Dodd has found herself in hot water for her comments about the coronavirus pandemic.

One coronavirus “truther” who called the lockdown a “political ploy” has died of COVID-19.

Kelly Dodd went there...

Rapper Lil Xan was rushed to a hospital last weekend after experiencing a panic attack due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report. While TMZ reported on Monday that Xan, whose real name is Diego Leanos, did not actually contract COVID-19, the 23-year-old was admitted because he became stressed about the stay-at-home orders currently in effect in California.

Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz are walking back on their controversial comments about the coronavirus!

“What I believe, regardless of what I may have come across as saying, is we need widespread testing and continued protection of the high-risk portion of the population,” the TV host, 69, said during a Facebook Live on Friday, April 17. “Last night I said we as a society have chosen to live with certain controllable deadly risk every day, smoking, auto crashes, swimming and, yes, I know that those are not contagious, so probably bad examples.”

Dr. Drew Pinsky, known on TV as Dr. Drew, is apologizing for his previous comments about Coronavirus, citing “press-induced panic” and calling it “way less serious than influenza.” These comments were made back in February, before America’s social distancing practices were put into place.

Celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky has apologized for a series of statements unspooled in a recent video where he downplayed the coronavirus and suggested it was a “press-induced panic.” “I wish I had gotten it right, but I got it wrong,” said Pinsky in a video posted over the weekend. Pinsky is known as “Dr.

By Erik Pedersen

Wow, we knew Dr. Drew Pinsky has been less a doctor and more a Teen Mom referee for the last decade, but we honestly always assumed his medical opinion was legit. (If we’re being honest it certainly doesn’t hurt he’s been a silver fox with a sexy bedside manner full of calm gravitas — not to mention he was often the voice of reason next to Adam Carolla.)

Dr. Drew Pinsky is issuing a mea culpa after continually downplaying the danger of coronavirus for months and claiming it was "press-induced panic."

Dr. Drew Pinsky, 61, is now saying he “got it wrong”, after previously comparing the Coronavirus to the flu. “My early comments about equating coronavirus with influenza were wrong. They were incorrect. I was part of a chorus that was saying that. And we were wrong. And I want to apologize for that,” Dr. Drew said in a Periscope video shared to his Twitter on April 4. “I wish I had gotten it right, but I got it wrong.”

"I lost a dear friend this week to Coronavirus. Andrew Jack was a wonderful, kind, beautiful soul and I and many others will miss him greatly," Hemsworth wrote on Friday.

Evangeline Lilly has finally apologized for her widely criticized comments on the coronavirus crisis. 

Changing her tune. Evangeline Lilly apologized for criticizing the response to the coronavirus pandemic and revealed that she has been social-distancing, despite her initial refusal to quarantine.

Evangeline Lilly has apologized to fans for her previous comments about coronavirus after receiving backlash online. The 40-year-old actress said in a post on social media Thursday that her prior statement was "dismissive, arrogant and cryptic." Last week, Lilly said online she wasn't going to practice social distancing and called COVID-19 just a "respiratory flu" but now realizes how inappropriate her comments were.

Evangeline Lilly is offering her «sincere and heartfelt apology» for recent comments she made about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic -- and she's doing so from her home where she is, in fact, social distancing.

Evangeline Lilly is offering her “sincere and heartfelt apology” for recent comments she made about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic – and she’s doing so from her home where she is, in fact, social distancing.

Evangeline Lilly is offering her «sincere and heartfelt apology» for recent comments she made about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic – and she's doing so from her home where she is, in fact, social distancing.

Evangeline Lilly has issued a lengthy apology in response to the backlash she received for dismissing the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic.  The actress took to Instagram on Thursday, calling her prior remarks "dismissive, arrogant and cryptic."  Lilly clarified that she and her family began social distancing on March 18, and that at the time of her original post, in which she labeled COVID-19 as nothing more than a "respiratory flu," leaders in her "small community" had not yet ramped up