Dr. Drew Apologizes for Minimizing Coronavirus as 'Press-Induced Panic'

Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck have severed more ties after selling the New York penthouse the former friends bought together.

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

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.”

By Ted Johnson

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.)

By Ted Johnson

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

Over the past few weeks, Dr. Drew Pinsky has been one of many — including the likes of Fox News personalities Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Judge Jeanine Pirro — to downplay the threat of the coronavirus, claiming it’s media hype and that COVID-19 is no more dangerous than the common flu.

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.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock led the government's daily coronavirus press conference - after the UK death toll rose by more more than 560 in 24 hours.

Dominic Raab licked his finger to turn a page during the coronavirus press conference despite repeat government warnings about maintaining good hygiene during the pandemic.

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.