Jared Leto Updates Fans After Learning Late About Coronavirus Due to Silent Desert Meditation

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Hey, all you cool cats and kittens! It’s safe to say that the Tiger King craze hasn’t gone unnoticed by the stars (Kim Kardashian and Chrissy Teigen binge-watched the docuseries). But there are some who’ve taken their love for the Netflix hit to the next level by dressing up as the eclectic cast for their social media followers.

The docu-series Tiger King has become a phenomenon since it launched on Netflix, and Chrissy Teigen, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jared Leto are among the show’s celebrity fans.

Jared Leto has delighted fans by dressing up as Joe Exotic from Netflix’s hit documentary Tiger King.

Turns out we aren’t the only ones who can’t get enough of Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness on Netflix. Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto, 48, dressed up as Joe Exotic, star of the must-see docu-seriesand hosted a viewing party which he live-tweeted on March 26.

Jared Leto just returned from a 12-day silent retreat and he had no idea that the world was crumbling under the fear of Coronavirus pandemic. The 48-year-old actor learned about the COVID-19 crisis after emerging from a meditation retreat where he had no access to the outside world. “Wow. 12 days ago I began a silent meditation in the desert. We were totally isolated. No phone, no communication etc. We had no idea what was happening outside the facility,” he wrote on Instagram. 

By Amanda N'Duka

This sounds like something straight out of a VERY bad movie…

That we are living in the time of corona shouldn't be news to anyone at this point — but if you're Jared Leto, it very much is. The former Joker was enjoying a 12-day silent meditation retreat in the desert as the virus spread across the United States. In classic Leto form, he released a statement on his Instagram upon leaving the facility and learning that there are well over 4,000 cases of COVID-19 nationwide.

Believe it or not, Jared Leto is just now waking up the coronavirus crisis. The Thirty Second to Mars singer posted a series of tweets on Tuesday morning (March 17), explaining that he's been off the grid at a silent retreat for the past two weeks --and when he got home on Monday night, he was floored by how quickly things had changed since Pres. Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency last week. "Wow. 12 days

Jared Leto said he first learned about the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, after emerging from a 12-day meditation retreat in the desert.

Jared Leto may be the last person to learn about the coronavirus outbreak. The actor took to Instagram to reveal that he’s just reemerged from self-isolation to the “mind blowing” changes around the world. 

Jared Leto was left stunned by the scale of the global coronavirus pandemic after returning home from a 12-day silent meditation in the desert.

Jared Leto

Jared Leto picked a particularly interesting time to go on a retreat.

"Mind blowing – to say the least."

Jared Leto revealed that he only just learned how much the world has changed due to the coronavirus outbreak after being in self-imposed isolation in the desert for almost two weeks. The Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman took to Instagram late Monday night to reveal that he was doing a silent meditation for the past 12 days.

After spending nearly two weeks in a desert, Jared Leto was shocked to find out about the coronavirus pandemic and the effects it has had on the world.