Judge Rinder, 41, reveals he ‘thinks he had coronavirus but refuses to pay for a test as long as frontline NHS staff remain unable to get one’
Judge Rinder thinks he may have had coronavirus – but he is ‘refusing’ to pay for a test because frontline NHS staff are unable to get one.
The 41-year-old criminal barrister and TV presenter – whose real name is Robert Rinder – said he ‘feels well’ now, but believes he may have contracted the virus recently.
Speaking on This Morning, he said: ‘I’m just through the other side of it. It’s [been] 20 days and I feel well now.’
Sticking to his guns: Judge Rinder, 41, told This Morning on Monday he ‘thinks he had coronavirus but refuses to pay for a test as long as frontline NHS staff are unable to get one’
SOS! Judge Rinder, like many others, feels as though it’s more important for the NHS frontline workers to be tested first – stock image (it’s not known if these workers have been tested)
Presenter Phillip Schofield, 57, then asked him: ‘So, you had it?’
He said: ‘I think I did, but because frontline NHS staff can’t get tests I refused to pay for one. But I’m sure I’m fine.’
When asked what his symptoms were, he said: ‘Terrible temperature, appalling cough, and lying with my feet on the ground and my head on the bed in a coma watching the Kardashians, so I must have been really ill.’
When asked what his symptoms were, he said: ‘Terrible temperature, appalling cough, and lying with my feet on the ground and my head on the bed in a coma watching the Kardashians’
Rob’s concerns come after former Strictly Come Dancing star Kevin Clifton recently said he thinks he may have had coronavirus.
He said: ‘I remember in January I was really ill, just before I started rehearsals for The Wedding Singer: The Musical.
‘I was really ill and then going into rehearsals I remember having really heavy flu.
‘I kept coughing all the time and I had a fever and they are some of the things they are talking about with coronavirus.’
Putting a smile on: Rob and Phillip Schofield put on a dance-along on the show in a bid to cheer up the viewers
Since the outbreak, the Strictly Come Dancing pro has been self-isolating with his girlfriend Stacey Dooley, but still wonders if he has already caught the bug.
He said: ‘I am staying indoors and only going out for essentials like everyone else. We are at a big threat at the moment with this. I am alright.
‘I slightly wonder if I might have already had it at some point. I think there are a lot of people wondering if they have had coronavirus or not.
‘Because we don’t know. Some of us show milder symptoms.’
Health: Fellow Strictly star Kevin Clifton, 37, has also revealed he believes he contracted coronavirus in January (pictured in March 2020)
Staying at home: Putting safety first, Kevin has been self-isolating at home with his girlfriend and former Strictly celebrity partner Stacey Dooley, 33