‘I’ve lost a percentage of my taste and smell’: Bryan Cranston, 64, reveals the ‘lingering effects’ of COVID… nine months after contracting the virus with his wife Robin Dearden
- The Breaking Bad actor has opened up on his recovery from the respiratory illness. which he contracted back in March
- Appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, he said: ‘The only thing that lingered, and still is to this day, is I lost a percentage of my ability to taste and smell
- Losing the senses is one of the key symptoms of the virus
Bryan Cranston still hasn’t fully regained his sense or smell months after his COVID-19 battle.
The former ‘Breaking Bad’ actor has opened up on his recovery from the respiratory illness – which he contracted back in March – and while he’s in good health, he admitted he is still feeling the effects.
Appearing on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’, he said: ‘The only thing that lingered, and still is to this day, is I lost a percentage of my ability to taste and smell.
Tough times: Bryan Cranston still hasn’t fully regained his sense or smell months after his COVID-19 battle
‘I think about 75 percent has come back, but if someone was brewing coffee, and I walk into a kitchen, I cannot… smell it.’
The 64-year-old star – whose wife Robin Dearden got coronavirus first – revealed he was ill for about 10 days.
He added: ‘We had a few days of achiness, but not enough to keep you in bed. I had a temperature of 99 for about three hours, and then just exhaustion for a week after.’ He joked that he and Robin got the virus early because they ‘didn’t want to miss out’.
He quipped: ‘It was a surprise to us because we heard it was coming over, and then all of a sudden, she got it first. She gave it to me because we share.’
The struggle: He spoke on Ellen about the battle with the deadly virus
His beloved: The former ‘Breaking Bad’ actor has opened up on his recovery from the respiratory illness – which he contracted back in March – and while he’s in good health, he admitted he is still feeling the effects
Bryan previously insisted he felt lucky to have only experienced mild symptoms, and he didn’t to open up about the illness right away because Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson had shared their own diagnosis.
He explained: ‘It was early on in March. Just around the same time that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson got it, my wife and I got it.
‘They came out with it right away, and I thought ‘That’s great.’ There’s no need for another celebrity to say, ‘Hey, I got it too.’ So I just kept it quiet.
‘We were very lucky. So many people are suffering desperately from this. My wife and I had a week of extreme exhaustion and some body aches, a little dry cough. And then it was gone.’
Bryan opens up: Bryan made the surprise revelation at the end of July that he contracted COVID-19 and in August he spoke again about the experience
Bryan made the surprise revelation at the end of July that he contracted COVID-19 and in August he spoke again about the experience.
He revealed why he initially decided to stay quiet about contracting the deadly virus.
He said: ‘When my wife and I had it very early on — the very first week that everything had shut down — I didn’t think that the world needed another celebrity saying, ‘Hey, I had it!’ so I just didn’t say anything and went about my way’.
He added that him and his wife Dearden, who he’s been married to since 1989, were ‘very fortunate,’ adding they had, ‘mild symptoms.’
Opening up: He revealed why he initially decided to stay quiet about contracting the deadly virus