Corona almost killed actress Salma Hayek: ‘I wanted to die at home’ | Gossip

entertainment">Hayek, known for movies like Spy kids on From dusk till dawn, became infected with the virus at the beginning of the pandemic. She spent seven weeks in isolation in her own home. It went so badly for a while that she was given extra oxygen. “My doctor begged me to go to the hospital because it was so bad,” says the actress. “But I said, ‘No, thanks. I’d rather die at home ‘. ”

entertainment">The actress took the rest of the year to recover, but is still not quite back to normal. She did go back to work last month, for the film House of Gucci from Ridley Scott. “It was easy,” says Hayek. “It was the perfect job to get back in.”

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