Last week, Kaitlyn Bristowe revealed she has tested positive for COVID-19. In a lengthy Instagram announcement, the former Bachelorette shared that her boyfriend, Jason Tartick, has also contacted coronavirus.
"Jason and I had been trying to quarantine before seeing family. We thought we were making a responsible decision to have ONE person over, who had been tested daily for work. Negative tests 4 days in a row. The day we saw her, she became positive which we all found out the next day," Bristowe explained on Instagram. "Now, like many, we will spend Christmas by ourselves. We just want to let everyone know that we thought we were being safe, but covid is bigger than us."
On Monday (December 28), Bristowe took to her Instagram Stories to share an update with her followers. In the videos, Bristowe detailed her symptoms, including the loss of taste and smell, as welll as how her experience with COVID-19 is affecting her mental health. "I've been trying really hard to do the whole perspective thing, but a few of my friends have been like, 'Kaitlyn, it's okay to be scared and to be upset and to be frustrated at this.' And so today, I'm just allowing myself to be bummed out," the 35-year-old reality star said.
Bristowe admitted to feeling "a little bit depressed," as well as "super anxious and scared" amid her illness. "I'm worried if, like, what if my smell and taste never comes back? Then I get scared [of] what if tomorrow I wake up and I can't breathe? What if the next day I'm not okay?" Bristowe shared. "I'm doing all these what-ifs and I'm spiraling, and I feel really, really anxious today. I hate when things are unpredictable, and COVID is definitely unpredictable."
Tartick shared an update of his own on Instagram, writing that he thinks "the worst is behind us."
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