George Stephanopoulos, who revealed this week he has examined optimistic for COVID-19, is being accused by a hacked-off neighbor within the Hamptons of not following social-distancing pointers.
The 59-year-old co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” — whose spouse, Ali Wentworth, earlier this week emerged from a three-week battle with the lethal bug — has been out and about, visiting an area drugstore final week and extra not too long ago strolling his canine on a non-public golf course, in keeping with the neighbor.
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“If you realize somebody’s spouse has corona and the spouse has been very very sick with it, do you suppose that the husband ought to be out at pharmacies choosing up prescriptions when the pharmacy delivers and does curbside pickup?” the neighbor wrote final Friday in a since-deleted Fb message that was seen by The Put up.
The pharmacy in query was a CVS in East Hampton, in keeping with a supply near the scenario.
“Regardless that he’s sporting a masks, wouldn’t it nonetheless be disconcerting so that you can see that he has been standing a number of toes away from you for ten minutes whilst you talked to the pharmacist?” the neighbor continued.
“In case your reply is sure than [sic] please tweet GEORGE STEPHANOPOLOUS [sic] to remain the hell residence!!!!!!!!!”
The neighbor didn’t reply to requests for remark, and her identify is being withheld as a result of the posts weren’t made public earlier than they had been deleted.
After revealing his analysis over the weekend, Stephanopoulos advised his “Good Morning America” co-hosts on Monday that he wasn’t shocked given his spouse’s earlier analysis, and that he hasn’t suffered from it.
“I’m a type of circumstances which are principally asymptomatic,” he mentioned. “I’ve by no means had a fever, by no means had chills, by no means had a headache, by no means had a cough, by no means had shortness of breath.”
“Thanks for letting me know that now George Stephanopolous [sic] has admitted he examined optimistic for Corona,” the neighbor shot again on Fb on Monday afternoon. “Beneath is an image of George trespassing on the Maidstone golf course on Saturday. He was not sporting his masks.”
The neighbor likewise famous that Stephanopoulos was strolling one of many canine who had recently appeared lounging in mattress with Wentworth in her Instagram posts that documented her battle with the bug.
“We nonetheless don’t know if canine can transmit,” the neighbor added within the Monday submit. “He’s additionally trespassing on a non-public golf course, getting into by means of a lane the place it clearly says PRIVATE CLUB NO TRESPASSING. So is that this a very good man or what?”
A receptionist on the Maidstone mentioned that the golf course is closed to {golfing} however members are allowed to stroll canine there — supplied they apply social distancing. It couldn’t be discovered whether or not Stephanopoulos is a member.
A supply near Stephanopoulos mentioned he was sporting a masks in addition to gloves within the pharmacy and whereas on the golf course, “there was nobody else round.”
He appeared with Wentworth on Jimmy Kimmel Reside on Wednesday evening.
“I really feel nice,” he mentioned, sustaining he nonetheless had no signs.
