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Lil Nas Xis trying out laughter as the best medicine after he tested positive forCOVID-19.
The two-time Grammy Award winner, 22, revealed he’s contracted the coronavirus Friday in a series of since-deleted tweets, making light of the illness with some jokes after confirming his condition isn’t too serious.
“Now that I’m sure I won’t die from COVID I will now begin making mildly funny jokes about having it,” Lil Nas wrote in one tweet, according toUproxx.
He then compared the rapidly spreadingOmicron variantto B2K alumOmarion. “I’m not sure whether I’ve had the Omarion orAlicia Keysvariant of COVID but this has not been a fun journey,” he posted.
A rep for Lil Nas X did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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“I only talk to people who have COVID now. U non-COVID b—es need to stfu. Us COVIDers run this s—!” Lil Nas wrote in one tweet before adding in another: “COVID really sucks. Last night I was tryna watch porn then I sneezed snot all over penis lmao.”
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“We’d like to wish the very best and a speedy recovery to Coldplay, Lil Nas X and their teams,” Capital FM wrote in their statement. “Of course, everyone at Capital is absolutely gutted, but the show must go on…”
Cases of COVID-19 areon the risein the United States and around the world as the Delta and Omicron variants continue to spread at rapid rates. On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 43 people across 22 states were identified as having the Omicron variant in the first eight days of December.
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