Salma Hayek reveals she battled a near-fatal case of COVID-19

Salma Hayek battled a near-fatal case of COVID-19 last year, the 54-year-old actress said in a new interview with Variety. Hayek said she caught the virus in the early days of the pandemic and kept it quiet – until now.

"My doctor begged me to go to the hospital because it was so bad," Hayek told Variety. "I said, 'No, thank you. I'd rather die at home.'" She spent about seven weeks in isolation at home and was put oxygen. Hayek, who is married to Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault, has a 13-year-old daughter, Valentina.