Jamie Lee Curtis Forced to Sit Out Critics Choice Awards Due to COVID-19

Jamie Lee Curtis has to take some time off the awards circuit. On Friday, the Everything Everywhere All at Once star took to social media to announce that she has tested positive for COVID-19, and as such will not be able to attend the Critics Choice Awards this Sunday.

Curtis posted a photo on her Instagram account of three separate positive COVID tests. “Fuck COVID!” began her caption. “Sadly, this head cheerleader is not going to be at all the weekend festivities cheering on her friends and colleagues. I’m glad that there are all these home tests available so that I didn’t go to the @americanfilminstitute lunch and spread my germs.” Curtis will also have to sit out Saturday’s BAFTA Tea Party, another prime stop on the awards trail. “I was SO looking forward to going to the @bafta tea and the @criticschoice awards as a nominee and member of a motley crew!” she wrote. 

Curtis is nominated at the Critics Choice Awards for best supporting actress for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once, along with her costar Stephanie Hsu, recent Golden Globe winner Angela Bassett, Women Talking’s Jessie Buckley, The Banshees of Inisherin’s Kerry Condon, and Glass Onion’s Janelle Monáe.  Earlier this week, Curtis appeared to be in good health while attending the Golden Globes as both a nominee and a presenter. As of yet, no one else who attended the Golden Globes has publicly tested positive for COVID-19. 

Curtis has been gaining steam in the Oscar race for her fun turn as Deirdre Beaubeirdre, an irritable IRS inspector, in A24’s hit film Everything Everywhere All at Once. She’s taken home multiple critics’ prizes, and has thus far been nominated at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, and, most recently, the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Curtis ended her Instagram post with a message to her fans: “Stay safe out there people.”