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The actress of Mexican descent Jenna Ortega is in the eye of the hurricane after it was revealed that the recording of one of the most iconic scenes of ‘Wednesday’, the new Netflix series, disregarded health guidelines, as the young woman had Covid-19 and still showed up on the recording set.
Everything seems to indicate that the positive comments that the former Disney star had received for his participation in the spin-off of the Addams family have been eclipsed by the most recent controversy that broke out on social media.
And it is that Jenna Ortega herself confessed in an interview that the iconic dance scene that the public enjoyed in the fourth episode, entitled ‘Wow, What a Night’, was “horrible” to film, since He had coronavirus at the time of doing it.
“I woke up and it was weird. I never get sick and when I do it’s not too bad, I had pain in my body. I felt like I had been hit by a car and that a little goblin had come loose in my throat and was scratching the walls of my esophagus. They were giving me medicine between takes because we were waiting for the positive result. I asked to redo it but we didn’t have time. I think I probably could have done a little better…”, confessed the young woman in an interview for NME.
This is how the public reacted to the unexpected confession of Jenna Ortega
It was not long before the actress’s statements went around the world through social networks, which provoked the anger of the public and unleashed a wave of comments – not at all pleasant – against him.
“Jenna Ortega filming that dance scene while she had COVID is not impressive, it’s horrible. Absolutely callous disregard for her co-workers,” wrote one Twitter user.
On the other hand, there was no shortage of those who condemned Ortega’s action for the repercussions that his decision could bring: “We all agree that this is not a time to ‘persevere through difficulties’, it’s a why the hell didn’t they send her home moment, she could get terribly sick or infect others“, specified a user.
The public’s annoyance resonated to such an extent that MGM, the producer behind ‘Wednesday’, issued a statement via email, in which it detailed: “Strict COVID protocols were followed, and once the positive test was confirmed, Jenna was removed from the set by the production.”
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