Amanda Kloots responded to social media followers who questioned the fact that the fitness professional was vaccinated after the death of her husband, Nick Cordero, last summer.
The personality of the daytime talk show, 38, shared a photo of herself receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday night, annoying many fans, as only essential workers and residents over 65 are allowed to get the vaccine in Los Angeles right now.
“Can you explain why you got the vaccine before 65-year-olds and first responders here in Los Angeles who still can’t get them,” asked one follower, while another wrote, “questioning minds want to know how you got your vaccine while those who work in schools still can’t even make an appointment 🧐🤔. “
Kloots changed her caption to address those who questioned how she got the vaccine, pleading with fans not to embarrass her for trying to protect herself after the death of her husband Cordero, who died in July 2020 due to complications from the coronavirus.
“I went to a location and waited in the car until all the appointments were over, in the hope that they would have some extra vaccine,” she explained. “I was fully prepared to be rejected, but they said they had enough tonight for everyone who waited. I can’t tell you how excited I was and I still am now. “
She added: “I have been terrified since Nick passed away as a single mother of catching this virus and now I am one step closer.”
She also addressed the reaction through her Instagram stories, saying, “First of all, vaccination shouldn’t happen. Everyone should be getting this vaccine, and whoever gets it, we should be celebrating that one more person got the vaccine.
“I knew it could possibly be rejected,” she continued, “but I drove [there], and I waited in line in the hope that at the end of the day, at the end of the consultations, they might have extra vaccines that would be thrown away, ”she said, with teary eyes. “And instead of being thrown away, they were put on one arm … the arm of a single surviving mother who deserves to have an extra vaccine that would have been thrown in the trash.
“So, I’m sorry to be getting a little emotional, but it was a very emotional experience for me. I was perfectly fine being turned down tonight, if that were the case. I was really prepared to be rejected. I was trying, and luckily the injection worked and they were available and were happy to have people there waiting with open arms. And I was happy to be one of those willing arms. “