Amanda Kloots revealed on Instagram that she received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and addressed online trolls who embarrassed her for it.
“I just received my COVID 19 vaccine! I went to a location and waited in my car until all appointments were over, in the hope that they would have some extra vaccine. I was fully prepared to be rejected, but they said they had enough to tonight everyone waiting, “wrote the 38-year-old fitness trainer in an Instagram post on Friday. “I can’t tell you how emotional I was and I still am now.”
She added: “I have been terrified since Nick died, as a single mother, of catching this virus and now I am one step closer to safety.”
In July, Kloots’ husband, Broadway actor Nick Cordero, died at the age of 41 on COVID-19 after a four-month hospitalization. During treatment, Cordero faced complications, including leg amputation and several mini-strokes due to an infection. Cordero left behind the couple’s 20-month-old son, Elvis.
Since the loss of her husband, Kloots has been open about her pain and her fears that she might test positive for COVID-19. Now, Kloots can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that she is “one step closer to security”. Next month, she will receive a second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
However, Kloots faced a negative reaction to receiving the vaccine in Los Angeles, California, where only essential workers and people over 65 are currently eligible for vaccination. She responded by explaining that “the vaccine action shouldn’t happen” in a video shared in her Instagram stories.
“I wanted to get 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 discarded,” said an emotional Kloots in her video. “And instead of being thrown away, they were put on one arm. One arm of a single mother survivor that 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 this was a very emotional experience for me,” she continued. “I was perfectly fine being refused tonight, if that were the case. I was really prepared to be refused. I was trying, and luckily the injection worked and they were available and were happy to have people waiting with willing arms. And I I was happy to be one of those volunteer arms. So, please don’t be ashamed of the vaccine in my photo after this day, where I am so grateful to have this first step to vaccinate against this virus. “
The co-host of “The Talk” also denied allegations that “celebrity privilege” played a role in her vaccination.
In the comments section of her photo, Kloots also received support, with many pointing out that she is a worthy candidate for the COVID-19 vaccine.
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