. ♪ >> jimmy: we are chatting with george stephanopoulos and ali wentworth, both who have had the coronavirus great. this gives me hope. ali, you had it really bad, right? >> it's funny, which is very indicative of our lives. i get corona, and i'm deathly ill for three weeks with a high fever and sweating and achy like, you know, and going crazy, like martin sheen in "apocalypse now", and george gets it, and he has no symptoms. >> jimmy: does that annoy you that he has no sense of smell for like an hour. >> if i weren't quarantined with him, we would probably take a separate weekend away. >> jimmy: did george take good care of you? how did it work? did you ring a bell when you needed something? >> he just knew, he instinctually knew when i needed to have my temperature faken. he didn't have to like bathe me or anything, but he brought me food and chicken soup. >> lemonade. >> and lemonade. he was actually a rock star. >> jimmy: oh, look at this. >> kids! sorry, we're home schooling. [ laughter ] >> trying to raise a couple makeup artists. >> jimmy: i know that's always been your dream. >> oh,

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reporting how this pandemic has been hitting close to home for so many including actor and comedian ali wentworth, wife of george stephanopoulos. she tested positive for covid-19, but ali has been feeling better and wanted to share her experience. >> first of all, thank you for all your well wishes. i have tested positive for covid-19. you know i'm feverish if i'm allowing myself to go on national television with no makeup on. i wanted to share with you my experience because i think it can be helpful for some people. first of all, i'll tell you right now that my girls are not with me. i'm quarantined in my own room. the only person that comes in is george. and so what started was, i had a real tightness in my chest. i was walking my dog, cooper. and i just felt very, very winded. and i assumed, of course, it was because i never work out and i'm out of shape. but it was too heavy for that. and i came home, wasn't feeling great. and it wasn't until the fever started that i realized, this can't be a common summer cold. i went and got tested. between the time i got tested, which was three days ago, a

. >> george's wife ali wentworth tweeted she's never felt sicker. olation at their home. we're wishing her a very speedy recovery. >> what's happening in george and ali's home is a peek at what's happening in a lot of homes. especially if one partner gets covid-19 and doesn't have it, possibly asymptomatic. george was able to get that test. george says, it's not a surprise, i was ali's sole caregiver during her whole sickness, no surprise i have it. again, we're wishing both of them a speedy, speedy recovery. >>> baseball is back in taiwan, but don't expect to hear the >> just take a look at the "fans" in the stands at the chinese professional baseball league. cardboard cutouts and robots are filling the seats with social distancing in place. sunday's game included the first home run. it was met with applause from the players and silence in the stands. that makes me think about when lebron james, when they were discussing that in the nba before obviously the season was suspended. that he said it would be weird to not play in front of fans, we do it f

and our george stephanopoulos announcing from his home studio that his wife actress ali wentworth hads and later posted, i tested positive for the coronavirus. i've never been sicker. this is pure misery. #stayhome. but with every positive test, there are so many survivors. this veteran from oregon is celebrating his remarkable recovery from the virus, and he's 104 years old. yeah, this veteran is the good news that we all need. his name is william, and when he was asked how he felt when his 104th birthday came, he said pretty good, i made it. kenneth, mona. >> glad to hear. thank you, kimberly. >>> and coming up, a special tribute on the las vegas strip. >>> also ahead, we're answering your questions from the new advice on wearing a mask outside to the increasing number of healthy people getting sick. our medical expert weighs in. a , but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr, a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling

ali wentworth, george's wife has tested positive and we will, of course, wish her the best.nd she has a message for all of us. she was feeling better for a bit yesterday and had some good humor and certainly some good things to share. so, we're thinking about them and everybody during this time and that's all coming up right here on "gma." >> and we are wishing her the best. i mean, i suppose i was just reading this morning. if you're living in new york city, it's almost impossible that you wouldn't know someone or at least live with someone who has coronavirus or at least the symptoms at this point. >> yeah. >> yeah. and i would say the crazy part is, you know, i talked to my doctor last friday when we had really severe symptoms, the most severe that we had and we just weren't severe to qualify for a test. so, i think there are a lot of other assumed positives out there. i'm still feeling the impacts. i still have body aches seven days later and chest tightness this morning. i think it comes and goes and nobody is going to fully know the full picture until we get a little f

plus, we will check in with actress, author, and survivor, ali wentworth.acrest! >> kelly: hey there. good morning, everybody. it is thursday, april 23rd, 2020. april just ticking away?

our george stephanopoulos announcing from his home stuo wentworth, had symptoms. aling, i've tested positive for the coronavirus, i've never been sicker. this is pure misery. with every positive test, there are so many survivors. this veteran from oregon is celebrating his remarkable recovery from the virus, and he's 104 years old. yeah, this veteran is the good news that we all need. his name's william. when he was asked how he felt on his 104th birthday, he said, "pretty good, i made it." kenneth, mona? >> that's a good response, thank you, kimberly. we're thinking about george, ali, our former colleague chris cuomo throughout all this. >>> when we come back, the celebrity stay-at-home message that you don't want to miss. >> "the skinny" is next. at you don't want to miss. >> "the skinny" is next. that you don't want to miss. >> "the skinny" is next. ♪ skinny just gimme the skinny >>> time now for "the skinny" starting with more messaging from celebrities about social distancing. >> we've been hearing from quite a few so far, from danny devito to arnold schwarzenegg