Sara Bareilles told her Instagram followers that during the past few weeks of social distancing, she had COVID-19 and is “fully recovered, just so you know.†Filming an Instagram Story on a walk, the singer and Waitress creator continued, “I am just thinking about all the people who are walking through this really tricky time and sending a lot of love. And just really grateful for every easy breath and every day that I get to be walking around.†Bareilles closed the London run of Waitress early on March 14 due to the coronavirus pandemic and has since returned to the U.S. Her co-star Gavin Creel told Rosie O’Donnell he thought he had the virus during her March 22 benefit show, but had just chosen to self-isolate and not use a test. He added that a cast member of the show had tested positive for the virus after multiple performers had felt sick, but “it wasn’t Sara.â€
Bareilles later clarified on Instagram that her case was “VERY MILD,†and she had a “couple of rough days but I promise I’m fine.†And if you didn’t believe that, she posted it with a video of her energetically dancing to “September†by Earth, Wind & Fire. “Please enjoy how good my dancing has gotten with all this practice time,†she wrote. “See how good? How emotional! How bendy! How head-forward.†We can only hope she’ll get to show off those moves on Broadway when this is all over.