‘Constant pain everywhere’: RHOA’s Peter Thomas describes battle with COVID-19 after catching virus in Miami
Former Bravo reality star Peter Thomas has announced he’s battling COVID-19.
The ex-husband of Real Housewives Of Atlanta’s Cynthia Bailey shared the news with his Instagram followers on Sunday.
In a video, which he shot while lying in bed, Thomas, 58, described suffering tremendous pain along with sweats, chills, vomiting and diarrhea.
‘Excruciating’: Former Bravo reality star Peter Thomas announced in an Instagram video on Sunday that he’s enduring a painful battle with COVID-19
Exposed: Thomas, 58, who owns Bar One in Miami Beach, blamed taking photos with fans without a mask on for getting the coronavirus
Thomas revealed he has been in bed for eight days and only tested positive for the coronavirus after five tests previously came back negative.
‘It’s the most excruciating pain I could think of,’ he shared. ‘The pain is crazy. Chills all day and all night.’
He went on: ‘I want you guys to take this thing extremely serious because it’s no joke. The pain don’t go away. Your body is extremely sensitive, the slightest little thing, it’s constant pain everywhere.’
Ordeal: ‘It’s the most excruciating pain I could think of,’ he shared. ‘The pain is crazy. Chills all day and all night….. it’s constant pain everywhere’. He’s pictured in 2013
Thomas, who owns Bar One in Miami Beach, said he believes he caught the virus while taking selfies with fans without a mask on.
‘People come up to me and ask me to take pictures all the time and they want me to have the mask off and they want to hug on me and they say they like me,’ he explained in the video.
‘I take those pictures, and every time I take those pictures, I’m praying to God that I don’t get this thing, but it caught up to me.’
He then urged his followers to ‘wear your mask, wear gloves and practice social distancing,’
Reality TV couple: Thomas became a celebrity after tying the knot with RHOA’s Cynthia Bailey in 2010, in a ceremony shown during season 3 of Real Housewives Of Atlanta (pictured 2015)
Miami is one of Florida’s major hotspots for COVID-19 which has been ravaging the state.
On Monday, Miami-Dade County reported 954 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 25 new deaths. The county now has a total of 123,644 confirmed cases and 1,694 deaths, according to the Miami Herald.
Thomas became a celebrity after tying the knot with Bailey in 2010, in a ceremony shown during season 3 of Real Housewives Of Atlanta.
The couple split in 2016 and finalized their divorce the following year.
Thomas, who said he’s grateful to be alive, said he must continue to isolate for another seven days when he will be tested again and he must have two tests come back negative before he can leave his home again.
Hotspot: As of Monday, Florida’s Miami-Dade County had 123,644 confirmed cases and 1,694 deaths, the Miami Herald reported. Pictured is a testing truck in Miami Beach last month