Golden Globes 2023 A COVID-19 Superspreader Event? Celebs Test Positive After Awards Show

Several Hollywood stars skipped Sunday's Critics' Choice Awards after testing positive for COVID-19 just days after attending the 2023 Golden Globes.

A representative for Colin Farrell told The Hollywood Reporter that he and his "Banshees of Inisherin" co-star Brendan Gleeson would not be attending the 28th Critics' Choice Awards in person after contracting COVID-19.

The two stars, who were nominated for best actor and best supporting actor, respectively, both attended the crowded indoor Golden Globes ceremony. Farrell won the award for best actor in a comedy or musical during the Tuesday event.

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" star Jamie Lee Curtis, who was also at the Golden Globes, revealed on Instagram Friday that she had COVID-19 and thus would miss the American Film Institute Lunch, the BAFTA Tea Party and the Critics' Choice Awards.

"F--k COVID! Sadly, this head cheerleader is not going to be at all the weekend festivities cheering on her friends and colleagues. Life on life's terms," Curtis wrote, attaching a photo of her positive COVID-19 results.

"I'm glad that there are all these home tests available so that I didn't go to the @americanfilminstitute lunch and spread my germs. I was SO looking forward to going to the @bafta tea and the @criticschoice awards as a nominee and member of a motley crew," she wrote, adding that she would be rooting for the "Everything Everywhere All at Once" cast and crew, who earned 14 nominations at the 28th Critics' Choice Awards, at home.

"Hacks" co-creator Jen Statsky also appears to have contracted COVID-19 as she shared in an Instagram Story over the weekend that she was "riddled with the novel coronavirus."

It is unclear when, where or how exactly the stars contracted the virus. But The Hollywood Reporter noted that some events this awards season did not require proof of COVID-19 testing and vaccination and mask-wearing for their in-person ceremonies.

This year's Golden Globe Awards, which was held in person at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, required either a negative COVID-19 test, proof of vaccination or both.

A number of Golden Globes attendees went maskless despite Los Angeles County recently implementing 10-day mask guidance as an effort to prevent an increase in COVID-19 cases, according to Fox News.

Following the spike in COVID-19 cases, the Critics' Choice Awards required all attendees held at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles to submit a negative test taken within 72 hours of the event, Deadline reported.

Michelle Pfeiffer, who was supposed to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to her "The Fabulous Baker Boys" co-star Jeff Bridges, also did not attend the event Sunday after testing positive for the virus.

She made the announcement on Instagram, saying, "I'm so sorry to be missing the Critics' Choice Awards today. Yep, Covid. Especially disappointed not to witness @thejeffbridges receive his Lifetime Achievement Award."